Written answers
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Security Committee
9. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the national security committee took place; the current members of the committee; the number of times the committee meets each year; and the role...
- Seanad Reform
11. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the group being formed to reform Seanad Éireann. [24017/17]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier on 11 May 2017. [24018/17]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Modern Language Teaching
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the modern languages strategy; and his further views on whether the reform of the teaching of modern languages is not being given...
- Teachers' Remuneration
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on ending the different pay rates for teachers; if he will report on discussions with the teachers' unions; and if he will make a...
- State Examinations
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the selection of candidates for superintending State exams; and his views on whether an opportunity is being missed to...
- Teacher Secondment
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondments which have exceeded five years in the period July 2009 to October 2014, inclusive; the length of time for which five...
- Language Schools
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative proposals his Department has to establish a learner protection fund for students of English language schools; and if he will make...
- Asylum Support Services
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for qualifying for the pilot grant scheme for asylum seekers to attend university introduced by the Government in 2015; the status of...
- School Transport Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that persons starting second level school are not deprived of a school transport service which is and was available to older...
- Creative Ireland Programme
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding commitments his Department has made to implement pillar 1 of Creative Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24464/17]
- School Curriculum
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for religious education in the community national schools in view of the reports that 11 out of 13 of them are opting out of the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding securing a site for the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; when a site is expected to be purchased; and the...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the financing of new school building at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24774/17]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight his Department currently has in place regarding the operations of Caranua in the absence of a sitting board which has not been in...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme is adequate over the next three years to meet the accommodation requirements at primary and...
- School Admissions
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the consultations regarding reform of school admissions. [24652/17]
- Schools Building Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a new national school to cater for the educational needs of the growing population of River Valley, Rathingle and Boroimhe,...
- School Accommodation Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on recent discussions with a project (details supplied) with regard to its new classrooms; and if he will make a statement on...
- Technological Universities
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the progress made on the development of a technical university for the south-east region since the TUSE project was...
- School Admissions
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a new forum on religious education in schools in view of 11 previous forums dealing with this general issue and two public...
- Special Educational Needs
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to tackle the chronic shortage of post primary ASD special classes nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24672/17]
- Oideachas Gaeltachta
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a bheidh an 30 Múinteoir Gaeltachta breise atá geallta sa Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022 á n-earcú...
- Institutes of Technology Funding
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the level of capital investment in institutes of technology is adequate; the progress being made to address the significant...
- Literacy Programmes
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the reading recovery programme in DEIS and non-DEIS schools. [24012/17]
- Schools Building Projects
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision that will be included in the capital plan regarding school facilities and increased capacity to reflect the increased development in...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the low uptake of apprenticeships by females; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/17]
- Arts in Education Charter
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department has taken to co-operate with the Department Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to fast track and...
- Schools Amalgamation
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the decision on the proposed amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Kildare to allow the schools to make...
- School Curriculum
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of boys and girls respectively who study home economics at junior certificate level; and if he will consider making the subject...
- Institutes of Technology Staff
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to bring about the appointment of a president for Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Qualifications Recognition
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College, Dublin, UCD and RCSI whose degrees have been changed and...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; if his Department has made offers to land...
- Proposed Legislation
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative proposals his Department is working on to make it an offence to advertise and provide academic cheating services for students; and...
- Special Educational Needs
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the supply of ASD schools across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/17]
- DEIS Administration
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason data on junior certificate retention rates by school, junior certificate exam results aggregated to school level and or leaving...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external companies or organisations or bodies that Caranua have engaged for a fee since its inception in tabular form; the fees that...
- Schools Extra Curricular Activities
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to diocesan advisers visiting primary schools across the country to monitor and evaluate a programme (details...
- Schools Property
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the playing fields at a school (details supplied) will not be sold off by the Christian Brothers congregation, thereby...
- Languages Programme
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational supports which have been put in place to ease the particular difficulties faced by migrant children and those in direct provision...
- School Admissions
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the organisations and schools which made a submission to the public consultation on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions...
- Teachers' Remuneration
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans and the timeframe to ensure that the principle of equal pay for equal work will be restored in first and second level teaching; and if...
- State Examinations
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether unemployed teachers should be prioritised in the selection of suitable candidates for superintending State exams. [24656/17]
- Legislative Process
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Equal Status (Admissions to School) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24661/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of armed gardaí policing airports currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24814/17]
- Garda Equipment
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the necessary funding to replace the osprey rigid inflatable boat for the Garda water unit, in view of the...
- Garda Transport Data
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans allocated to the Garda District R in 2016 and to date in 2017; and...
- Visa Applications
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of a visa renewal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions involving drivers in the emergency services, namely gardaí, ambulance drivers, those...
- Legal Aid Service
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to restrict the availability of free legal aid to repeat offenders or to make such recipients of free legal aid liable...
- Visa Data
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of long-stay join family single entry D visas issued in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of refusals for...
- Department of Finance
- Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place to ensure that persons do not experience difficulties in obtaining and retaining insurance cover on their properties, in view of the...
- Property Tax Data
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in local property tax in County Kildare in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Motor Insurance Coverage
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to include a driver's experience abroad when applying for insurance upon returning here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Motor Insurance
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the intended composition of the forum for consumer and business interests in respect of motor insurance under action point nine in the report on the cost of...
- Financial Services Ombudsman
98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to strengthen the role of the Financial Services Ombudsman to prevent financial institutions appointing receivers and taking court action on housing...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the qualifying criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme and the primary medical certificate which underpins it; and...
- Banking Operations
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a loophole, known as the incurred loss model, which allows banks to hide losses by recognising loans at amounts above the amount the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Redeployment
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a supplementary teaching panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24998/17]
- Teaching Qualifications
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the incentives which can be offered to teachers of science, technology, engineering and maths, STEM, subjects in order to address the shortage of...
- National Educational Psychological Service
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to increase access to NEPS, National Educational Psychological Service, psychologists for schools in Newbridge, County...
- School Management
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when posts of responsibility will be restored in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24820/17]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines which exist for primary school principals when numbers dictate that classes need to be amalgamated; and if he will make a...
- Teacher Training Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training which is given at primary level regarding the teaching of mixed classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24822/17]
- DEIS Applications
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a DEIS appeal for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24831/17]
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given permission to Caranua to move premises and incur rental costs; if so, when; the nature of the lease in question; the annual rent...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he gave permission for contracts entered into by Caranua; if so, if he will provide details of the nature of the contracts in tabular form;...
- Teachers' Panel Rights
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) whereby due to an error in his Department's payroll system, a person has been left on point one on...
- Student Universal Support Ireland
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a number of aspects of the current SUSI system including the current gross income threshold of €54,240; and if he will...
- International Summits
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on attendance at and participation in the OECD's annual international summit on the teaching profession; and if he will make a...
- Teachers' Remuneration
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his further...
- Legislative Process
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24923/17]
- Ministerial Correspondence
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correspondence he has received from the chief executive of the Higher Education Authority regarding governance, human resources and financial...
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's work on setting up a relocation panel for permanent primary school teachers who need to relocate but do not wish to resign their...
- English Language Training Organisations
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of each accreditation and co-ordination of English language services and schools (details supplied) capacity which is left empty...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 in particular his...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Patronage
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Government reaching its target of 400 non-denominational and multidenominational schools by 2030; the number of such...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which children under the new model for allocation of resource teaching hours in primary and secondary that received diagnoses in the...
- Information and Communications Technology
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of information and communication technology grants his Department has paid to primary and secondary schools in the past 12 months; the...
- Garda Vetting Applications Data
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed prior to 2007 who have registered for retrospective Garda vetting under the terms of the National Vetting Bureau...
- School Management
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24934/17]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class...
- Commencement of Legislation
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act 2001 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of...
- Third Level Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions. [24937/17]
- Teachers' Remuneration
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teacher unions that rejected working additional hours under the...
- Junior Cycle Reform
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/17]
- Skills Shortages
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas (details supplied) that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit;...
- Child Care Services Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by an organisation (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for...
- Education Policy
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus,...
- DEIS Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he...
- School Curriculum
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Management
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/17]
- Teachers' Professional Development
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; the investment involved...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government's programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants;...
- School Patronage
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Postgraduate Enrolments
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24953/17]
- School Funding
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding junior, senior and post-primary schools. [24954/17]
- State Examinations Data
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; his plans to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Retention Rates
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; his plans to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally in...
- Third Level Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read a position paper (details supplied) on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students;...
- Teacher Data
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of substitute teachers for primary schools and the serious difficulties this is causing for...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24960/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location a school (details supplied) currently in temporary accommodation in Cork city will be located for the 2017/2018 school year; the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding new classrooms and school development for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the project has gone...
- School Guidance Counsellors
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the career guidance service throughout second level education; if he anticipates...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which persons with autism continue to have ready access to primary and second level school places throughout County Kildare; the...
- School Playgrounds
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided towards the resurfacing of a playground in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make...
- School Transport Review
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected a review of the school transport system is likely to be undertaken with particular reference to the objective of the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which new primary and second level teaching posts have been approved in respect of primary and second level schools throughout the...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has received communication from the various primary school authorities throughout north Kildare in the context of the...
- School Patronage
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will ensure the future of smaller rural denominational schools, the ethos of which may come under threat notwithstanding previous undertakings...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to persons with a specific requirement in Kildare north; and if he will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Planning Issues
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 22 acres of land which was a flood plain was rezoned for housing...
- Pyrite Issues
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of pyrite free green certificates that have been issued in the past five years by area in tabular form....
- Wastewater Treatment
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual capital investment spent on wastewater treatment from 2000 to 2021 in tabular form; and the figure for...
- Animal Breeding Regulations
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether Ireland is not proactive enough in protecting animals with dog breeding establishments. [24974/17]
- Air and Water Pollution
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures in place regarding oversight of work at the Poolbeg incinerator to record and detect level of...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application which was submitted to his Department by Galway City Council in...
- Local Authority Staff Data
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planners employed by the relevant local authorities in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and...
- Planning Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications for individual houses that have been refused on the basis of house design in...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed Drogheda northern cross route; if the plans have been amended recently due to the closure...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new wind energy guidelines.. [21870/17]
- Department of Social Protection
- Departmental Legal Costs
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will request the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to provide details of the spend by that office from initiation up to and including the...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if financial assistance will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) who submitted their required documentation in respect of a funeral;...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24845/17]
- JobPath Data
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the target set by his Department for JobPath in the number of long-term unemployed it is expected to place in employment annually; the target set...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for social welfare assistance successfully appealed in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Pensions
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24878/17]
- Disability Allowance Payments
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when disability allowance payment will commence for a person (details supplied) who has been approved on appeal from April 2016; and if he will make...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress in this case to date; and if he will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24997/17]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25045/17]
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a pension claim will be reviewed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25046/17]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works, OPW, plans to open the medieval Barbican to the public in view of the local authority's decision to close...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new Caranua premises are owned or leased by the OPW, Office of Public Works; the nature of the lease in question between the OPW...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the implementation of Labour Court recommendation No. 19293 for pension claims for community employment...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
199. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a scheme of financial assistance and tax incentives will be introduced to assist the upgrading of accommodation in towns and...
- Commemorative Medals
200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason no members of the fire services received commemorative 1916 to 2016 medals; the reason non-rostered and support staff...
- Department of Health
- Registration of Deaths
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding death registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24812/17]
- Medical Card Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24824/17]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children eligible for the free under six years of age general practitioners scheme by county; the number of general practitioners that are signed...
- Mental Health Services Data
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the counties Kildare and Wicklow mental health team; the per capita spend on mental health in County Kildare in each of the...
- Vaccination Programme Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake in the HPV vaccine by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24827/17]
- Obesity Strategy
208. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that estimated cost of obesity related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and premature deaths here is in the region...
- Medical Register Administration
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-specialist doctors not on the Medical Council’s specialist register appointed to consultant positions, temporary or otherwise; the...
- Hospitals Car Park Charges
211. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that was responsible for the transfer of hospital car parks to private parking management companies; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
215. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE in County Kerry plan to recruit additional community nurses in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24858/17]
- Hospital Records
216. To ask the Minister for Health the dates of death and ages of all of their deceased persons in a community hospital (details supplied) for whom the former health board and HSE have purchased...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied). [24866/17]
- Medical Card Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/17]
- Health Services Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the satellite dialysis unit in County Wexford; and when the unit will be completed and operational. [24868/17]
- Patient Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of all medical outpatient activity which related to the care of skin disease (details supplied) in each of the years 2006 to 2016; and if he...
- Health Services Staff Data
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant dermatologists per head of population here; the way this figure compares with Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales; and if he...
- Patient Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals and the number of persons referred to a consultant dermatologist in each of the years 2006 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, funding that has been required in each of the years 2006 to 2016 in order...
- Disease Management
227. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 14 December 2016, the status of the work of the Lyme borreliosis sub-committee; the number of times this...
- Mental Health Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a person in County Meath to access a psychiatric consultant. [24896/17]
- Hospital Procedures
230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether serious flaws exist within the hospital system for persons that present with mental health difficulties. [24898/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
231. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting time for cataract removal procedures in Galway University Hospital from 24 to 30 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person who resides in County Waterford and has type one diabetes cannot access a life-changing course (details supplied) being held in County...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
234. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultant post for the Waterford centre of excellence will be filled under the model of care for children and young persons with type one diabetes;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
235. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24919/17]
- National Drugs Strategy
236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the new national drugs strategy; if he will address the...
- HIQA Inspections
237. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to grant an extension on the two week HIQA closure order to allow staff of an organisation (details supplied) sufficient time to...
- Disabilities Assessments
238. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Cork city will have an assessment of need carried out under the Disability Act 2005. [24971/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork to secure residential care for their adult daughter; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24985/17]
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
242. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an accreditation system and approval body for nutritionists similar to that already in operation for dietitians to ensure standards of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
243. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS, green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, application by a person (details supplied); the reason a decision has...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Commission for Energy Regulation Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied the staffing resource levels of the Commission for Energy Regulation is sufficient; if there has been...
- National Broadband Plan Data
248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of homes in County Cork which were provided with a new broadband connection in 2015 and 2016; the number of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Status
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed Narrow Water bridge that will link counties Louth and Down; the details of reference for the planning approval...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a club (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected under...
- Swimming Pool Programme Funding
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open applications for grant aid funding for new swimming pools and refurbishment of existing facilities, in view of the fact...
- Road Tolls
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken or will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) will not be subject to toll charges and the...
- Fáilte Ireland Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff and personnel employed by Fáilte Ireland by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vehicle Registration
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a case (details supplied); if he will provide an explanation for same; and the number of errors of this nature that...
- Driver Test
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who requires a driving licence for work...
- Tourism Project Funding
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop an inshore marine tourism strategy to support small boats and other inshore marine activities; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Arms Trade
257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 16 May 2017, if she will clarify the fact that the weapons category ML5 is not defined as...
- Brexit Issues
258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of engagement and the number of occasions in which she has had discussions with her European counterparts since the Brexit...
- IDA Site Visits
259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits that have been made to the north Cork area by the IDA in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if she will make a...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will expand the terms of investigation into mother and baby homes to include a home (details supplied) and in particular issues...
- Child Care Services Provision
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress which has been made in conducting an independent review on the cost of providing quality child care in private and community...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some preschools and child care providers are having difficulty with the online application...
- Child Care Qualifications
264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will re-examine the 2016 child care regulation requirements whereby only persons who are qualified with a major level 5 in early...
- Child Care Services Regulation
265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to implement the proposals which have been put forward by a group (details supplied) in a submission relating to the 2016 child...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps
266. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a military police investigation has been commenced to ascertain under whose orders documentation of Air Corps air quality tests were...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to improve the pay and conditions of the Defence Forces personnel whose families have been reliant on the family...
- Defence Forces Personnel
269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address the findings of the Public Service Pay Commission's report published in May 2017 which found that there are issues...
