Written answers
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his Department's commitment to upgrade the N2 road in County Meath. [29950/17]
- Brexit Negotiations
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with his EU and UK counterparts regarding retaining the single aviation market when the UK exits the European...
- Public Transport Initiatives
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made towards the establishment of a public transport stakeholder dialogue as per the Labour Court...
- Rail Services Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the significant financial shortfall in Iarnród Éireann especially with regard to the capital budget for...
- Road Improvement Schemes
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding programme under which the renovation of two bridges (details supplied) in County Donegal has been approved; the timeframe for...
- Park and Ride Facilities
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate a budget for the provision of park and ride facilities in a number of towns (details supplied) in County Kildare in...
- Aviation Industry Regulations
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 10 May 2017, the progress made on the promised review of the Air Navigation (Carriage of...
- Tourist Accommodation
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to address the very significant cost inflation in accommodation and other items in Dublin being...
- Tourism Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to calls by an organisation (details supplied) for emergency measures to be put in place to solve a...
- Road Projects Status
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to recommence the design stage of the A5/N2 to address the potential impacts from Brexit; if Monaghan County Council can be...
- Road Safety Strategy
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Staying Alive at 1.5 initiative aimed at protecting cyclists and other vulnerable roads users; his legislative plans...
- Tourism Promotion
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate a specific marketing budget to Fáilte Ireland to promote County Donegal specifically, further to the county...
- Sport Ireland Administration
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Sport Ireland has delayed in responding to the application for additional funding for the national women's soccer team for...
- Cycling Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to improve cycling safety in view of the fact that there have been more fatalities to date in 2017 than the...
- Tourism Promotion
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Fáilte Ireland to ensure that there is a marketing budget put in place to further promote County Donegal...
- Taxi Regulations
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new legislation being prepared by the Government to regulate the use of rickshaws in cities and towns across the State; the way this...
- Park and Ride Facilities
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to identify a bus park and ride facility on the N7 near Rathcoole, County Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012, SI 332 of 2012, that was to make cycle tracks...
- Bus Éireann
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet with Bus Éireann worker representatives to discuss the future of the company and transport nationally; and if he...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans for a cycle way from Sutton to Balbriggan in north County Dublin can be fast tracked; the funding that is available for this...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which, in the context of a capital expenditure review, he plans to address strategic infrastructural deficits in the...
- Driver Licences
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 30 May 2017, if he will provide a report on this paper; his plans for same; and if he will...
- European Fund for Strategic Investments
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether his Department and transport agencies under its aegis are doing enough to promote the use of the European Fund for...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the provision of extra current and capital funding for...
- Tourism Promotion
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on the rebranding of a midlands tourism strategy and the proposed business plan by Fáilte Ireland to serve...
- Tourism Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered reviewing the current training and education structures in the tourism sector with a view to considering the...
- Road Network
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the increasing travel demand across the Dublin region in general; the position regarding the implementation of the...
- Bus Services
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the publication of "Bus Connects" recently by the NTA and in view of the traffic congestion in Dublin, the reason Dublin...
- Light Rail Projects
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a light rail service to Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29958/17]
- Tourism Industry
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the CERT in Amiens Street ceased offering chef training in 2011; and if the building is still equipped to train chefs. [29965/17]
- Road Improvement Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the non national road specific improvement grants programme; the way in which local authority prioritisation of projects...
- Electric Vehicles
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional measures he is implementing and considering to support the roll-out of electric vehicles across the country. [30174/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage the sports capital grants adjudication process is at; when they will be announced; the total budget for 2017; if the allocation...
- Bus Services
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the NTA's plans to redesign the Dublin Bus network; if this redesign will impact on Dublin Bus's...
- Ports Development
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on ongoing discussions between his Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Dún Laoghaire Harbour...
- Rail Services
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary question number 71 of 22 March 2017, the status of the report on the consultation process on the current and...
- Military Aircraft Landings
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops who have passed through Shannon Airport to date in 2017. [29941/17]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent projections of the EPA that, rather than reducing, transport emissions are expected to increase by 10% to 12%...
- Bus Éireann Services
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding establishing the multi-stakeholder forum to deal with future challenges faced by Bus Éireann which was...
- Aviation Industry Regulations
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on the establishment of the IAA as the competent authority relating to airport noise under EU Directive 598/14; the level of...
- Rail Network Expansion
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his Department's commitment to complete the Navan rail line. [29951/17]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
79. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had contact with the President of the United States of America. [29969/17]
- Ministerial Advisers Appointments
80. To ask the Taoiseach the advisers he plans to appoint. [29970/17]
- Departmental Agencies Data
81. To ask the Taoiseach if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance certificate; and the reason they...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Reviews
82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason her Department’s web page for making submissions to the consultation on the review of the Succeed in Ireland...
- Departmental Agencies Data
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if all agencies under her aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax...
- Employment Rights
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on seafarer pay; the investigations her officials are undertaking on this matter; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Finance
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the approval process for employment and investment incentive, EII, applications is apparently backlogged by up to four months; if he will provide...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the insurance compensation fund legislation to allow the claimants at a company (details supplied) that are likely to be compensated soon; and...
- Departmental Agencies Data
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to carry out a full review of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme in view of the restrictive criteria of the scheme which in some cases bar...
- Insurance Coverage
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a limit cover on bicycle insurance if the bicycle was bought abroad. [30349/17]
- Mortgage Schemes
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of life loans in respect of residential properties in issuance here; the amount owed on these loans; if such loans are still being marketed by...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Central Bank has taken after it asserted in correspondence to him that it had received false and misleading information in the context of its...
- Ministerial Staff
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports afforded to the previous holder of his office; the cost of these supports per annum; the period of time for which these supports will be given;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Monuments
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that adequate facilities exist regarding transport to and parking thereat in respect of various historical sites,...
- Departmental Agencies Data
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of tenders publicly advertised in County Tipperary in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by the Office of...
- Public Sector Pay
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out each side agreement reached with trade unions and staff associations during the recent talks that led to the draft...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Brexit Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the possible affect of Brexit on fees and access to higher education for Irish students who attend British...
- Teaching Contracts
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the employment legislation and standards that apply to teachers; the employment legislation and standards that apply to teachers of English as a...
- Site Acquisitions
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30248/17]
- Schools Building Regulations
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a material (details supplied) has been used in school builds or school developments in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Agencies Data
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will prioritise the availability of school supports for primary school students with severe dyslexia; if he will address a...
- Protected Disclosures
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his expectations and those of the HEA regarding board members and audit committees handling whistleblowers’ cases in institutes of...
- Higher Education Institutions
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his Department's 2015 review of corporate governance in all colleges. [30319/17]
- Protected Disclosures
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if senior staff in a college (details supplied) have been proven to have been negligent in their duty of care in protecting a whistleblower or...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reassess the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Assistance Fund
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to begin a phased restoration to 2012 rates of student assistance fund, SAF, to reflect the real costs attached to participation in...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college has ever hired public relations firms with regard to whistleblowers in colleges; if so, the amount spent on same; and if he will...
- Protected Disclosures
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a budget for a whistleblower to defend their good name in view of the fact that they stood up to protect the college reputation and...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that primary school classes have on average four to five more pupils than those across the EU; his plans to reduce class...
- Capitation Grants
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capitation grant for primary schools by €20 per pupil, which according to research carried out by an...
- DEIS Administration
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore support services for DEIS schools; the measures in place to ensure a maximum class size of 15:1 in DEIS band 1 junior classes;...
- Teachers' Panel Rights
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore supply panels of teachers at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA hours will be restored to 2017 allocation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if SNA hours for another person...
- English Language Training Organisations
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with representatives of a group (details supplied) who have requested to meet with him; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Support Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30416/17]
- Student Grant Scheme
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding postgraduate grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30419/17]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding adjacency rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30420/17]
- Student Support Schemes
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding student support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30422/17]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30423/17]
- Third Level Costs
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a grant for mandatory Gaeltacht courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Charges
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the student contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30425/17]
- Departmental Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available from his Department for general purpose rooms and PE halls; if not, his plans to offer funding at a future time;...
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the five year rule for primary school teachers temporarily swapping jobs still stands; if there have been cases to the contrary; and if so, if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding processing times for passports, both renewals and new applications, in view of the fact that it is now coming into...
- Departmental Agencies Data
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Consular Services Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 4 May 2017, the measures taken to assist the person in expediting their appeal; and if he will...
- Passport Services
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a naturalised person (details supplied) who was given a passport with an incorrect previous nationality can correct the...
- Middle East Issues
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the state of Palestine further to the motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014 calling...
- Brexit Negotiations
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator on 20 June 2017; and if he is requesting special...
- Middle East Issues
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Israeli Government Ministers have called for an increase in the number of illegal Israeli...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commercial Rates Exemptions
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the anomaly in the Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 whereby an exemption is provided for community sports...
- Naturalisation Certificates
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to amend a certificate of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) who had their...
- Departmental Agencies Data
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax...
- Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the three vacancies in the Garda internal audit unit have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the particular sections the two retired gardaí who have been contracted to work with the titles of temporary senior...
- Garda Strength
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons per garda in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, by division, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children referred to the Garda youth diversion program by county in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date...
- Naturalisation Certificates
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process a person must undertake to correct the nationality on a certificate of naturalisation that they were issued; and if...
- Departmental Staff Data
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies for revenue sheriffs and the locations of same, in tabular form; the date on which the positions became...
- Garda Deployment
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new recruits allocated to each Garda division since recruitment recommenced, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Meetings
160. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and positions of those that attended a meeting between the national monuments service and the officials of Tipperary County...
- CLÁR Programme
162. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a school (details supplied) was not successfully awarded CLÁR funding despite meeting the necessary requirements; and...
- Departmental Agencies Data
163. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all agencies under her aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax...
- Arts Council Grants
164. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Aosdána members who have been refused a cnuas; and the reason for these refusals. [30295/17]
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services Funding
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding ring fencing funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30417/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the drug Respreeza continues to be made available for persons suffering from genetic emphysema; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospitals Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at University Hospital Limerick in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Capital Programme
174. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at University Hospital Limerick in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies Data
185. To ask the Minister for Health if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the...
- Hospitals Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with diabetes attending Children’s University Hospital Temple Street diabetes service in 2015 and 2016; the amount of whole-time...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
191. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider tendering patient testing in the areas of respiratory, neurology, gastroenterology, vascular and cardiology to the private...
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health when HIQA will sign off on the new wing in a nursing home (details supplied) in Drumcondra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30311/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
193. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will extend the fair deal scheme period of allocation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30312/17]
- Home Care Packages Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care package hours that were available in 2016 and to date in 2017 in the HSE Dublin mid-west area; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service Accommodation
195. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 3 May 2017, the progress that has been made in the development of a new ambulance base on the grounds of Merlin...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for a procedure for 18 months; and if he will make a statement...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
197. To ask the Minister for Health the progress towards establishing a supervised injecting facility in Dublin. [30340/17]
- Substance Misuse
200. To ask the Minister for Health if representatives from his Department or the HSE have met with members of An Garda Síochána and discussed recent reports of heroin and cocaine in...
- General Practitioner Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health if a change of general practitioner form can urgently issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30367/17]
- HSE Properties
202. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the HSE to return, for use by the local community, land in Shantalla, Galway city, which it took over three years ago for use as a helipad on...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated time it is envisaged that a person will be fitted with a permanent spinal stimulator since undergoing a trial in July 2016 and whereby funding...
- Hospital Appointments Status
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30404/17]
- General Practitioner Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received regarding general practitioners charging for routine phlebotomy services each year since 2009, in tabular form; the number of...
- Medicinal Products Data
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest figures for State spending on prescriptions for specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake...
- Hospital Facilities
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac catheterisation laboratories in public hospitals by hospital, by the service it provides and the opening times of each, in tabular form;...
- Departmental Reviews
208. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to initiate a review of the provision of cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30458/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30479/17]
- Hospital Facilities
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a sexual assault unit at University Hospital Limerick similar to those operated in counties Cork and Galway; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Agencies Data
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax...
- Departmental Reviews
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources that have been allocated in respect of each of the two reviews of fisheries policies relating to fleet capacity and...
- Teagasc Courses
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated in each of the years 2010 to 2016 for the provision of green certificate education for farmers; and his views on...
- Bovine Disease Controls
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the establishment of an infectious bovine rhinotracheitis eradication scheme; and the estimated cost of such a scheme....
- Veterinary Inspection Service
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of running the regional veterinary laboratory network by year in each of the years 2010 to 2016; and the expected allocation...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the instrument his Department used to alter the terms and conditions of the CAP, SPS, SFP, BPS, ANC, DAS and other schemes between...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the body from which the independent agricultural appeals office takes direction regarding the validity of an inspection in cases in...
- Severe Weather Events Response
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding for flood relief for farmers who have been adversely affected by flood damage; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the announcement in February 2017 of an initiative (details supplied) to purchase forestry, if the land in question was...
- Forestry Management
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the 10% reforestation figure for broadleaves mandatory; his plans to raise this level to ensure that more native...
- Forestry Sector
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation in order that all environmental guidelines including those relating to water quality will apply to...
- Forestry Management
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making commercial forestry plantations here subject to independent oversight by An Taisce, Inland Fisheries...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Agencies Data
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to...
- Departmental Data
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a copy of the official diary (details supplied) for the period August to December 2015. [30406/17]
- Broadcast Advertising Standards Regulation
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a comprehensive statutory system of regulation for online unhealthy food and drinks marketing...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Industry
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-establish the former CERT training across the country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Marine Casualty Investigations Board
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role his Department has in selecting members of the Marine Casualty Investigations Board; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenways Development
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis his Department has done regarding the dual use of greenways by pedestrians and cyclists; and the way to best facilitate both...
- Road Projects Status
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on the Narrow Water Bridge project, in view of the fact there was a commitment given in this regard in the programme for...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
232. 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...
- Departmental Agencies Data
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Taxi Regulations
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate electrical mechanically propelled rickshaws, in view of the fact that in the absence of legislative regulation...
- Road Network
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to help alleviate traffic congestion with national traffic flowing between the N4 and N7; his further plans with Transport...
- Bus Services
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional, not replacement, buses he plans to make available in 2018 to help deal with traffic congestion in Dublin; and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 10 May 2017, the position regarding the mid-term review of the Government’s capital...
- Aviation Industry Regulations
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, in the interest of safety for helicopters and other small aircraft, to introduce regulations requiring warning lights to be...
- Driver Test
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30414/17]
- Road Projects Expenditure
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget assigned and being spent on the Macroom bypass in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30456/17]
- Road Network
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific additional funding will be provided for road development in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan in the review of the...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the best options for the development of modern rail and road transport to benefit all regions; the extent to which a review...
- Road Network
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department can accelerate the programme to replace, improve or upgrade motorways, roads and bridges deemed...
- Tourism Industry
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the infrastructure required by the expanding tourism sector needs to be upgraded; his plans for same; and if he will...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received to date in respect of the sports capital programme; if he expects to be in a position to meet in part...
- Tourism Industry
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which efforts continue to distribute the tourism industry evenly throughout the country with particular reference to the...
- Sports Events
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to make efforts to attract major sporting events here with particular reference to world or...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department has studied the weakest links in the transport system nationally; his plans to address these; and if...
- Sports Events
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding discussions on hosting the Rugby World Cup here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30496/17]
- Tourist Accommodation
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which adequate hotel accommodation exists to meet the demands of the expanding tourism sector; his plans to meet deficits...
- Tourism Policy
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which potential growth opportunities for business tourism here continue to be identified; and if he will make a statement...
- Regional Airports
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that adequate focus remains on the need to ensure the future of regional airports in the context of a modern economy;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Agencies Data
256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all agencies under her aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Child and Family Agency
257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the management structure of Tusla; and the reporting relationships and accountability mechanisms within Tusla and regarding...
- Child and Family Agency Data
258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if internal management meetings are held within Tusla; if representatives from her Department are present at these meetings; the number of...
- Child and Family Agency Services
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that Tusla engages with each year; the typical levels of engagement that Tusla has; and the way in which Tusla...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the different pay grades within Tusla; and the number of persons employed at each level. [30360/17]
- Child and Family Agency
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of the layers of management within Tusla in addition to its correspondence with her Department. [30361/17]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 11 June 2017, the progress on the issues raised; her plans for the provision of specialist...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the ECCE scheme and the discrepancy that arises for children born near the end of September (details supplied) who cannot avail...
- Care Orders
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications for full care orders that have been made in respect of children already in voluntary care orders in each of the...
- Children in Care
267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases in which placements broke down after an application was made for a child to be made a ward of court until 18 years of...
- Family Resource Centres
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of funding for a resource centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30505/17]
- Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Appeals
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding a decision to refuse a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the partial capacity benefit review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30246/17]
- Departmental Agencies Data
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all agencies under her aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise a deduction being made on a social welfare payment for a person (details supplied) who has an overpayment owing to her...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the operation of the domiciliary care allowance scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30324/17]
- Citizen Information Services
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection on the proposed restructuring of MABS and CIS, her plans to issue a...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason seeking maintenance from the other parent is a condition for lone parents to continue to be eligible for the one parent family payment;...
- One-Parent Family Payment
283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a lone parent has had their one parent family payment suspended, reduced or removed on the grounds of not seeking maintenance from the other...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection report entitled, Report on the Position of Lone Parents in...
- Departmental Administrative Arrangements
285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the functions and responsibilities she now has in terms of her employment remit; the functions of the former Department of Jobs, Enterprise and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) of the decision to refuse a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the rate of jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30415/17]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) of the decision to refuse a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30433/17]
- Community Employment Schemes Review
290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 31 May 2017, the stage the review process is at regarding community employment schemes; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that rent allowance is not ceased in respect of long-term recipients of the payment until such time as the landlord signs up to...
- Disability Allowance Applications
292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30465/17]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing can be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) who is appealing a disability allowance decision; and if she will make...
- Disability Allowance Applications
294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [30469/17]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if houses which are rented to a local authority under the RAS scheme are exempt from registration (details supplied)...
- Social and Affordable Housing
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the statutory or legislative definition of affordable housing used by his Department. [30250/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of the 10,000 social housing units currently in his Department's plans which have not yet commenced the...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the fire safety certificate and disability access certificate was issued by Dublin City Council for a building...
- Departmental Agencies Data
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up...
- Building Regulations
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for a safety audit of all existing apartment and commercial blocks built over the years to the...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacant properties that are being brought back to use under the repair and leasing scheme for each...
- Vacant Sites Levy
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to impose a vacant site levy on development sites in 2018; the details of the scheme; the rate at which he...
- Departmental Reports
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group set up by him to report in the second quarter of 2017 on the issue of short-term tourism...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the expected completion dates for rapid build housing schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme has been finalised; if the scheme has been revised to enable...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide his Department's targets for social housing completions in 2017 by scheme type (details...
- Housing Assistance Payments Administration
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the additional flexibility was utilised by the local authority in only 3% of tenancies in south...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Agencies Data
312. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all agencies under his aegis have an up to date tax clearance certificate; the agencies which do not have an up to date tax clearance...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
313. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if persons with asthma are barred from joining or serving in the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30366/17]
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
314. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases of malaria in Defence Forces personnel serving in sub Saharan Africa; and the anti malarial drug that the members involved...
