Written answers
Thursday, 18 May 2017
- Department of Finance
- Banking Sector Regulation
11. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the Central Bank’s response to a bank's (details supplied) placing of 2,141 SME customers into a bank; his views on whether a...
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the favourable tax treatment for real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds in view of reports that these are a factor in...
- Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
13. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will take particular steps to soften the manner in which original or secondary lenders treat home borrowers (details supplied); and if he...
- NAMA Loans Sale
15. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 3 May 2017, if Project Shift was discussed at NAMA Northern Ireland advisory committee meetings; if a person...
- Financial Services Regulation
16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the need to establish a code of conduct on mortgage switching, similar to the code of conduct on the switching of payment...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the under-performance of USC in the January to February period of 2017; the difference in the projected and actual intake; and if he will make a...
- National Debt Servicing
18. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to refinance a quarter of the State's national debt between October 2017 and October 2020; and the steps being taken by the NTMA to minimise the...
- Fiscal Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request flexibility with regard to the fiscal rules in view of the well documented impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement...
- Banking Sector
22. To ask the Minister for Finance when he and the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs will bring forward firm proposals for community banking in view of the...
- Tax Credits
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report on the large levels of tax expenditures relating to research and development tax credits each year since 2010; if his Department...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
24. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lending carried out by a company (details supplied) to date in 2017 to the construction sector; his views on whether the State can do more to...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
25. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the first time buyers grant is having a destructive impact on the private housing market and leading to massive inflationary pressures in...
- Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
26. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all fines paid, including the monetary value and transgression for each individual fine, by a bank (details supplied) since the State acquired a...
- European Fund for Strategic Investments
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the funds that have been drawn down from within the State from the Junckers investment fund since its inception. [23572/17]
- Budget 2018
28. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rule out further tax cuts in budget 2018 in view of recent disappointing Exchequer returns and to ensure all fiscal space is directed towards...
- Brexit Issues
29. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a survey by a company (details supplied) that showed a widespread lack of knowledge and understanding of customs regulations and practices, the...
- Tracker Mortgages Examination
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Central Bank’s tracker mortgage review; the number of mortgages involved in the review; the number of persons who have...
- Excise Duties
32. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on excise duties on diesel vehicles in the context of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/17]
- Economic Growth
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding Ireland's growth potential for the future in comparison with all other EU states within the euro zone and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant a holiday visa to a person (details supplied). [23625/17]
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a county registrar will be appointed in County Westmeath; and if the person appointed will deal only with County Westmeath....
- Garda Deployment
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare by station on 30 April 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on...
- Data Protection
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the attention of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has been drawn to the increasing use of digital billboard and...
- Coroners Service
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to provide for mandatory inquiries by the coroner in the event of a death of a mother during...
- Garda College
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has briefed or had any contact with or from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement regarding the ongoing...
- Cyber Security Policy
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel currently engaged in cyber crime policing in An Garda Síochána, both attested gardaí and...
- Garda Deployment
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Cork division in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014; and the...
- Garda College
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her attention was drawn to an interim internal audit into financial irregularities at the Garda training college; and if...
- Domestic Violence Incidence
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to media reports that the Central Statistics Office cannot stand over Garda domestic violence...
- Garda Reports
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 4 May 2017, if she has received the promised report from the Garda authorities on...
- Garda College
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on media reports that documents discovered in Garda headquarters show her Department was informed regarding financial...
- Surveillance Operations
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ministerial warrants issued under the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation)...
- Immigration Status
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23852/17]
- Deportation Orders
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding a proposed deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Immigration Status
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23855/17]
- Residency Permits
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the approval of stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the upgrade of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Equipment
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for selecting a device (details supplied) as the roadside kit for drug testing drivers; if An Garda...
- Prison Building Programme
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 75 and 76 of 30 March 2017, if she will provide a breakdown of the additional...
- Department of Finance
- Sale of State Assets
63. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the partial sale of a bank (details supplied) to be realised; if he will use the funds generated from the sale towards essential capital...
- Tracker Mortgages Examination
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank's order to lending banks to return affected customers to an appropriate tracker rate of interest has been undertaken; if his attention has...
- Brexit Issues
65. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide financial support to companies and SMEs that may be adversely effected by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/17]
- Banking Sector Regulation
66. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds are fully protected; if he will...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding which has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he is...
- Brexit Issues
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23600/17]
- Banking Sector
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the investigation of the...
- European Investment Bank Loans
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank, EIB, and other Government Departments to establish an off balance sheet special...
- Credit Unions
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the EUROSTAT investigation into the establishment by the Government of a bond to finance social housing investment suitable for credit...
- Brexit Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if...
- Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he will take...
- Credit Union Restructuring
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the establishment of the credit union advisory committee; when the first meeting of the implementation group will take place; and if he...
- Credit Union Services
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made with the Central Bank on the request by a number of credit unions to expand their debit card and mortgage services; and if...
- Tax Yield
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the special domicile levy on high net worth persons; the number of persons subject to the levy; the number of non-residents paying the levy; and...
- Tax Data
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of income to the Exchequer in respect of bogus self-employment which forces low income workers to register as self-employed; and if he will...
- Stability and Growth Pact
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made progress in the reform of EU fiscal rules in view of allowing capital investment and the ongoing review of the capital plan; and if he will make...
- Exchequer Returns
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for taxes which his Department has identified as being behind profile in view of the failure of the recent Exchequer returns to meet profile as set...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme; the amount it has cost to date; the value of homes acquired through the scheme below €200,000,...
- Stamp Duty
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty paid by a company (details supplied) for the 7,000 loans if bought from IBRC. [23623/17]
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
82. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/17]
- NAMA Loans Sale
83. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a statement (details supplied) by NAMA's head of residential delivery to the Committee of Public Accounts on 25 October 2016, the NAMA loan sales...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are investigating financial matters relating to its brief at Templemore college in view of the ongoing issues relating to the...
- Exchequer Returns
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proceeds of moneys captured in criminal drug hauls are included in GDP figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23822/17]
- Sale of State Assets
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the differences in terms of Eurostat rules or other restrictions in terms of the use of proceeds, between the sale of State assets such as Aer Lingus and Bord...
- Protected Disclosures Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures that were made to the Central Bank in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number that led to further...
- Cyber Security Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in his Department and in the State entities under the remit of his Department on cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and...
- Home Repossessions Rate
90. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with home repossessions by the main lending institutions, their subsidiaries and others in view of the implications for homelessness; his...
- Economic Growth Rate
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if the economy continues to meet its social and economic targets in line with all others within the EU and eurozone; his views on whether corrective measures...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector for motorists in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23870/17]
- Pension Provisions
95. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to facilitate pensioners who have made contributions under the defined benefits regime and have been forced into AMRFs unless they are in receipt of...
- Tax Yield
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the reduction in tax receipts in the first quarter of 2017; the extent to which the matter has been examined by his Department to identify the...
- Credit Availability
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if working capital remains available to small and medium sized businesses with particular reference to sole traders or companies wishing to extend their...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason home borrowers continue to pay more in interest on their home mortgages compared to those in other eurozone countries with less favourable economic...
- Tax Code
101. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce tax on the construction sector with a view to bringing down the cost of houses, in particular for first time buyers; and if he will make a...
- Inflation Rate
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified inflationary tendencies within the economy; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23880/17]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Data
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children under five years of age attending autism specific preschool or early intervention units funded by his Department; and if...
- Third Level Admissions Assistance
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the timeframe of a scholarship offer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23617/17]
- State Examinations
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding leaving certificate students in 1965 and 1966 who had to meet the five subject pass regulation, for example, in the case...
- Schools Building Projects Data
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding each new school build and school extension in progress across south Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be moved out of temporary accommodation as was agreed under the divestment programme in view of the fact...
- Higher Education Courses Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is appropriate funding support available through his Department to run an outreach certificate programme (details supplied). [23650/17]
- Schools Refurbishment
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if temporary accommodation and toilet facilities will be provided to a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the...
- School Accommodation
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school development (details supplied). [23677/17]
- Teacher Redeployment
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the redeployment pilot scheme for secondary school teachers to include counties Cork, Clare and Limerick; and if he will make...
- Site Acquisitions
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a mixed non-religious school for the site of Harold's Cross greyhound track recently purchased by his Department; if so, the...
- School Staff
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will amend his Department's decision to refuse the EAL teacher post appeal for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Institutes of Technology Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are cost cutting plans being considered by Waterford Institute of Technology including redundancies, curtailment of campus opening hours...
- Higher Education Courses Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the integrated pharmacy degree training programme; the details of the requirement for student pharmacists to do a four month...
- Departmental Properties
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the buildings including each and every publicly funded school, university or education related building and equipment worth in excess of...
- Youth Employment Initiative
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 11 May 2017, the seven activities originally selected for youth employment initiative, YEI, funding;...
- Special Educational Needs Data
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons with a diagnosis of autism who would benefit from attending an ASD unit at primary level and at secondary level by county;...
- School Accommodation Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a resource room for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23902/17]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Planning Issues
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a document (details supplied) from the Court of Justice of the European Union, regarding the Flemish...
- Septic Tank Grants
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend legislation to make grant support available to all persons who need to replace their septic tanks;...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to facilitate the building of local authority houses in sufficient numbers to meet the current and...
- Irish Water Data
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue collected by Irish Water for commercial rates in 2016, in counties Roscommon, Galway, Leitrim,...
- Planning Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to develop official national planning guidelines to regulate for large scale solar developments or solar...
- Local Authority Staff Data
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the staffing levels of each local authority compared to 2012. [23698/17]
- Planning Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to change the planning status of large scale peat extraction; and the public consultation he plans to...
- Homeless Persons Data
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who presented as homeless and were placed in emergency accommodation on a quarterly basis by...
- Local Authority Housing Data
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses that were purchased on the open market by local authorities for the provision of social housing...
- Private Rented Accommodation Data
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of units of accommodation which are now in full-time use for a company (details supplied) in the greater...
- Local Authority Housing Data
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be built by local authorities and approved housing bodies and which...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the scheme of rapid build housing which will be completed next and ready for occupation; when this scheme will be...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of the contract between An Post and the Department of Social Protection to deliver social welfare payments; and when it will be...
- State Pension (Contributory)
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the necessary PRSI contributions to qualify for a State contributory pension from 520 to 260. [23652/17]
- Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of doubling expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund. [23653/17]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the disability allowance by €20. [23654/17]
- Household Benefits Scheme
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate the telephone allowance as part of the household benefit package;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23675/17]
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their farm assist appeal decision issued; his views on whether the appeal is taking an...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending the regulations for persons applying for the State contributory pension; his views on whether examining a situation in...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when self-employed persons can claim invalidity pensions as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23811/17]
- Public Services Card Authentication
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific documentary evidence deemed acceptable in circumstances in which a British citizen does not have a driving licence or passport as...
- Job Initiatives
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a scheme to replace jobsbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23833/17]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23858/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision regarding eligibility for a disability allowance, carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied)...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23861/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/17]
- Departmental Reports
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when his department will publish its report into bogus self employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23901/17]
- Family Income Supplement Data
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Defence Forces personnel who received family income supplement in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [23903/17]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Land Acquisition
177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the land acquired by the State in Lucan Demesne and St. Catherine's Park has been retained by the OPW or has been transferred in part...
- Public Sector Pensions
178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will hold formal negotiations with a group (details supplied) regarding the restoration of cuts to pensions in view of...
- Flood Prevention Measures
179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood prevention measures put in place along the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/17]
- Public Sector Pensions
180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consult with a group (details supplied) regarding the restoration of public sector pensions with particular reference to...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Banking Sector
184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the community bank consultation that her Department is undertaking. [23610/17]
- Firearms Licences
185. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding night-time shootings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23657/17]
- Disease Awareness
186. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease. [23639/17]
- Greenways Development
187. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if progress on the provision of a pedestrian and cyclist route along the railway across the Broadmeadow estuary is being delayed due...
- Thatching Grants Expenditure
188. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding to grant aid or other supports for reroofing unique thatch cottages; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Health
- Psychological Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health if a psychologist has been appointed to an organisation (details supplied) for children requiring such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products Availability
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23630/17]
- Disease Awareness (1 comment)
192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase awareness of Lyme disease in view of recent protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
193. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for a spinal consultation at Tallaght hospital; the number awaiting triage to go on the waiting list; and the steps he will take to reduce...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently holding licences granted by his Department for the cultivation of hemp here in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No....
- Medical Card Appeals
195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23658/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23659/17]
- Home Care Packages Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23662/17]
- Accident and Emergency Departments Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have presented at Mayo University Hospital emergency department from 1 January 2017 to 30 April 2017; and if the numbers presenting...
- Hospitals Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funds which will be allocated to Belmullet community hospital for rebuilding and refurbishment; and his plans to extend or reduce services at the...
- Hospitals Data
200. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding rheumatology services at Mayo University Hospital; the number of days and hours per week a consultant is on site seeing patients; the...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
201. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to employ a rheumatology clinical nurse specialist at Mayo University Hospital; and if not, the reason therefore. [23669/17]
- Patient Transfers
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rheumatology patients from County Mayo who have been referred for services in counties Galway, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal to date in 2017, in...
- Mental Health Services Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE funding allocated to each of the 11 Jigsaw projects across the State in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and his...
- Health Screening Programmes
204. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient funding will be maintained by his Department to ensure that the bowel screen service remains in place. [23676/17]
- Ambulance Service Staff
205. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy prohibiting first response paramedics deployed from Northern Ireland from providing treatment according to their qualified skillset, such...
- Addiction Treatment Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle gambling addiction; the amount of funding which has been provided by the HSE to gambling addiction support services in each of...
- Hospital Services
207. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the comment from the representative of Cork university hospital in correspondence (details supplied) justifying a three day delay to the treatment...
- Health Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for winter 2017 and 2018; his further plans to incorporate private hospitals to the winter task force in order that all possible facilities are used...
- Hospital Procedures
209. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for procedures (details supplied) in each public hospital. [23702/17]
- Health Insurance Prices
210. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an organisation's (details supplied) statement that the public hospital charges for private patients is adding in a significant way to health...
- Health Insurance Levy
211. To ask the Minister for Health if the State takes a profit from the Revenue Commissioners’ collection of health insurance levies from health insurance companies; and if he will make a...
- Disease Management
212. To ask the Minister for Health if will consider the establishment of a myalgic encephalomyelitis working group with immediate effect, as suggested by a group (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Admissions
214. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is immediately admitted to the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore to have a procedure...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
215. To ask the Minister for Health the costs regarding the increased quotation from €600,000 to the latest quote for the building of the new children's hospital; the reason for the...
- Hospital Investigations
216. To ask the Minister for Health if an internal investigation was carried out on the complications arising from the delivery of a person (details supplied) at Portiuncula Hospital 25 years...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of multiple sclerosis patients waiting for three months, six months and a year or more for an appointment to see a neurologist in tabular form....
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE has provided for neuro-rehabilitation services and home care for multiple sclerosis patients in each of the years 2014 to 2016...
- HSE Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE budget for information technology in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23735/17]
- Cyber Security Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number which have had software upgrades in each of the past five years with a view to...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants currently employed on a full-time permanent basis; the number employed on a temporary basis; the number on the specialist...
- Cancer Incidence
228. To ask the Minister for Health if survival rates for ovarian cancer are less here than in other EU and OECD countries; if so, the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised mobile cath lab for County Waterford will be deployed; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23758/17]
- Health Services Staff Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) had a contract to work as a psychologist for the south eastern health board in 1995 and 1996; and if they continued to work in...
- Cyber Security Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE personnel assigned to cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23785/17]
- Property Transfers
234. To ask the Minister for Health the buildings, including each publicly funded hospital, clinic, nursing home or health related building and equipment worth in excess of €10,000 that...
- National Maternity Hospital
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from campaigners in County Donegal regarding the national maternity hospital; if a response has been...
- Misuse of Drugs
236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nationwide growth in the supply and usage of the drug fentanyl, an opioid believed to be 100 times more...
- Home Help Service Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help hours in the HSE's Dublin west area have remained unchanged in the past 12 months in view of the Government's commitment to increasing...
- Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the funding allocation for drug task forces has remained at the same reduced level for the past four years in view of an ever increasing demand for...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding psychiatric nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23898/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23631/17]
- Forestry Management
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans can be put in place to increase the distances for planting forestry from residential homes in view of the recent gorse...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under AEOS; the number of approvals issued; the payments claims lodged and the number of cases...
- Coillte Teoranta Activities
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte has stopped afforesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive an ANC payment for 2016 in view of the fact that they had sufficient stock on...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an aquacultural licence will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 11 May 2017, the number of applications for payment that failed to meet these...
- GLAS Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 11 May 2017, when the rural development programme in question was submitted and...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 11 May 2017, the percentage that the greening payment comprises of the total value of...
- Fish Quotas
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the mackerel review; the number of submissions received; the number of meetings he has had with industry...
- Food Exports
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of cheddar imports from Northern Ireland to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23799/17]
- GLAS Data
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment by county in tabular form;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment by county in tabular form; the number of...
- GLAS Payments
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a GLAS payment for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Mobile Telephony Services
266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the implementation of the 40 actions identified by the mobile phone and broadband task force; and...
- Energy Policy Review
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Moneypoint working group; the number of times that this group has met since its establishment;...
- Cyber Security Policy
268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has had contact with the US authorities regarding a National Security Agency information technology...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the median and average grant amounts under the better energy homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Interdepartmental Working Groups
271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times the interdepartmental low emissions task force has met since its formation. [23613/17]
- Local Authority Staff
272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name and contact details for the broadband officers within Cavan and Monaghan County Councils; and if he will make a...
- Litter Pollution
273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to deal with the issue of dog fouling in counties Cavan and Monaghan and throughout the country; and if he will...
- Household Benefits Scheme
274. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reinstate the telephone allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23641/17]
- Commission for Energy Regulation
275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the report on the regulation and inspection of gas installers operating here which was published by...
- North-South Interconnector
276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that EirGrid does not advance further procurement or pre-construction activities for the North-South...
- Planning Issues
277. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been consulted by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on proposed changes to the...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fisheries protection officers employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland in each of the years 2005 to 2016, and...
- Data Protection
279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the practice by a company (details supplied) that profiles members of the public,...
- Wastewater Treatment
280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the construction of integrated constructed wet lands as a method of wastewater treatment; his further views...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated amount of percentage points by which Ireland will miss the target on renewable energy services in view of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Services Provision
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to secure funding for the expansion of DART services to west Dublin, in particular the electrification of the...
- Road Tolls
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which moneys collected from toll roads are paid to the Exchequer by amount and road tolled in tabular form; and if he will...
- Departmental Legal Costs
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount incurred in legal fees and associated costs (details supplied) to date in 2017 regarding the Commercial Court action on...
- Road Projects Status
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made towards the development of the Macroom bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23593/17]
- Brexit Issues
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with management of CIE or the manager of Rosslare Europort for the purposes of discussing Britain's exit from the European...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the repair of roads in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sport Ireland Funding
290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding insurance for motorsport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23648/17]
- Aviation Industry
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding noise management at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Traffic Calming Measures
292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a speed limit review undertaken in 2016 allowing local authorities request speed limit changes on local and regional roads...
- Bus Éireann Services
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Derry to Dublin Bus Éireann route; his plans to ensure that this route remains; and if he will make a statement on...
- Newspaper Articles
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details on a specific matter (details supplied) in tabular form. [23849/17]
- Dublin Bus Services
295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected increase in bus passengers in Dublin for each of the next five years in view of a growth in population and increasing...
- Park and Ride Facilities
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of the bus based park and ride facilities he is considering and has submitted as part of the mid term capital review; and if...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Company Registration
298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the establishment and dissolution of companies in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding grants for a play centre for children; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health and Safety
300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if British construction certificates are recognised by the HSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23685/17]
- Economic Competitiveness
302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 11 May 2017, the detail of Ireland’s ranking overall when compared with small...
- Economic and Social Research Institute
303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent ESRI reports (details supplied) and the data showing that the vast majority of export earnings in 2015 were...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Schemes
304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure the continuation of the counselling grants scheme for schools (details supplied) in view of the fact the withdrawal of...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that will benefit from the second ECCE year in 2017; the number that have benefitted from it in 2016; and if she...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that applied for an assessment for the access inclusion model; the average waiting time for an assessment; and the...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided to the ABC schemes on an annual basis since 2011. [23616/17]
- Child and Family Agency Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed as staff in the child and family social work department in the Tusla office in Dundalk; and if she will...
- Child and Family Agency Data
309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases which have been received by the child and family social work department in the Tusla office in Dundalk between May 2016...
- Youth Services Funding
310. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy in the guidelines for the 2017 youth grant scheme (details supplied ; if she will ensure...
- Community Childcare Subvention Programme
311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing financial difficulties for community childcare services in areas of disadvantage due to the...
- Youth Services
312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that youth services in Cabra have been directed by the Department of Education and Skills of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
314. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration is being given to the requests of an association (details supplied); the proposals there are to enable Defence Forces personnel...
- Defence Forces Expenditure
315. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Defence Forces budget and expenditure on information technology in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form....
- Defence Forces Personnel
317. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel assigned to cybersecurity in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and...
- Air Corps
318. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, when an Air Corps CASA aircraft was refused entry into Swedish airspace, this was due to the fact the submitted paperwork completed by his...
