Written answers
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Canada on 3 May 2017. [21949/17]
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
25. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to appoint new special advisers generally or in the area of economics or Brexit. [22090/17]
- Seanad Reform
26. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the group being formed to reform Seanad Éireann as agreed in 2016. [22098/17]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Training
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding plans for a peace and leadership institute on the Curragh; the next steps in the plans; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Properties
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will ensure that essential works that are required in the schools located in the Curragh Camp will be carried out; and if he...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if sailors in the Naval Service who served on migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea received the extra payments agreed in November...
- Ministerial Meetings
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature, scale, scope and subject matter of the discussions he has had with the UN Under-Secretary-General and head of the Department of...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recruit new members to the Reserve Defence Forces in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23268/17]
- Defence Forces Strength
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects Permanent Defence Force numbers to reach the current agreed ceiling of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Procurement Regulations
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to review procurement procedures in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23261/17]
- Naval Service Operations
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to deploy the Naval Service on a humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/17]
- Air Corps Equipment
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the support the Air Corps has been able to provide when assisting emergency services dealing with serious gorse and forest fires; the type of...
- Defence Forces Contracts
51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland increasing its purchasing of military hardware from Israel; his further views on whether these purchases are ethical in view...
- Defence Forces Deployment
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the projected number of personnel will be based in Custume barracks, Athlone, in view of the fact that on the announcement of the Defence...
- European Council Meetings
53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will be attending the EU Foreign Affairs Council defence meeting taking place on 18 May 2017; the items on the agenda for discussion at the...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers of members of the Defence Forces who must rely or relied on family income supplement to survive in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and...
- EU Meetings
55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he attended the recent informal meeting of EU defence Ministers; if so, the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the reduction of Army field engineer companies from three to two arising from the 2012 Defence Forces reorganisation has decreased the...
- Defence Forces Operations
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has given consideration to Defence Forces participation in EU efforts to counteract illegal person trafficking and to disrupt the business...
- Army Barracks
58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has been contacted by a group (details supplied) seeking to use Mullingar barracks as temporary accommodation to house homeless...
- Protected Disclosures
59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received and read a recent protected disclosure on serious breaches of health and safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome, including...
- Army Barracks
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for Columb barracks, Mullingar. [23325/17]
- Air Corps Equipment
65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department investigated claims that students from the University of Limerick were exposed to hazardous chemicals and organic solvents...
- Defence Forces Properties
66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in negotiations with overholders in accommodation in the Curragh camp; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the endemic low pay among personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23276/17]
- Curragh Plains Representative Forum
68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the work of the Curragh forum; when it last met and is next due to meet; if progress has been made on agreeing a work...
- International Terrorism
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional initiatives the Defence Forces are taking in the wake of international terror attacks over the past 18 months; and if he will make...
- Brexit Issues
70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to redeploy personnel to the Border region should a hard border be reintroduced in view of Brexit; if his Department held discussions...
- Air Corps
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the Air Corps' improvement plan for health and safety at the Air Corps premises at Casement Aerodrome,...
- Defence Forces Operations
73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces performed aid to civil power duties at Shannon Airport on 25 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Remuneration
75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve the pay, conditions and contracts of Defence Forces members following his meeting with a group (details supplied) in May...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
76. To ask the Taoiseach if he met Prince Charles when he was visiting here. [23334/17]
- EU Meetings
77. To ask the Taoiseach when the next EU Council meeting will take place. [23335/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
78. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23457/17]
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
79. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
- Brexit Issues
80. To ask the Taoiseach if work has commenced on the paper on the economic challenges of Brexit as referenced in the programme for Government annual report 2017; the specific topics that will be...
- Departmental Staff Data
81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies. [23937/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Disability Activation Projects
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to specific businesses that place or recruit workers who have autism; and if she will make a...
- Garda Procedures
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ministerial permissions her Department has given to members of An Garda Síochána to open bank accounts...
- Legal Aid Service Staff
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 30 March 2017, the number of new staff hires who are engaged in the provision of...
- Departmental Expenditure
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011...
- Garda Code of Ethics
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if guidelines exist governing the behaviour of undercover police officers operating within non-violent campaign groups; and if...
- Garda Expenditure
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the establishment of the horse-mounted unit in An Garda Síochána; the annual running costs of this unit;...
- Courts Service Data
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 4 April 2017, the number of those fines imposed that specifically relate to...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of her Department through agencies in the public sector; and if she will...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancy for work...
- Department of Finance
- Revenue Commissioners Powers
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are legally entitled to take a portion of a person's social welfare payment if they have outstanding debt and tax liabilities;...
- Tax Code
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the standard rate tax band from €33,800, based on personal circumstances of a single, widowed or a surviving civil...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in...
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the restrictions, rules or regulations for regulated financial institutions in making telephone contact with mortgage holders in arrears; the number of times...
- Tax Rebates
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23583/17]
- Brexit Issues
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department is assessing options on border control other than a hard border; and the measures which will be required between Northern Ireland and...
- Banking Sector Regulation
107. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fines imposed on a bank (details supplied) for breaches of money laundering rules. [20724/17]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Data
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons employed through agencies in his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23944/17]
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed or investigations...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a place in a preschool pending receipt of a diagnostic report from the early intervention...
- State Examinations Data
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools by county that will roll out the junior certificate schools programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Educational Psychological Service
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, is available for students throughout the summer months; and if he will make a statement...
- School Accommodation Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for additional accommodation of eight prefab classrooms. [23378/17]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will prioritise special needs assistant, SNA, applications from newly established schools announced in May 2017; and if he will ensure...
- School Admissions
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23402/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines in place relating to the use of quiet rooms for children with autism in schools; if his Department monitors the use of...
- Public Sector Pay
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a union (details supplied) will be invited to participate in the upcoming talks on public sector pay; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Teacher Redeployment
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if no teacher who is a member of a union (details supplied) will be made redundant under the redeployment process; and if he will make a...
- School Transport Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide alternative school transport arrangements for a person (details supplied) with special educational needs in order to address...
- School Accommodation
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been granted funding to provide additional classroom accommodation in view of the fact it was...
- School Transport Eligibility
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the school transport scheme for the remainder of the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement...
- National Educational Psychological Service
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23424/17]
- Psychological Assessments
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychological assessments which have been undertaken by each SCPA service in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017....
- Departmental Expenditure
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building works will commence on a school (details supplied) in Drumcondra. [23491/17]
- School Costs
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the number of schools that will be implementing his proposals for cutting back on school costs as per circular 0032/2017; the number...
- School Enrolments
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assurance will be given to parents of children in a school's (details supplied) catchment area who have not secured a place in 2017 to the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding unequal pay for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23562/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding an application for a required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the progress to date...
- School Transport
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department stated in a court case (details supplied) that Bus Éireann does not make a profit from school transport; and if he will...
- Student Support Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 9 May 2017, the reply to which did not address the question asked, if he will consider a change of...
- Departmental Staff Data
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts Data
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed or...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount collected by local authorities in development contributions in each of the years 2000 to 2016 and to date...
- Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the review of planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant commercial properties in cities, town and...
- Rural Resettlement Scheme
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the relative requirements and appropriate targets for an additional rural resettlement initiative have been...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of the housing assistance payment scheme; the local authorities covered to date...
- Departmental Expenditure
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the ban on housing assistance payment will be lifted from Ballymun. [23493/17]
- Local Authority Functions
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to provide city status to Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether there are significant problems with section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and...
- Departmental Staff Data
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will grant a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/17]
- Maternity Benefit Administration
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to tackle the reported delays in maternity benefit payments. [23397/17]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) with particular reference to the insolvency of the persons; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in the years 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to...
- Free Travel Scheme
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to fully retain the free travel scheme; his further plans to make changes to the scheme in the near future; and if he will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes in the Dublin North area; the number of persons availing of these schemes, in tabular form; and if he...
- Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments made under the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme in 2016; the cost of these payments; the estimated...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied to the Dublin central rents unit who have been refused rent supplement and instructed to apply for the...
- Employment Support Services
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will permit the early termination of a contract with Turas Nua by a person (details supplied) who has secured an internship in a company that...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not had their appeal for a farm assist payment assessed. [23561/17]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23575/17]
- State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the additional cost that would be incurred if the pre-2012 bands were re-established in the calculation of the State contributory pension in budget...
- Departmental Staff Data
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts Data
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed or...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Naval Vessels
176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose of British Royal Navy submarine activities off the west coast; and if there was engagement with authorities here regarding...
- Departmental Expenditure
177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Data
179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of ministerial permissions his Department has given to members of An Garda Síochána to open bank accounts for...
- Departmental Staff Data
180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade Newcastle West Garda station in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23418/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
- Departmental Contracts Data
185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will engage with a group (details supplied) in upcoming negotiations to ensure that the rights and conditions for retired public...
- Services for People with Disabilities
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of installing a changing place facility for adults with disabilities in Áras an Uachtaráin; his plans to construct...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Action Plan for Rural Development
189. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the four innovation hubs in the Gaeltacht regions of counties Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Kerry, as outlined in action 84 of the...
- Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recommendations of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas report and the charter for rural Ireland have...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the scheme to indemnify private landowners with regard to recreational users of their lands, as outlined in...
- Departmental Expenditure
194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
- Wildlife Regulations
196. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23484/17]
- National Archives
197. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to review the time limits for the release of materials under the National Archives Act 1986; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Data
200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of her Department through agencies in the public sector; and if she will make...
- Departmental Contracts Data
202. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancy for work...
- Department of Health
- Assisted Human Reproduction
203. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the regulation of surrogacy; the timeframe for this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23580/17]
- Primary Care Centres
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of the vacant health centre in Rathangan, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/17]
- Home Help Service Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help assistance for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23401/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all recreational and training activity providers who are currently employed by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in County...
- Hospital Appointments Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment in Tallaght or in another hospital offering the same service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to each of the various Alzheimer's associations across the State in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he...
- Infectious Disease Incidence (1 comment)
209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason tests in German laboratories for the detection of Lyme disease are not recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the diagnosis of a person (details supplied) will not be confirmed in a report prior to the enrolment of the person in preschool; if the report can...
- Health Reports
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report on the external evidence review to inform the parameters of a revision of A Vision for Change; if he will publish same; and if he...
- Nursing Home Fees
214. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the substantial increase in nursing home fees following a review by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); his further views on...
- Departmental Expenditure
215. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
- Medical Card Eligibility
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-open a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in view of exceptional circumstances which were out of the person's control; and...
- Nursing Home Beds Data
218. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund will provide a breakdown to justify the increase of the cost of a nursing home bed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied) in regard to nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland status who were refused critical...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on the inpatient waiting list for the urology department in Saint James's Hospital for six months, 12 months, 24 months, 36...
- HSE Planning
222. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date of publication of the HSE action plan for scoliosis; his plans for the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23486/17]
- Nursing Staff
224. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the nurse shortage in a health care centre (details supplied) in Ballymun. [23492/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents currently waiting from zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 18...
- Hospital Appointments Status
227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23501/17]
- Hospital Services
228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical assessment unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital was recently closed; the number of such closures in 2016 and to date in 2017; if there...
- Respite Care Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 619 to 621, inclusive, of 11 April 2017, the position regarding the need for respite services for persons with...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
232. To ask the Minister for Health if the long-term illness scheme will include Crohn's disease on the list of approved conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
233. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 4 April 2017, if the 2,786 persons waiting more than 12 months for cataract surgery can avail of the National...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include persons with asthma in the long-term illness scheme or in a targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the national clinical programme for asthma to a free structural asthma management programme for every person with...
- Departmental Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide core funding for supporting educational programmes by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23525/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23526/17]
- Hospital Charges
238. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €632,117,844 income raised by private charges (details supplied) by hospitals in 2016 which was charged following emergency...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
239. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma in the long-term illness scheme or on another targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card (details supplied); and if he will...
- Medicinal Products Availability
240. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct a study to show savings his Department could make regarding accident and emergency visits, bed occupancy or primary care visits from...
- Ambulance Service Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of ambulance services at Sligo University Hospital; if there are periods for which there is a reduced service; the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
242. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; if same can be expedited; and if he...
- Health Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a referral for a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Data
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a person's (details supplied) eligibility for GLAS in view of the fact that their amendment to land parcels was...
- Fishing Licences
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the 26 submissions received as part of the review of replacement capacity under the sea fishing licensing...
- Superlevy Fine
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding milk fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23431/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to...
- TAMS Data
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under TAMS 2; the approvals issued for this; the payments claims lodged and the number of cases...
- TAMS Applications
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for grant aid by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Compensation Schemes
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of persons in the Silvermines area of County Tipperary who have lost production due to residues; if...
- GLAS Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the GLAS 2 payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23519/17]
- Flood Relief Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the scheme operated by the Office of Public Works regarding flood relocation does...
- Coillte Teoranta
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Coillte-owned forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23528/17]
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the deadline for knowledge transfer in view of the fact that the online system is not working to date (details...
- Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had their young farmers scheme 2015 application deemed ineligible; if same can be...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to a matter (details supplied) regarding the knowledge transfer programme; and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the research behind the claim that Ireland is recognised as having one of the most technologically advanced and carbon...
- Departmental Staff Data
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons employed through agencies in his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23938/17]
- Departmental Contracts Data
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for work...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Media Mergers
266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 2 May 2017, if the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has provided him with...
- Departmental Expenditure
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years...
- Departmental Staff Data
269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the persons employed through agencies in his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts Data
270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Noise Pollution
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 10 May 2017, if he will meet with the group concerned or facilitate such a meeting; and if he...
- Cross-Border Projects
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further discussions between the stakeholders regarding the Narrow Water Bridge project have taken place as was alluded to in a report...
- Departmental Expenditure
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and...
- Taxi Licences
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has to sit their taxi licence test for the tenth time after having passed both tests on different...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Expenditure
276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016...
- IDA Site Visits
278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits to County Kerry by prospective Industrial Development Agency Ireland companies in 2016; the details of these...
- Departmental Staff Data
279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that are employed under the aegis of her Department through agencies in the public sector; and if she will make...
- Departmental Contracts Data
281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23445/17]
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and...
- Child Care Services Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a child care facility (details supplied); if she will engage with the Dublin City...
- Departmental Staff Data
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of her Department through agencies in the public sector; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Contracts Data
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of her Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or...
- Department of Defence
- Military Intelligence
288. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military intelligence can be enhanced to deal with potential terrorist attacks; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Equipment
289. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the availability of equipment such as military hardware throughout all branches of the Defence Forces, with particular...
- Air Corps Equipment
290. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all equipment available to the Air Corps, including aircraft and communications technology, is adequately upgraded and...
- Naval Service Equipment
291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all equipment available to the Naval Service, including sea going vessels and communications technology, is adequately...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions waiting to be filled throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23436/17]
- Overseas Missions Data
293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces currently serving overseas at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23437/17]
- Defence Forces Deployment
294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which further overseas deployment of the Defence Forces with the UN is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Funding
295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23439/17]
- Defence Forces Training
296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the most modern training methods remain available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Strength
297. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces including Reserves, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the number of women in each branch of the services;...
- Departmental Expenditure
298. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
- Departmental Staff Data
300. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons that are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts Data
302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed or...
