Written answers

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Engagements
      10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United Kingdom on 19 May 2017. [25365/17]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      65. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the future investment which is planned for the National Opera House, County Wexford in line with the creative Ireland programme; and...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the implementation of the action plan for rural development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27547/17]
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the 2017 town and village renewal scheme will differ to the 2016 scheme; when she expects to announce successful...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      68. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to promote the Norman Way under the creative Ireland programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      69. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the 2017 CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27575/17]
    • Commemorative Events
      70. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Decade of Centenaries commemorative events she has attended since 26 March 2016; and the commemorative events she hopes to attend...
    • Leader Programmes
      71. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of projects approved fully to date in 2017 under the Leader programme 2014 to 2020 in County Donegal; the expenditure by her...
    • Cruinnithe an Aire
      72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici bualadh le haon eagraíocht Ghaeilge nó Ghaeltachta sa todhchaí. [27585/17]
    • National Museum
      73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the new master plan issued by the National Museum of Ireland will meet her objectives for the institution. [27584/17]
    • Legislative Programme
      74. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider delaying the passage of the current Heritage Bill and commission a study of the impact of recent wild fires on...
    • Rural Recreation Promotion
      75. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the 2017 rural recreation programme; her views on the potential to develop new tourism amenities such as a...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      76. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in position to identify particular towns or regions in respect of which grant assistance will be...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      77. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the impact she expects the funding for the action plan for rural development will have in the 300 towns and villages earmarked for...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Prosecutios
      78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions that have been achieved by An Garda Síochána or by the National Parks and Wildlife Service...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      79. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she has made contact with the various local authorities with a view to identifying projects to upgrade the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      81. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) regarding the sale of Luggala Estate, County Wicklow, the adjoining...
    • Commemorative Events
      82. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reconstitute a new all party decade of commemorations committee; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Animal Welfare
      83. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times NPWS officials attended at hare coursing meetings in the 2016/2017 coursing season; and if she will make a...
    • Réadmhaoin Údarás na Gaeltachta
      84. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad foirgneamh de chuid Údarás na Gaeltachta atá folamh; cé chomh fada agus atá siad folamh;...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      85. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will remove Coolrain bog, County Laois from the list of bogs that are designated as special areas of conservation when the...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      86. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to make departmental funding available for multicultural integration events to communities such as Kildare town, Newbridge...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      87. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has made changes to the Leader programme to simplify the procedures involved in rolling out the programme; and if she will make...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      88. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which tourism projects such as the development of an amenity (details supplied) can benefit rural towns and villages in...
    • Gorse Burning
      89. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to strengthen enforcement regarding areas prone to gorse fire; her views on whether at present there are adequate fines and...
    • Film Industry Development
      90. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on trainee programmes across the film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27346/17]
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      91. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to meetings between the Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources and his staff with a company (details...
    • Local Authority Staff
      92. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the work of the recently appointed broadband officers in the local authorities; and if she will make a...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      93. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the application process for the current Leader programme is too bureaucratic. [27586/17]
    • National Planning Framework
      94. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's input into the development of a new spatial strategy; if this strategy will provide the necessary provisions to...
    • Arts Council
      95. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions her Department has taken further to the meeting she held with the Arts Council on 20 October 2015 to implement the money...
    • Western Development Commission Funding
      96. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to give further funding and functions to the Western Development Commission; her further plans to extend its geographic...
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      97. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh comhráite aici leis an Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí maidir le breis maoinithe a chur ar fáil d’earnáil...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      98. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad plean teanga atá curtha faoina bráid agus atá ceadaithe aici; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
    • CLÁR Programme
      99. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the 2017 CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27443/17]
    • Arts Promotion
      100. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has carried out research into Iceland's policies on arts and culture and in particular a policy (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Funding
      101. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the proposed new town hall in Ballinrobe on the site of the old town hall; if the funding has been made...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      102. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the assessment of Coolrain bog special area of conservation, County Laois being conducted by consultants working on...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      103. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education and Skills to implement the recommendations of the...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her future plans for the dormant accounts scheme which is administered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      105. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department has taken to protect heritage structures in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      106. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of her Department's ongoing work on the national cultural strategy up to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      107. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published. [27960/17]
    • Leader Programmes
      108. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcome of the forum she held with local action groups and the local development companies in relation to Leader; and if she will...
    • Animal Welfare
      110. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the attention of NPWS officials has been drawn to suspected cases of badger baiting in the past 12 months; if so, the details of...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      111. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding detailed in the action plan for rural development that has been spent to date in 2017; and the number of...
    • Rural Recreation Promotion
      112. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to expand the rural recreation programme in view of the increase in popularity of greenways and blueways; and if she will...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      115. To ask the Taoiseach the expenses incurred by his Department on insurance of all types of in each of the past five years; the cost of each insurance policy held by his Department over the...
    • Citizens Assembly
      116. To ask the Taoiseach the full costs of the Citizens' Assembly. [26514/17]
    • Company Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach the number of company groups with a presence both here and in the United Kingdom; and the sectors in which they are operating [26561/17]
    • Census of Population Data
      118. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the reported incorrect 2016 census figures regarding Ballina, County Mayo, issued by the CSO; and if so, the measures planned by the...
    • Central Statistics Office Data
      119. To ask the Taoiseach if the CSO will produce more granular data on the cases of white collar crime. [26590/17]
    • Exports Data
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the amount in euro in value of both goods and services exported from Irish-based firms broken down by each country worldwide in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the...
    • Unemployment Data
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the number of long-term unemployed over one year duration based on latest data; if he will provide in percentage terms the number of long-term unemployed over one year...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit negotiations. [26910/17]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      131. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under...
    • Central Statistics Office Data
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the Ministers or officials that have pre-release access to official statistics in tabular form; the official statistics to which each Minister has pre-release access;...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his Department; if there is a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      134. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      135. To ask the Taoiseach if State agencies, including the CSO and Pobal, pay intellectual property fees for the use of the deprivation index (details supplied); the cost per annum of same; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      136. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and other services. [27716/17]
    • Employment Data
      137. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the film and television production industry; and the number of these which are categorised as trainees. [27801/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      138. To ask the Taoiseach if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the public appointments service; and if so, the names and positions of same. [28220/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      139. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the church leaders recently. [27555/17]
    • Postal Codes
      140. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form....
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      141. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, since the British general election outcome on 8 June 2017. [28651/17]
    • Government Information Service
      144. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to make changes to the Government Information Service; the number of staff employed there; and if there will be an increase in same. [28654/17]
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      145. To ask the Taoiseach if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under tax law for 2015 and 2016...
    • Supports to former Taoisigh
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the supports being afforded to the previous holder of his office; the annualised cost of these supports; and the period of time for which these supports will be given....
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region in each...
    • Heading
      148. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Commission of Investigation into NAMA's Project Eagle. [29051/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Staff Data
      149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed in her Department and in each State agency under the aegis of her Department, by county, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has satisfied herself with the rate of recruitment of State agency staff for Brexit related issues; the reason less than one...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated impact of a no deal being reached in Brexit negotiations on the auto part industry here; and if she will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions to be taken as a result of the outputs from a series of structured engagements with companies across the regions of...
    • Enterprise Europe Network
      153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have contacted the Enterprise Europe Network in 2017. [26560/17]
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the agency which is responsible for the regulation of television contracts with persons; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocated to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; the...
    • IDA Site Visits
      156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits the IDA has made to County Waterford in 2017 in view of the fact that the average unemployment figures in...
    • Employment Support Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure that training opportunities, help and support are put in place by Enterprise Ireland to support the 33...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether it would be in the consumer interest if a company (details supplied) only allowed its own policy holders to...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the threats identified by her Department with regard to the responsibilities of her Department as a result of no deal being reached in...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Civil Service clerical officers in full time employment as of 31 May 2017 by county and by Department, in tabular form....
    • Pensions Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No.378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      165. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi-State body under the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or agency or body...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount her Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations
      168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views regarding public concerns relating to a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27737/17]
    • Job Retention
      169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies her Department is currently liaising with to ensure their survival and retention of their jobs. [27798/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of contacts her Department has received from companies seeking to relocate here as a result of Brexit. [27799/17]
    • Employment Rights
      171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to issues regarding persistent breaches of employment law in the film and television production...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under her remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases
      174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount paid by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to companies (details supplied) regarding a court case...
    • Postal Codes
      175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by her Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employees in the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland respectively in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job vacancies in the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland respectively. [28168/17]
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation of the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland for each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017....
    • Brexit Issues
      179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated to the be prepared grant run by Enterprise Ireland; the number of applicants to date in 2017; and the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employees employed in the Brexit unit of her Department by category. [28172/17]
    • Low Pay Commission Report
      182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Low Pay Commission has reported to the Minister of State on reviewing the board and lodgings rates for au pairs; when she will...
    • Employment Rights
      183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 4 April 2017, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details...
    • Work Permits Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits granted for non-EU nationals to work in the hotel industry and as chefs here in 2015, 2016 and to date in...
    • IDA Supports
      185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will ensure that County Monaghan is placed on the IDA agenda (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Company Law
      187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the company law review group’s progress to date regarding examining existing legislation and reporting...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      188. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Exchequer funding allocated in 2017 to each State agency under her aegis in 2017, in tabular form. [28394/17]
    • IDA Supports
      189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding IDA planned investments following the closure of a company (details supplied); if this site is owned by the...
    • Brexit Issues
      190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a report drawn by InterTrade Ireland (details supplied) that the imposition of World Trade Organisation tariffs on trade...
    • Consumer Protection
      191. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regulatory framework surrounding consumer protections in the case of personal contract plans, PCPs, used to finance motor...
    • Workplace Relations Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the facility available to a person who has been through the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court and that, notwithstanding...
    • IDA Portfolio
      193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to build on a site (details supplied) in County Cork in order to attract new businesses; her views on the type of buildings...
    • Employment Rights
      194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to prohibit private sector employers from forcing persons to retire on age grounds under the age...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if all State bodies under the aegis of her Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide funding for two extra full-time principal solicitor posts for the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement; and...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in response to the handling of an investigation (details supplied) by the Office of the Director of Corporate...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given or analysis undertaken with regard to expanding Enterprise Ireland's worldwide office network in view...
    • Employment Support Services
      199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports given to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28995/17]
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff under the remit of her Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      201. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will confirm a date to enable Dáil Éireann to have an opportunity to debate the Comprehensive Economic and Trade...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications refused that subsequently were appealed to the disabled drivers medical board of appeal; and the number of refused applications...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings customs officials have had with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Issues
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated changes to capital gains tax receipts due to Brexit, specifically with regard to internal transfers between Irish and United Kingdom company...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the agreement to provide a precautionary lending plan for the State through the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement...
    • Company Liquidations
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of outstanding claims with regard to a company (details supplied) awaiting payment in increments of €100,000, in tabular form; and if he...
    • State Banking Sector
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the shareholding held by the State in a bank (details supplied); the details of each State trading transaction in the bank since 1 January 2011; and the date...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision will issue from the Revenue Commissioners on an application for relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Relations
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make arrangements to ensure that companies here can trade with Iran and overcome restrictions on banking transactions in a manner which has been...
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the criteria used in processing an application for a primary medical certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Levy
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure no additional levies will be charged to cover the cost of the recent court ruling regarding an insurance company (details...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are refusing to offer persons a quote on the basis they have not been driving long enough...
    • Tax Code
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners were notified of a feed price increase by a processor in the poultry sector prior to that processor proceeding with the increase;...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been an audit of the tax relief at source, TRS, scheme since its establishment in 2002 in regard to the operation of the TRS scheme; and, if so,...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the appeals process open to a person who has gone through all stages of mediation with the Revenue Commissioners and revenue sheriffs; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of each donor who received tax relief for donations of heritage items under section 176 of the Finance Act of 1995 and section 1003 of the Taxes...
    • Brexit Issues
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit negotiations;...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 1991 code of practice on the transfer of mortgages and section 117 of the Central Bank Act 1989 has been effectively revoked or amended in legislation...
    • Banking Operations
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 24 May 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) appears to have changed...
    • Stamp Duty
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of leases in each of the past five years for which figures are available on which stamp duty on residential leases has been paid at the 1% rate;...
    • Legislative Measures
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding measures introduced under various Finance Acts which are subject to European Union approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to eliminate aggressive tax planning indicators since December 2015; if he has advised the tax authorities of other member states; if...
    • Pensions Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to issuing a tax clearance certificate in respect of a person now deceased (details supplied). [27014/17]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Reports
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the official financial and macroeconomic statistics published by the Central Bank that his Department has access to prior to official publication; the formal...
    • Property Tax Administration
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons that earn under the statutory rate of income can have the local property tax deducted from their disability allowance weekly payments of...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of Irish REIT shares which are given as share based remuneration to employees of Irish REITs. [27116/17]
    • Tax Yield
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the pay as you earn tax credit, the earned income tax credit and the single personal tax credit, that is no taper...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his Department; if...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the total sum which NAMA has allowed developers retain once stretch targets have been received. [27160/17]
    • Tax Agreements
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the European Commission's study on structures of aggressive tax planning and indicators published in December 2015; if his...
    • Tax Credits
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the home carer's allowance for all families with children between six months and three years of age by €960 per annum; and if he...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an investment fund (details supplied) and the excessive losses incurred by many customers of a bank (details supplied) who...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the taxation commission for landlords that his Department put in place after the introduction of rent pressure zones to examine...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      256. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a reduction of VAT on residential construction to stimulate construction activity. [27316/17]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 259
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations with regard to peer to peer lending; if there is recourse for lenders in the event of borrower default; if there is protections for borrowers...
    • NAMA Transactions
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if a dividend payment from NAMA to the Exchequer is treated as a financial transaction or if it improves the general Government balance; when he expects to...
    • Fiscal Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm media reports that there is €200 million in net fiscal space available for 2018 and €3 billion of fiscal space to 2021; and...
    • Tax Code
      262. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT and customs duty that would apply on the importation of a wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Cork from the United States...
    • Fiscal Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Finance the adjustment which is made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the fiscal space for budget 2018. [27418/17]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      264. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue that would be generated from the restoration of the VAT rate for the hospitality sector from 9% to 13.5%. [27419/17]
    • Housing Data
      266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential units in the possession of each of the State backed banks that are currently unoccupied; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Payments
      267. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of a matter the EU calls the VAT gap, the reduced or zero rates applicable and the cost attached to each instance by product or service; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      268. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the aegis of his...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      269. To ask the Minister for Finance if an appointment system is in operation in other local Revenue Commissioners inquiry offices across the State; and if other offices still offer walk in...
    • Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
      270. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has an agreement with the Revenue Commissioners regarding payment of...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      271. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the ten companies that paid 37% corporation tax in 2016 that were members of the same group; and the number of groups of companies that paid 37%...
    • Motor Insurance
      272. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures which are being taken by the Government to assist returning citizens that may have lost their Irish no claims bonus that have had clean driving...
    • Household Charge Administration
      274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Revenue Commissioners deducting household charge arrears from local property tax payments without providing invoices and receipts of...
    • Banking Operations
      275. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mobile payment and digital wallet service can be introduced across all banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27630/17]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      276. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate the companies that provided hire purchase products including personal contract plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      277. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and other services....
    • Economic Growth Initiatives
      278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new method of measuring the size of the economy and the growth of same in view of the unreliability of GDP as a measurement in an...
    • GDP-GNP Levels
      279. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department estimates that the State's debt to GDP ratio will reach 45%, 55% and 60% respectively based on the latest projections; and if he will make...
    • Banking Sector
      280. To ask the Minister for Finance the advisers employed directly by a bank (details supplied) or his Department to provide advice or expertise related to the sale of the bank; the dates they...
    • Departmental Contracts
      281. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that were put in place to ensure that no inside information or conflict of interest existed in the recent sale of buy-to-let mortgages to a company...
    • Tax Code
      282. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for further tax increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27792/17]
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      283. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to prepare for consequences a change in the American corporate tax rate may have on multinational companies located here; if there has...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      284. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that availed of the film relief tax credit in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount this tax relief cost the State in each of...
    • Living City Initiative
      290. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the uptake of the Living City initiative has been lower than anticipated or desired from a policy perspective; the reason for the...
    • Motor Insurance
      291. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the high motor insurance costs which emigrants are facing when they return to live and work here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      292. To ask the Minister for Finance if any former TDs have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the public appointments service; if so, the names and positions of same; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) that was put on the 0% rate of RCT in April 2017 is now subject to a 20% rate of RCT; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an exemption from property tax for persons (details supplied) was withdrawn. [27948/17]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28028/17]
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance further to parliamentary Question No. 143 of 30 May 2017, the impact on the fiscal space in 2017 and the following years if his Department fails to persuade...
    • Fiscal Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance the consequences of the State being found to be in a situation in which a significant deviation has occurred under the fiscal rules; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • Insurance Costs
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that insurance companies will quote private policy holders for commercial vehicles (details supplied). [28221/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath qualifies for agricultural relief under favourite nephew; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or a body under its aegis conducted research on the success of the living over the shop incentives schemes; the estimated costs of the...
    • Housing Issues
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's efforts to establish an off balance sheet mechanism to provide a housing investment fund for the purposes of significant...
    • Tax Exemptions
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of exempting IREF funds from stamp duty on the transfer of shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28335/17]
    • Banking Sector
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum percentage of a bank (details supplied) that may be sold in the planned forthcoming initial public offering; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Banking Sector
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance the professional and consultancy fees incurred to date in 2017 in respect of the planned initial public offering of a bank (details supplied); the estimated...
    • Financial Services Sector
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of losses incurred by ordinary individual investors in various funds (details supplied); his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects utilising and the amount of tax relief claimed under section 481 film relief for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017;...
    • Financial Services Sector
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of non-bank lending to the property sector in recent years; his plans to bring such non-bank lenders fully into the ambit of regulation; and if he...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) has plans to sell a loan portfolio; the details of this portfolio; the timeframe for its sale; the details of other loan...
    • Fiscal Policy
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is no longer his plan to provide for a rainy day fund in the years 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28386/17]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate regulatory and administrative cost in addition to other potential costs of enabling the SBCI to lend directly to SMEs; and if he has explored...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update the classification of mortgage arrears cases by the number of days to provide more detail particularly for those in arrears up to 90 days...
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review is under way or planned by the European Commission on the European fiscal rules; if he has raised the possibility of such a review with the...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the financial position of the Insurance Compensation Fund; the insurance levy revenue for 2016 and 2017; the payouts from the fund in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a fiscal stress test as has been done in other jurisdictions such as the UK; the details of such a test; and if he will make a...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing old age pensioners to avail of the home renovation incentive scheme; if he will consider developing a similar scheme for old age...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland allocates money for renewable projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/17]
    • Tracker Mortgages Examination
      322. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons affected by the tracker mortgage investigation at each of the banks involved in specifying the numbers identified as possible victims;...
    • Fiscal Policy
      323. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the decision that additional allocation for funding to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to enable recovery and repair on the road...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      324. To ask the Minister for Finance if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under tax law for...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the net fiscal space for 2018 of retaining mortgage interest relief; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28684/17]
    • Public Sector Pay
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently agreed public sector pay deal will be counted as investment in public spending under the confidence and supply agreement that there will be a...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a suggested measure (details supplied). [28708/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28709/17]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28723/17]
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      331. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of adapting the employment and investment incentive (details supplied), in tabular form. [28733/17]
    • Exchequer Returns
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of a measure (details supplied), in tabular form. [28734/17]
    • Construction Industry
      334. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of finance for residential and commercial construction that is coming from non-domestic sources and from UK investment companies and...
    • Tax Code
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to a proposal by groups (details supplied) to allocate a percentage of the tax raised from betting to be used to fund gambling...
    • Vehicle Registration
      336. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to apply a temporary exemption from VRT to employees working for an organisation (details supplied) in Northern...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      337. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments made to the boards of State bodies under the remit of his Department in May and June 2017; the dates of the appointments; the State...
    • Tax Code
      338. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the revenue standing in relation to children of a first marriage (details supplied); his further views on whether potential changes to the law...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funds made available for gambling addiction prevention and-or treatment services in the past three years and to date in 2017; if he will, in the...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      340. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a disclosure by NAMA of non-competitive procurement in 2016 to the value of €3.5 million; if his attention has been...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      341. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and percentage of corporation tax receipts which were paid by the top ten and 20 multinational groups respectively in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Tax Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of decreasing the standard rate of PAYE by 1% and 2% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/17]
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by county, in tabular form. [29252/17]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Banking
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the sanctions his Department gave in order to open public bank accounts in the name of An Garda Síochána in...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of restoring entry level pay scales to pre-FEMPI levels, for example, equal pay for newly qualified teachers; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by county, in tabular form...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of all the Civil Service pension schemes which cover personnel in established and established Civil Service and State...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the retirement age beyond 65 years of age for local authority employees who entered employment prior to 1 April 2004...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 354
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of planned works to develop a new Greystones coastguard station; the barriers which have been identified to completion of...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an amount has been factored into net fiscal space projections for 2018 to 2021 regarding the €2.6 billion of additional...
    • Departmental Contracts
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions which have been taken to date to prevent future flooding episodes in the mid-Shannon region. [26893/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing problem of flooding in a location (details supplied) in County Cork following flood relief...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the standardised test of high-speed verbal and numerical reasoning administered as part of the civil service...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis...
    • National Training Fund
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken an analysis of whether it would be more efficient in terms of reducing uncertainty and transaction...
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the appointment of a safety officer of national monuments which was advertised and interviewed for earlier in 2017...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if retired public servants will be represented at the pay talks by associations representing specifically retired public servants; if an...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the persons that have been hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee were sanctioned by his...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to parliamentary Question No. 215 of 6 April 2017, the reason his Department does not publish details of the projected...
    • Public Sector Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has advised Government Departments that applications by civil servants to continue working past 65 years of age under circular...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Office of Public Works commissioned document Towards a Liffey Valley Park; if there has been correspondence...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he can reconcile the prohibitive turnover criteria and other discriminatory exclusionist criteria for contractors to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual...
    • Pension Provisions
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the body that pays the shortfall in transfer value in circumstances in which the benefits accruing to a member of a pension scheme in a...
    • Pension Levy
      384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the timescales involved for the unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 for retired public...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requests received by his Department from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners regarding recruiting additional personnel to fill...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any former TDs have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the public appointments service; if so, the names and positions...
    • Departmental Schemes
      388. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if payments under the 1984 Civil Service spouses' and children's superannuation scheme are compulsory; and if he will make a statement...
    • Postal Codes
      391. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restore public service pensions for retired public servants in parallel with the new WRC pay agreement; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public servants that are ill on a Thursday or Friday of any week and submit the necessary medical certification are recorded as being...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which an institute (details supplied) is funded; the amount of funding it received on an annual basis in each of the past...
    • Public Service Pay Commission
      395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to unwind the pay and pension inequality in his annual review of FEMPI measures due before Dáil Éireann by the end...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated annual cost over the next four years of the public pension contribution reforms agreed in June 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review is planned on the role of PPP's and the rules surrounding them; when such a review will take place and be completed; and if...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schedule for the full restoration of pensions which have been the subject of FEMPI deductions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Register of Lobbyists Administration
      400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an appeal system for voluntary non-profit bodies that owing to circumstances beyond their control did not make a lobbying...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that small suppliers can compete for State contracts; if the barriers to competing for State contracts...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all State bodies under the aegis of his department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its...
    • Litter Pollution
      403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if dog fouling prevention measures including bins, bags and appropriate signage can be put in place at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Station Closures
      404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the future use of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28692/17]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the awarding of a tender (details supplied). [28710/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments made to the boards of State bodies under the remit of his Department in May and June 2017; the dates of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of houses his Department owns in Templemore, County Tipperary; the location of each; the purpose for which they are used; and...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW funding for the renovation of Abbotstown House; the timeline of works for its renovation; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Staff
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to address funding deficiencies in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Eligibility
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his Department's school transport policy in order to allow students from an area (details supplied) to avail of free school...
    • School Transport Fees
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make arrangements with Bus Éireann to facilitate families to have the option of making payments on school transport fees on a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the regulations surrounding the student universal support grant in order that if a family's only income is from Department of...
    • School Curriculum
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the curriculum for junior and leaving certificate cycle in respect of information technology studies; and if he will make a...
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommended time on the curriculums in post primary school for the study of information technology; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school students holding full medical cards are entitled to free school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building application by a school (details supplied). [26610/17]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 5 May 2017, the information which remains outstanding from a school (details supplied) in view of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary can be provided with extra special needs hours to meet the needs of their students; and if he...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals personnel working at Caranua; if they are full time or part time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26626/17]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is eligible for panel rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26653/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a traffic survey relating to an application for works by a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for progressing the...
    • State Examinations
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department distributes State exam papers; if there is a tendering or recruitment process in place for distribution; and the...
    • Schools Property
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools that need new car parking facilities; and the funding is available to them for same. [26699/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new building will be provided for a school (details supplied). [26716/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special needs supports available for a person suffering from Asperger's syndrome who does not feel they can attend mainstream secondary...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of a school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26735/17]
    • Departmental Properties
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in giving permission to a club (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, in conjunction with a school to carry out...
    • Institutes of Technology
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the combined deficit institutes of technology face from satellite campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/17]
    • School Management
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing one administration day per week for school principals in cases in which there is no walking principal; the cost...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sources of funding that will be used for investment in apprenticeship reform up to 2020. [26753/17]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices estimated to be enrolled in each of the years 2017 to 2021 inclusive of existing and estimated new registrations. [26754/17]
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be upheld in view of the negative impact losing a member of staff will have in the long term on...
    • Education Schemes
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of an educational certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26772/17]
    • Training Support Grant
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a training allowance for the duration of a course; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the home tuition section of his Department will provide home tuition to a person (details supplied) until their leaving certificate...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place an independent inquiry into the governance at universities here further to a television programme (details supplied);...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for funding for a new school building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit...
    • Irish Language
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce changes to the second level Irish language syllabus to increase its relevance in every day society in non-Gaeltacht areas....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of a new school for a school (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26921/17]
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for approval of University College Cork's request of 4 April 2017 for sanctioning in respect of the binding Labour Court...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the rejection of a wheelchair lift in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/17]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project on a school (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/17]
    • State Examinations Fee Exemptions
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct his Department to refund parents on low incomes with dependent children who could not avail of the State examination fee waiver...
    • Ireland Scholarship Programme
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct his Department to include a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is dependent on their parents who are medical...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools required and-or extensions to existing schools contemplated over the next five years (details supplied); the number and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the rejection of a wheelchair lift in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/17]
    • School Costs
      472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is financial assistance available for families to meet the costs involved in circumstances in which their child's school uses tablet...
    • Special Educational Needs
      473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a place in a language unit in County Kilkenny for a person (details supplied) in south Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer the wellbeing programme for the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27044/17]
    • School Curriculum
      476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer alternatives such as philosophy classes when children are withdrawn from religion classes; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available on the momentum programme; the full year cost of increasing places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland (1 comment)
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) into the operation and organisation of QQI; his views on the serious findings; and...
    • International Programmes
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contribution that Ireland has made to UNESCO's international programme for the development of communication; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to carry out the necessary assessment of a school (details supplied) to determine if the prefabs need to be replaced in line with...
    • Psychological Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be placed on a waiting list. [27124/17]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his...
    • School Funding
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the capital shortfall relating to a school (details suppled) in Kildare north. [27148/17]
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh an Roinn teagmháil dhíreach le bord bainistíochta scoile i gcontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27165/17]
    • Psychological Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS assessments that have been carried out per school in 2016 and to date in 2017; the maximum number of NEPS assessments...
    • School Excellence Fund
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the objectives and modus operandi of the schools excellence fund as described in the response to Parliamentary Question No....
    • School Transport Administration
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position going forward surrounding escorts on school buses for special needs pupils; if he will maintain the present...
    • Third Level Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million base funding requirement in higher education institutions by 2021 identified by the Cassells report includes the...
    • National Training Fund
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the surplus of the national training fund cannot be used for capital expenditure at higher education institutions. [27230/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making certain courses in a college (details supplied) eligible for the free fees scheme to increase persons' employment prospects;...
    • School Staff
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an additional teaching post appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an appeal of a special education teaching allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the existing July provision scheme with the view to implementing recommendations from various stakeholders concerning the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidences whereby parents of children with Down syndrome and-or individual schools were contacted by his Department to issue a...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na socruithe atá i bhfeidhm chun a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhísí oideachais bunscoile ar fáil sa...
    • Ministerial Functions
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accept an invitation from a school (details supplied) to visit the school in the near future; the likely timescale that will be...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions can be made to allow a mainstream student travel on the same school transport provided by his Department...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the objective of Government to achieve pay equality for all teachers that started work since 2011 as part of the current public sector...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to repair a prefab at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to accommodate a new autism class; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Authority
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the HEA to undertake a detailed longitudinal survey on graduate career outcomes (details supplied). [27412/17]
    • Schools Health and Safety
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will liaise with a school (details supplied) in County Cork to discuss the proposals which can be formulated and the way in...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) dated 20 December 2016 regarding the lumper schools project; if he has replied...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts received forMinisterial approval from Caranua to date in 2017; the date on which each application was received by his Department;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the...
    • Teaching Contracts
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is within the regulations of his Department to timetable a teacher who has opted out of the supervision and substitution scheme for...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued or will issue circular letters to schools regarding the importance of appointing teachers to vacancies in schools which...
    • Language Schools
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a group (details supplied); the reason a previous request to meet with this group was refused; if he will address the...
    • National Training Fund
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in the investment account of the national training fund; and the investments which can be made from the fund. [27521/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in having an application finalised for a school (details supplied) in view of the urgent need to have this accommodation...
    • School Accommodation
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and the physical conditions of the classrooms being experienced by students and staff in a...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to the appointment of a fourth classroom teacher at a school (details supplied) for September 2017 in view of the fact...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support and allow non-union teachers to access to the benefits of the Lansdowne Road agreement in view of the fact that all...
    • SOLAS Administration
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2016 annual report for SOLAS will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27697/17]
    • Higher Education Authority Staff
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fill the number of vacancies on the board of the Higher Education Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an application; and the position regarding same. [27718/17]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [27725/17]
    • School Transport Administration
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that can be used to request an amendment to an existing route in view of the fact that most school catchment areas are based on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to extend a school (details supplied); and when the proposed works will commence. [27807/17]
    • Education Schemes
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussion his Department has had with Safefood on the introduction of its media awareness course mediawise in schools. [27812/17]
    • Departmental Reviews
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of the commencement of his Department's review into the operations and eligibility criteria for Caranua; the persons appointed to carry...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has completed its internal review as indicated in the board minutes of July 2016 into changes made to the application process; and...
    • School Funding
      535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27827/17]
    • School Transport
      536. 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. [27876/17]
    • Departmental Properties
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take regarding the hold up in progress at a school details supplied) in Cashel, County Tipperary, in the provision of car...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that an application for vital and necessary accommodation by a school (details supplied) is immediately...
    • Third Level Admissions Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure access to institutions of education for students in view of media reports that University College Dublin will be reducing the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and positions of...
    • Redundancy Payments
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a redundancy calculation was decided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/17]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency application by a school (details supplied). [27944/17]
    • Schools Property
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the sale of playing pitches used by a college (details supplied) in County Dublin, by the Christian Brothers; the actions...
    • Commemorative Events
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of the lumper schools project to schools to increase the knowledge and awareness of the Great Famine; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will issue regarding an appeal of a special education teaching allocation by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works grant will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27992/17]
    • School Curriculum
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of availability of the leaving certificate applied programme in post-primary schools in County Leitrim on the...
    • Irish Language
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional costs for an English medium school to transition to an Irish medium school. [28004/17]
    • School Expulsions
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals that were made against secondary schools in County Kildare to secure places for students that had been denied;...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      551. 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. [28008/17]
    • Public Sector Staff Career Breaks
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers availing of the career break scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28010/17]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI is allowed a specific write-off pertaining to overpayments made to certain students (details supplied). [28029/17]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is State regulation as to the way in which panels for the employment of teachers in particular church dioceses operate in respect of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that in future all decisions are made in a timely manner in order that new appointments can be made prior to the summer holiday...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 30 May 2017, the estimated timeframe for the process for the school building; and when he expects...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund speech and language classes in primary schools with a high concentration of need for speech and language therapies; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Buncrana three school campus project (details supplied); if he will report on a recent meeting between his department and...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding to each ETB or VEC in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28115/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the original cost of the building of the new centre in Belfield; the amount that has been spent by his Department to date in 2017; the cost of...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been done on the teaching quality of a centre (details supplied) in comparison with similar centres; if so, the results of...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has undertaken with English language teachers in relation to plans to replace former regulatory systems for English language...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms upon which his Department has agreed to the purchase and development of the Harold's cross greyhound stadium; if the site has been...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, in view of the fact that...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been successful in their appeal under the new special needs resource allocation model; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order to address the needs of new enrolments with special needs; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of training provided to special educational needs organisers in relation to the new resource allocation model; the number of special...
    • State Examinations
      569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rate of payment for exam assessors; the basis on which payment is determined, for example, the hourly rate or per script; the number of...
    • Postal Codes
      570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Expenditure
      571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding to each ETB or VEC under the VTOS programme in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28207/17]
    • Schools Building Projects
      572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the announced new educate together secondary school for Malahide and Portmarnock will open for students in September 2017 as previously...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problem that parents are facing with children diagnosed with autism in securing a place in an ASD class...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a school project (details supplied) a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28281/17]
    • Skills Shortages
      576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of skilled staff such as chefs in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body or agency that is responsible for tourism and hospitality training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/17]
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility
      578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons that are not full-time unemployed can access and participate in ETB courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28287/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional extra funding required will be provided to fund a central activities space and staff toilets as part of the development of a...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28333/17]
    • Third Level Staff Data
      581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the academic and non-academic staff employed in all universities, higher education authority designated colleges and the institutes of technology...
    • Language Schools
      582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the working conditions of English language teachers (details supplied); if he plans to legislate for their rights; and if he will...
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le stádas an iarratais atá déanta ag scoil (sonraí leis seo); an bhfuil...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons employed by Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board are being offered...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for the replacement of two...
    • School Fees
      587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the welcome ban on enrolment applications fees in the forthcoming Admissions to School Bill 2016 will consequentially...
    • School Enrolments
      588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is merit in amending the Education Act 1998 to give the Minister powers to designate areas in which centrally...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of special needs assistants for a school (details supplied) for the school year 2017/2018; and if he has...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent extension for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of support teaching hours from September 2017 and for 2018 for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of out of field mathematics and science teachers at junior cycle and senior cycle level. [28580/17]
    • School Curriculum
      594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of secondary schools that do not offer physics or chemistry as a subject; and the percentage of secondary schools not offering...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice that has been given to his Department from the Teaching Council on the leaving certificate grades required for entry into initial...
    • Education Policy
      597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal to appoint a teacher as a STEM champion in each primary school; if his Department has made advances on this proposal;...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28589/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding differing levels of pay between SNAs at primary school level and at secondary school level respectively; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for secondary school SNAs’ working during the month of June in view of the fact that only State exams are taking place; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on waiting lists for ASD classes in primary schools in County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a staffing appeal has been received by his Department...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the construction programme a school (details supplied) is on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28617/17]
    • Departmental Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the file of a person (details supplied) has been mislaid by his Department; if he will ensure...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to be assessed in conjunction with an application for funding for a link corridor for connectivity...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching hours will be ring-fenced for career guidance in post-primary schools from the commencement of the 2017/2018 academic year; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has refused to provide a specialised autism unit for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the school...
    • School Transport Provision
      614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28697/17]
    • Cóiríócht Scoile
      615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar cóiríocht shealadach do scoil (sonraí tugtha) a bheidh riachtanach an fhad a bheidh síneadh...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 616
      616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28841/17]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figures for the throughput of apprentices annually in each of the years 1990 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of apprentices in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or another body under its aegis are currently considering proposals to varying the length of apprenticeship based on learning...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated increase of prefab accommodation for schools; the cost of the increase; the way in which the tendering process operates; the...
    • School Transport Review
      624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport appeals system; when the review will conclude; the terms of reference of the review; and if he...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the information technology systems required to apply for funding under the youth employment initiative have been developed; the steps required...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet or engage with representatives of English language teachers (details supplied) regarding employment legislation and working...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether due to the high waiting lists for phase two and phase 4 and 6 training places for apprentices especially in construction and...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
      632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sectors in which SOLAS sets a maximum allowable number of recruits to each trade for a set planning period; if recruitment is...
    • Technological Universities
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government approved the recent agreement with the TUI in respect of the Technological Universities Bill. [28907/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding two applications (details supplied) made to his Department. [28922/17]
    • School Management
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body which ran a school (details supplied); the body which funded it; the way in which referrals were made; the organisation that...
    • School Patronage
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has drawn up the protocols for the consultation process on the new reconfiguration of school patronage; when the consultation...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the percentage of the marks for junior cycle oral Irish under the new framework for the junior cycle; and if he will make a...
    • School Services Staff
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if retired school caretakers that receive a pension from his Department are also entitled to receive a State pension; if there are circumstances...
    • School Costs
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 4 April 2017, the detail of the correspondence between his Department and the school in question; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the monetary value of an asset which was gained via inheritance during the reference year is seen as reckonable income in the...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the induction workshops for newly qualified teachers for every year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28996/17]
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in the budget for 2018 increasing funding for the school book rental scheme by €15 million; if he will implement the...
    • Fund for Students with Disabilities
      654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the eligibility to the fund for students with disabilities, the student assistance fund and the maintenance grant...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly by which lone parents in receipt of rent supplement and the one parent family payments and jobseeker's transition...
    • DEIS Administration
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the next round of DEIS status schools will be announced; and the timeframe for schools to apply for DEIS status or enhanced...
    • DEIS Status
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider DEIS status for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the second school in the parish already benefits from...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the policy on Gaeltacht education on a yearly basis for the next five years. [28005/17]
    • DEIS Status
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision not to award DEIS status to a school (details supplied) can be reversed. [28832/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the cuts to the student grant implemented in 2011 and 2012 and restore the distance of adjacent rate to 24 kilometres from the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed in his department and in each State agency under the aegis of his department, by county, in tabular form. [29253/17]
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      664. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 30 May 2017, the procedures his Department uses to grant permission for military aircraft to...
    • Immigration Status
      665. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for a decision on the legal status of a person (details supplied) of a child born here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      666. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the British and Northern Irish authorities regarding prisoner issues in a prison (details supplied)....
    • Prison Service
      667. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the British and Northern Irish authorities the question of whether they are committed to the August 2010 agreement...
    • Consular Services Provision
      668. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding progress to reopen the Irish Embassy in Iran in view of the fact that Ireland is the only EU country which does not...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      669. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding facilities available for diplomats here; and the details of changes regarding same over the past number of years....
    • Passport Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26838/17]
    • Consular Services Staff
      671. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 30 May 2017, the number of additional staff that have been deployed to embassies and consulates...
    • Brexit Issues
      672. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      674. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Defence Forces personnel that were on duty at Shannon airport on 25 April 2017 took steps to ascertain whether aircraft (details...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      676. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      677. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution made by Ireland to the least developed countries fund in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27106/17]
    • EU Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Ireland's contribution to the EU trust fund for Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/17]
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      679. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value of current expenditure on the peace and reconciliation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27108/17]
    • Consular Services Expenditure
      680. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual average cost of maintaining an embassy and consulate respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27109/17]
    • Passport Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the passport office service; the cost of maintaining offices in counties Cork and Dublin; the number of staff employed in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      682. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial contributions made by his Department to date in 2017 to assist in the ongoing refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      683. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has undertaken a review into the way in which Ireland allocates its ODA to multilateral organisations in view of the...
    • Human Rights
      685. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Sri Lankan Government's active suppression of the right of Tamil war survivors and families of...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      686. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of...
    • Human Rights
      687. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Colombian Government regarding the ongoing violence and intimidation of local communities in Putumayo...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      688. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention was drawn to the planned arrival of a plane (details supplied) before it landed; the way in which assurances can be given...
    • Human Rights
      690. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was tortured, sexually assaulted, verbally abused and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      691. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property...
    • White Paper on the Future of Europe
      692. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be consultations with the public on the white paper on the future of Europe; if so, the nature of the consultations; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      693. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      694. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28176/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      695. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's plans regarding Brexit in view of the UK election result; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East Issues
      696. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Israel's decision to reduce the supply of electricity to Gaza and that the reduction of electricity...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the emigrant programme for finance is in operation; if it promotes renewable projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      698. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      699. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on EU compacts which can result in refugees being returned to their country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights
      701. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken at EU level regarding anti-government protests in Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28699/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to a Department or State agency offices located...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Negotiations
      704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if contingency planning is completed to mitigate for the loss of information sharing as a result of a no deal scenario in...
    • Brexit Issues
      705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the cross-Border policing strategy has been revised in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26568/17]
    • Passport Controls
      706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the delay being experienced by persons entering Ireland through terminal one Dublin Airport due to the...
    • Coroners Service
      707. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations which apply regarding next of kin notification of inquest date, time and venue; the notice time that should...
    • Prison Service Data
      708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of claims made by staff and prisoners and the total payments in both categories regarding accidents and incidents...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 140 of 4 April 2017, the number of drivers involved in these road traffic collisions that...
    • Garda Forms
      713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 4 April 2017, if the report is now available; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the existing valuations will be implemented in view of recommendations to introduce a new mechanism for the commercial...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      715. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when all provisions of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 will be commenced. [26718/17]
    • Garda Accommodation
      716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of a new Garda barracks in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
      717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation and citizenship received and processed by his Department in each of the past ten...
    • Departmental Reports
      719. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of implementing the outstanding recommendations from the working group on improvements to the protection...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children in adult prisons; and the projected cost of sending them to age appropriate units instead. [26777/17]
    • Garda Data
      721. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full response to Parliamentary Questions Nos 51, 52, 53 and 56 of 13 April 2017 will issue. [26802/17]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      722. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an investigation by an organisation involving a dispute between a person (details supplied)...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who arrived here in May 2008 and is unable to obtain...
    • Garda Recruitment
      724. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the age limits for applications to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended by his Department to a company (details supplied) and other public relations firms used by his Department...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      726. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 24 May 2017, the number of these road traffic collisions that resulted in a...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria and process used in the selection of suitable persons to be appointed as a revenue sheriff; and if he will make a...
    • Direct Provision System
      730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the responsibility that his Department and-or the operators of direct provision centres have in respect of providing transport...
    • Garda Powers
      731. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí that were on duty at Shannon Airport on 25 April 2017 took steps to ascertain if two aircraft (details...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      732. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the new national disability strategy has not been implemented to date. [26998/17]
    • Garda Stations
      734. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 22 February 2017, if he has received the report on Garda stations; if so, his plans...
    • Garda Deployment
      735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí at each Garda station at the latest date for which figures are available; and the way in which this...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      736. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of services that the vouchers granted under the abhaile scheme entitle a person to; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the controls in place to ensure a personal insolvency practitioner in receipt of a voucher under the abhaile scheme considers...
    • Legal Aid
      739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the free legal advice offered under the abhaile scheme amounts to general legal advice on debt and...
    • Legal Aid Service
      741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a duty solicitor connected to the abhaile scheme is entitled to speak in court on behalf of persons that they have never...
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if those that avail of the abhaile scheme vouchers are entitled to an itemised breakdown of the cost of the services they have...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27075/17]
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a statutory inquiry into allegations of Garda misconduct made by the former chief executive of a group (details...
    • Garda Data
      745. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student gardaí that left the service before their attestation in the past 20 years; the number of...
    • Garda Remuneration
      747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of retirement gratuity paid to members leaving An Garda Síochána in the past 25 years; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Measures
      748. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the local authorities that have adopted Part III of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956; the date the Act was adopted by those...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      750. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under...
    • Garda Data
      751. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí driving with chief's permission in the each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence (details supplied) regarding Limerick prison; his plans to investigate the matters raised;...
    • Irish Sign Language
      755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recognition of Irish sign language as an official language; if the progression of the Recognition of Irish...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to publish new legislation on the rights of persons to work while awaiting decisions on permanent permission to...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      758. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received to date in 2017 for the community CCTV scheme; the number of applications received by...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the organisational breakdown of the policing division of his Department; and the personnel changes that have taken place in the...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment
      762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Policing Authority was consulted in advance by the Garda Commissioner regarding the hiring of all persons that are now...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 114 of 30 May 2017, if he will clarify the meaning of operational grounds; and if he will...
    • Garda College
      780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda graduates from Templemore college by station and division in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Emergency Planning
      781. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to increase security and defence in view of the London attacks; if full funding and legislative...
    • Citizenship Status
      782. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant family citizenship to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27405/17]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      783. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form, by his Department or agency...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      785. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individual information technology and information technology service tenders advertised by An Garda...
    • Coroners Service
      791. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a death certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27541/17]
    • Emergency Planning
      792. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has participated in planned live field exercises with the Defence Forces with a view to...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      793. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the application for refugee status subsidiary protection by a person (details supplied). [27601/17]
    • Garda Data
      794. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each district in the Dublin region that have been trained in use of a device (details supplied)...
    • Proposed Legislation
      797. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate to reform the archaic laws of maintenance and champerty; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      798. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      799. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27742/17]
    • Drugs Seizures
      800. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply to parliamentary Question No. 112 of 23 February 2017 will issue from An Garda Síochána. [27745/17]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/17]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE Garda vetting unit has advised this Deputy that they will not be...
    • Brexit Issues
      803. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the countries covered in the British-Irish visa scheme or other visa schemes Ireland has in conjunction with the UK with third...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      806. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any former TDs have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the public appointments service; if so, the names and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      809. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has discussed the status of investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into...
    • Protected Disclosures
      810. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place for an appointed protected disclosures contact person in the Prison Service; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      811. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/17]
    • Visa Applications
      812. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting time for a person who has applied for a visa and is married to an Irish citizen; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      813. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a person who has applied for a stamp 5 work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Prison Service
      814. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/17]
    • Garda Deployment
      815. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired gardaí who are working on a contract basis for An Garda Síochána; the tasks being...
    • Legislative Process
      816. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/17]
    • Courts Service Administration
      817. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the administration of justice which has been proposed by the President of the High Court has commenced; the...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Data
      818. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians working in An Garda Síochána; the steps he is taking to meet her target of 4,000 civilians by...
    • Garda Reserve
      819. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves; the steps he is taking to meet her target of 2,000 Garda Reserve members by 2021; and if he will...
    • Direct Provision System
      820. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when self-catering facilities will be in operation in a centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Student Data
      822. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international students registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau between 2005 and 2011; the top five...
    • International Conventions
      824. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the future domestic steps which need to be taken in order for Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and...
    • Garda Data
      825. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in service; the number in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28069/17]
    • Prisoner Data
      827. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average age of the life sentence prisoners committed to prison in 2016; the average age of the life sentence prisoners...
    • Postal Codes
      828. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Prison Service Staff
      830. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison clerical officers employed by the Prison Service currently; the number employed in each prison; and if he...
    • International Conventions
      832. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Government is taking to ensure that Ireland complies with its international legal responsibilities regarding...
    • Garda Stations
      833. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda station (details supplied); the number of additional personnel that are being assigned to the station;...
    • Standards in Public Office Commission
      835. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if every member of An Garda Síochána that is required to make an annual declaration under SIPO legislation has done...
    • Mutual Assistance Requests
      836. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mutual assistance legal requests received from overseas Governments as part of investigations into money...
    • Immigration Status
      837. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status, including eligibility to obtain citizenship, in the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      838. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to date and pending in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if their case to deport...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      839. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person is eligible to apply for...
    • Residency Permits
      840. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status and-or expected eligibility in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      842. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the various stages already undertaken regarding the determination of entitlement to residency in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      843. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures followed to date in the determination of eligibility for residency status in the case of a person (details...
    • Immigration Status
      844. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      847. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the case for residency entitlement eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      848. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in respect of a decision to refuse a visa application in the case of a...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      849. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an application for family reunification will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Residency Permits
      850. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will, on compassionate grounds, offer residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      851. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will approve naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      853. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28383/17]
    • Sexual Offences Data
      854. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of rape and sexual assault which have been reported as occurring within direct provision centres; and...
    • Immigration Data
      855. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children that have been granted their stamp 4 visa or leave to remain that remain in direct provision...
    • Private Security Authority Administration
      856. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new private security appeals board will be appointed; the reason for the delay in appointing the board; and when it...
    • Garda Compensation
      857. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a garda compensation case (details supplied). [28486/17]
    • Garda Reserve
      858. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of recruiting additional Garda Reserve members (details supplied) in 2018; and the costs associated with training the...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
      862. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of recruiting additional civilian Garda members (details supplied) in 2018. [28527/17]
    • Garda Civilian Staff Data
      863. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda civilian members expected to complete their training in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022,...
    • Garda Expenditure
      866. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of recruiting additional Garda (details supplied) in 2018; and the costs associated with training the additional...
    • Garda Strength
      867. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits expected to complete their training in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively....
    • Drugs Seizures
      871. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity and value of each drug seizure in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28543/17]
    • Legal Aid Service
      872. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an approved list of solicitors which may be supplied by An Garda Síochána to persons in need of legal...
    • Garda Data
      873. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bank accounts the Commissioner operates inside and outside the State respectively; the location of those bank...
    • Parliamentary Questions Data
      875. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Parliamentary Questions he has referred to An Garda Síochána for reply in each of the 12 months June...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      876. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its...
    • Drugs Crime
      877. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of weekly arrests per county to date for positive preliminary drug test results; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Status
      878. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency status can be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision System
      879. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of the continuing incarceration of a person (details supplied) living in direct...
    • Commissioner of Valuation
      880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the work of the Commissioner of the Valuation Office; the examinations that are being done regarding the...
    • Garda Equipment
      882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of the Garda fleet aged over ten years as of 9 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Reserve
      883. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent resignation of a person (details supplied) from the Garda Reserve force; if his...
    • Garda Data
      884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 1 June 2017, the details of the moneys recouped by policing services for policing...
    • Garda Deployment
      885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of newly attested Garda assigned to the Wicklow Division in 2017 in view of the need for increased gardaí in...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      887. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.126 of 9 May 2017, the number of summons served to persons for non-payment of fixed charge...
    • Judicial Appointments
      889. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process that was put in place for the recent appointment to the Court of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      904. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to department or State agency offices...
    • Garda Stations
      905. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reopen the garda station in Kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29102/17]
    • Valuation Office
      906. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason petrol stations are being revalued at an increase of 400%; the further reason the forecourts of petrol stations are...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      907. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exemptions that apply for passport fees in the case of a person born in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      908. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will increase the core funding available to an organisation (details supplied) under the National Collective of Community...
    • EU Agreements
      910. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to implement Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the...
    • Shooting Rights
      913. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of proposed changes to legislation that would ban the practice of night-time shooting and hunting. [27875/17]
    • Emergency Planning
      914. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the claim that gardaí will not be able to respond to a London bridge type incident in the way that British...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials have received a complaint from a person (details supplied) who claims that their files and documents...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      916. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by county, in...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Invasive Plant Species
      917. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures which are being taken on managing and resolving the issue of knotweed in County Cork. [28679/17]
    • Arts Funding
      918. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if local authority spending on arts is counted as discretionary or not. [28257/17]
    • National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners
      919. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on introducing a national indemnity scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28454/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      920. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed in her Department and in each State agency under the aegis of her Department, by county, in tabular...
    • Arts Promotion
      921. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans for works to commence at a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26752/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      922. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a submission for additional funding in respect of an event centre (details supplied); if she has...
    • Brexit Issues
      923. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the threats identified by her Department with regard to the responsibilities of her Department as a result of no deal being reached...
    • Departmental Schemes
      924. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes offered by her Department that allow for benefits to persons, organisations or companies in the form of a tax break or...
    • National Monuments
      925. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if compliance relating to works being carried out on 17a and 18 Moore Street with planning and building control regulations has been...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      926. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by...
    • Rural Development Programme
      927. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial allocations under the 2014 to 2020 rural development programme per measure 19 support for Leader local development, in...
    • National Monuments
      929. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will transfer a street location (details supplied) to OPW control; when she will put a preservation order on a location; and...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      930. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi State body under the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      931. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budgetary allocation for the NPWS in 2016 and 2017; and the NPWS staff budget in 2016 and 2017. [27151/17]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      932. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fill the vacant positions within the NPWS. [27152/17]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      934. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the arts rich schools programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27182/17]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      935. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital allocation for regional and rural affairs in 2017; the amount spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      936. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation for the implementation of the Leader programme in 2017; the amount spent on administration, animation and projects...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      938. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure to date in 2017 of the capital carryover from 2016 broken down by estimate heading; the value of the work carried out...
    • Rural Recreation Promotion
      939. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress which is being made in increasing the number of rural recreational officers nationwide from 20 to 40; the way in which a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      940. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or agency or body...
    • Departmental Reports
      941. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated costs for the implementation of the recommendations in the Moore Street consultative group report. [27488/17]
    • Post Office Network
      942. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has undertaken to secure the rural post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27518/17]
    • Intellectual Property Management
      943. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had engagement with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry taskforce with...
    • Departmental Investigations
      944. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investigation by her Department of the establishment of a public banking system here; and if she will make a...
    • Recreational Facilities
      945. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the more efficient use of canals as tourism resources; her plans to increase accessibility to the Royal Canal from the...
    • Western Development Commission Membership
      946. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the vacancies on the Western Development Commission will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27631/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      947. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the upgrading of the N4 west of...
    • Regional Development Funding
      948. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects her Department is seeking financial support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014-2020; and if she...
    • Banking Sector
      949. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions her Department has had with a group (details supplied); the technical assistance the group is willing to offer the...
    • Post Office Network
      950. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department plans to oversee and monitor the implementation of actions to support the post office network arising...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      951. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a charity (details supplied) is to be considered for funding under the dormant accounts fund; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      952. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount her Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      953. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27729/17]
    • Wild Fires
      954. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total assessed damage from the recent forest and gorse fires; the amount the damage cost; the way in which habitats will be...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      955. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will announce successful applicants under the 2017 town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      956. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all local authorities have a broadband officer in place; the way in which this will assist with the delivery of broadband in rural...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      957. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the training modules to be provided for trainees submitted by companies as part of their applications for section 481 tax relief in...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      960. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has identified towns, villages and regions which may benefit from upgrading such as improvement of street...
    • Archaeological Sites
      962. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action which is being taken to address the desecration of historical sites with particular reference to recent events; and if she...
    • Arts Funding
      965. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has to date in 2017 responded to various applications from community groups towards their performances and...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      966. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which full and final agreement has been reached with traditional turf cutters in respect of SACs and NHAs; the number...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      967. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to support and encourage the film industry including the use of the island of Ireland as...
    • Waterways Issues
      968. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department has achieved an amicable solution to outstanding issues between Waterways Ireland and traditional...
    • Archaeological Sites
      969. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which excavations are planned or in progress at various historical sites with particular reference to the need to...
    • Arts Funding
      970. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which EU grant aid has been sought, remains available or is likely to become available to support various community...
    • Heritage Promotion
      972. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she will continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the national image at home and...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      973. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has identified the primary issues of concern among community groups in rural or urban settings whose quality...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      974. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under her remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and...
    • EU Directives
      975. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the derogation categories under the EU birds directive and the relevant national legislation, if a major review referred...
    • Arts Funding
      977. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the lack of artist run studio space and the fact that the State lags far behind other European...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      978. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new staff recruited by the National Parks and Wildlife Service since May 2016; if interviews have been held and panels...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      979. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to simplify the process for Leader applications and the lengthy steps that each application has to pass...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      980. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No.189 of 17 May 2017, the cost of each hub mentioned. [28131/17]
    • Postal Codes
      981. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and...
    • CLÁR Programme
      982. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided in her Department's estimates for the CLÁR programme in 2017; the measures that will be funded; the level...
    • Arts Council
      983. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if local authority arts officer positions are filled; and if the position is a full time one, by county. [28256/17]
    • Arts Funding
      984. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the yearly budget allocated to Culture Ireland; and the number of staff allocated per annum to the programme since 2008. [28258/17]
    • National Monuments
      985. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that the remains of the oak wood roadway in Mayne Bog, County Westmeath is fully protected; her...
    • Film Industry
      986. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the authority under which the quality of training qualifications within the film industry here are managed; the accrediting body; the...
    • Arts Funding
      987. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has carried out an audit of State institutions and organisations in receipt of public funding to measure their...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      988. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all State bodies under the aegis of her Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      989. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for funding under the dormant accounts fund; and if she will make...
    • Scéimeanna Rannach
      991. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí míniú maidir le cén fáth nár ceadaíodh aon airgead i gClár Caipitil na...
    • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
      992. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cuntas ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, go...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      993. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht sí cur síos ar na pleananna atá aici Scéim na mBóithre Áise a chur ar bun an athuair do bhóithre...
    • Western Development Commission Funding
      994. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital allocations given in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to the Western Development...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      995. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff under the remit of her Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices...
    • Architectural Heritage
      996. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Aldborough House on Portland Row a listed building is in a state of disrepair; if...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      997. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the waiting times of eight to ten months for a child to access the services of an early intervention team in the Dublin south...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      998. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is in the public interest for a company (details supplied) to restrict access to the clinics services to its own subscribers in view of...
    • Land Transfers
      999. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the hold up of the transfer of land at a school (details supplied) from his Department to the Department of Education which was agreed...
    • National Maternity Strategy
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures which can be taken to ensure that maternity and children's hospitals promote breastfeeding. [28316/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons supported under the nursing home support scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disease Awareness
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE health protection surveillance centre's Lyme borreliosis subcommittee to issue its report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 126 of 11 April 2017 and 774 of 2 May 2017, the progress of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill; if it will be...
    • Health Reports
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 5.5 of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; the position regarding the availability of non-invasive diagnostic...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Data
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications submitted in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county; and the number of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26524/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add congenital neutropenia to the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26526/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26536/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed at the maternity unit in Mayo University Hospital by job title; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26539/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacancies in the maternity unit at Mayo University Hospital; if so, the number; when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing numbers in the maternity unit at Mayo University Hospital are at an adequate level to provide a safe service; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the pharmaceutical products used by the HSE exclusively available from UK manufacturers; the annual cost of these products; the risks to ongoing availability...
    • Disease Management
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the system for identifying Lyme disease; the treatment options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate length of time a child should be waiting for an early years assessment in County Westmeath. [26577/17]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite care beds in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the length of the waiting list for each county. [26580/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 805 of 21 March 2017, if he will arrange for a reply to be issued by the HSE. [26584/17]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 18 May 2017, if there is policy or regulation in existence which prohibits paramedics deployed from Northern...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26588/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had home care hours taken from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26589/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1029. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 799 of 2 May 2017, the position regarding this situation in view of the fact that there are now 20 vehicles lying idle...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health if the issue of Garda vetting and the associated assessment of applications is the reason for the delay in filling vacancies at a community hospital (details...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's deliberations on the provision of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26619/17]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who sought proof of registration from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in order to allow them to practice abroad...
    • Dental Services Staff
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to recruit a dentist for a health centre (details supplied); the way in which the fourth and sixth class dental check at schools will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund works at a location (details supplied) in order to assist the home to comply with the latest HIQA report; if his Department's officials will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1035. 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. [26645/17]
    • National Drugs Strategy Publication
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the publication of the national drugs and alcohol strategy has been delayed; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a full-time care application for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [26661/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for practice support subsidies by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26663/17]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 205 and 207 of 25 May 2017, which were referred to the HSE and in view of the fact that the HSE was unable to provide...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in Tallaght hospital; the categories of vacancy; the length of time each post has been vacant; the impact each category of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Our Lady's hospital, Navan. [26667/17]
    • Health Research Board Expenditure
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on health care related research; the annual expenditure into the components of Science Foundation Ireland, the Health Research Board,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to the parents of a child (details supplied) under six years of age who needs behavioural intervention. [26675/17]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make Entresto (details supplied) available to persons here; if so, the date it will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Products Supply
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid test and hearing aid replacement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health the status of hospital admission for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26685/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and ensure that persons (details supplied) in the Drimnagh area with a medical general practitioner cards will not lose their general...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay regarding an appointment for a person (details supplied) with a consultant in Sligo University Hospital. [26703/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to deal with a case in which a HSE transport service provider has been left unpaid (details supplied). [26704/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hip operations carried out in Letterkenny University Hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of these operations carried out in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a hip operation in Letterkenny university hospital; the current waiting time for this operation; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available for young persons in County Wexford under 18 years of age; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the parking facilities at a location (details supplied) which results in cars being parked in a dangerous manner; if a portion of the...
    • Blood Donations
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the current one year deferral on MSM blood donors here to a three month deferral (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Provision
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) to discuss the appointment of a new expert medical oncologist with sarcoma specific...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the scheme to replace the motorised transport grant; when it is expected to be available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Properties
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the lands owned by the HSE adjoining Navan hospital which are lying vacant; and when he will develop the primary care centre in Navan. [26762/17]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the twice yearly average waiting times for HSE counselling services in County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26767/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Louth who is of the view that they would benefit from inpatient treatment...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); when the drug Tysabri will be made available to multiple sclerosis patients; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [26787/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been assessed and are waiting for home help services in each of the nine community health organisations; the number of these...
    • Home Help Service Data
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the expected expenditure in 2017 for home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that the National Treatment Purchase Fund avoids double paying public hospitals for work they should be doing using their HSE...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1074. 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. [26797/17]
    • Medical Conditions
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 962 of 2 May 2017, if he will request the HSE to circulate the international consensus primer for medical practitioners...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age that were admitted to adult mental health services in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the recruitment of specialist nurses for the new children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26805/17]
    • Graduate Statistics
      1083. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recent graduates from the four and half year degree programme run by UCC in paediatric and general nursing that are working here; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per nurse of recruiting each additional nurse from overseas; the cost of travel for health service officials time spent working here with pay while...
    • Hospital Services
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to HSE plans for a day hospital in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26809/17]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or his Department have identified lands for the construction of a day hospital in Swords, County Dublin; the location and cost of purchase of such...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a person (details supplied) who has been referred to St Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown to see an endocrinologist; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time to process fair deal nursing home support scheme applications once all paperwork is in order; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home help hours in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26823/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health service beds that are being provided for children under 18 years of age in County Waterford; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with dementia availing of intensive home care packages in 2017 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Funding
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recent request for additional funding for a group (details supplied) which would provide key services not delivered by the HSE has been...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times at the breast cancer clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital specifically in respect of those waiting for three months, six months, nine...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care package or a similar benefit is available to a person (details supplied) living with a serious disability at home and who requires a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in Croom Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26837/17]
    • Medical Card Administration
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to simplify the application for medical general practitioner card for persons with long-term illnesses by awarding automatically medical cards for...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [26865/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 30 May 2017, if he will meet with the group personally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26868/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding to the planned extra capacity for scoliosis surgery at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the position on the appointment of an...
    • Abuse in Hospitals
      1103. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 23 May 2017, if he or a representative will meet with a person (details supplied) [26881/17]
    • Obesity Strategy
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent World Health Organization survey which predicts that Ireland will become Europe's most obese country by 2030; and the measures he plans...
    • Health Promotion
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is currently enough focus on health and well-being education among young persons. [26883/17]
    • General Practitioner Services
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the provision of emergency equipment and supplies to rural general practitioners who are not members of a co-operative and are...
    • Ambulance Service
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ambulance crisis in south Connemara, County Galway, in which the ambulance base in Carraroe is frequently unstaffed and...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health if the general practitioners contractual review process has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26891/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26892/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 21 February 2017, when a reply will issue from the HSE in view of the fact that no reply has issued to date...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit negotiations;...
    • Departmental Data
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 3 May 2017, if the files in question been retrieved; if not, the reason for the delay in their retrieval; when he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if the appointment can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26920/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of supports for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the waiting lists for paediatric spinal surgery in Crumlin children's hospital; the number of children awaiting spinal...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26927/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery in Cappagh hospital. [26951/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether funding being provided to a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork is not meeting service demands and does not allow for the expansion...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his policy to have an occupational therapist in every hospice; the number of hospices that employ a full time occupational therapist and or a part...
    • Health Services Staff
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork does not employ an occupational therapist on a full time or part...
    • Service Level Agreements
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that section 39 hospitals are not in a position to pay moneys owed to their staff under the public service pay...
    • Palliative Care Services
      1125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government on improving information and awareness of end of life services particularly those which provide...
    • Health Services Funding
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with officials from the HSE to discuss the way in which hospices are funded; if not, his plans to do so in the future; and if he will make a...
    • Palliative Care Services Provision
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether his Department's staff patient ratio policy in relation to end of life care in a hospice setting is adequate; and if he will make a...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated the €300,000 it will cost to address the pay restoration commitment made by the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to recruit additional home help carers in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need of respite for children, young adults and ageing adults in the community in County Louth; if his attention...
    • HSE Properties
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a HSE premises (details supplied) redecorated. [26982/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that currently there is only one occupational therapist for County Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      1135. To ask the Minister for Health when the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill is expected to be finalised in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26993/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who have been allocated a personal assistant to date; the number which have a personal assistant currently; and the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no centre for independent living in County Meath; and his plans to open such a centre in the future. [26999/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organisations classified under section 39 that operate in line with the knowledge of the Health Service Executive; the number of staff employed...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the pricing application for the drug Entresto (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27002/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in (details supplied) will be seen by CAMHS. [27016/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the space and availability of residential care for persons in Dublin who are in need of full-time care due to their level of disability; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Data
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of a primary medical certificate in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [27025/17]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are allocated home care packages in County Meath; the number of this cohort that are still awaiting these services; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have further medical treatment in University Hospital Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE management in the Sligo area have formally written to national management to highlight the risk posed by a lack of resources for children's...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the timeframe to address the lack of resources for CAMHS and children's health services in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health when a full time child psychiatrist will be provided to address the long waiting list of vulnerable children in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointment and diagnosis under the remit of CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan; the length of...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be used to reduce the length of time vulnerable children are waiting to be seen and receive a diagnosis by CAMHS...
    • Health Services Provision
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [27073/17]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health when the cannabis access programme will be operational for multiple sclerosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27074/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric social admissions (details supplied) to Temple Street hospital in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [27088/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for post operation routine x-rays in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Charges
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding medical debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27097/17]
    • Medical Card Delays
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27099/17]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State body under the aegis of his Department; if...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of additional inpatient modular hotel type beds for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no consultation took place with family members of a person (details supplied); and if he will ensure that the...
    • Health Services Provision
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement date of the build project for the new satellite dialysis unit in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27159/17]
    • Disease Management
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied); if he is examining the way in which sufferers of Lyme disease can be supported;...
    • Electronic Health Records
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the individual health identifier and his further views on the fact that the volume of data collected on persons is excessive; if his attention...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting the new diabetes glucose monitoring system sensor on the long-term illness book. [27184/17]
    • Health Insurance
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is owned by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27199/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      1181. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry before they are due to begin national school in September 2017;...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health if all patient information leaflets published by the HSE regarding the HPV vaccine gardasil contain all known side effects; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for an appointment at the trauma and orthopaedics clinic in Cappagh hospital. [27206/17]
    • Emergency Services Personnel
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to discuss a memorandum of understanding between the Health Service...
    • Health Services Provision
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cataract operations carried out in Munster (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27223/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27224/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1191. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to fill a vacant post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27233/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27236/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out at the new endoscopy unit at Roscommon county hospital since it was established in June 2016 to date in 2017, by month,...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the benchmarked post tender construction costs of the new children's hospital against comparable construction costs for major acute hospitals...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the business case made with respect to the new national children's hospital project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27246/17]
    • Medical Card Data
      1197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications that are waiting to be processed. [27251/17]
    • Medical Card Delays
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a medical card application to be processed. [27252/17]
    • Medical Card Data
      1199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications from County Louth currently waiting to be processed; the length of time they have been waiting to be processed; and...
    • Medical Card Administration
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed to process medical card applications; the number of staff vacancies that exist within this complement ; and the length of time...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 227 of 6 October 2016, the reason for the delay in amending the application form for the long term illness scheme in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the budget allocations which have been provided to a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal for each of the years since its...
    • Hospital Groups
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the oversight of the performance of hospital groups by the HSE and the accountability of the performance of hospital groups to him in...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      1206. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fully implement the paediatrics diabetes model of care published in December 2015; the timeframe for all vacant posts in the paediatric diabetes...
    • Hospital Services
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health when posts will be filled which funding is available for to fully implement the paediatrics diabetes model of care published in December 2015; when the post...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1209. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by each hospital group for nursing recruitment in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of trips taken abroad for recruitment; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1212. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have access to therapy that has been recommended for them. [27363/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health the extra funding for extra staff that will be required under the progressing disability plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1217. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the number of persons on waiting lists for operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27382/17]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision to establish a cap of €130 on reimbursements to persons availing of the cross-border directive EU 2011/24 for...
    • Health Services Provision
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27403/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a wheelchair by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27409/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1222. To ask the Minister for Health the date of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27410/17]
    • HSE Expenditure
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private investigation firms listed on all of the payment systems of the HSE for the past five years and to date in 2017; the number of those...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      1224. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there will be adequate residential capacity for those persons that require higher level or more complex care as part of a review into the...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists for children who are assigned to County Louth; the number of occupational therapists for children who have been employed...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional home help hours to counties Longford and Westmeath in view of recent reports which have outlined a substantial drop in the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1229. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 23 May 2017, the delays that exist in accessing timely home care packages within CHOs for persons wishing to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1231. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27434/17]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1232. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering proposals from an agency other than the HSE regarding the provision of respite services for persons with disabilities in County Louth;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011 in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the aegis of his...
    • Hospital Services
      1234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with diabetes attending Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin diabetes service in 2015 and 2016; the amount of whole...
    • Hospital Staff
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health the agreed retirement date of a person (details supplied) at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin; the date on which their replacement will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 2 May 2017, the agencies to which the disability capital programme funding has been allocated in County Louth in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1242. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [27489/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27491/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for the addition of the freestyle libre flash glucose monitoring system to the long-term illness reimbursement list;...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health the whole time equivalent allocation of occupational therapists for County Louth; if all positions and hours are currently filled; the number of County Louth...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health when the orthodontic procedure for a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27529/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who will need to be integrated to a new environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/17]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1249. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the medication Respreeza available to persons with alpha 1 genetic emphysema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27589/17]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to instil public confidence in the national immunisation programme for HPV; his further plans to use mass media campaigns to encourage better take...
    • Medicinal Products
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason day-case private patients in public hospitals receive oncology drugs for a per diem statutory charge of €407 or €329 depending on the...
    • Hospital Charges
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health if a public hospital oncology consultant receives the same professional fee payment as an oncology consultant in a private hospital from health insurance...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health the age profile of persons waiting for operations in the South/South West Hospital Group as of 1 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) with a speech and language therapist; the reason for the delays in securing a speech and...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to ensure home care packages for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27668/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of centres with regard to the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012 that are now open. [27672/17]
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the UK’s competition and markets authority decision to investigate the manufacturers of the medicine remicade as a...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health further to the announcement of two new appointments to counties Sligo and Leitrim CAMHS, his views on whether this will be enough to cater for the backlog of...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the appointment of one extra full time consultant ophthalmic surgeon for Beaumont hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
      1273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for aids and appliances in CHO area 9; the length of time persons have been on the list; the details of the waiting...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1274. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and other services....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for assessment for autism by the early intervention teams by area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27724/17]
    • Disability Services Funding
      1277. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the HSE preschool support worker grant in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of applications which have been received for the...
    • Disability Support Services
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a person (details supplied) has been denied 4.5 hours per week preschool support despite having a...
    • Health Services Funding
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide resources at a unit (details supplied) for the provision of non talk therapy such as art, music and drama, in view of the fact that its...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health if the tendering process has begun further to the outsourcing of respite services to external service providers and non statutory agencies in counties Sligo...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1282. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27752/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who suffers from ASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27754/17]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinic (details supplied) is licensed to supply methadone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27755/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1285. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of transport for a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application was made to...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health nurses on a HSE panel waiting to be offered fulltime positions. [27757/17]
    • Preschool Services
      1292. To ask the Minister for Health if a place at a preschool can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1293. To ask the Minister for Health if the freestyle diabetes testing device will be approved for public funding on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Agency Staff
      1294. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE employ agency staff in view of the fact that most of the agency staff are on a HSE panel awaiting a full-time position with the HSE...
    • National Stroke Programme Implementation
      1295. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 23 May 2017, the additional capital investment in patient equipment and monitoring equipment that would be...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1296. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of delayed discharges per hospital per month due to the lack of home care packages for each of the years 2014 to 2016 as an update on...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care package recipients per 1,000 population over 65 years of age by CHO in each of the years 2014 to 2016 as an update on information in a...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      1298. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that were taken on the recommendations of the Department of Health and Children evaluation of home care packages, November 2009; the recommendations...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1299. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 23 May 2017, the number of persons aged under 65 years of age of those in 2015 and 2016 in receipt of home help...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1303. 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. [27776/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27777/17]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 1305
      1305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 9 May 2017, the reason for each of these declines; if additional resources are required for community based...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter with regard to a person (details supplied) concerning further education opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1307. To ask the Minister for Health the services, facilities and staffing levels that will be allocated to the new primary health care facility due to open in Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      1308. To ask the Minister for Health when the chemotherapy services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore will resume in view of the fact that this service has not been available since...
    • Health Services Funding
      1309. To ask the Minister for Health if funds will be made available for improvement works to be carried out on the interior and facilities at the royal city of Dublin hospital on Baggot Street;...
    • Mental Health Services
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the disposal or otherwise of the site of the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum in view of the commencement of work on the new national...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      1311. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing and operating an all -island rare diseases registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27820/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1312. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27850/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be fully accessible; the way in which it will be applied for; the criteria for persons to access the fund; the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1314. To ask the Minister for Health if any former Deputies have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the public appointments service; if so, the names and positions of same; and if...
    • Brexit Issues
      1315. To ask the Minister for Health the role his officials have in relation to coordinating the bid to attract EU agencies to locate here. [25628/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the ENT waiting list in University Hospital Waterford which is one of the highest in the country under the national treatment purchase fund...
    • Hospitals Funding
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of deploying a mobile cath lab to University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1318. 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 therefor; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      1319. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations for the prescription of Epilim to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27941/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent reports of children with disabilities being put on waiting lists of over two years for an initial assessment,...
    • Mental Health Services
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place for young persons that reach 18 years of age while on the waiting list for CAMHS, in view of the fact that in February 2017 there were...
    • Health Services Data
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 16 May 2017, the number of HSE homeless section 39 funded services that received funding in 2015, 2016 and to...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      1323. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the National Treatment Purchase Fund fees paid to private nursing homes, by county; and the reason different sums are paid to different nursing...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27994/17]
    • Health Services
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of physiotherapists in County Kildare that will treat children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28009/17]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      1326. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost per child of introducing a baby box scheme similar to that operating in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontics will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28016/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1328. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application on discretionary grounds for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      1334. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources for a service (details supplied) will be provided in view of the fact that it was agreed in the programme for Government; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1335. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the urgency of the medical circumstances in this case; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28038/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28041/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the criteria in respect of the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme to shorten the waiting list duration for elderly persons...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1339. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Translarna will be made available to those persons for whom it is suitable as a treatment for Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. [28043/17]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1340. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28045/17]
    • Patient Data
      1342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed rehabilitation health care under the European Union cross-border health care directive in another European Union and...
    • Dental Services Data
      1344. To ask the Minister for Health the unit cost of hiring 100 nurses on an average nurses pay grade. [28052/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      1345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private ambulances operating here; the hospital or hospital group they are working in conjunction with; and the amount spent on private...
    • HSE Funding
      1349. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request by a person (details supplied) for HSE funding to assist with third level studies; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1350. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthotics request by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28079/17]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1351. To ask the Minister for Health the resources, including staffing levels, for the ambulance service in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28084/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1352. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the rate of admissions to stroke units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28085/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have access to a medical social worker; the number of hospitals that have access to a neuropsychologist; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1357. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the success of the early supported discharge programme in the Galway region; his plans to roll this out further across...
    • Stroke Care
      1362. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which persons with stroke living in nursing homes must pay for rehabilitation services privately or receive...
    • Medical Card Data
      1366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued to persons resident here, that qualify for same by virtue of the fact that their medical treatment services are paid for by...
    • Health Care Reimbursement Agreements
      1367. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by the UK Government to the Exchequer annually for the past ten years to pay for medical services for UK social contributors that are resident...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      1368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language supports for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the HSE has not made available supports for same; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [28119/17]
    • European Health Insurance Card
      1370. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28130/17]
    • Postal Codes
      1371. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • Health Services Provision
      1372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/17]
    • Health Services
      1373. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he plans to focus on the known weaknesses within the health services with particular reference to addressing issues such as overcrowding...
    • Health Services Reports
      1374. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he has studied and will implement the recently published report on the future of the health services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
      1375. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the treatment purchase scheme to address issues of delays experienced by persons awaiting various procedures; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1379. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which use of the Single European Market can be identified as a means of alleviating the impact of persons faced with the high cost of...
    • National Maternity Hospital Location
      1380. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in 2017 regarding the finalisation of arrangements regarding the new maternity hospital at St Vincent's with particular reference to the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1381. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which primary care in all regions, is likely to be reorganised in line with the increased demands and ready access to the services; and if he...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      1382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres already provided and operational by county; the number proposed for the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      1383. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to ensure the retention of nursing, medical and consultant staff sufficient to meet the demand; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Data
      1386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners practicing in County Kildare; the extent to which each practice is sufficiently supported to meet growing demands; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1388. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to encourage manufacturers of medicines to make their products available for sale to the health services at a manageable cost with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28226/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      1390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by the mental health service providers concerning the facilities at a site (details supplied); the status of the programmes...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing this...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has received no home care or other help with their ADHD condition; and the help they can receive in the future. [28248/17]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      1393. To ask the Minister for Health if the deadline announced in February 2017 for the publication of an implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabiltation strategy by June 2017 will not...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on orthodontic procedures over three months, six months, one year and 18 months by county in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28284/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      1397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if there are staff shortages in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital. [28288/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays experienced by a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an assessment of need since June 2016 and despite receiving assurances to...
    • Ombudsman's Remit
      1400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the difficulty the Office of the Ombudsman has in pursuing certain complaints by ensuring that the office is no longer prevented from...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1427. 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. [28328/17]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1429. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds upon which a full medical card was not renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) whose circumstances have not changed since initial...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons supported by home help and home care packages in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28345/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1434. To ask the Minister for Health the likely waiting period for a cardiac procedure in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28385/17]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      1435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a hospital complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28389/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1436. To ask the Minister for Health the posts that have become vacant in a group (details supplied) in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and public health nurses in the past three years; the...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges per hospital. [28407/17]
    • HSE Investigations
      1438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to provide an update on the status of an investigation into a person (details supplied) who was employed as a psychologist by the...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      1439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding the rollout of the progressing disabilities programme in CHO 9 (details supplied); if service levels will not be further...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1440. 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. [28413/17]
    • Food Imports
      1441. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which traceability and country of origin labelling continues in respect of all food and food products imported, including imports from third...
    • HIQA Inspections
      1442. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that HIQA has enough powers under existing legislation to deal with allegations of abuse by staff of residents in nursing homes;...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to work with the National Office of Suicide Prevention to provide age appropriate suicide prevention and awareness training to persons under 16...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1444. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive an appointment for cataract surgery. [28488/17]
    • Protection of Life During Pregnancy Reviews
      1445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of terminations per year carried out under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28489/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1446. To ask the Minister for Health if the therapy requirements of persons (details supplied) will be assessed and organised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the use of a block resource allocation model for the provision of children's disability services; the way in which this model adjusts to...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1448. To ask the Minister for Health further to correspondence dated 19 June 2015 issued by the HSE to the parents of a person (details supplied) who used a training centre in County Donegal, the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      1449. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28494/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1450. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28497/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1451. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit 30 extra staff for the next three years in CHO 9 in an effort to ensure the delivery of the progressing disability services for children...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1452. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) further to previous correspondence with his office; if they will be granted access to attend an...
    • Protection of Life During Pregnancy Reviews
      1453. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism within his Department to measure the physical and mental health outcomes of those that access services under the Protection of Life...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1454. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to making funding available to establish a separate unit for young persons at an existing facility (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1455. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance can be given towards the purchase of a wheelchair in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Reports
      1456. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the Galway Roscommon ASD service review commissioned by the Chief Officer CHO 2, HSE West can be provided; the status of each of the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway for ASD services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28562/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the change in the type two diabetic test strips reimbursement. [28602/17]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the dedicated obstetrics theatre sanctioned for Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28609/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason glucose reading sensors (details supplied) are not included in the long term illness book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28621/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28628/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1464. To ask the Minister for Health if persons that were previously cared for at St Vincent's hospital Athlone have been able to return to the hospital. [28637/17]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1465. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the hiring of a clinical specialist radiographer at Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if this will immediately lead to the provision of a 20...
    • Home Care Packages
      1466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there would be a detrimental impact on the home care package of a person (details supplied) which they are receiving if their parents...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28658/17]
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      1468. To ask the Minister for Health if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under tax law for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year full capacity protocol has been implemented at University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the high volume recruitment online application system procured by the HSE’s national recruitment service in...
    • Mental Health Services
      1471. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 9 May 2017, the reason Portlaoise Prison is excluded from this information. [28688/17]
    • Health Services Data
      1473. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of employing a social care worker. [28704/17]
    • Health Care Professionals
      1474. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place regarding the provision of professional care for the elderly; and the way it is vetted. [28711/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1475. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28712/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for an appointment for orthopaedic treatment in Louth County Hospital; and the number of these persons that have been...
    • Health Strategies
      1482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding recommendation 3.1 of the national cardiovascular health policy 2010 to 2019 regarding meeting the 10 year targets; the way in which...
    • National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019
      1506. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendations 5.17 and 5.18 of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; the way the development of stroke units is progressing; if...
    • Health Strategies
      1514. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 5.26 of the national cardiovascular health policy 2010-2019 in respect of the recommendations of the task force on sudden cardiac...
    • National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019
      1530. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 8.1 of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; the detail of evidence based guidelines and standards that have been...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28795/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1538. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of a drug (details supplied). [28800/17]
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy
      1539. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a forum for all stakeholders to address and plan for an ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/17]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1540. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps being taken to fill the 95 vacant nursing posts for Beaumont hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28807/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1541. To ask the Minister for Health the likely timeframe for a decision to be reached regarding the addition of the freestyle libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes to...
    • Health Services Data
      1542. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 30 May 2017, if he will provide a breakdown of the 524 figure by number of months on the waiting lists showing...
    • Health Services
      1543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an urgent matter raised in correspondence relating to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [28866/17]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      1544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the posts for which funding is available and for further posts in 2017 to fully implement the paediatric diabetes model of care published in...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      1545. To ask the Minister for Health if a paediatric endocrinologist post has been approved for the centre of excellence for Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Records
      1546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the hospital patient records of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28889/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1547. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the approval of the drug ippy/nivo by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28890/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1548. To ask the Minister for Health when interim arrangements will be put in place with an endocrinology backed service to ensure the continued safety and best medical care for children and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1550. 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. [28904/17]
    • HSE Staff
      1552. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of community medical officer in County Mayo is vacant; if so, the length of time the position has been vacant; when the position will be...
    • Health Services Provision
      1554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the community ophthalmic services scheme (details supplied); his views on whether the process could be accelerated; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28918/17]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for the Respreeza drug for persons suffering with emphysema or alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1558. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can be provided for a person (details supplied) who is visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28920/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork city and county on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and orthodontic treatment respectively; the number of consultants...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28943/17]
    • Health Promotion
      1563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the butterfly scheme dementia awareness programme to all hospitals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28944/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1564. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address issues facing persons with dementia in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/17]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      1565. To ask the Minister for Health the legal position of drug-testing kits that would allow MDMA ecstasy users to test drugs for their safety; if a person may be arrested...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28955/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1572. To ask the Minister for Health when one or more Parkinson's disease nurse specialists will be appointed at Cork University Hospital for the more than 1,000 persons living with Parkinson's...
    • HSE Funding
      1573. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring funding to HSE section 39 organisations to enable them to meet pay restoration in line with HSE and section 38 organisations;...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      1574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have made contact with abortion pill providers in each of the past five years; the number of women that have used abortion pills...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      1575. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme has been used to access medicinal cannabis; if medicinal cannabis has been applied for under the treatment abroad scheme...
    • Hospitals Policy
      1576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of hospital administration pressurising private insured patients into foregoing treatment as public patients...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1577. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a funding stream that is available to an organisation (details supplied); and his plans to support services such as this. [29022/17]
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      1578. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of restoring distance coding and of increasing the allowance to amounts (details supplied) under the rural practice allowance, in tabular...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      1579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1580. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a medical procedure carried out at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Maternity Leave
      1581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding maternity leave cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29064/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29099/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1583. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding securing a bed for a person (details supplied) who requires intensive rehabilitation and physiotherapy. [29101/17]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      1584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for funding for flood relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28625/17]
    • Dairy Sector
      1585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding the growing infant formula industry here and the effects of the promotion of a largely unnecessary product on...
    • Brexit Issues
      1586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has satisfied himself that previously entered into arrangements affecting the development of the blood stock industry between...
    • Farm Enterprises
      1587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the increase in the cost of farm inputs with particular reference to fertilizers remains a concern; if he has...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory basis of the agricultural appeals office; the number of full time and part staff employed in the agricultural appeals...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the history of valuations for the Harold’s Cross greyhound stadium commissioned by his Department or the Irish Greyhound...
    • Departmental Functions
      1590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given by his Department to the Irish horse welfare trust in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017...
    • GLAS Payments
      1591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28694/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department by county in tabular form....
    • Brexit Issues
      1593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contingency planning is completed for the dairy sector with regard to processing in Northern Ireland if there is no agreement in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive farm payments for 2016; the reason for the delay in issuing the...
    • Food Exports
      1596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the opening up of the Taiwanese market for pork and beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • TAMS Payments
      1597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a TAMS 2 payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1598. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [26644/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to their AEOS and organic scheme payments; the...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      1600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU auditor is auditing the commonages here; and if so, the date on which this audit will commence; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      1602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason inspectors training changed in 2017 from the years 2015 to 2016 whereby inspectors are now examining agricultural areas,...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason inspectors training changed in 2017 from 2015 to 2016 whereby inspectors are omitting hill tops within commonage areas;...
    • Live Exports
      1604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live sheep imported into meat factories from Northern Ireland on a monthly basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and...
    • Food Imports
      1606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep carcasses imported into meat plants from Northern Ireland on a monthly basis in the years 2010 to 2016 and to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of spending by his Department on health and safety equipment and training for fishers over the past five years in...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached...
    • Brexit Issues
      1610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Brexit related posts sanctioned, filled and unfilled for his Department and Bord Bia in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      1611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      1612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State body under the...
    • Agricultural Colleges Courses
      1613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new training officers being employed to provide green cert courses in County Donegal; the number on the waiting lists...
    • GLAS Payments
      1614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2015 GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27163/17]
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      1615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27168/17]
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      1617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action taken regarding the Irish Greyhound Board issuing an interest free loan to the private operators of a racetrack (details...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the stage this application is at; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are regulations for the CAP programme 2014-2020 which would preclude him from including farm forestry planted before 2009...
    • Food Exports
      1620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date at EU level regarding the possible reopening of the Russian market for some food products; and if he will...
    • Turbary Rights
      1621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter in respect of turbary rights (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27262/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out new inspections in relation to the eligibility of hill land for the basic payment scheme; if there has been a...
    • Land Issues
      1623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out by his Department on hill land eligibility since 1 January 2016; the number of persons that...
    • Departmental Surveys
      1624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of recent studies, surveys and assessments conducted by his department at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Grants
      1625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forest road grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      1626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS 2 Payments for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27397/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the suckler cow scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      1628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the sale or transfer of entitlements will be completed with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or...
    • TAMS Payments
      1630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS grant payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      1631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27542/17]
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      1632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of entitlements not transferred to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/17]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the charges of €145 per year (details supplied) by Teagasc to farmers for participation in the knowledge transfer groups...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the significant problems that arose with his Department's information technology systems which caused delays in...
    • Food Imports
      1635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle and in particular the number of cows that have been imported from Scotland for direct slaughter in meat...
    • Commonage Land Use
      1636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria being employed by his Department for land eligibility inspections on commonage and upland areas; the criteria the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual...
    • Food Industry Development
      1638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on opinions expressed with regard to the lack of a wholesale whiskey market (details supplied); his plans for policy...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      1639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue in respect of a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an AEOS payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27795/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and...
    • Live Exports
      1642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1172 of 2 May 2017, if he will provide the evidence to demonstrate the difference among EU...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if employees of his Department, including Met Éireann employees, have attended the meetings of a group (details supplied); and...
    • Postal Codes
      1644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016...
    • TAMS Applications
      1645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28175/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the Government's publication, Ireland and the negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, and...
    • GLAS Administration
      1648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has in place to incentivise no till agriculture in the interest of protecting soils; and if he will make...
    • Air Quality
      1649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns regarding new proposals on spreading slurry. [28228/17]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      1650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay with an AEOS payment being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      1651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the sale of a holiday complex (details supplied); the estimated completion time for works; the timeframe for it to...
    • TAMS Applications
      1653. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a TAMS application for a person (details supplied) in Count Kerry; when the payment will be made; and if he...
    • Grocery Industry
      1654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the below-cost selling of vegetables, fruit and potatoes. [28390/17]
    • Food Industry Development
      1655. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on establishing a wholesale bulk whiskey market similar to that established in the Scotch whisky industry. [28401/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      1656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person's GLAS 2016 85% advance payment issued at a much reduced rate; if the reduced payment is as a result of an...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1657. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to have discussions with his EU colleagues in the context of Brexit with a view to ensuring...
    • Food Exports
      1658. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to establish new markets for food or food products globally in the event of there being a diminution...
    • Dairy Sector
      1659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the dairy sector continues to develop in order to maximise employment and exports into the future; and if he...
    • Food Exports
      1660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he and his Department continue to seek out new markets for beef, lamb and pig meat incorporating the use of the...
    • Poultry Industry
      1662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the poultry sector throughout the island of Ireland can expect to retain access to previously established...
    • Horse Racing Industry Development
      1663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the sporting horse non-thoroughbred industry to continue to prosper here into the future...
    • Fishing Industry
      1664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure maximum employment to derive from the fishing industry including the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the development and growth of deer farming and the venison sector with particular reference to developments...
    • Animal Welfare
      1666. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department continues to monitor all aspects of animal welfare including canine; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Data
      1667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
      1668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc advisors under the knowledge transfer group scheme can charge a fee greater than €500 for acting as facilitators...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs associated with running and facilitating the various round table forums in each sector including beef, dairy, tillage and...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      1671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 25 May 2017, the amount of Exchequer funding comprised in the €61 million figure...
    • Market Access
      1673. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 25 May 2017, the number of full time and part time staff working in the dedicated...
    • Dairy Sector
      1674. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a review of the public intervention instrument and reference threshold levels for butter and skimmed milk powder as...
    • European Solidarity Corps
      1675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the RDP measure or sub measure for which a possible scheme under the European solidarity corps programme could be examined for...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken and the contributions he has made at the recent EU Agriculture Ministers meeting following moves by the...
    • Farm Inspections
      1677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the operational details for the yellow card system in place for farm inspections. [28448/17]
    • Fishing Licences
      1678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on amending the existing regime pertaining to fishing boat licences that restrict inshore fishermen from engaging in...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      1679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new early retirement scheme for farmers; and if there is a funding measure or submeasure available for...
    • Rural Development Programme
      1680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is technically possible to introduce a suckler cow scheme under the animal welfare measure or submeasure in the rural...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      1681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the tuberculosis eradication programme movement of contiguous herds which is automatically restricted to a four months...
    • Fish Exports
      1682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of fish exports to Northern Ireland in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28455/17]
    • Livestock Issues
      1688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined regulations regarding feedlots in the United States of America with respect to the setting here. [28461/17]
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      1689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Food Wise 2025 should be reviewed in view of the fact that its forecasts and targets were predicated on the UK...
    • Fish Landings
      1690. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of landings made from the UK exclusive economic zone for each specific fishing stock in tabular from. [28463/17]
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      1691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data with respect to progress on attaining baseline targets set down for the agrifood sector and in each sector available by the...
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      1693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings of the Food Wise 2025 high level implementation group in the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      1694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations set out in the report of the independent aquaculture licensing review...
    • GLAS Payments
      1695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the situation in which GLAS payments are not being processed or payments made due to the functionality...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum payment that can be granted to any one person for the greening payment under pillar 1 here in one scheme year; the total...
    • Data Protection
      1698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if concerns have been raised to his Department or by the Data Protection Commissioner regarding issues concerning confidential...
    • Farmers Charter
      1699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined putting the farmers' charter of rights on a statutory footing with respect to CAP and RDP payments being...
    • European Fund for Strategic Investments
      1700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the drawdown on European funding arising approved projects included in Ireland's project list submitted to the EIB Commission member...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
      1702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cross-compliance rules under CAP regulations 1306/2013 and 1307/2014; the percentage of beneficiaries that must be checked via...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process regarding the sale of Harold’s Cross greyhound stadium to the Department of Education and Skills; the site...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      1704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28622/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      1705. 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. [28624/17]
    • Departmental Records
      1706. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if historians and genealogists can have access to records held by his Department in a warehouse in Portlaoise regarding the Land...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      1707. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its...
    • GLAS Payments
      1708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2016 GLAS advance payment will issue to persons (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      1710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their organic farm payment for 2016 which was due in December 2016; the reason for the...
    • Aquaculture Development
      1711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 25 May 2017, his views on whether the criticism levelled against his Department in the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      1713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 25 May 2017, his plans to commission an independent review of his Department's organic...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      1715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the final year of an AEOS 2 contract will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Turbary Rights
      1716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review turbary rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28864/17]
    • Fish Exports
      1717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTO tariffs that would apply for fish exports to the UK for each stock in relation to which such data is available in the...
    • GLAS Appeals
      1718. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28958/17]
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      1719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      1720. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an inaccurate press statement issued by Inland Fisheries Ireland with the headline, New Study reveals Pike...
    • North-South Interconnector
      1722. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will redraft the terms of reference for the North-South Interconnector to reflect the wishes of the persons in the...
    • Sporting Rights
      1723. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the processes involved in the tendering for the broadcast of GAA matches on public and private broadcast networks; the...
    • Energy Schemes
      1724. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the success or otherwise of the warmth and well-being pilot programme that commenced in 2016 and...
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      1725. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent leak of emissions at a location (details supplied); if he will report on the findings of the EPA...
    • Energy Schemes
      1728. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the research and consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards in the rented sector as outlined...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1729. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by county, in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1730. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the provision of broadband to Loughill, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1731. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the developments that are due to take place in the domestic waste collection market in Dublin in the coming months among...
    • Fishing Licences
      1732. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 725 of 28 February 2017, the status of the application. [26570/17]
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      1733. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recommendations of the two Oireachtas committee reports carried out on the health impacts of microwave...
    • Post Office Network
      1734. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a reciprocal free post arrangement is in place between Ireland and China which provides free post from China to...
    • Litter Pollution Fines
      1735. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of fines for dog fouling handed out by each local authority in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      1736. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Government's position regarding the EU Commission's proposals for a new renewable energy directive (details...
    • Post Office Closures
      1738. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of post offices that have closed in each of the years 2000 to 2016 by county, in tabular form. [26781/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1741. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      1742. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expenditure by his Department on research and development in the maritime energy sector including tidal, wave and...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      1744. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions...
    • Postal Codes
      1746. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated costs for adapting information technology systems to include Eircode for departmental mail; the number of...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      1748. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the policy document prepared in 2012 which involved the various angling associations (details supplied) and...
    • State Properties
      1751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the State will receive land rental from Bord na Móna for the development of solar farm projects on State-owned...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1753. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the same financial rules and regulations apply to a State-owned company that decides to develop...
    • Energy Usage
      1754. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to reduce energy costs. [27091/17]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      1755. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State body...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff
      1758. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fisheries protection officers employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland in each of the years 2005 to 2016; the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1759. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to media reports outlining an agreement reached by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU...
    • Office for Internet Safety
      1763. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 31 May 2017, the status and work programme of the interdepartmental...
    • Media Mergers
      1764. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the report the BAI supplied to him regarding the proposed merger of two print media companies; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1767. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or...
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      1768. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the interdepartmental working groups which are working on the issue of renewable energy supports; and the membership...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      1770. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person (details supplied) can qualify for further grant aid; if some method of insulation can be provided under the...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      1771. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend a gas line to Cavan town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27677/17]
    • Post Office Network
      1773. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request a report from An Post regarding the future of the post office and postal service in Howth town; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1774. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of...
    • Energy Schemes
      1776. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the warmth and wellbeing scheme in the northside of Dublin; if a person (details supplied) can be included...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      1777. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale behind pricing the public service obligation levy for energy at 40%; his plans to reduce this levy; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1779. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any former Deputies have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so,...
    • Graffiti Policy
      1780. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding can be made available through the environment fund as had previously been done or through other funding...
    • Departmental Meetings
      1781. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if employees of his Department, including Met Éireann employees, have attended the meetings of a group (details...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1782. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if upgrade works on the national broadband scheme will take place in Brownstown, Kilclone, County Meath. [28099/17]
    • Postal Services
      1784. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an impact analysis has been conducted regarding the increase in the prices for An Post services; and if he will make...
    • Waste Disposal
      1785. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of households he estimates that do not avail of an authorised waste collection service; if he ensures...
    • Postal Codes
      1786. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years...
    • Energy Schemes
      1787. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a new refit 3 scheme is due to be put in place to replace the existing refit 3 scheme; when it is likely to be put in...
    • Energy Policy
      1788. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans introduce a new price support scheme in respect of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Schemes
      1789. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the renewable heat incentive scheme will be introduced; the rate to be paid per kilowatt hour; the rate to be paid...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      1790. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider extending the warmer homes scheme to include applicants over 66 years of age to avail of heating...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      1791. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1792. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will respond to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied). [28706/17]
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      1794. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department will complete development of a new renewable electricity support scheme (details supplied); and if...
    • EU Directives
      1795. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the Minerals Bill 2015, if the environmental risks are being treated pragmatically or in compliance with...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      1797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review waste management regulations in the wake of the recent incident at a location (details supplied); and...
    • Telecommunications Services Expenditure
      1798. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost that would be incurred by the Exchequer by introducing a universal service obligation to ensure a...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      1799. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency...
    • Energy Schemes
      1800. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will extend the warmer home scheme to landlords that agree to make their properties available to HAP participants...
    • Better Energy Communities Programme
      1801. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider putting in place public community energy advisors to engage and inform hard to reach energy users...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1802. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1803. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by county, in tabular form....
    • Bus Services
      1804. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve bus services serving the Dublin 15 area; the position regarding the bus rapid transit routes for Dublin; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1805. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are differences in the rules for the time heavy goods vehicles can be on roads here in comparison to roads in the European...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1806. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding under the sports capital programme to a group (details supplied). [26523/17]
    • Bus Services
      1807. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the continuous downgrading of bus services on the route between Kilcullen, County Kildare and Dublin;...
    • Sports Funding
      1808. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding or grant aid which is available to a group (details supplied) in order to fund a trip to play in a sporting tournament...
    • Public Transport
      1809. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to manage bus coaches in Dublin city during June 2017 until September 2017 when 50 new spaces are expected to become available...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      1810. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which have been taken to require local authorities to provide safe and attractive cycling routes to public transport stations...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1813. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when sporting clubs and organisations will be advised whether or not their capital sports grants applications have been successful; and...
    • Bus Services
      1814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new National Transport Authority bus transport proposals for Dublin BusConnects and the subsequent redrawing of the city's bus...
    • Driver Licences Applications
      1815. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving licence renewal for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      1816. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an agreement has been finalised with British Columbia on the conversion of driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      1817. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications from each constituency of Dáil Éireann for the 2017 sports capital fund; and the timeframe for a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings he has held with tourism groups (details supplied) on initiatives for tourism in County Cork; the dates these...
    • Road Projects
      1819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the feasibility study commissioned under the capital plan for the northern relief road at Mallow, in which the plan is...
    • Public Transport Provision
      1820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to connect Dundrum to St Vincent's University Hospital via public transport [26776/17]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the 2017 sports capital programme; when decisions on applications will be announced; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      1822. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of dedicated floor area onboard a bus in the Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleet; the corresponding information for a...
    • Sports Events
      1823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent to date by his Department and/or the Exchequer on the Rugby World Cup bid 2023; the draft guarantees by the State to...
    • Driver Test
      1824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      1825. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve rural transport connections nationwide. [26885/17]
    • Rail Services
      1826. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the provision of extra carriages at peak times on the Sligo to Connolly, Dublin, train service. [26886/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1827. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1828. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings he has held to date and scheduled with his EU counterparts, UK counterparts and European Commission director...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1829. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26948/17]
    • National Transport Authority
      1830. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the National Transport Authority regarding the need to introduce an early morning local link service along the N16...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      1831. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1832. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeframe for a decision to be made on applications to the 2017 sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1833. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting to sit their driving tests in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the waiting times for the first five months of...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      1834. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State body under the aegis...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      1835. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding can be made available from a special fund for a club (details supplied) in County Cork. [27149/17]
    • Air Pollution
      1836. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the low emissions vehicles taskforce referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 2 November 2016, his plans to legislate...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      1839. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the Exchequer of the design and construction of the M1 Dundalk western bypass PPP project; the estimated Exchequer...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      1841. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if TII is considering using a design, build finance and maintain PPP or a concessions, build operate transfer PPP agreement to progress...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      1842. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of designing and building the M20 motorway; and if transport agencies have explored the feasibility of building the motorway...
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      1843. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 603 of 9 May 2017, if he and-or his junior Minister will consider the report regarding Olympic...
    • Road Projects
      1844. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding realignment of a road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27435/17]
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      1845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the review of the Narrow Water Bridge project, agreed under the fresh start agreement and undertaken with the Northern...
    • Bus Éireann
      1846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of funding Bus Éireann annually in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and the details of...
    • Regional Airports
      1847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation for each of the regional airports, Donegal, Knock, Kerry and Waterford for each of the years 2018 to 2022. [27470/17]
    • Ports Policy
      1849. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all public or governmental funding for each of the ports of Dublin, Cork, Drogheda, Dún Laoghaire, Galway, New Ross...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      1851. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation for local and regional roads for 2017, 2018 and 2019. [27474/17]
    • Rail Services
      1852. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocation for Iarnród Éireann for 2017; and the projected funding allocation requirements in each of the years...
    • Road Projects
      1855. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding cycle paths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27490/17]
    • Bus Services
      1856. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the public bus service is a vital piece of infrastructure in rural communities; his plans to support such services...
    • Traffic Data
      1857. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated reduction in the number of cars on the road nationally and in Dublin during summer months when schools and universities...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1858. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the last date he met formally with the chairperson and CEO of Dublin Port Company; the issues discussed; when he will next meet the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1859. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      1860. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under its aegis have considered the possibility of integrated ticketing and fares across two or more of the...
    • Public Transport Provision
      1862. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under it aegis have considered plans to integrate the scheduling of Dublin Bus, DART and commuter rail...
    • Road Projects
      1863. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27739/17]
    • Tourism Ireland Expenditure
      1864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Tourism Ireland marketing budget spent in each country since 2010. [27877/17]
    • Ports Development
      1865. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of subsidiaries which have been approved for establishment by Drogheda Port Company; the percentage shareholding held in each...
    • Traffic Management
      1866. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department and the NTA are taking to prevent congestion times increasing in 2017 and 2018 on the M50 and on all main...
    • Bus Services
      1867. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the publication of bus connects by the NTA, the process and timeframe to identify specific sites to provide bus-based park...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      1868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his submission regarding the mid term capital review includes plans to advance and progress the LUAS Lucan line project; and if he...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      1869. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Ministerial Committee on Transport met recently; if so, the outcome of the meeting; if the mid term review regarding the road...
    • Tourism Industry
      1870. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the publication of tourist figures by the CSO showing a 5.9% year on year decrease on the number of oversees visits from...
    • Sport Ireland
      1871. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions attached to women in sport funding as allocated by the sports partnerships and the Irish Sports Council; the objectives...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      1872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason project FUTSAL for Ballymun and Finglas has ceased; and if he will reconsider this decision. [28077/17]
    • Air Navigation Orders
      1873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of munition of war permits issued to date in 2017 under Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War,...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      1874. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that have been taken by the marine survey office against owners of fishing vessels that refuse to submit log books. [28117/17]
    • Postal Codes
      1875. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      1876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the approval of the 2017 sports capital programme applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28183/17]
    • Ferry Services
      1877. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding ferry services post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      1878. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a list of the successful applicants for the sports capital grants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Transport Services
      1879. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in rural routes; his further plans to ensure that there will be transport services in rural Ireland to...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      1880. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has plans for a motorway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28344/17]
    • Swimming Pool Programme Data
      1881. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated and recouped respectively under the local authority swimming pool programme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      1882. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs associated with the adverse winter of 2015 to 2016 in relation to the roads; the amount of funding that each local authority...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      1883. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its...
    • Taxi Ranks
      1884. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the new location of the taxi rank in Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      1886. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the exclusion of the Seven Heads peninsula, including Courtmacsherry, Butlerstown and other villages and town lands from...
    • National Transport Authority Funding
      1887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funds provided and projects funded under the National Transport Authority's sustainable grants programme in 2016 in each of the...
    • Driver Licences Applications
      1888. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will be issued to a person (details supplied) in view of serious delays. [28892/17]
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      1889. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand Irish Rail park and ride services in Sallins, County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1890. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocation of funds under the sports capital programme for a club (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1891. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the budget that he allocated for Fintra bridge on the R263 in southwest Donegal; the timetable for the start of...
    • Greenways Development
      1893. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had engagement regarding the extension of a location (details supplied) in order that it be integrated with the Royal Canal...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1894. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      1896. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding streams which are available or will become available to develop and deliver programmes in County Meath and elsewhere to ensure...
    • Detention Centres Data
      1897. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ratio of staff to detainees at Oberstown Juvenile Correction Centre; the number of recorded attacks on staff in tabular form, in each...
    • Child Safety
      1898. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to safeguard and strengthen safety and protection policies for young disabled children travelling unsupervised on transport...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1899. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the withdrawal of funding for school completion programmes counselling hours; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1900. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a late application for funding under the school age child care scheme will be accepted for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1901. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the threats identified by her Department with regard to the responsibilities of her Department as a result of no deal being reached in...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      1902. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public...
    • Child Poverty
      1903. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty. [27005/17]
    • Children in Care
      1904. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for Tusla's policy with regard to placing children under 12 years of age in residential care. [27076/17]
    • Foster Care Expenditure
      1906. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of care for a child in private foster care as compared to those registered with Tusla. [27078/17]
    • Child Support Payments
      1907. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27093/17]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      1908. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to increase the number of registered child minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27094/17]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      1909. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis...
    • Youth Services Funding
      1910. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of mainstream funding from her Department and other Government Departments that is invested in youth programmes in the north...
    • School Completion Programme
      1911. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has read the ESRI review of the school completion programme; if her attention has been drawn to its findings regarding the effects...
    • Child Abuse
      1913. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria by which historical cases of child abuse are assigned as high priority, medium priority and low priority, respectively. [27191/17]
    • School Expulsions
      1916. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of expulsions from and the number of students enrolled in each secondary school in County Wexford in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      1919. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the ECCE scheme to 48 weeks. [27210/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1920. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Children First Act 2015 will be fully commenced; the planning which has been carried out to date in 2017 to ensure its provisions...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      1921. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's estimated hourly running cost for the early childhood care and education scheme and the hourly running cost of early...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      1924. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children availing of the targeted subsidy within the ACS aged between six months and three years of age by amount (details...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      1925. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of the targeted portion of the ACS in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [27439/17]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1926. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or any agency or body...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      1927. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether legislation is required to give Tusla a statutory duty to protect the welfare of children living in emergency...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1931. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budgetary arrangement which has been made for vulnerable one to three year olds in community early years services for 2018; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1932. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property...
    • Departmental Functions
      1933. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if assistance will be provided to a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27828/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1934. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any former Deputies have been appointed to State boards under her remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and...
    • Child Care Costs
      1935. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that child care providers are increasing prices before the introduction of the affordable childcare scheme; if...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1936. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a reply will issue from Tusla to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Postal Codes
      1937. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      1938. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending childcare subsidies to band A recipients under the 2017 childcare measures. [28222/17]
    • Child Care Services Funding
      1942. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for capital funding by a childcare facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Student Support Schemes
      1943. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements which are made regarding providing specific subsidised childcare for adult students that are being supported by SUSI...
    • Child Care Services
      1945. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the affordable childcare scheme will be implemented; the reason for the delay; if registered child minders can be paid...
    • HIQA Inspections
      1946. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the HIQA inspection report of 12 June 2017 into foster care services in counties Louth and Meath the actions that have been...
    • Foster Care
      1947. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster carers that are without Garda vetting in counties Louth and Meath. [28565/17]
    • Foster Care Provision
      1949. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster carers in counties Louth and Meath that have never been reviewed; and if these reviews have now been completed. [28567/17]
    • Foster Care
      1952. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations and complaints that have been recorded by the Louth Meath foster care committee in 2016 and to date in 2017; and...
    • HIQA Inspections
      1953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the HIQA inspection report published on 12 June 2017, the new process implemented in the Louth Meath area to deal with...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1954. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that are operational in counties Louth and Meath; the vacancies that exist in the Louth Meath area; and the...
    • HIQA Inspections
      1955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the HIQA inspection report published on 12 June 2017, the number of the 64 foster carers in the counties Louth and Meath that...
    • Foster Care Supports
      1956. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the out of hours support services that are available to foster carers in counties Louth and Meath. [28574/17]
    • Foster Care Provision
      1957. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster care homes, foster carers and relative foster carers respectively in counties Louth and Meath. [28575/17]
    • Foster Care
      1959. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions since 2014 and to date in 2017, that counties Louth and Meath have gone outside of the national standards for...
    • Health Services Staff
      1960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of hiring additional social care workers. [28592/17]
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      1961. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on marketing the affordable child care scheme to date in 2017. [28593/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1963. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received correspondence dated 12 June 2017 from a child care provider (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide further funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order that it can continue to provide youth counselling...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      1965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all State bodies under the aegis of her Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations...
    • Aftercare Services
      1966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of employing an aftercare worker. [28702/17]
    • Care Services Provision
      1967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of employing a social care worker in a residential care home. [28703/17]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed Tusla family resource centre for Castlerea, County Roscommon; the timeframe for when the centre will open; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allocating funding for counselling to an organisation (details supplied) on an interim basis in view of the fact that...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the status of a free youth counselling service operated by an organisation (details supplied); the amount of...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      1971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the universal child care subsidy; if the €20 a week will be available from September 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      1972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff under the remit of her department that have applied to be transferred to department or State agency offices located...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1973. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      1974. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting list for those who have applied for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26531/17]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1975. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for a reduction in payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26532/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1976. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26533/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1977. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26535/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      1978. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an analysis of potential risks to State pensions has been conducted with regard to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26564/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1980. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26601/17]
    • Citizen Information Services
      1981. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for his claim made in her amendment to the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion on the independence of local citizens' information...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      1984. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of rent supplement in tabular form. [26648/17]
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      1986. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of family income supplement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Poverty Data
      1987. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rates of poverty, consistent and at risk of poverty and deprivation in each region in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1988. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26683/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1989. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26713/17]
    • Pension Provisions
      1990. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding workers having to retire at 65 years of age; if she will address the issue of these workers having to claim jobseeker's...
    • Disability Allowance
      1991. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26764/17]
    • Disability Allowance Data
      1992. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing all non-working age payments under the remit of his Department by €3 to €10 respectively by payment,...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      1993. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will use an annual P60 and annual earnings to assess if a person qualifies for family income supplement rather than examining a recent...
    • Maternity Benefit Administration
      1994. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of time it is taking to process maternity benefits; the amount of time persons are waiting for their benefit to be paid; if her...
    • Community Services Programme
      1995. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Pobal has taken the decision to withdraw funding support via the community services programme which was previously provided to a company...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1997. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
      1998. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding contributory pension payments. [26961/17]
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      1999. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      2000. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider in the forthcoming budget and Estimates process allowing a person's contributory pension to be based on their best 40 years of...
    • State Pensions
      2002. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons over 66 years of age in receipt of a State pension; the number of persons in respect of whom the qualified allowance is being...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      2003. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to issuing a clearance letter in respect of a person now deceased (details supplied). [27015/17]
    • State Pensions
      2004. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to develop a data collection system to include gender disaggregation on the level of payments across all State pension schemes; if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      2005. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the band changes introduced in 2012 in order to allow those pensions which were reduced by this change of assessment method to...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      2007. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of delivering disability awareness training to all staff in Intreo offices not already trained in it; and if she will make a...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      2009. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of the partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      2010. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund and the initiatives within it in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • JobPath Implementation
      2011. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the person or body that partners a company (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27086/17]
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      2012. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details suppled) in County Sligo will have their carer's benefit payment reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Services Card
      2013. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the proposal to expand the range of public services for which a public services card will be required coupled with the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      2014. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      2015. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi State body under the aegis of her...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      2016. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she...
    • Maternity Benefit Data
      2017. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week and extending maternity...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      2018. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will grant a disability allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27211/17]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      2019. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 30 May 2017, the average processing time for seasonal educational workers that are employed on a...
    • Bereavement Grant
      2020. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the reinstating of the bereavement grant particularly to those persons that have lost loved ones to suicide; and if it will be...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      2021. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the self-employed to be able to make claims for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27388/17]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      2022. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) of a decision to refuse a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      2023. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) have not received a result to date regarding their jobseeker's allowance application. [27413/17]
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      2024. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reinstate dietary supplements for persons with coeliac disease and throat cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      2025. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; the estimated amount a 50% increase in both the primary school payment of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2026. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or any agency or body under the...
    • Bereavement Grant
      2027. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to restore the bereavement grant; the estimated annual cost of restoring this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Free Travel Scheme
      2028. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase funding for the free travel pass in 2018. [27478/17]
    • Pension Provisions
      2029. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the former workers of a company (details supplied) have been written to; when they can expect their payments; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      2032. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27543/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      2033. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      2034. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for domiciliary care allowance appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27687/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      2036. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the 85% Christmas welfare bonus to 100%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27689/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2037. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and other...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      2038. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be finalised in view of the fact that it was lodged on 11 January 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      2039. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for social protection payment applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27839/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2040. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any former Deputies have been appointed to State boards under her remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and positions of...
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      2041. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 31 May 2017, the details of the exceptional cases referred to by which a person could move from JobPath...
    • Pensions Reform
      2042. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary question number 149 of 25 May 2017, the estimated cost of designing and implementing an auto enrolment pension system; and...
    • Pensions Data
      2043. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that paid an S contribution prior to 2011 that had been advised by her Department that they had sufficient pension...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      2044. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person is in receipt of invalidity pension, if they have access to a reduced rate of refuse collection; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      2045. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending jobseeker's benefit to the self employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28046/17]
    • Maternity Benefit Expenditure
      2046. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers of premature babies (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Insurance Fund Deficit
      2047. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the surplus deficit in the social insurance fund for each of the past ten years; and the accumulated surplus at the end of each of those years....
    • Postal Codes
      2048. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Maternity Benefit Administration
      2049. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is taking four weeks to process claims for maternity benefit in view of her recent commitment that this matter would be rectified; and if she...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      2050. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28239/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      2051. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28261/17]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      2052. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the means assessment for disability allowance recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28271/17]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      2053. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the sanction request regarding her Department's recent social protection fraud campaign; the details of the comparative study between the cost of...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      2054. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of payment schemes that have a backlog or are in arrears; the way in which the schemes are in arrears; her plans to sanction overtime...
    • Community Employment Schemes Cessation
      2055. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the CES programme based in Killenaule, County Tipperary under the auspices of a company (details supplied) has been wound down in view...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      2056. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      2057. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28327/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      2058. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct rate of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28331/17]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      2059. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of savings a person is allowed to have before it is counted as means for a supplementary welfare allowance payment; and if she will make...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      2060. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed to facilitate the award of appropriate social welfare payment such as back to education allowance in the case of a...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      2061. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has received further information requested in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of their alleged overpayment; if...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      2062. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      2063. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when one parent family allowance including arrears will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); if immediate steps can be taken to...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      2064. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      2065. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason deductions cannot be deducted from a person's weekly income when a maintenance order is in place and is not being complied with and the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      2066. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed and permitting such persons to opt into the existing class A structure for...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      2067. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a decision regarding their application for a State pension (contributory); and when a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      2068. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate cost of changing farm assist means-testing rules in order that irrespective of the source of farm income the first €3,000...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      2069. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which an exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied) has been refused due to undertaking prescribed rehabilitation...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      2070. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28480/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      2071. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding an application for qualified child allowance by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      2073. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding a review of the rate of disability allowance being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme
      2074. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason pre-1992 persons formerly employed at a company (details supplied) are not entitled to compensation regarding pension entitlements; the...
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      2075. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing fuel allowance by €6.50. [28511/17]
    • Child Benefit Data
      2076. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of extending child benefit to all children up until the end of second level education regardless of whether or not...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Data
      2078. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing the earning disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      2079. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of introducing a higher rate of the qualified child increase for all social welfare payments to families with...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      2080. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing the budget for the exceptional needs payment by €20 million. [28516/17]
    • Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
      2081. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the...
    • Blind Person's Pension
      2083. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of a blind pension will automatically lose access to all or part of that pension if they marry or enter into a civil...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      2086. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the possibility of allowing lone parents who are in receipt of rent supplement and the one parent family payment to also be...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      2087. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a claim for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      2088. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to transfer staff with responsibility for payroll systems currently based in Dundalk to the national shared services office in...
    • Citizen Information Services
      2089. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the recent Citizens Information Board consultations with the MABS and citizens information services staff and companies; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      2090. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanisms available for a person to continue to dispute an overpayment from her Department once an appeal has been unsuccessful; and if she...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      2091. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average delay in approving applicants for maternity benefit and putting them into payment from the time they apply for same; the reason for the...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      2092. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all State bodies under the aegis of her Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under tax...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      2093. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 1 March 2017, the full year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for those in receipt of partial...
    • Paternity Benefit Applications
      2094. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for processing of paternity benefit; the number of applications awaiting payment; the number of persons waiting by county, in...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      2095. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for processing of maternity benefit; the number of applications awaiting payment; the number waiting by county, in tabular form;...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      2096. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the pilot programme that was launched in January 2016 which allowed those that had reached 62 years of age to participate on a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      2097. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of all of their entitlements; and if disability allowance payments qualify them for further benefits...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      2098. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons convicted of social welfare fraud in 2016; the number of these convictions that were for amounts (details supplied); and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      2099. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the community employment scheme is taking place at present; the purpose of the review; if the further curtailment of the time...
    • New Communities Unit
      2100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that the staff in the new communities unit have booked into emergency accommodation, by month in 2016 and to date in 2017....
    • Community Services Programme
      2103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the contribution to the community services programme to match the national minimum wage; and if she will...
    • Free Travel Scheme Data
      2105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the free travel scheme in 2017; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      2106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the feasibility of determining eligibility for jobseeker's allowance on hours worked rather than days worked; the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      2107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
      2108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the procedure whereby only one week's notice is given to persons on partial capacity benefit that the payment is expiring as in...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      2109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28916/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      2111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make changes to community employment schemes to disregard the time a person has been on the scheme prior to 2010 when calculating the...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      2114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff under the remit of her Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      2115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to honour the commitment given by her predecessor concerning the review of part time and seasonal workers entitlements to social...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      2116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the rate of fuel allowance by €6.50 which would restore purchasing power parity of 2010 levels; and if she...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      2119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to means test income derived from part time work for those in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      2125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to an article (details supplied), if the right to full social welfare payments while residing in direct provision will also be granted to...
    • Maternity Benefit
      2126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing paid maternity leave by 1 to 16 weeks respectively. [28590/17]
    • Paternity Benefit
      2127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing paid paternity leave by 1 to 16 weeks respectively. [28591/17]
    • Job Creation
      2128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of incentivising job creation via headcount growth (details supplied), in tabular form. [28732/17]
    • Employment Support Services
      2131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to a company (details supplied) each year since it started delivering JobPath programmes on behalf of...
    • Social Insurance
      2132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is conducting a review regarding the appropriate type of contribution payable by employees of Coillte which is presently the...
    • State Bodies Data
      2135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed in her Department and in each State agency under the aegis of her Department, by county, in tabular form. [29256/17]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax
      2136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will end the penalising of persons that can only afford to pay car tax in three month or six month...
    • Local Government Reform
      2137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual savings achieved each year since the implementation of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 which...
    • Pyrite Issues
      2139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems with the traffic light system used to assess homes affected by pyrite...
    • Local Authority Housing
      2141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monthly totals of housing units for which local authorities have received planning permission commencement...
    • Protected Disclosures
      2143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 28 March 2017, if he is in receipt of a report (details supplied) from...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      2144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the rural water programme 2016 to 2018 is open to applications from group sewerage schemes; if not, the expected...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      2145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when funding will be allocated to a group sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      2147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding applications of Meath county council for social housing developments at...
    • Local Authority Staff
      2148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when it is envisaged that Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Cork will meet with the CEO of Cork...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      2149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households per county which are in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the number of landlords...
    • Local Authority Funding
      2153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the year in which the needs and resources model was adopted for the purposes of the distribution of the general...
    • Fire Safety
      2154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department's report into the fire at Milford Manor, Newbridge, County Kildare; the timeframe for...
    • Planning Issues
      2155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are planning guidelines in place relating to the development of crematoriums here; and if he will make a...
    • Land Availability
      2156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has access to a register of land banks in the greater Dublin area; the type of companies that hold these land...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons on the transfer lists are included in the count for those on the housing lists; and if he will make a...
    • Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
      2158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role of the National Building Agency, NBA; if the agency currently employs staff members; the number of board...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      2159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the tenant purchase scheme and persons having to provide proof of payment for Irish Water domestic...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      2160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income ceiling for qualification on local authority housing lists in view of the fact those...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      2162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that landlords and letting agencies are discriminating against persons...
    • Departmental Reports
      2163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the report on MICA will be published before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Negotiations
      2164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no...
    • Insurance Data
      2165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the insurance premiums paid by each local authority in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 in...
    • Planning Issues
      2166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group comprising representatives of his Department and of planning authorities tasked to undertake a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of projects which have been submitted by local authorities under the one stage approval process for...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      2168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      2169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if adequate funding is in place to meet the remediation costs for all successful applications to the pyrite...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      2170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of permanent positions that remain unfilled in Kildare County Council in each of the years 2012 to 2016...
    • Irish Water
      2171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will change the tendering process used by Irish Water which is excluding smaller contractors from tendering...
    • Local Authority Funding
      2173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when infrastructural funding will be available to open up the proposed development road on the Ardmore Road,...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      2174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      2176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted a review of planning personnel capacity in each local authority; if his attention...
    • Emergency Services Personnel
      2177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to meet with the Minister for Health to discuss a memorandum of understanding between the Health Service...
    • Water Services Provision
      2178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of pipes used in the water system servicing the Moylagh and Oldcastle area of County Meath which are...
    • Housing Data
      2179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department makes the assumption that 400 new housing units are converted each year when estimating...
    • Building Regulations
      2180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a statutory requirement for all design certifiers and assigned certifiers to have professional indemnity...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      2182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will clarify household eligibility for affordable housing that local authorities are to provide under the...
    • Planning Issues
      2184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable residential development in urban areas...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      2186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will issue a circular that reverses the decision to stand down all affordable housing provision made in 2011;...
    • Planning Issues
      2187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the decision made in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to reduce the Part V...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      2188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reliance on HAP for the majority of social housing provision rather than on new builds is...
    • Rent Controls
      2189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the review of the methodology for rent pressure zone designation will take place; and if public submissions...
    • Housing Provision
      2191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined proposals to introduce tiered development levies with the intent of stimulating...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      2192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the €300 million social housing PPP project that is currently progressing; and the...
    • Control of Dogs
      2193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the level of compliance with dog control legislation is very low;...
    • Dog Licences
      2194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of €100 on-the-spot fines issued to persons in the past three years for not holding a dog...
    • Control of Dogs
      2195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of dog wardens broken down by local authority. [27393/17]
    • Special Amenity Areas
      2196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding recent correspondence by his Department to South Dublin County Council, Fingal and...
    • Street Nomenclature
      2197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures for a local authority to change the name of a street in its authority; and the legislation that...
    • Local Authority Housing
      2198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has considered allowing local authorities to add additional rooms to local authority houses under their remit...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      2199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      2200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Louth County Council has made an application for funding in 2017 to develop Traveller accommodation; if so, the...
    • Fire Safety
      2201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if officials of State organisations such as local authorities or fire services are authorised or empowered to enter...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      2202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a regulatory impact analysis of the proposals to require all active builders to be...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      2207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 November 2016, the criteria used by his Department to establish the...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      2210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will expedite the making of an agreement in view of the fact that there is no national agreement between...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      2213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the protocols and legislation under which a physically disabled person living in circumstances (details supplied)...
    • Planning Data
      2214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the value of bonds payable on planning developments in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • Construction Industry
      2215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the review on apartment construction costs will be completed; the person or body that is undertaking this...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      2217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the provisions which are in place for ensuring that all persons turning 18 years of age and eligible to vote are...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      2219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 16 May 2017, the number of emergency accommodation service providers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to his Department of Irish language officers currently employed in agencies or bodies for which his...
    • Control of Dogs
      2221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to conduct a review of the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 1992; if he will appoint an expert panel to...
    • Constituency Commission
      2222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Constituency Commission's report will be published. [28018/17]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      2223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the outstanding recommendations of the Mahon Tribunal yet to be implemented, in tabular form. [28027/17]
    • Animal Welfare
      2224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the dog breeding establishments guidelines will be published following the closure of consultation on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      2225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if employees of his Department, including Met Éireann employees, have attended the meetings of a group...
    • EU Legislation
      2226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the occasions on which his Department was deemed to be in breach of EU legislation; the issues involved in each...
    • Postal Codes
      2227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      2228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that is available from his Department to local authorities to purchase social houses in...
    • Nitrates Usage
      2229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding new proposals on spreading slurry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Issues
      2231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his policy in relation to family hubs; if there is a model of best practice for the operation and management of...
    • Housing Data
      2232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of units to date in 2017 acquired per annum under the housing agency's vacant housing fund by local...
    • Commercial Property
      2233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department or a body under its aegis, including local authorities, has undertaken surveys of vacant spaces...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      2234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff in the housing delivery office; the respective grades of the staff working in the office; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      2235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist councils with lengthy social housing waiting lists in counties Cavan and Monaghan;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons waiting for local authority social housing in County Waterford; the number of families...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      2238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding vehicle payload classification; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      2239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been completed since 1 January 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Tax
      2240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason some local authorities tax work vehicles commercially and others do not; and if he will clarify the...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      2241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the establishment of the electoral commission as outlined in the programme for partnership...
    • Property Tax
      2242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the aims and objectives of the local property tax; if local services have improved since the introduction of this...
    • Rent Controls
      2243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the rent control provisions to Limerick city in view of the fact that rents are increasing...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      2244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the obligations that a local authority has in providing emergency housing support to persons on the social housing...
    • Motor Tax
      2245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review the motor tax system in view of the perceived or actual inequities in the system particularly...
    • Local Government Reform
      2246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to abandon proposals to amalgamate Galway city and county council in view of the recent decision...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      2247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has...
    • Rent Controls
      2248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when an announcement will be made regarding the national rent review; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      2249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria for the allocation of funding under the housing adaptation grant scheme to local authorities across...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      2250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of the new tenant purchase scheme and the expected date for the introduction...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      2251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to home owners advertising shared occupancy bunk beds (details supplied); the legal...
    • Planning Issues
      2252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 30 May 2017, if every effort will be made to speed up the process of...
    • Water Pollution
      2253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the release of untreated sewage into the River Boyne which is a special area of...
    • Housing Provision
      2255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless family hubs to be put in place; the location of same; the funding for and number of beds in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      2256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      2257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the departmental working group on the regulation on short term letting, such as by a...
    • Housing Data
      2258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the work of the departmental working group on housing statistics. [28933/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      2260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the social housing developments which his Department is refusing to fund at 100%; the location of these...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      2261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the local electoral constituency boundary review for the 2019 local and European elections; and...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      2262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are reluctant to sign up for the housing assistance...
    • Housing Data
      2265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average cost of one, two, three and four bed local authority new build units on the basis of costings submitted...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      2266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      2267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure sufficient resources are provided to local authorities to enable them to conduct...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      2268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will take steps to increase rent supplement and housing assistance payment limits to realistic levels in...
    • Fire Service Staff
      2269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number, location and classification of all fire stations in Galway city and county; the required complement of...
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      2270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons are having in sourcing private rented...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Data
      2271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the proposed number of different lots that will be involved in each county as part of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide the data regarding the social housing stock as a ratio of total population by county for the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      2273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by...
  • Department of Defence
    • Brexit Issues
      2274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if contingency planning is completed to mitigate for the loss of information sharing as a result of a no deal scenario in Brexit negotiations;...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      2275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Army Reserve promotions from second lieutenant to lieutenant due to be actioned on 5 November 2016 have not yet been processed...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      2276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will examine the conditions for the detachment of Defence Forces members stationed at Portlaoise prison; his plans to ensure the living...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      2277. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the supply of lariam to members of the Defence Forces; if he will consider using alternative drugs; and if he will make...
    • Air Corps
      2278. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will instruct an independent third party to carry out an investigation into the reason Forbairt inspection reports dating from the 1990s...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      2279. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      2280. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the anti malaria drugs prescribed to the Defence Forces operating in sub Saharan Africa in 2016; and the number of troops...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      2281. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      2282. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi State body under the aegis of his...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      2283. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have a decision on their application for a disability pension; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      2284. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the...
    • Military Archives
      2285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all records pertaining to the siege of Jadotville in 1961 remain within the military archives. [27509/17]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      2286. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27623/17]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      2287. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Defence Forces will be accepting applications for cadets and general service personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2288. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      2289. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and positions of...
    • Commemorative Events
      2290. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his department will provide funding for a commemoration event (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Postal Codes
      2291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      2292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the role and resources of the Army Ranger Wing will be broadened and increased in view of recent terrorist attacks in Britain; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      2293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 11 January 2012, in relation to a person (details supplied) who suffered severe PTSD during their...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      2294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under...
    • Army Barracks
      2295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if sewerage and waste water from all buildings within a barracks (details supplied) in County Galway is connected into the Galway city sewerage...
    • Departmental Staff Relocation
      2296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      2297. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department and in each State agency under the aegis of his Department, by county, in tabular form. [29250/17]

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