Written answers

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Brexit Issues
      24. To ask the Taoiseach the rationale for not seeking a veto on any aspect of either the separation or future relationship talks with regard to Brexit on any aspect, including Anglo-Irish...
    • Brexit Documents
      28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the publication of a document outlining the Government's approach to mitigating the impact of Brexit on the economy, trade and jobs; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East Peace Process
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way in which the occupation can be ended and the steps he is taking in this regard, in view of the 50-year anniversary of...
    • Passport Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will undertake an information campaign to ensure that passport applications are submitted allowing for extra time for processing; if...
    • Passport Controls
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the requirement for all first-time passport applicants aged 18 years of age and over to have a public services card; and if he...
    • Consular Services Staff
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional staff that have been deployed to embassies and consulates since 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent actions taken to address the situation of the undocumented Irish in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25617/17]
    • Legal Proceedings
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised or plans to raise at EU level or otherwise, the issue of potential safe passage for a person (details supplied) from the UK...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to press upon his EU and UN colleagues the urgency of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa;...
    • Human Rights
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise concerns regarding the recently announced arms deal between the United States of America and Saudi Arabia at a European...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with India and Pakistan regarding the status and humanitarian situation in Kashmir; and if he will make...
    • Middle East Issues
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 1,500 Palestinians are on hunger strike in Israeli jails; his views on whether...
    • Military Aircraft
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to an agreement between the RAF and the State concerning Irish airspace defence, if the Defences Forces including the Air Corps, are...
    • Northern Ireland
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will initiate discussions with the Northern Irish and British authorities with regard to the need for a Patten-style commission...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the indications he has received from President el-Sisi of Egypt that he will exercise his presidential powers to return a...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid that is being allocated to the Syrian crisis; his plans for escalation of this aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the unrest in Venezuela and anti-government protests there; the way in which Ireland can support the democratically elected...
    • Brexit Issues
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his negotiating plans for Ireland in respect of Brexit negotiations. [19864/17]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the State can realise commitments in one world one future; and the steps that can be taken to realise Ireland's 0.7% target...
    • Trade Strategy
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his Chinese counterparts regarding the proposed belt and road initiative dubbed the new Silk Road. [24356/17]
    • Human Rights
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the state of democracy and human rights in Turkey and the state of emergency that allows President Erdogan to rule by decree,...
    • Middle East Issues
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which the Government will formally recognise the state of Palestine; the reason for delays in doing so; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to have a person (details supplied) released from prison in Cairo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the oppression of Kurdish political activists and political parties in Kurdish areas with the authorities of the Republic of...
    • Brexit Issues
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt and MEPs in Strasbourg; and if he will...
    • Human Rights
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the escalating campaign of reprisals against human rights defenders and their families in Bahrain; if his...
    • Departmental Functions
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support his Department provides for the North-South Ministerial Council and the British-Irish Council. [24359/17]
    • Human Rights
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to an organisation (details supplied) 51 social leaders, activists and human...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the recent announcement of €6 million in humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central...
    • UN Commission on the Status of Women
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on trading with a country that has received international criticism over its treatment of women and minorities in view of the...
    • Passport Applications
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a system can be implemented whereby a person who has submitted a passport application through the Passport Express service can have an...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if...
    • UN Commission on the Status of Women
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria and standards that have to be met for Ireland to vote for a state to be on a United Nations body in view of the Kingdom of Saudi...
    • Trade Relations
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland's trading relationship with Israel in view of the ongoing abuses of human rights with regard to the Palestinian...
    • Brexit Issues
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the impact of Brexit on protections outlined and agreed in the Good Friday Agreement and its human rights provisions as...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State's position on the disputed western Sahara region, particularly in view of the European Court of Justice ruling in December 2016...
    • International Terrorism
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communication he has had with the British Government and Ministers regarding the savage bomb attack in Manchester in recent days; and if...
    • Immigration Policy
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts currently being made at EU level to address the migration and refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Electoral Register
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the subject of Irish citizens' eligibility to vote in UK elections with the Foreign Secretary since July 2016. [25447/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with leaders of political parties in Northern Ireland regarding Brexit and the formation of a new administration...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the commitments in the programme for Government on the North-South Ministerial Council; when it last met; and the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Employment Data
      105. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage and number of SMEs based on latest figures that are active in manufacturing, by category (details supplied), in tabular form; and the equivalent figures...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Charleton tribunal has presented a preliminary report to the Clerk of the Dáil; and the date on which this report...
    • Passport Controls
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to reduce the queues for passport control by passengers arriving into Dublin Airport at Terminal 1,...
    • Immigration Status
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to bring their Filipino national child here following the death of their...
    • Garda Investigations
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason child welfare services were not contacted in the case of illegal drugs seizures at an address (details supplied) in...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all sections of the International Protection Act 2015 have now commenced; and if sections of it are aimed at tackling abuses...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a prison transfer application for a person (details supplied); if recent decisions have been made regarding their...
    • Courts Staff Recruitment
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of jobs that will be created in the new courthouse in Drogheda; the type of jobs that will be made available; the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate the transfer of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25369/17]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the speed over distance cameras that were installed at the Port Tunnel; when these cameras are expected...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work being carried out to remove the 14,700 wrongful driving convictions and penalty points...
    • Garda Investigations
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when An Garda Síochána will complete their investigation into an incident (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will come into force; the reason for the delays; and if she will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25495/17]
    • Family Reunification Applications
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a family reunification visa; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Commercial Rates
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the criteria used by the Valuation Office to calculate the value of properties for commercial rates. [25517/17]
    • Family Reunification
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family reunification application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for refusal of the national funding to promote the integration of immigrants for a group (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Recruitment
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to give an exemption from the second European language requirement in recruitment to An Garda Síochána to...
    • International Terrorism
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place to mitigate against a terrorist attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25756/17]
    • Immigration Status
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25794/17]
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter relating to a person (details supplied); the advice which can be provided; and if she will make a...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, of 23 May 2017, her views on whether the Government will meet...
    • International Terrorism
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if EU security will be discussed at the next EU Council meeting following the bomb attack in Manchester and the relentless ISIS...
    • Garda Data
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 9 March 2017, when a reply will issue for same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Garda Vetting Legislation
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a single Garda vetting card to be issued to each person for a set period of time rather than the current...
    • Garda Data
      137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda that are operational and on full-time duty on a weekly basis in the Donegal division; the number of Garda...
    • Garda Resources
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for improving the Garda station in Donegal town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26018/17]
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a primary certificate by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal, in...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to vendors who, despite having home insurance themselves, cannot sell their home due to the prospective purchasers not being able to get...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether further measures will be required in 2017 in order to comply with the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact in view of an EU report...
    • Brexit Issues
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he raised the relaxation of fiscal rules through the implementation of the unusual event clause in the context of the impact of Brexit on Ireland at the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he has met an organisation (details supplied) on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25411/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his recent meeting at the European Investment Bank, if he has requested a review of strategy regarding the provision of additional loans for...
    • Insurance Costs
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue of rising insurance costs incurred by marts, particularly in regard to a case (details supplied) which has...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to rework the ten-year average growth calculation in view of his decision to limit ability to spend in future years not being necessary under the...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific actions he has taken under the the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation plan. [25693/17]
    • Tax Compliance
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons here who are also in receipt of a pension from another country, that is, a state pension, occupational pension or private pension, and may also be...
    • Fuel Laundering
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in 2016 and to date in 2017 through increased enforcement and sanction of fuel laundering further to the commitment on page 34 in the...
    • Budget Measures
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of measures carried over for 2018 as a result of budget 2017 measures; how that is accounted for in the fiscal space projections; and...
    • Tax Yield
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue that would be generated from the introduction of an aggregate levy of €2.50 per tonne on aggregates extracted from the ground such...
    • World Bank
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the representation Ireland has in the governance and management of the World Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25820/17]
    • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the representation Ireland has in the governance and management of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the airports and aerodromes with customs clearance; the number of visits that have been made by customs and excise to airports other than those with a...
    • Vehicle Registration
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding a vehicle registration tax centre in County Cavan; the reason for the errors; and the number of errors...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will reinstate the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passenger Tax Concessions Regulations SI 353 of 1994; his plans to extend the criteria to include...
    • Tax Rebates
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if exceptions can be made to a Revenue Commissioners rule stating that tax cannot be claimed back for an adapted car for a person (details supplied); and if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the Christian Brothers are to pay their outstanding debts to the redress scheme: if there is a requirement for them to pay in...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include Quality and Qualifications Ireland employees in the public service common pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end the pay and inequality that teachers endure, in view of the fact that it has been six years of discrimination; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter with regard to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25310/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 2 May 2017, the reason a school (details supplied) has not been allocated enough SNA teaching hours...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in which a number of serious issues have been outlined...
    • Site Acquisitions
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he obtained an independent valuation for the Harold's Cross stadium before his Department purchased the stadium from Bord na gCon; the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children from Gleneely, County Donegal, are unable to attend their school of choice (details...
    • Schools Inspections
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 4 May 2017, if recognition will be given to a probational visit by the inspectorate in respect of a...
    • Industrial Relations
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding trade union membership of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25471/17]
    • School Accommodation
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be granted to upgrade the toilets at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25494/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its resource teaching hours decreased in circumstances in which it had no opportunity to appeal...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of funding for an ASD unit in a school (details supplied); if he will grant funding in view of the demand for the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the most likely accommodation for a school is the existing Maynooth post-primary school on the Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare, which...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a school (details supplied) has submitted the stage 2(b) submission, including review arising from changes in public work...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/17]
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason many schools are now facing a tax liability bill for projects undertaken under the summer works scheme over the past number of years;...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the recent decision not to allow the appeal for an English as an additional language, EAL teacher by a school (details...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions he has undertaken under the the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation...
    • Industrial Relations
      193. 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. [25724/17]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 lost a mainstream teacher; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on a permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on waiting lists for apprenticeships in the crafts area compared to the number of registered training places; and if he...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional teaching post for the 2017-2018 year will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact it has...
    • Schools Establishment
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 18 May 2017, when he expects that teaching will begin on this site; and the estimated timeline for...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 18 May 2017, the steps which will be taken to ensure adequate playing pitches and space for a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to proposed amendments to the 2011 legislation regarding student grants having been requested by Members of the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the delay in allocating teachers to primary schools when the school meets the pupil threshold for an additional post; and if...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) to be placed on a supplementary teaching panel; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of contracts he or his predecessors have received for ministerial approval from Caranua; and if in each case, it has been approved....
    • DEIS Scheme
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding additional schools to the DEIS urban band 2 programme in view of the fact that no new schools were added to this...
    • Schools Designation
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in evaluating schools (details supplied) the schools were considered as being urban or rural, in view of their location on the city-county...
    • School Enrolments
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for additional primary school places in the Donaghmede area, Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • DEIS Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in his Department considered or read the research document, a case of mistaken identity, conducted by Togher family centre in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools (details supplied) have applied for resources under the resource allocation model; if so, if they have been successful; and if not, if...
    • Home School Community Liaison Scheme
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting in place home school community liason officers for schools that were not succesful in applications for DEIS but face...
    • DEIS Applications
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of DEIS schools will be announced; the assessment criteria which will be used; if schools that have an existing...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Development Contributions
      214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the introduction of development levies for farm buildings by local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when guidelines governing wind turbines will be produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/17]
    • Property Tax Administration
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process and criteria for distributing the moneys from the LPT equalisation fund; when the fund was established;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons in receipt of housing assistance payments are ineligible for social housing; and if receipt of HAP...
    • Housing Issues
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the thresholds for inclusion on the social housing list (details supplied) in view of the fact...
    • Housing Estates
      220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the national taking in charge initiative; if the scheme has extended to 2017; and if so, when the...
    • Fire Service Staff
      221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost in callout fees, hourly rates and wages for both full time and part time firefighters involved in gorse and...
    • Construction Regulations
      222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the implications for building one off houses in view of a decision by a European court regarding rules (details...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding wastewater treatment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a situation in which a person that has entered into a HAP tenancy and has an increase in...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
      225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average waiting times across all four Dublin local authorities to process housing assistance payment...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding provided on a local authority basis for each of the past five years under the improvement works in lieu...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of the new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason an applicant for a local authority mortgage cannot use social welfare income as reckonable income for...
    • Building Regulations
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the building regulations contain specific requirements for the gradient on footpaths and kerb height, in...
    • Water Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken since coming to office to resolve the issue of Irish Water refusing to access and resolve...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; the numbers refused; the numbers approved...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if extra funding will be made available to local authorities such as Carlow and Kilkenny that have been chosen to...
    • Housing Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the capital and current expenditure on housing in 2016; and the allocated capital and current expenditure on housing...
    • Fire Service
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the fire services capital plan. [25686/17]
    • Library Services Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the library capital plan. [25687/17]
    • Energy Conservation
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the way in which Irish Water will reduce its energy consumption by 33% by...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review of guidelines regarding dog breeding establishments in view of Ireland's...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the five units of accommodation being provided by an organisation (details supplied) at Station Road,...
    • Housing Data
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include a further column which would indicate the anticipated completion date for each scheme with regard...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Costs
      243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made in developing a cost rental model for the housing rental sector; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless families that are expected to be accommodated at the proposed family hub at a site (details...
    • Graffiti Policy
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate funding for local authorities to help clean up graffiti (details supplied). [25797/17]
    • Planning Issues
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for his apparent intention not to provide for public participation in his plan to exempt large-scale peat...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that was allocated by his Department and Irish Water to each group water scheme in County Meath in 2016...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for requiring each person on a local authority housing list to fill out a housing needs assessment on an...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the financial supports that are available to a person who wants to develop a housing complex to house older persons...
    • Planning Investigations
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to the ongoing investigation into complaints regarding irregularities in the administration of planning in...
    • Pyrite Issues
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the overdue report on mica will be published; the reason for the current delays; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Departmental Staff Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the details of the current staffing levels and vacancies in all...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recruit permanent staff to deal with current delays in all areas of his Department's services in view of difficulties in the processing...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a family income supplement application by a person (details supplied). [25312/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when section 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25322/17]
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when backdated maternity benefit arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite the processing of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) moving from JobPath to a Tús placement; if he will expedite the transfer onto the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, when calculating the average contributions of persons for accessing their contributory pension, there is a provision to include contributions...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/17]
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies with more than 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 7,000 and 10,000 employees, respectively, that employ persons who receive the family...
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for his signing of SI 71/2017 (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Diet Supplement) Regulations 2017; his...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the community employment scheme launched in December 2015 on a pilot basis which gave persons 62 years of age and over the option of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person is no longer considered a child at 18 years of age when it comes to qualifying for child benefit yet they are considered a child...
    • Child Benefit Administration
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to pay child benefit in respect of children who are still in full-time education, as was the case in the past in view of the fact that...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of family income support per county on an annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Community Services Programme
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25507/17]
    • JobPath Implementation
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a release from the JobPath scheme can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) to take a place in the rural social scheme; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25515/17]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a once-off exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25516/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25536/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place in which a person in receipt of a means-tested payment from his Department inherits some assets from a person, in view of...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is entitled to the full state contributory pension in the United Kingdom is entitled as a result of this to the full contributory...
    • Budget Measures
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy scenarios he has examined through the SWITCH, simulating welfare and income tax changes, model in the past three years; and if he will...
    • Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to fact that persons (details supplied) have lodged an appeal with his Department and were informed they would...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will change the means assessment applied to persons who are aged 18 to 24 years of age for jobseeker's allowance to exclude their parents'...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the criteria to join a community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/17]
    • Paternity Leave Costs
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first year cost and full year cost of increasing paternity leave by one week, two weeks, three weeks and four weeks, respectively; and if he...
    • Live Register Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of permanent child care workers (details supplied) his Department anticipates will sign on the live register in 2017; and if he will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/17]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a person applying for permission to remain here on the basis of being the spouse of an Irish national would obtain a PPS number;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      300. 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. [25876/17]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the treatment benefit scheme; if he has conducted an analysis of the cost of extending the treatments available under this...
    • Bereavement Grant
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25883/17]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form; and if...
    • State Pensions
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted an analysis of the cost of indexing increases in the State pension to the cost of living; and if he will make a...
    • Unemployment Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobless households; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/17]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the recent advertising campaign to report social welfare cheats; and his views on whether this campaign demonises recipients of...
    • Citizen Information Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the desirability of independence of the State and its agencies as an attribute, characteristic, feature and principle in the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether the current backlog and processing time for social welfare claims is acceptable; the steps he is taking to alleviate the...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to reduce the processing time for applications for carer's allowance; his plans to reduce the target time of 12 weeks to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for domiciliary care allowance in 2016; the number of these applications that were granted; the number that were...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual additional cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €100 per child in both age categories; and if...
    • Unemployment Benefits Payments
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered streamlining the process by which seasonal workers apply for unemployment benefit. [26008/17]
    • Unemployment Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of craft workers relevant to the construction industry now in receipt of social welfare payments (details supplied). [26024/17]
    • Unemployment Benefits Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a jobseeker's payment under 26 years of age; and the number of persons receiving the payment in each of the years...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the long-term decline in occupational defined benefit pension schemes in the private sector; his further views on the idea of a State...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the delays in processing maternity benefit claims; the time it is now taking to process the postal claims and online claims;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department has put in place to enable persons that wish to apply for a passport but that do not have a public services card...
    • Northern Ireland
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings or discussions he has had with leaders in Northern Ireland regarding the formation of the Assembly in advance of the UK general...
    • Passport Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address concerns raised (details supplied) regarding the new process on passport applications; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outstanding issues that have not been fully implemented under the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. [20405/17]
    • Visa Agreements
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to or spoken to the Australian Prime Minister about the Australian Government's announcements on visa changes. [20407/17]
    • Human Rights
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the Charter of Fundamental Rights with other EU leaders, including the British Foreign Secretary and its implications...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or the Taoiseach has spoken recently to the Prime Minister of Egypt about a person (details supplied). [23024/17]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions at political or official level regarding the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [24363/17]
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council. [24679/17]
    • Human Rights
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the persecution being suffered by the Guarani-Kaiowá people in Mato Grosso do Sul in...
    • Arms Trade
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is appropriate that the State should trade with Israel, particularly in the area of armaments, in view of the...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to have a person (details supplied) released from prison in Cairo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken by the European Union to address the ongoing situation in Turkey which has resulted in a shutdown of the...
    • UN Commission on the Status of Women
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current system in which voting on membership of certain bodies takes place in secret which was highlighted by the recent...
    • Human Rights
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Question No. 267 of 28 March 2017, if he has raised the issue of China's classification of all Democratic People's Republic of...
    • Trade Sanctions
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider an official boycott of goods from illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in view of the UN position...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the imminent closure of three Elliniko refugee camps in Greece; if his Department is playing a role in...
    • Human Trafficking
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to UNICEF's recent finding of a 500% rise in unaccompanied and separated child refugees since 2010-11 and...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider sending officials from his Department to assist and to promote Ireland as a favourable destination for refugees and...
    • Trade Strategy
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which his Department continues to pursue trade and market opportunities throughout the European Union and beyond with a view...
    • EU Development
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, in the context of the white paper on EU reform, the issues most likely to affect Ireland and the European Union in its...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU expects to be in a position to respond to the issue of refugees including those crossing by boat in the...
    • Brexit Issues
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects to be in a position to defend the cause of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the Brexit discussions having...
    • Trade Strategy
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Ireland can improve its trade with the various African countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/17]
    • EU Enlargement
      351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which countries in the western Balkans continue to work towards EU membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Humanitarian Aid
      352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which aid continues to be directed towards those for whom it was intended in all areas throughout the globe with particular...
    • International Terrorism
      355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU and UN colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism; if particular initiatives are...
    • Brexit Issues
      356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he remains assured that all other EU member states continue to support Ireland's position in negotiations on Brexit; and...
    • EU Development
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are ongoing within the European Union to address the issue of euroscepticism; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of coastal erosion protection measures at Portrane, County Dublin; the funding he has allocated for this...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recently retired public servants and local authority staff will receive an increase to their pension from the partial pay restoration...
    • Pension Levy Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount allocated to X01 port of Vote and the amount of pension-related deductions deducted in each Department in each...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the Office of Public Works formally approving the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme and the funding of...
    • Heritage Projects
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to parliamentary question number 210 of 3 May 2017, if he will review the phase two restoration works to Maynooth Castle,...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has approved the draft CFRAMS for the eastern region; if he has set up a framework of consultants to carry out the studies...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts that have been agreed under the Office of Government Procurement’s Framework for Media Monitoring of all...
    • Public Service Pay Commission Reports
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the final report of the Public Service Pay Commission to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding the restoration in full of all State employee pension entitlements cut under the FEMPI measures; the full impact of...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific actions he has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national...
    • Office of Public Works Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if during each of the years 2005 to 2016, and to date in 2017, the OPW rented out properties owned by it for which it received no rent;...
    • Budget 2017
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure carryover from budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25814/17]
    • Public Sector Pay
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for ending the pay disparity in the public sector between those that started work in that sector pre-2012 and post-2012....
    • Legal Advice
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the due diligence processes, including reviews or analysis of professional conduct, competence and background, including allegations of...
    • Public Services Card
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the recent announcement that a public services card will be required by persons applying for passports and driver's...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in receipt of a public sector pension in 2016 in pension bands (details supplied) in tabular form.; and if he will...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 213 and 214 of 23 March 2017, the grants provided by Údarás na Gaeltachta to client...
    • Legislative Measures
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of her Department’s communications with the European Commission regarding proposed changes to sections of the...
    • Planning Issues
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will make or has made a submission on a planning application (details supplied); and if...
    • CLÁR Programme
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a local improvement scheme for the repair of local access roads under the CLÁR programme; if so, when the...
    • Departmental Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available through her Department for a community group organising a history-based summer school; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to run an outdoor infrastructure recreation scheme again in 2018 in view of the tight timeframe for applications to the...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá aici maidir le scéim deontas bóithre straitéiseacha a chur ar bun sa Ghaeltacht chun...
  • Department of Health
    • Public Sector Pensions
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer an incentivised pension scheme in critical employment areas, such as nursing, occupational therapy and speech therapy; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other medical professionals receive regular training on Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/17]
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the KnowNow pilot programme for rapid testing of HIV; if this pilot programme will be rolled out across the country; his plans to tackle...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied) in Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a scan at Sligo university hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department signed a contract with the manufacturers of Orkambi; when the drug will be made available to persons with cystic fibrosis; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite increased personal assistant hours and transportation to school for a person (details supplied) in Lucan, County Dublin. [25285/17]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the status and projected timeframe for the possible introduction of medical cannabis under the supervision of medical professionals; if he will make available...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      393. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment process will commence for staff in a new primary care centre (details supplied); if there will be a position for a dental hygienist; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25290/17]
    • Health Insurance
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private patients are being directed and pressurised to use their health insurance in public hospitals though...
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for reshaping the way in which chronic conditions are cared for in the health system; his plans to engage private hospitals in managing some chronic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €30 million earmarked in budget 2017 for waiting list reduction measures in the public system was allocated; his assessment of the...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) are still on the orthodontic treatment waiting list. [25309/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) who had two previous appointments cancelled. [25321/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the replacement of a person (details supplied) who deals with rare eye disorders in children. [25323/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 31 January 2017 (details supplied), which to date has not issued from the HSE; the reason for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25328/17]
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in recruiting nursing staff for a respite facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25331/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/17]
    • Hospital Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Waterford are experiencing a lack of access to DAFNE carbohydrate counting courses for...
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per mental health tribunal for legal aid provided to the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25341/17]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the proposed temporary respite house for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, which was due to open in Bagenalstown in 2017,...
    • Mental Health Guidelines
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if section 8 of the Mental Health Act 2001 does not prevent involuntary sectioning of persons with alcoholic use disorders; if the law allows for the...
    • Substance Misuse
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure legal compliance of operation between different drug and alcohol approved centres; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which, and the number of persons involved, an attempt was made to involuntarily section a person but the request was refused by the...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the allocation of a long-term stay bed for a person (details supplied) in a facility in County Cork. [25356/17]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of preventable deaths that have occurred as a consequence of University Hospital Limerick's ongoing failure to prevent the spread of the superbug...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE whistleblowers on suspension. [25372/17]
    • Care Services Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when a care plan for a person (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25376/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if extensions are being given to experienced paramedics who wish to work after 66 years of age. [25384/17]
    • Health Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons who suffer from arthritis; his plans to put further services in place for arthritis sufferers; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to ensure a drug (details supplied) is available to persons here; his plans to fund or part fund this drug; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide resources to expand the skills for life programme in County Kerry in view of the fact that there are only two places in the skills for life...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a transitional payment available to assist with nursing home fees for nursing home support scheme applicants while their applications are being...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent hospital appointment. [25405/17]
    • National Cancer Strategy Implementation
      425. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the outcomes of the national cancer screening service and the progress to date. [25440/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of services for children's arthritis; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a home care package for a person (details supplied). [25461/17]
    • Vaccination Programme
      428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct a review of all those adversely affected by the Gardasil vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25462/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25465/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite access for a person (details supplied) to occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25469/17]
    • Hospital Records
      432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to investigate the issues of miscommunication, loss of patient records and delays in the transfer of information on appointments and scheduling...
    • Disease Management
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if the western blot test will be used to test persons for Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25472/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full-capacity protocol was initiated at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by the HSE who provide home care help to persons in County Mayo. [25474/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health service beds currently being provided for children under 18 years of age in counties Galway, Roscommon and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will expedite an appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if a solution can be offered to persons (details supplied) who wish to work in the emergency services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25502/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the replacement services that will be in situ for the service users of a centre (details supplied) when it closes shortly; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Community Drugs Scheme
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's position on the reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); the reason for the delay in engagement as per correspondence from the manufacturer; and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the provision of capital funding for the new endoscopy unit and other ancillary services at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      448. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lowering the monthly contribution payment made by single persons under the drugs payment scheme in the next budget; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a consultant placed a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for surgery in Beaumont Hospital in July...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for ASD assessment by a person (details supplied) has not yet been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25556/17]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the processing times for applications to the treatment abroad scheme; if there has been an increase or decrease in the average processing times; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation treatment for multiple sclerosis will be made available here; if not, the reason for this; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in child and adolescent mental health services; the way in which this compares to recommended levels, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Health Promotion
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the €5 million funding announced for Healthy Ireland; the way in which the fund will be allocated in terms of selection criteria,...
    • General Practitioner Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners in County Limerick are charging for the taking of bloods; the steps he will take to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the date the new emergency department at University Hospital Limerick will be open and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the supports a person with a foetal alcohol spectrum disorder can avail of on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25588/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no psychiatrist is available to a person (details supplied). [25662/17]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the drug, Nivolamub, for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, which their oncologist has recommended; and if he...
    • Community Drugs Scheme
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for reimbursement for the drug, Entresto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25667/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age, and 85 years of age, and over received in each...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions he has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation plan. [25696/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of child psychologist within the primary care psychology services in Kildare north is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/17]
    • Official Engagements
      470. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to send an official from his Department to attend a group's (details supplied) annual conference in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate an ambulance service in Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25722/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the recruitment of assistant psychologists (details supplied); the way in which these posts will be advertised; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that 11 beds in the Linn Dara CAMHS at Cherry Orchard hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 are not closed in June 2017; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      474. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review existing home care package scheme with a view to expanding delivery of the scheme beyond HSE approved providers (details supplied); the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1058 of 2 May 2017, if he will arrange for the assessment of need to be outsourced to the private sector in view of the...
    • HSE Properties
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the sale of St. Senan's Hospital, Enniscorthy, if the sale of the hospital has not been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      477. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have asthma medication included in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25753/17]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide weekend respite to a person (details supplied) on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/17]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list to date in 2017 to avail of respite services operated by a charity (details supplied) in the north east...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply a list of available occupation therapists by county in tabular form; the number of occupational therapists currently unavailable due to...
    • Health Services Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo awaiting occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/17]
    • Primary Care Centres
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will readvertise for a primary care centre in Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      483. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and the reason no response has issued from the HSE in this regard. [25803/17]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the non-compliance with procurement regulations on the part of the HSE in recent years; the circumstances in which this took...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      487. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to initiate a HSE care programme for persons with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for orthodontic services on behalf of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for more than four years;...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues of complaint available for persons mistreated in a private hospital; the controls in place regarding standards of care in private hospitals; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered for an earlier appointment at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Help Service
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is proposed to reduce home help hours for a person (details supplied). [25907/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25909/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet representatives from a group (detail supplied) regarding the staffing and transport crisis at an association; and if he will make a statement...
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can begin implementing the international consensus criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis in order that ME patients can get a clear diagnosis as...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if an ME specialist can be retained to oversee patient care in view of the fact that ME is a multi-system central nervous system disorder similar to MS; and if...
    • Medical Research and Training
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recommend the improvement of education, knowledge and experience in medical training institutions of myalgic encephalomyelitis which is recognised...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25941/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the waiting lists in County Cork for speech and language, CAMHS and assessment of need to determine the scale of a child's...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      501. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home health care package application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/17]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself regarding the HSE's processes for answering parliamentary questions and representations; his plans to initiate a review of same;...
    • Infant Mortality Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate in each maternity unit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
    • State Claims Agency
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that services for young persons with autism after they reach 18 years of age will be improved in the north Dublin area. [26005/17]
    • National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart failure units in the State and the location of same; the locations of the geographical gaps in heart failure services; and if he will make...
    • Hospitals Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital discharges for heart failure in each of the past five years by hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/17]
    • National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
      510. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 249, 250 and 252 of 3 May 2017, his plans to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the South/South...
    • Gambling Sector
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to run a nationwide gambling and gambling addiction awareness campaign; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Health when home nursing support will be provided to a person (details supplied); if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26021/17]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an ambulance service will continue to be based at Millstreet, County Cork; if he will address the recent reports that the ambulance...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which can be taken to provide extra support, preferably in the form of therapy, for a disabled person (details supplied) who is suffering trauma; and...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Food Exports
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase food exports to Israel; if he is providing support and information to businesses seeking to gain kosher...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that fisheries are a top priority in the Brexit talks and to further ensure that Irish fisheries interests are...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies for Brexit-related posts within Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25419/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has had with officials from Bord Bia on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25278/17]
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether FoodWise 2025 should be reviewed in view of the fact that his ministerial colleague in the Department of Jobs,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) in respect of pillar 1 and 2 payments of the basic payment scheme, ANCS,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding land eligibility and the basic payment scheme on a county basis in each...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • GLAS Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding the GLAS scheme on a county basis, in tabular form. [25301/17]
    • TAMS Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, grant aid paid to persons in County Kerry over the past five years;...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry premium payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25358/17]
    • Bord na gCon
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord na gCon obtained a valuation of Harold's Cross stadium from the Valuation Office or another valuer prior to its sale; the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's budget allocated to hiring staff on a Department-wide basis; the specific allocations provided to each State agency...
    • GLAS Applications
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment application by a person (details supplied); if he will review same; and when payment will issue. [25373/17]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied). [25382/17]
    • Forestry Sector
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 9 May 2017, if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can plant forestry on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has developed proposals to maintain an all-island approach to animal health and disease issues; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of loan applications made under the cashflow support loan scheme by county; the number of applications accepted; and the...
    • Brexit Issues
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of businesses which have accessed the Bord Bia Brexit barometer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25408/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in County Westmeath who have not received 85% of their total 2016 payment under GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and AEOS; and if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); if there is a timeframe for its completion. [25538/17]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a grant scheme for farmers to purchase electric tractors and other agricultural machinery; and if he will make...
    • Livestock Issues
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the organic calculation for Dexter cattle to equate with their lower body weight in view of the fact it...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific actions he has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be paid an AEOS payment which was due to them in December 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person's (details supplied) farm payments have been frozen and have been directed to a bank; and if he will make a...
    • Land Issues
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25817/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ongoing review of SFP for a person (details supplied); when the review will be completed and payment processed; and...
    • GLAS Payments
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/17]
    • GLAS Issues
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage parcels in the country; the proportion of these parcels which his Department has received interim commonage...
    • Harbours and Piers
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to construct a seawall at Machaire Rabhartaigh Harbour, County Donegal (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is legal for companies to operate without providing email and phone contact details for their customer, with...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles Disposal
      556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the regulations relating to end-of-life vehicles are fit for purpose and achieve best safety...
    • Consumer Protection
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the problem of television and home Internet companies deliberately preventing or...
    • Television Licence Fee Yield
      558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the yearly amount of licence fee receipts; the amount of television licence receipts awarded to the sound and vision...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the pay-by-weight system is due to be introduced; when charges will issue under the new system; and if he will make...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific actions he has undertaken under the the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost of extending the warmer home scheme to all social welfare recipients, persons earning less than...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost of ensuring that every household in the State is provided with 100 Mbps speed; and if he will make a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of electricity generation created through renewable sources; and the percentage applicable to each...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the fact that the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, has to deal with all matters relating to...
    • Road Network
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status in law of European guidelines on noise pollution with regard to motorway road projects; and if he will make a...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of progress being made to extend the natural gas pipeline throughout County Longford. [25751/17]
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons that were convicted of fisheries or pollution offences under the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 between...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to help the thousands of persons that have been left without a broadband service as a result of the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage the installation of electric vehicle charging points along the Wild Atlantic Way and other prominent tourist...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of his meetings and the venues for meetings with airport representatives since his appointment to Cabinet in tabular form; and...
    • Regional Airports
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent announcement by the European Commission regarding state aid and regional airports; the implications of this...
    • Public Transport Fares
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include rail fares from Enfield, County Meath, in the commuter belt fare area (details supplied). [25357/17]
    • Departmental Consultations
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultations that have taken place with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the...
    • Public Transport Provision
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the review into the disused rail line between the port of Foynes to Limerick which, according to a report (details...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [25399/17]
    • Public Transport Provision
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the route for the extension of the Luas from Broombridge through Finglas to the N2 has been agreed; and if so, the preferred option....
    • Ministerial Meetings
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings he has scheduled with other EU ministers regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25420/17]
    • Air Quality
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the DAA with regard to the need to establish real-time air monitoring at Dublin Airport in addition to additional...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views as to whether the EPA has been completely absent from involvement in the environmental impact assessment for the northern...
    • Driver Licences
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 10 May 2017, the status of the examinations for the information to be stored on the...
    • Stadium Projects
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to enable an organisation (details supplied) to redevelop a stand; and if he will give consideration for it to be...
    • Tourism Promotion
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on the creation of a lakeland tourism brand; and his views on creating this brand. [25487/17]
    • Tourism Policy
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to assist small-scale tourism businesses within the regions. [25489/17]
    • State Airports
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correct complaints procedure for consumers that wish to make a complaint against an airport here. [25501/17]
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make public transport more accessible for wheelchair users; the work he has carried out in this area to date; the extent of...
    • Bus Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25510/17]
    • Departmental Reviews
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish all outcomes of the organisational capacity review that is being undertaken in his Department at present. [25571/17]
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving licences obtained in the United States of America will be recognised by the State in view of the fact that Canadian licences...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific actions he has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the reduced speed limit on the N71 (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Éireann Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Bus Éireann Expressway service does not stop at the Expressway stop in Tullaghan, County Leitrim. [25769/17]
    • Road Network
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles using the M50 toll in 2016 that were due to pay a toll; the percentage which were Irish registered and foreign...
    • Road Projects
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the extending of the access road at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Status
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the design and upgrade of the N63 from the Abbeyknockmoy health centre to the monastery gates includes a road side boundary with a...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for such a long delay in reforming the public service vehicle process to bring it under the remit of the RSA (details...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority has a remit in respect of the financial aspects of pilot training colleges; if amendments to this remit...
    • State Bodies
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines for the filling of State board vacancies which fall under the remit of his Department. [25962/17]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement regarding the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 10 May 2017, in which he stated that he would be...
    • Bus Éireann
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms of the redundancy agreement that was negotiated with Bus Éireann workers in view of the recent dispute; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all funding that has been allocated to an initiative (details supplied) in 2016 and 2017; and the competition by which...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Dairy Sector
      618. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the organisation with responsibility for the regulation of robotic milking machines; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Regulations
      622. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a milking machine manufacturer (details supplied) is governed by any regulation by her Department; and if she will make a statement...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      623. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the body which has responsibility for the regulation of robotic milking machines; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Relations
      624. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she anticipates trade with the USA to improve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25991/17]
    • Corporate Governance
      625. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, she met with a person (details supplied), the chief of the Office of the Director...
    • Enterprise Ireland Expenditure
      626. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the payments made by Enterprise Ireland under the headings of the beef fund, ESS, the community enterprise centre scheme and the...
    • Departmental Bodies Expenditure
      627. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 213 and 214 of 23 March 2017, the amount in grants provided by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA...
    • European Court of Justice Rulings
      628. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recent European Court of Justice decision and the possible impact on existing EU trade agreements and future ones...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      629. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25308/17]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      631. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's budget allocated to hiring staff on a Department wide basis; and the specific allocations provided to each State...
    • Brexit Issues
      632. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has identified the sectors most vulnerable to divergence of standards in the context of Brexit; if she has estimated...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she has had with officials from Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Science Foundation Ireland on Brexit-related...
    • Brexit Issues
      636. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings which have taken place with the National Competitiveness Council in the context of Brexit; and if she will make...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      637. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times she has met an organisation (details supplied) on Brexit-related matters to date in 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      638. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies for Brexit-related posts within the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland; and if she will...
    • IDA Site Visits
      639. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in securing a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      641. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have made formal inquiries to Departments, State agencies or the Central Bank in regard to relocating...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      642. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions she has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      643. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the competitive call for project applications under the €40 million regional Action for Jobs fund will be announced. [25796/17]
    • Job Retention
      644. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25920/17]
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
      645. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) following the judges' comments regarding the conduct of the investigation by the Office of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Capitation Grants
      647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department determines capitation payments to the various qualifications of FETAC within the child care sector (details...
    • Child and Family Agency
      648. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal received an acknowledgement from the local Tusla office to a freedom of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconsider the level of funding provided for the early years capital funding scheme 2017; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      650. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to get a commitment from religious orders not to sell off any of the mother and baby homes until a cemetery and...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      651. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 676 of 23 May 2017, if, prior to the current matters before the courts, her Department's definition...
    • Family Support Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25719/17]
    • Child Care Services (1 comment)
      653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated date of delivery for the affordable child care scheme. [25748/17]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps
      656. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2014 internal Air Corps report was made available to the independent third party appointed to investigate protected disclosures regarding...
    • Departmental Properties
      660. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the responsibilities of his Department with regard to a protected structure (details supplied) owned by his Department and leased to a local...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      661. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel that can be transferred by an individual Air Corps helicopter. [25593/17]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      662. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage increase in the Army Ranger Wing, Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm, since the publication of the White Paper on Defence in...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      663. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific actions he has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      664. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 17 May 2017, if the number of specialist field engineer companies of the Army was reduced from three...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      665. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have participated in carefully planned live field exercises with An Garda Síochána in view of assessing the...

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