Written answers
Thursday, 29 June 2017
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures which have been taken to assist small and medium businesses in the Border regions to prepare for all eventualities of the...
- Military Exports
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the year on year increase in the value of military exports between 2015 and 2016, from €42 million to €63...
- Departmental Reviews
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the terms of reference for the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative have been finalised; the number of submissions received...
- Skills Shortages
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure an adequate supply of chefs for the catering sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- International Bodies Membership
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 30 March 2017, if her Department held further negotiations regarding Ireland joining the...
- Jobs Data
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the discrepancies between the jobs related information disclosed by the 2016 census and information gathered and published...
- Employment Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to make a sectoral employment order for teachers and employees in the English as a foreign language sector; and if she will...
- Job Initiatives
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the high unemployment black spots in the south-eastern region; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to minimise the impact of Brexit in County Donegal; the detail of engagement she has had with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland;...
- Employment Rights
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the widespread use of bogus self-employment contracts in the English language teaching industry...
- Brexit Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard businesses and exports from a hard Brexit scenario; her views on current EU State...
- Foreign Direct Investment
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she is satisfied that Ireland remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment notwithstanding...
- Job Initiatives
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to deal with the high level of unemployment in County Longford and Mullingar as confirmed in recent reports. [30501/17]
- International Bodies Membership
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has assessed the considerable economic, educational and research opportunities that the State could avail of as a member of...
- Economic Competitiveness
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reverse the continual fall in business competitiveness levels and making Ireland an attractive location for...
- Employment Rights
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure companies in the security industry comply with the recent employment regulation order which raised the hourly wage...
- Foreign Direct Investment
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual cost to the State of new jobs in foreign direct investment; if this figure includes special tax reliefs awarded to incoming...
- Job Creation
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made to promote and attract more industry and business to the IDA site at Drogheda, County Meath. [30212/17]
- Brexit Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect small and medium enterprises along the Border region which are most exposed to the impacts of Brexit. [30214/17]
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 1 June 2017 (details supplied), if these vacancies have now been filled; if not, the...
- Brexit Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be made available to each State agency under her remit to specifically deal with Brexit; the number...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on...
- Military Exports
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of licences for the export of military goods to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt,...
- Skills Shortages
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to grant work permits to chefs from outside the EU to work here, in view of the critical shortage of chefs here to date in...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department received requests for additional funding or staffing from Enterprise Ireland, the IDA or InterTradeIreland since the...
- Brexit Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the effects that Brexit will have on small and medium size enterprises along the Border region; and her plans to protect...
- IDA Site Visits
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the regional IDA site visits and vacant properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30225/17]
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a cost benefit analysis has been conducted regarding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if she is satisfied, in...
- Industrial Disputes
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the unfolding dispute between crane operators and construction employers. [30409/17]
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 1 of June 2017 (details supplied), if the report is now finalised; the steps she will take...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has recruited experts in trade agreements to prepare for Brexit. [27559/17]
- Job Creation
48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to press for an even and balanced investment in job creation throughout all regions here, with a view...
- Job Initiatives
49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle the nine unemployment black spots in County Waterford as highlighted by the census summary results due to the fact...
- Brexit Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which she plans to address the level of unpreparedness of businesses for Brexit (details supplied). [30230/17]
- Farm Safety
52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps which are being taken by Teagasc, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the HSA to address the increasing...
- National Minimum Wage
53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to raise the minimum wage (details supplied) in view of the fact that the current rate remains at €9.25; and if she...
- Farm Safety
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the strategy she has in place to deal with the high level of fatalities on farms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30653/17]
- Departmental Agencies Data
55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has received requests for additional staff or funding in 2017 from the IDA, Enterprise Ireland or InterTradeIreland....
- Trade Agreements
56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications for CETA of the judgment of the ECJ regarding the competence of the European Union in respect of the EU-Singapore Free...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement report on the reason a case collapsed (details supplied); if...
- National Minimum Wage
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to raise the minimum wage (details supplied). [30648/17]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which adequate incentives remain available to encourage the indigenous business sector with particular reference to job...
- Job Creation
60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she expects to be in a position to encourage job creation throughout the regions with particular reference to those...
- Industrial Development
61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to the creation of special development zones in areas of the country unable to attract job creating...
- Foreign Direct Investment
62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which foreign direct investment remains available; her views on whether the political situation in the United States of...
- Job Creation
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which innovation and technology remain central to job creating opportunities indigenously or through foreign direct...
- Economic Competitiveness
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the ability of the manufacturing and services sectors to compete nationally and...
- Skills Development
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department have examined the skill requirements in the workplace with a view to ensuring continued job...
- Brexit Issues
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects Ireland to be in a position to increase trade with the US, Canada and other EU and non-EU locations...
- Foreign Direct Investment
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she remains satisfied that Ireland's position in the context of the knowledge development box remains such as to...
- Brexit Issues
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she remains satisfied that the manufacturing and service sectors remain capable of withstanding any negative impact...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-staff employed in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, in each of the years 2010...
- Bullying in the Workplace
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in her Department and in each State body and agency under her aegis; if...
- Brexit Issues
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have sought help via the Brexit advisory service of InterTradeIreland since the UK referendum to leave the...
- Employment Rights
77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the principle in the confidence and supply agreement to tackle the problems caused by the increased...
- Regional Development Initiatives
78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the principle in the confidence and supply agreement to prioritise regional development across all policy areas...
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if the risk and sensitivity analysis performed by his Department on a biannual basis includes an analysis of the contingent liabilities facing the State; and...
- Tax Code
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the principle in the confidence and supply agreement to provide a supportive tax regime for entrepreneurs and the self employed. [30765/17]
- Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the notifications received by the Central Bank to date under chapter 3.12 of the consumer protection code by notifying bank, date of notification and branch...
- Mortgage Lending
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the clause (details supplied) now contained in some updated mortgages; if he or the Central Bank is of the view that such a...
- Banking Sector Regulation
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cap introduced in 2009 which applied to banks that had transferred assets into NAMA restricting their use of deferred tax assets to 50% of their...
- Vehicle Registration
86. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 1 June 2017, the reason the question was answered by referring to a document (details supplied) in view of the fact...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
87. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle rising motor insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30578/17]
- Tax Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax debt outstanding to the Revenue Commissioners, by county; the amount of tax debt collected by revenue sheriffs by county in each month to...
- Tax Code
89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to merge the universal social charge with PRSI; the projected cost of such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30688/17]
- Bullying in the Workplace
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies in place in his Department and linked Civil Service offices are being implemented effectively; the amount paid...
- Mortgage Lending
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of exceptions to the Central Bank's loan to income and loan to value mortgage rules by each of the State supported financial institutions in 2016...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the help-to-buy scheme to date; the number of claims made; the average value of those claims; the estimated cost of the...
- Tax Collection Forecasts
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons set to face interest and penalties from the Revenue Commissioners as a result of the Circuit Court's decision that the tax avoidance...
- NAMA Portfolio
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and names of portfolios that NAMA is considering for sale; the par debt and book debt that NAMA currently owns; the plans of NAMA to sell this debt;...
- Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Central Bank's inquiry into a building society (details supplied); the expected completion time of the inquiry; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
96. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the report on potential changes to the capital acquisition tax to facilitate the provision of solar farms on farms as agreed in budget 2017 to...
- State Banking Sector
97. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the State's remaining share in a bank (details supplied) and other State assisted banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30696/17]
- Tax Treaties
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the details on the OECD tax treaty; the multilateral instrument signed in June 2017; the details on its potential implications for taxpayers; the number of tax...
- NAMA Operations
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the different incentives offered by NAMA to developers; the number and value of incentives offered by NAMA to developers in each of the past five...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
100. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the liquidator of a company (details supplied) to complete their report on the estimate of the proportion of claims expected to be covered by...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of initiatives to protect the family home and to introduce additional long-term solutions for mortgage arrears cases; and if he will make a...
- Loan Books Purchasers
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the provision of greater protection for mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs whose loans have been and will be transferred or sold to unregulated...
- Stability and Growth Pact
103. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland will be in breach of the fiscal rules in respect of the structural rule and the expenditure benchmark in 2017; his further views...
- EU Investigations
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected timeframe for the acquisition of a sum relating to a case (details supplied). [30709/17]
- NAMA Loans Sale
107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 15 and 31 of 18 May 2017, the reason Project Shift was not discussed at Northern Ireland advisory committee meetings;...
- Bullying in the Workplace
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and each State body and agency under his aegis; if such polices are being...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
109. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether financial institutions are providing sufficient support and guidance to those SMEs that have found themselves in financial difficulty;...
- Consumer Protection
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance which is given to customers of financial institutions when a debt is being sold on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30760/17]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 20 June 2017, if he will provide the actuarial transfer value tables for the public sector...
- Public Procurement Contracts
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the awarding of a tender (details supplied). [30554/17]
- Bullying in the Workplace
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies in place in his Department and linked Civil Service offices are being implemented...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress with regard to the core principles of the confidence and supply agreement to increase capital investment in transport,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Development
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the industrial sector with a view to ensuring regular ongoing upskilling sufficient to...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he and his Department continue to liaise with other Departments with a view to increasing the number of apprentices available...
- School Transport Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for school transport on medical grounds by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [30558/17]
- Student Support Schemes
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further funds are available from his Department or the EU to assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted a full-time SNA when they enter secondary school; and the avenues open to their...
- School Accommodation
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department received an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will expedite same. [30591/17]
- Third Level Charges
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reduce the student contribution charge in third level education; his views on an organisation's (details supplied) call for the charge...
- Teacher Training Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the grant for student teachers' attendance at Gaeltacht courses in order to improve the access to teacher training; and if he...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision in budget 2014 to impose a pro rata student contribution in view of the programme for Government commitment to...
- Student Support Schemes
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make supports which are available to full-time students, such as the fund for students with disabilities, the student assistance fund...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the income threshold for eligibility for the SUSI grant. [30599/17]
- Student Grant Scheme
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the payments in the SUSI grant in view of the increases in the cost of living. [30600/17]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision in budget 2011 to change the distance required to qualify for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant; and if he...
- Student Grant Scheme
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will fully reinstate the postgraduate grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/17]
- Student Assistance Fund
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a restoration of the student assistance fund over the next three years. [30603/17]
- Third Level Funding
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase funding for mental health services in third level colleges; and his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied)...
- Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was deemed to be outside the terms of the emergency works scheme when it applied for emergency works to be...
- Schools Property
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting a compulsory purchase order on the playing pitches at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Status
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension to a community college (details supplied). [30665/17]
- School Transport Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposed changes to a school bus route (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on whether exceptional...
- Schools Building Projects
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines stating the minimum green space requirement for schools; if so, if he will outline same; if not, his plans to create and...
- School Accommodation
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a primary school (details supplied) in respect of additional accommodation; and if he will make a...
- Bullying in the Workplace
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his aegis; if such polices...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Negotiations
140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his Department continue to emphasise Ireland's position as a committed member to the European project in the...
- Departmental Programmes
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the areas within his Department which remain outstanding in respect of the confidence and supply agreement; the status of plans for the...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding discussions with the US authorities on immigration reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30713/17]
- Departmental Staff Data
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed in the passport section of his Department in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
- Question Heading for question(s) 146
146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff employed in the passport section of his Department in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 who have...
- Bullying in the Workplace
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his aegis; if such...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Programme
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation to facilitate maternity leave for persons through surrogacy; the proposed timeframe for...
- Personal Insolvency Practitioners
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure persons in mortgage difficulty must go through in order to have their PIP costs covered by the State; if it is...
- Translation Services
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 5 April 2017, if sanction will be applied to a company (details supplied)...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Data
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inquiries and investigations being undertaken by GSOC; the number of inquiries and investigations undertaken at...
- Visa Applications
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a visa can be reviewed and processed in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits currently in training; the number scheduled for further intakes in 2017; and if he will make a...
- Garda College
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are changes to the long-term practice at the Garda College, Templemore, in which local suppliers were favoured in all...
- Immigration Status
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status including eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Residency Permits
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the award of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Property Registration
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if queries have arisen relating to the delineation of boundaries arising from computerisation in land registry; if a particular...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 127 of 1 December 2016, 174 of 17 January 2017, 65 of 19 January 2017, 57 of 11 May...
- Family Reunification Applications
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will re-examine the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Citizenship Applications
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/17]
- Garda Stations
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo; and his further plans to restore garda numbers at this...
- Garda Deployment
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí who were and are assigned to Malahide Garda station in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been relocated here to date under the EU relocation decision; and the timeframe for relocation...
- Deportation Orders
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review on humanitarian grounds the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Bullying in the Workplace
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his...
- Garda Recruitment
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost in 2018 of recruiting an additional 800 gardaí; the full year first year cost of same; and the full year second...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- CLÁR Programme
171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will grant CLÁR funding to a project (details supplied). [30574/17]
- Oideachas Gaeltachta
172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an liúntas is déanaí a fógraíodh an 9ú Bealtaine 2017 le cuidiú le soláthraithe...
- Bullying in the Workplace
174. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in her Department and in each State body and agency under her aegis; if...
- Departmental Programmes
175. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress with regard to the core principles of the Government's confidence and supply arrangement to increase funding for Leader,...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
176. 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. [30517/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
177. To ask the Minister for Health when heart surgery will be rescheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30518/17]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30523/17]
- Disability Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a business proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30528/17]
- Disabilities Assessments
180. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out under the Disability Act 2005; the person's position on the waiting...
- Disability Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered a place at Beechpark Services, Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30540/17]
- Mental Health Services Funding
183. To ask the Minister for Health the budget estimates per quarter for 2017 for a charity (details supplied), in tabular form. [30542/17]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Health the actual spend by a charity (details supplied) for the first two quarters of 2017, in tabular form. [30543/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health the spend per county by a charity (details supplied) in 2017. [30544/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
188. To ask the Minister for Health if the value included for the home in the financial assessment under the nursing home support scheme is net of debts or mortgages outstanding on the property;...
- Disability Services Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health if a dialectical behavioural therapy course can be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30573/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
190. 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. [30580/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
192. 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. [30592/17]
- Health Services Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the HSE community ophthalmic scheme. [30606/17]
- Health Services Staff Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time podiatrists in each county; the number of vacancies in each such area; the number of such persons on leave; the cost of replacing such...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time speech and language therapists in each county; the number of vacancies in each such area; the number of such persons on leave; the cost...
- Health Services Staff Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time social care workers in each county; the number of vacancies in each such area; the number of such persons on leave; the cost of...
- HSE Correspondence
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure a number of overdue representations (details supplied) submitted to the HSE are answered without further delay; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a multi functional chair by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30618/17]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30630/17]
- Medical Card Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30634/17]
- Medical Card Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the clinical advisory group on medical card eligibility; his plans to publish the interim reports of the group; the date on which the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a cataract operation for a person (details supplied) at south infirmary Victoria university hospital in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service Data
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer...
- Hospital Beds Data
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 23 June 2017, in tabular form. [30686/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
209. 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. [30707/17]
- HSE Reports
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to release a report on a person (details supplied). [30719/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
211. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is a patient in the orthopaedic trauma unit of Tullamore hospital will be admitted to the Mater hospital spine and back...
- EU Directives
212. To ask the Minister for Health if the EU cross border directive relative to health care covers the cost of tests to determine if a person has Lyme disease; if this directive covers treatment...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
213. 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. [30724/17]
- Vaccination Programme
214. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 831 and 832 of 2 May 2017, the basis on which he is making the claim that unfounded false claims have been made of an...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an early date for a spine operation for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that their case is urgent; and if he will expedite...
- Infectious Disease Incidence
216. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures and protocols that exist to identify and isolate the source of infection of a disease (details supplied) in children under 14 years of age; and...
- Child Protection
218. To ask the Minister for Health the responsibilities of his Department with respect to child protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30732/17]
- Disease Management
221. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 908 of 2 May 2017, his views on the method of diagnosis of ME; his plans to make the drug ampligen available to persons...
- Hospital Staff
222. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 24 May 2017, the hospitals in which the 128 doctors working as consultants but who are not on the Medical...
- Bullying in the Workplace
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his aegis; if such polices are being...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Organic Farming Scheme Data
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in County Cork waiting for 2016 organic farming scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Waste Management
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposals to change slurry spreading methods; if his attention has been drawn to the challenges that these changes will...
- GLAS Payments
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30624/17]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will compensate farmers who have yet to revise their 2016 payment eight months late; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases dealt with by the agricultural appeals office in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number...
- Bullying in the Workplace
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his aegis; if...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in future CAP reforms it will be possible to review the actions based approach in RDP schemes and to examine whole farm schemes...
- Departmental Programmes
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress with regard to the core principles in the confidence and supply arrangement in fully implementing Food Harvest 2020 and...
- Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible to transfer moneys allocated under pillar 1 to pillar 2 and vice versa under EU CAP regulations. [30771/17]
- Trade Agreements
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the Mercosur talks; the steps he is taking to protect beef farmers; his views on whether beef should not form...
- Dairy Sector
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers participating and not participating respectively in the sustainable dairy assurance scheme by county, in...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of EU member states that have a suckler cow welfare scheme in operation under the RDP; and the details on the average...
- Teagasc Courses
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new training officers being employed to provide green certificate courses in each county; the number of persons on the...
- Agrifood Sector
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed directly and indirectly in the agrifood industry based on the latest data to date in 2017. [30776/17]
- Brexit Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of companies that have completed the Brexit barometer to date in 2017, by company larger than SME size, SME size, medium...
- Bord Bia Strategy
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of international Bord Bia offices abroad; the location of same; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed in...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on coupled supports for disadvantaged regions as laid out in a report (details supplied). [30779/17]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the broadband signal for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30551/17]
- Renewable Energy Incentives
242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage persons to use solar panels on outbuildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Energy Prices
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a charge of 50 cent is imposed on the top-up for gas and electricity meters; the body that benefits from this...
- Mobile Telephony Services
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions that have been put in place to ensure that mobile telephone companies are implementing the new roaming...
- Bullying in the Workplace
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the N4 upgrade between Mullingar and Longford; and the timeframe for same. [30520/17]
- Railway Stations
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal to reopen the old Merrion railway station as a DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30552/17]
- Sports Facilities Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 2 November 2016, the status of the review of the cost benefit analysis submitted by Sport...
- Cycling Policy
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the situation regarding the circumstances surrounding the mandatory use of cycle lanes in the context of the Road Traffic (Traffic and...
- Ministerial Travel
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 5 October 2016, the costs of his trip; the cost of the trip for his accompanying official in...
- Road Improvement Schemes
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been made available to reopen the L6042 Coughlanstown Road, Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Project Funding
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Fáilte Ireland grants scheme for large tourism projects is open for applications; the level of funding available; and if he...
- School Transport
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his most recent appearance at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport at which he undertook to provide...
- Public Transport Subsidies
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce multi-annual budgets for the CIÉ group to help better investment planning. [30656/17]
- Bus Services
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 10% tendering of bus routes will be complete; and when the new services will commence. [30657/17]
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish his submission to the mid-term capital review. [30659/17]
- Dublin Bus Services
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to commence the roll-out of the Dublin Bus strategy, Bus Connects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30660/17]
- Road Network
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate additional funding in 2017 to Cavan and Monaghan councils for the non-national road network; and if he will make a...
- Military Aircraft Landings
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1873 of 20 June 2017, the reason for the breach of the restrictions laid down by the Government and...
- Bullying in the Workplace
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and in each State body and agency under his aegis; if such...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Family Resource Centres
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a family resource centre. [30619/17]
- Bullying in the Workplace
264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in her Department and in each State body and agency under her aegis; if such...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the principle in the confidence and supply agreement to seek to introduce a PRSI scheme for the self employed. [30765/17]
- Illness Benefit Applications
266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30519/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the disability allowance by €5.50 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30524/17]
- Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process in place once fraud is reported to her Department in determining if it is a case of fraud; the estimated timeframe for this process; and...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a limit has been set in respect of exceptional needs payments in cases in which the person has had no income for a period of several weeks; if...
- Disability Allowance Applications
273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Departmental Programmes
274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the areas within her Department which remain outstanding in respect of the confidence and supply agreement; the status of plans for the...
- Disability Allowance Applications
275. 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. [30589/17]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) should apply for and be available for employment in view of the fact that their health condition would render...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30631/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance may be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30633/17]
- Family Income Supplement Applications
279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for family income supplement for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance
280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are courses available of a rehabilitative and educational nature to a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); if same can be expedited; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) regarding the full time care; and if a review of the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in her Department and in each State body and agency under her aegis; if such polices...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposed and approved rapid build housing developments; and the timeframe for each development in respect of the...
- Local Authority Housing
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the provision of wheelchair accessible homes as part of council home building programme; and if he will...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the upper limit under the housing adaptation grant; his further plans to increase the means...
- Local Authority Staff Data
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of staffing levels in each of the years 2005 to 2016 for Galway, Mayo, Donegal and Kerry county...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names of the local authorities that have undertaken adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing...
- Fire Safety
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the fire safety review that was announced by his predecessor in September 2015 and was completed...
- Building Regulations
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation to extend the five year statute of limitations that applies to building...
- Fire Safety
292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme whereby all local authority housing would have chimneys cleaned on a biannual basis...
- National Planning Framework
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the draft NPF; the timeframe for further consultation on the draft plan; and the timeframe for...
- Water Abstraction Regulation
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review water extraction regulations; the previous times such regulations on extracting water from...
- Bullying in the Workplace
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and each State body and agency under...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress with regard to the core principles for the confidence and supply arrangement regarding the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
299. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to continue prescribing Lariam to members of the Defence Forces; if consideration is being given to the withdrawal of this medication...
- Defence Forces Pensions
300. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the basis on which a pension was awarded, reduced, restored on appeal to the court and subsequently reduced again in the case of a person...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
301. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to parliamentary Question No. 262 of 30 March 2017 and the clarification to same of 13 June 2017 (details supplied), the year in which...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the assurances being given to a group (details supplied) that pay and conditions in the Defence Forces will improve in the near future; and if...
- Defence Forces Properties
303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the overgrown state of the Curragh plains with thistles and nettles is to be dealt with in the near future; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel suffering from occupational asthma; the number of personnel discharged or refused further sign on due to...
- Bullying in the Workplace
305. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies are in place in his Department and each State body and agency under his aegis; if such polices...
