Written answers
Thursday, 11 May 2017
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Records Provision
10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if choice will exist for those seeking to avail of adoption information and tracing services; if Tusla will be the sole provider; and the...
- Child Care Costs
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns that up to 9,000 families that were to receive a targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for an alternative legal solution for illegally adopted persons that have been prejudged by the mother and baby home commission's...
- Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government has not recommissioned the SAVI report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22331/17]
- Children in Care
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which all allegations regarding the abuse of children or vulnerable young adults in institutions, foster homes or otherwise in...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Standards
17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has given consideration to a streamlining of the inspections system for the early years sector in order to decrease the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the second part of sustainability funding for community early years to be made available; the status of long term...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made on the identification of the bodies found in the mother and baby home in Tuam; the location of the deceased;...
- Youth Services Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to a request for funding for a youth project (details supplied) in view of the growing demand for a range of...
- Family Resource Centres
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the number of family resource centres in County Kildare in view of the level of current centres relative to population,...
- Child and Family Agency Data
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures which have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number that remain...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps both Tusla and her Department have taken to ensure that the accommodation of unaccompanied child refugees from the Calais camp is...
- Family Resource Centres
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider making necessary funding available to a centre (details supplied) to purchase their existing building and for...
- Child and Family Agency Investigations
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the issues and concerns raised in the recent Mary case; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Aftercare Services
28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will recommend to the mother and baby home commission to extend the sampling method as established in the terms of reference to...
- Early Years Sector
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle the lack of availability of early years service provision to those under three years of age; and the work being...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her commitment to a process of transitional justice for survivors of mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement...
- Child and Family Agency Investigations
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department have identified potential threats to children and young persons, including children with special...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Road Traffic Legislation
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of comments by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in 2015 regarding software costing €6.5 million...
- Courts Service Data
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of a company's (details supplied) speed vans since the contract was awarded to it; and if she will make a...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to seek a review of the UNCHR policy in relation to resettlements of refugees here and other countries with respect to...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic offences before the courts in each of the years 2015 to 2016, and to date in 2017 in which automatic...
- EU Regulations
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland will opt out of the proposed reforms to the common European asylum system and in particular to the proposed Dublin...
- Immigration Data
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under section 18(4)(a) of the Refugee Act, 1996 in each of the years 2013 to 2016; the number of...
- Gambling Legislation
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken in relation to strengthening the Fraud Act 2001 with regard to gambling on sporting events; and if she...
- Residency Permits
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which procedures can be put in place to regularise the residency as per submissions in relation to persons...
- Deportation Orders
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if permission will be granted to remain or regularisation of residency in the form of naturalisation will be finalised in the...
- Naturalisation Applications
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by persons (details supplied) to facilitate update of stamp 4, in view of the fact that the service...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to updating stamp 4 temporary residency or if another facility can be offered in the case of a...
- Immigration Status
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and procedures yet to be followed to validate and extend residency in the case of a person (details...
- Immigration Status
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case notwithstanding previous refusals in respect of their application for naturalisation in the case of...
- Visa Applications
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed with a view to achieving spousal reunion in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the...
- Immigration Status
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22615/17]
- Naturalisation Applications
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied). [22617/17]
- Department of Finance
- Banking Sector
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the programme for Government commitment to investigate the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks that operate...
- Private Rented Accommodation
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the working group on tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers; the number of times the group has met; the sectorial...
- Credit Union Regulation
64. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Central Bank rules when dealing with credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22467/17]
- Tax Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the average income tax paid by PAYE workers on the standard rate of tax and by PAYE workers on the higher rate of tax in the public sector; and if he will make...
- Corporate Governance
69. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the standards of corporate governance in investment fund management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22476/17]
- Revenue Commissioners
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if price data for land purchases are filed with the Revenue Commissioners; if so, the circumstances under which this is collected, for example, as part of...
- Universal Social Charge
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net cost per annum of USC changes announced in budget 2017 in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/17]
- Motor Insurance
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that applied on an annual basis to the declined cases agreement for motor insurance since its establishment; the number of applications...
- Tax Credits
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if arrangements will be made to transfer tax credits to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22612/17]
- Banking Sector Remuneration
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the remuneration cap in place for bank executives; the nature of the cap; his future plans in this area; and if he will make a statement...
- Banking Sector Investigations
76. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the regulatory breaches that led to the Central Bank’s recent fine of €2.275 million against a bank (details supplied), if specific...
- Tracker Mortgages Examination
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts paid out to date and the provisions made by each bank covered by the Central Bank’s tracker examination, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Tax Data
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of voluntary disclosures the Revenue Commissioners have received in respect of the offshore assets prior to the deadline; and if he will...
- Money Laundering
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of engagement with inspectors from the financial action task force by officials from his Department and officials in the Central Bank as part of the...
- NAMA Investigations
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, in the course of a meeting he attended with NAMA on 5 February 2014, requested NAMA to consider whether it could advance the repayment schedule of...
- Development Lending
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lending for development purposes, residential and commercial by regulated financial entities and unregulated entities for each of the years 2014...
- National Debt
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected annual cost for each year to 2030 of servicing the national debt under present assumptions for each year to 2030, in tabular from; the...
- Mortgage Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of private dwelling home, PDH, and buy-to-let tracker mortgages to date and the current annual repayments for each, in tabular form; the amount by...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Institutes of Technology Funding
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding proposals made by the Dundalk Institute of Technology to his Department. [22402/17]
- Garda Vetting Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body to which requests for Garda vetting for transport companies that provide transport for school bus services should be sent, in...
- Redundancy Payments
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, under EU regulations, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, EGF can be used only in circumstances in which more than 500 persons are...
- Youth Employment Initiative
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amount allocated under the youth employment initiative each year since it commenced and to date in 2017; the amount spent in each year...
- Site Acquisitions
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the location of the site for the new secondary school for the Castleknock Carpenterstown area; and if he will make a...
- School Admissions
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure religious minorities are not undermined by changes to school admissions policies; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for critical illness cover for departmental staff, including education and training boards staff; his views on the meaning of the...
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the rules in circular 17/2015 to allow more flexibility in the teacher exchange scheme and if he will make a statement on the...
- Apprenticeship Data
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of motor mechanical apprenticeships being sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22459/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made to increase the number of second level places for students with special needs in south Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a situation at a school involving a person (details supplied) with a view to allowing the person to continue employment for an...
- Schools Building Projects Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the status of a new school build (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22482/17]
- Third Level Admissions Data
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of places that exist on each doctor education course in each medical school; and the percentage of these that are reserved...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the details of the bills of costs that have been submitted to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse by each of the religious...
- School Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Longford can replace a caretaker or secretary who is retiring; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Education and Training Boards
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the fee proposal submitted by a design team (details supplied) to his Department in respect of work in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the timeframe for the delivery of the planned education campus at Ballinrea, Carrigaline, County Cork; when he expects the project to...
- School Accommodation
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the application submitted in June 2016 by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for temporary...
- Teacher Data
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of teachers employed in the voluntary secondary sector and in receipt of salary from his Department who were listed as...
- School Curriculum
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the second level Irish language Aonad planned for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- DEIS Administration
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of DEIS schools will be announced; the assessment criteria which will be used; if schools that have an existing application...
- School Admissions
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department's white paper will be published. [22546/17]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Vehicle Registration
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can register a vehicle and retain the existing vehicle registration...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role his Department has in discussions within Government on the possible roll-out of a mortgage to rent scheme...
- Commercial Rates
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if local authorities can impose commercial rates in cases of unauthorised commercial developments; if he is...
- Traveller Accommodation
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for Traveller housing; and...
- Planning Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason alleged claims of improper influence by named persons in a planning appeal are not being examined as part...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the revenue generated by Roscommon, Galway, Westmeath, Leitrim, Longford and Sligo county councils in relation to...
- Traveller Accommodation
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total allocation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in the Estimates for the provision of...
- Turf Cutting
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the statutory instrument dealing with the large scale extraction of peat will be finalised and published; and...
- Planning Issues
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on concerns expressed by local authorities (details supplied) that councils are at risk of being sued by...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the extremely low allocation to Galway city local authority for the capital housing programme, which...
- Building Regulations Compliance
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a new residential development has to be fully compliant with schedule 2 of the building regulations to attain a...
- Building Regulations
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the building energy regulation cert database provides an accurate data source to count the...
- Electoral Reform
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to update electoral law in view of the impact of digital spending in the UK; and if he will...
- Department of Social Protection
- Personal Public Service Numbers
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted a PPS number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22415/17]
- Departmental Schemes
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that his Department has covered costs for including workers' redundancy payments and other insolvency costs when that same...
- Social Insurance Fund
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place between his Department and the Revenue Commissioners in respect of businesses and non-registered businesses including...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent staff and their grades of persons involved in the collection or recovery of overpayments to persons that received...
- Departmental Staff Training
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the spend by his Department on training programmes catering for departmental staff and run by external organisations in 2016; the types of training...
- Redundancy Data
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of debt owed to his Department for its coverage of unpaid redundancy payments and unpaid insolvency costs by companies since 2010, in...
- Public Services Card
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the identification requirements for an application for a public services card. [22442/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding a disability allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22445/17]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement...
- Family Income Supplement
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement payment will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in dealing with a carer's allowance application on behalf of a person (details supplied); if the social welfare inspector...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of a decision to refuse payment of jobseeker's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims for various payments suspended and on appeal or otherwise recorded in the past 12 months; the number of appeals that have taken...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Review
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent allowance which was discontinued on foot of discontinuation of jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support in line with rent increase will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in whose case rent was not paid since 17...
- Carer's Allowance Review
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose current payments of carer's allowance involve a deduction of €30 weekly in...
- Disability Allowance Applications
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full rate of payment applicable in respect of two adults plus four children, all dependents, in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Pension Provisions
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in pursuance of a bilateral arrangement with the UK, he will liaise with the authorities in the UK in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can apply for adult dependant allowance in respect of the person's spouse. [22614/17]
- Jobseeker's Allowance
156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current entitlement and payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied). [22616/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by the Government to protect and assist the LGBT community in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the document which will satisfy his Department regarding passport applications by stateless persons who may be entitled to citizenship but...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Refurbishment
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 2 May 2017, if An Garda Síochána can be contacted by his Department for an update...
- Election Expenditure
166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the Standards in Public Office Commission will take to address digital spending in election campaigns; and if he will make a...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Reports
167. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a ban on hunting and shooting between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. from 1 September to 31 March each year; the...
- Department of Health
- Disabilities Assessments
168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their assessment yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/17]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include narcolepsy as one of the illnesses into the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/17]
- Registration of Marriages
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding marriage registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/17]
- HSE Waiting Lists
171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22422/17]
- Medical Card Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22423/17]
- HSE Properties
173. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions regarding a premises (details supplied) ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/17]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied). [22433/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22434/17]
- Health Services Data
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of these persons that had diabetes;...
- Hospital Beds Data
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by persons treated for foot ulcerations that did not require a full or partial limb amputation in each of the years 2014 to...
- Health Insurance
185. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the reimbursement for treatment abroad. [22466/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
186. 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. [22468/17]
- Health Services Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a service (details supplied) in County Kerry in the remainder of 2017 or in 2018 to assist it meet its running costs; the...
- Health Services Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health the ECMO facilities for the treatment of persons with respiratory illnesses that exist. [22499/17]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received respiratory ECMO treatment outside of the State in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the cost...
- Health Services Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health if ECMO treatment for persons with respiratory illnesses caused by complications from swine flu is sourced outside of the State; the locations that this...
- Hospital Equipment
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ECMO machines currently available within the State; the hospitals they are based at; and the number of these operating at present. [22503/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
195. 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. [22507/17]
- Civil Marriages
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a review of the adequacy of the current number of solemnisers in view of the significant increase in public demand for civil marriage...
- Prescriptions Charges
197. To ask the Minister for Health the total income received from prescription charges in 2016 from persons under 65 years of age and persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for resources to provide a 20 week anomaly scan at Mullingar regional hospital has been approved by his Department. [22549/17]
- National Maternity Hospital
199. To ask the Minister for Health the private consultation facilities which will be provided at the new national children's hospital; the size and scope of the planned private paediatrics...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
200. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE requests Garda vetting for a private transport company that is contracted by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/17]
- Ambulance Service
201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 369, 370 and 371 of 2 November 2016, the reason the requested information has not been provided to date. [22643/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension to the timeframe for planting hedgerows and coppicing hedgerows will be provided under the GLAS scheme in view of the...
- Harbours and Piers
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the dredging of Howth harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22469/17]
- Brexit Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's input and priorities for the Brexit negotiations on the future of fisheries in British waters in view of the number...
- Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the upcoming renegotiation of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22471/17]
- Fish Landings
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of fish landings at each of the fishery harbours owned by his Department for each of the past 20 years and to date in...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in each of the past five years and to date in 2017 that used donkeys as part of their stock in order to qualify...
- Fish Quotas
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the mackerel review; when the submissions received will be available to view online; his plans to meet with...
- School Milk Scheme
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1249 on 2 May 2017, the value of products that are provided here under the EU school milk...
- Market Access
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that will comprise the recently announced high level market access committee within his Department; the number...
- Departmental Websites
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the planned portal website for exporters. [22561/17]
- Agricultural Colleges Courses
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Article 50(3) of CAP regulation 1307/2013 stipulates that educational requirements for farmers are optional for member states; if...
- GLAS Data
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that have enrolled to date in GLAS 3 by county; the number between tier 1, 2 and 3 per county; the number of...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied for AEOS that have received their total 2016 payment, by county; the number of persons that have...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons participating in the beef data genomics scheme; the number of new farmers that have joined since the scheme...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 6 April 2017, the reason the full budget allocation was not used up in 2014, 2015 and...
- Brexit Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or Bord Bia have completed an analysis on the effects of agri trade here since the Brexit vote in June 2016; and if...
- Dairy Sector
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of cheddar cheese imports from Northern Ireland in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary question number 304 of 13 April 2017, the official Government document or Department press release that...
- Beef Exports
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for finalising a veterinary health certificate with AQSIQ to allow beef access to China; the expected date for an...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ceiling per person in place for annual basic scheme payments under pillar 1 in CAP 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Brexit Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each EU Agriculture Council Ministers' meeting at which he made the case for the need for a revision of EU Regulation...
- European Fund for Strategic Investments
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has applied for funding from the European Fund for Strategic Investments, EFSI, for projects to support SMEs; the...
- EU Funding
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 675 of 11 April 2017, if the moneys under assigned revenue for conformity clearance and...
- Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocated to voluntary coupled payments under pillar 1 of CAP 2014 to 2020, in tabular form. [22590/17]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Waste Management
244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 21 June 2016, the details of the proposed free allowance for adult...
- Inland Fisheries
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the documents his Department requires from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to claim an asserted right to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure for persons in Northern Ireland who wish to exchange their British driver licences for licences from this State. [22431/17]
- Rail Network Expansion
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the National Transport Authority's work on the redesign of the DART interconnector in collaboration with Irish...
- Sports Capital Programme
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will commence awarding the next round of capital grants for sports and recreation clubs; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Project Funding
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for a festival in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vehicle Testing
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a deferral of the introduction of NCTs for tractors will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/17]
- Sports Capital Programme
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the current round of sports capital funding; and when those that apply may expect to be informed of the results. [22555/17]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Legislative Programme
252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to publish the heads of the Bill to address problems caused by the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the...
- Economic Competitiveness
253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the international competitiveness ranking metric which Enterprise 2025 is referring to in the target set for gaining a...
- Exports Data
254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentages of tradeable exports made by foreign and indigenous firms in the year from when the most current data is available....
- Brexit Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the warnings made in the National Competitiveness Council's latest report, Benchmarking Competitiveness: Ireland and the...
- European Fund for Strategic Investments
257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has applied for funding projects under the European Fund for Strategic Investments for support for SMEs or...
- IDA Site Visits
258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland client visits to each county in 2017 on a monthly basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
- Brexit Issues
259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each European Union, EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting at which she made the case for the need for a...
- Central Bank of Ireland
260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has satisfied herself with the role of the Central Bank in facilitating job creation opportunities in view of financial...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Costs
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has conducted an economic analysis on the potential impact of the single affordable child care scheme on child care prices; and if...
- Child Care Services Data
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that will be availing of the targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme; and the number...
- Child Care Services Regulation
264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that a larger number of child minders will be eligible providers under the single affordable child care...
- Child Protection
265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has satisfied herself that all necessary provisions to protect children in residential or foster care are in place and operational;...
- Children in Care
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in residential care; the average duration of their care; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Protection
269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which the relevant bodies under her aegis can react to reports and-or concerns affecting children in all forms of care or in...
- Cyberbullying Issues
271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the relevant bodies under her aegis have received notification of cyberbullying among children and young adults; the...
- Youth Services
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department continue to support voluntary agencies such as youth organisations involved in providing support...
- Youth Services Funding
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to support the various programmes of Kildare youth services, with particular reference to the need to...
- Juvenile Offenders
275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to engage with juvenile offenders with a view to providing rehabilitative or educational...
- Youth Services
276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the aspect of youth affairs that has generated most concern in the past eight years; the extent to which adequate action was...
- Department of Defence
- Military Aircraft
277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an Air Corps plane was prevented from entering Swedish airspace due to a failure to submit the necessary paperwork for clearance to a foreign...
- Naval Service Vessels
278. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the LÉ Eithne was delayed from leaving Haulbowline to help Italian authorities rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea; the...
- Defence Forces Investigations
279. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expected date for completion of the report of the independent review of the investigation into the death of a person and disappearance of...
