Written answers

Tuesday, 4 July 2017

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will take to ensure that parents and children have access to suitable places under the affordable childcare scheme; and if...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has held discussions with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government regarding the family hubs that are...
    • Refugee Data
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors that had been in the migrant camp in Calais that have come here; if work is ongoing to expand Tusla's...
    • Preschool Services
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if training or upskilling is provided to persons working with children on the autism spectrum in preschool settings; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made to the request for 24-hour services at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Foster Care Supports
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that foster carers can have immediate access to medical and psychological supports required by the children in their...
    • Early Years Strategy Publication
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay at home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31227/17]
    • School Completion Programme
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind the decision to cut all funding for counselling services in the school completion programme; her views on whether this...
    • Departmental Reports
      43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the various reports into Oberstown juvenile detention centre; the reports which have been completed; when she plans to publish...
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of capital funding available in 2017 for the provision of new or the upgrading of existing child care facilities; her plans for...
    • Child Poverty
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address child poverty here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31218/17]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the current work of the commission of investigation on mother and baby homes; the scoping exercise on the terms of reference;...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Establishment
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the interim arrangements for the new child care supplement in view of the fact that the database will not be ready in time to receive new...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate support staff remain available to children or families deemed at risk arising from clinical determinations; if...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which parents will be able to access the subsidies offered under the affordable childcare scheme in September 2017 in view of the...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Establishment
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she hopes to enact legislation on the single affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Strategies
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress of the national LGBTI+ youth strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/17]
    • School Completion Programme
      61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the withdrawal of funding for the school completion programme's counselling grant scheme and instead significantly...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Housing Data
      63. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant properties in Bray, County Wicklow. [30970/17]
    • Government Information Service
      64. To ask the Taoiseach the staffing and media monitoring in the Government Information Service unit; and if there will be changes in the unit. [30895/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      65. To ask the Taoiseach his understanding of an invisible border with Northern Ireland following Brexit. [30896/17]
    • Dáil Reform
      66. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government regarding political reform; the actions that have been taken to date in 2017 regarding same; and the...
    • Brexit Data
      67. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address matters in relation to the CETA agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30917/17]
    • Trade Promotion
      70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the reopening of Enterprise Ireland offices or other representative offices in Taipei to promote Irish business; and if...
    • Company Data
      71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that are registered here with the Companies Registration Office in 2017 that are deemed to be an external...
    • Departmental Schemes
      72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the terms of reference for the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative were finalised; the status of the review...
    • International Bodies Membership
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is considering advancing Ireland's efforts to join CERN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31261/17]
    • Brexit Data
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Census of Population Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the publication of the census of population, the consideration which is given to the detail contained in the census in terms...
    • IDA Data
      78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new companies that the IDA has supported to locate in County Donegal; and the jobs created by these companies in each of...
    • Job Initiatives
      79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the high levels employment deprivation in County Tipperary, specifically in areas of the north of the county; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants in her Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil...
  • Department of Finance
    • Brexit Negotiations
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to avoid a hard border as a result of Brexit which would create an obstacle to ease of travel and business to Northern Ireland. [30567/17]
    • Property Tax Assessments
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30794/17]
    • Budget Submissions
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a charity's (details supplied) 2018 pre-budget submission proposal to link tax incentives for landlords to conditionality...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance if exceptions are made in respect of appearing in front of the board in hearing an appeals case in the case of appeals to the disabled drivers medical board of...
    • State Banking Sector
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the reported €3.4 billion to be realised from the sale of shares in a bank (details supplied) will be spent on critically needed...
    • Banking Sector Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the name of the legal advisers, solicitors and barristers employed by a bank (details supplied) in respect of its appeal of a Financial Services Ombudsman...
    • Tracker Mortgages Examination Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees paid to date by each bank and the Central Bank for services related to the tracker mortgage investigation, by service provider and bank; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of approved retirement funds here in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30866/17]
    • Tax Collection
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for requiring life assurance policy holders to prepay part of their final tax liability by means of an anniversary tax every eight years; and if...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the help-to-buy initiative; the number of households that have availed of it; the average and the median value of the grant given to each...
    • Tax Rebates
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [30969/17]
    • Tax Agreements
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of any agreement reached with Taiwan regarding the avoidance of double taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30984/17]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing VAT on commercial construction to the standard rate. [30999/17]
    • NAMA Operations
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale to appoint a second auditor to NAMA with regard to the recent announcement by NAMA of the appointment of a company (details supplied) as...
    • Tax Compliance
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the meeting with the Committee of Public Accounts and the commitment to deal expediently with a matter (details supplied), the progress to date;...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with the Central Bank regarding its chronic staff shortages and its inability to fill 200 available positions; and if he will make a...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the commitments in the programme for Government regarding the credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31255/17]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the commitments made in the confidence and supply arrangement on taking all necessary action to tackle high variable mortgage rates; and...
    • Credit Unions
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the commitments made in the confidence and supply arrangement to develop a strategy for the growth and development of the credit union...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if bonuses were paid to persons (details supplied) in a bank prior to the sale of 28.8% of its shares by the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding...
    • Fuel Prices
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to issue guidelines to petrol and diesel retailers here to reduce the cost to the consumer in view of the fact that oil prices worldwide continue to...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations that are in place for monitoring house insurance prices; his views on a matter (details supplied); if he will ensure that measures will be...
    • Employment Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the increase in poor condition and short-term contracts and general insecurities in modern employment are contributing factors in the...
    • Tax Yield
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of duty on tobacco in each of the past ten years; the duty collected for each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31359/17]
    • Tax Code
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the treatment of rental income from residential property situated here from a taxation point of view, including the rate of taxation that...
    • Pyrite Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected loss to the Exchequer per annum of the abolition of the rule within the relevant legislation that provides that home owners with pyrite damage...
    • Exports Growth
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the report published by an organisation (details supplied); if his officials have examined the report; his policy proposals...
    • Mortgage Lending
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by certain mortgage providers (details supplied) to only seek exemption from Central Bank mortgage lending...
    • EU Meetings
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ECOFIN meeting on 16 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31492/17]
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's work on allocating additional resources for infrastructure investment in view of the Taoiseach’s decision to...
    • European Banking Sector
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the European Commission's approval of a €17 billion bailout for troubled Italian banks and the implementation of the banking...
    • State Banking Sector
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell additional stakes in a bank (details supplied); his further plans to fast-track the sale of the stake; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to help SMEs tackle the challenges they face in view of Brexit, in particular providing credit for SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Unions
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department will take on foot of the CUAC report Viability and Irish Credit Unions on 19 May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with the public banking investigation being conducted by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht...
    • Commercial Rates Impact
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the direct link between the valuations process and the commercial rates system; his plans to examine the impact this business tax has on local...
    • Property Tax Administration
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost associated with establishing the local property tax system, including the self-assessment valuation mechanism; and the annual cost associated with...
    • Tax Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the special domicile levy on high net worth persons; the number of persons subject to the levy; the number of non-residents paying the levy;...
    • Tax Yield
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of income to the Exchequer in respect of bogus self-employment which forces low-income workers to register as self-employed, causing a loss...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if progress has been made in the reform of EU fiscal rules in respect of allowing capital investment and the ongoing review of the capital plan; and if he...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
    • Insurance Costs
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to implement to deal with the escalating costs of insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31511/17]
    • Tax Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons with an annual income over €100,000. [31516/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in his...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the OPW formally approving the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme and the funding of same in County...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to removing or extending the mandatory retirement age within the public service; and if he will make a...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the IMF projection that Ireland will have the lowest level of public spending to GDP ratio in the entire eurozone by 2021...
    • Debt Collection
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of measures to improve debt collection across Government; and the administrative costs associated with debt collection...
    • National Training Fund
      145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 20 June 2017, if it is possible to vary the rate employers pay in the national training...
    • Public Sector Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the implementation of the interdepartmental report on fuller working lives to review the public service...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the restoration of pension payments to public sector workers who had their pensions cut in the past number of...
    • Community Sector High Level Forum
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a report on the work of the high level forum on the community and voluntary sector which is led by his Department;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 20 June 2017, the amount spent by each Department on courses at an institution (details...
    • Brexit Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies, including vacancies on boards and so on, advertised via the Public Appointments Service in 2015 and 2016 by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the commitment in the programme for a partnership Government to introduce a new in-school speech and language therapy...
    • National Training Fund
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that in every year since its establishment except for 2012 and 2014 there was an annual surplus in the National Training...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant to €4,025 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level,...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the €99 million allocation for apprenticeships in 2017; the outcomes of this expenditure; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); the proposed timeframe for a decision on this...
    • School Accommodation
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30841/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); if the grant has been confirmed in writing; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a constitutional right for a child to receive additional care and special support in a school with six children with learning...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30889/17]
    • Schools Property
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will approve the sale of an old school building (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will investigate this delay and take the...
    • National Training Fund
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed Exchequer employer investment mechanism which would enable the NTF to be used to fund higher education institutions will require...
    • Education and Training Boards
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 20 June 2017, if he will answer the question and provide details of all funding to each ETB from...
    • School Transport
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school transport supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30937/17]
    • Capitation Grants
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capitation levels per pupil to primary schools and to post primary schools; and the estimated cost of restoring capitation levels for both to...
    • School Funding
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of equalising school funding between voluntary secondary schools and community and comprehensive secondary schools. [30942/17]
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish a strategy, plan or guidelines on the availability of foods high in fat, salt and sugars and on...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the national roll-out of the headstrong help seeking schools based substance misuse programme to all schools. [30944/17]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, has concluded its examination of the options for the site for a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a school (details supplied) has submitted the stage 2b submission including review arising from changes in public work...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the tender documents and stage 2 (b) documentation for a school (details supplied); if not, if his Department will contact the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will review a plan sent in by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30958/17]
    • School Staff
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of restoring the staffing schedule for retaining and gaining a teacher that applied for schools pre-2012. [30968/17]
    • School Enrolments
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be granted a school place to attend a school. [30972/17]
    • Psychological Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a NEPS psychologist has been assigned to school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/17]
    • School Patronage
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will ensure that no religious belief is favoured over other religious beliefs or none in his proposed reconfiguration of...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools that lack broadband services, by county. [31044/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new permanent building for a community college (details supplied) will open in September 2018 as planned; and if he will make a statement...
    • Site Acquisitions
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two temporary eight classroom schools at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will not be used as temporary accommodation or as a...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in apprenticeship programmes in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • State Examinations
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding arrangements to post-primary schools for the leaving certificate applied, LCA, programme; if schools that choose to organise the LCA...
    • Third Level Institutions Governance
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports in the media of audits into third level institutions that have revealed a range of governance issues,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays experienced in commencing the construction of the permanent buildings of a school (details...
    • School Curriculum
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that his Department has made in securing funding and resources for introduction of coding to all primary schools by 2019; and if he...
    • Higher Education Authority Administration
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on the Higher Education Authority board; the duration of these vacancies; the process by which these vacancies will be...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers on his Department's payroll who are paid a qualification allowance at the pass degree rate; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers employed per school day, on average, in primary schools; if these positions are taken account of in planning...
    • Third Level Staff
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the recommendations of the Cush report in respect of fixed-term workers in third level colleges have been accepted and implemented by him;...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and if...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address concerns that the Teaching Council, in the absence of a statutory complaints procedure for use at school level,...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post-primary average class size figures for the State and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class size...
    • Third Level Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and the funding challenges for third level institutions; and...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on junior certificate syllabus, subject and assessment reforms and his key priorities in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the work recognised for Croke Park hours to teachers' voluntary extra curricular activities which benefit students, in view of...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his further...
    • School Patronage
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage that he expects to be divested in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Property
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by a union (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government...
    • Education and Training Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the...
    • Technological Universities
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill2015; the timeframe for it to return to Dáil Éireann; his planned changes to the draft...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his legislative proposals to establish a learner protection fund for students of English language schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Textbooks
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials are examining a charity's (details supplied) proposal in its 2018 pre-budget submission to tackle the cost of schoolbooks for...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand eligibility to the student fund for those with disabilities, the student assistance fund and a maintenance grant for part...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an additional funding request made to the capital appraisals unit from a school (details supplied) to assist with the associated...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a person (details supplied) who wants to apply for a teaching post in a primary school but who trained for secondary teaching;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an appeal made by a school (details supplied) regarding the need to redevelop classrooms not fit for purpose; his views on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a building programme by a school (details supplied); his views on the urgency of the situation; and if he will...
    • Brexit Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 May 2017, the status of his Department's review of the student grant scheme; when the review is...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Louth that have ASD units on site; the number of schools that are without an ASD unit; and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to help meet the need for primary school places in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Services Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redundancy and pension scenarios for employees of a school employed directly by a board of management, for example, school secretaries,...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI student grant application made by a person (details supplied). [31365/17]
    • School Staff
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which a primary school may appeal the mainstream teacher allocations for the 2017-18 school year; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 20 June 2017, his views on whether it would be fairer for SUSI to either pursue all overpayments or...
    • Schools Administration
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment which is carried out in respect of class sizes, school accommodation and other educational resources following the publication of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special needs assistants will be allocated to primary schools for the incoming school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for the new building for a school (details supplied) to be prioritised as a matter of urgency; the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding approving the school extension and improvement plan for a school (details supplied) since he last met teaching staff and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in his Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      242. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will negotiate a special dispensation on the tariffs on exports to the United Kingdom as part of the Brexit negotiations...
    • United Nations
      243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's position with regard to the proposed United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, UNPA; the stage the movement is...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for a White Paper on the challenges that will have to be addressed before a referendum on a united Ireland is held; and if he will...
    • Foreign Policy
      245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the most recent development in relations between the USA and Cuba following the statement from President Trump; and if he will...
    • Northern Ireland
      246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the negotiations on the Northern Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30900/17]
    • Human Rights
      247. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at EU and international level to prevent the persecution of Christians; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his counterpart in Egypt regarding the continuous cancellations of a court case in regard to a person (details...
    • Syrian Conflict
      249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in Syria; the recent efforts made by the EU to resolve this conflict; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Issues
      250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in Hungary; the efforts being made at EU level to address issues such as the curtailment of the media...
    • Conflict Resolution
      251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the efforts being made to bring peace to the country; and if...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      252. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts that have been made to address the situation of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      253. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the recent efforts being made at EU and international level to address the migration crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in South Sudan; the efforts being made to bring an end to the civil war and to address the emerging...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the difference in approach that the Government is taking following the Taoiseach's comments in regard to a person (details...
    • Human Rights
      256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 2 May 2017, if he will provide an update on the efforts of the Government to raise the...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council. [30193/17]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and outstanding issues regarding same. [30196/17]
    • Brexit Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Middle East Issues
      261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the question of the curtailment of supply of electricity to Gaza with the Israeli authorities that as the primary actor are...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for the delivery of additional accommodation at a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Garda Expenditure
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 4 April 2017, the expenditure by An Garda Síochána on media training and...
    • Courts Service Administration
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are significant delays being experienced in the family district courts at the moment; and the next available...
    • Garda Operations
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 25 of May 2017, if this report will be made available; the outcomes of that...
    • Garda Data
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints or reports made to An Garda Síochána regarding rickshaws and rickshaw drivers in 2015, 2016,...
    • Immigration Status
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); the documents...
    • Garda Station Closures
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 are included in the six stations examined for...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if situations have arisen here whereby a person or persons that may have been suspected or charged with having links to a...
    • Garda Reserve
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves in Dublin in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Fines Data
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will authorise an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants...
    • Visa Applications
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the application for a visitors visa by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Administrative Costs
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the wording of the directive stating that from 1 January 2017 bills from An Garda Síochána to...
    • Garda Strength
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 23 May 2017, the number of active gardaí stationed at Edgeworthstown garda...
    • Garda Resources
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the issue of inadequate Garda numbers and Garda resources in County Wicklow; his plans to increase Garda...
    • Garda Strength
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Meath in 2016 and to date in 2017. [31011/17]
    • Refugee Data
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the place finders service that was promised to assist programme refugees find private rented accommodation has been...
    • Garda Reorganisation
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the implementation of community policing teams as outlined in the An Garda Síochána...
    • Garda Resources
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of automatic number plate recognition units in operation; the cost per unit in tabular form; his plans for its...
    • Community Policing
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of late night leagues operated by An Garda Síochána in 2016; the cost of the league; and if he will make a...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish citizens imprisoned in Northern Ireland can seek transfer to prisons here in order to be closer to their families; if...
    • Brexit Data
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a senior official is designated with responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars that were scrapped in 2016 due to the fact that they exceeded 300,000 km mileage and or exceeded ten...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the monopoly that a college (details supplied) has on the training and accreditation of barristers; and his plans...
    • Garda Reports
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 18 May 2017, if he has received the promised report from the Garda authorities on...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 88 to 91, inclusive, of 24 May 2017, the number of these collisions that involved just...
    • Garda Reserve
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 859 to 861, inclusive, on 20 June 2017, the amount which was allocated in 2017 to...
    • Census of Population Data
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy response which is triggered within his Department further to the publication of the census of population; the...
    • Visa Agreements
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason citizens from Peru are not entitled to a 90-day visa on arrival (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Valuation Office
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocated budget for the Valuation Office’s pilot scheme under which an external partner is contracted to carry out...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Archaeological Sites
      305. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an archaeological assessment has been undertaken in Bantry Bay recently; if not, if one is planned; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      306. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been allocated for 2017 to increase the provision of Irish language naíonraí in line with the...
    • Departmental Titles
      308. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider retaining the word Gaeltacht in the title of her Department when the reorganisation of her Department occurs....
    • Local Authority Funding
      309. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the commitment of additional funding made in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Cork remains; if her Department...
    • National Monuments
      310. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names and positions of those who attended a meeting between the National Monuments Service and officials of Tipperary County...
    • Film Industry
      313. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the board of Screen Training Ireland is certified to deliver accredited training; and if it has been quality assured by Quality...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      315. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the recorded numbers of golden eagle, white-tailed eagle and red kite birds, respectively, since their reintroduction here; the costs...
    • Brexit Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • EU Directives
      317. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 975 of 20 June 2017, the authority under which the review referred to is being instituted; the...
    • Departmental Functions
      318. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the functions that will be transferred to the Department of community and rural affairs; the areas in which those functions currently...
    • Commemorative Events
      319. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide either a permanent or temporary exhibition space within State-funded museums in Dublin as part of the State...
    • Census of Population
      320. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consideration which is given to the details of the census of population within her Department; the sections of her Department...
    • CLÁR Programme
      321. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects for counties Cavan and Monaghan which will be funded under the CLÁR programme in 2017. [31429/17]
    • Arts Council Grants
      322. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Aosdána members that applied for cnuas funding in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and that were then refused a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants in her Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of...
  • Department of Health
    • HSE Staff Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of HSE employees that are not members of recognised unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30787/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the continued reason for the delay in treatment for a person (details supplied). [30789/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented for mental health or psychiatric services to HSE facilities in County Clare in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to...
    • Mental Health Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the general admission and treatment policies at Ennis acute psychiatric unit. [30792/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      328. 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. [30793/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if all resources allocated in 2016 to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to tackle waiting lists was spent; if resources for tackling endoscopy...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing 20 extra training places for child psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30810/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age in CHO area 9 waiting between zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be made available for a person (details supplied). [30828/17]
    • Home Help Service
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home help by county; the average waiting time; and the longest times for waiting in each county. [30829/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30839/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      336. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/17]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the amount being spent by the Ireland East hospital group on private ambulance operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30843/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied). [30855/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the reason losec in a pre mixed liquid form is not covered under the drug payment scheme; his plans to list the drug under the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • General Register Office
      340. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for persons (details supplied) will be arranged for a marriage interview. [30878/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal which has been submitted regarding a fair deal scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      342. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 30 May 2017, if there will be a children's consultant ophthalmologist available at the children's hospital group...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ophthalmology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30888/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1020 and 1021 of 20 June 2017, the details of the targets set by his Department for the provision of these assessments....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      345. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1224 to 1226, inclusive, and 1241 of 20 June 2017, the timeframe for the publication of the independent report on the...
    • Public Health Policy
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide alcohol consumption statistics here and across EU member states since 2005, including those from the World Health Organization; if he will...
    • Health Care Professionals
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of official trainees comprising intern, CST and HST schemes within the health system that are employed and working in a private hospital and clinics...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in every CHO across the State that are on the Medical Council’s specialist register by CHO and area of speciality; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      350. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [30925/17]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the findings of the report commissioned by his Department and undertaken by a company (details supplied) on alcohol labelling; and if he...
    • Health Services Funding
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of section 39 agencies in receipt of annual State funding in excess of €100,000; and the cumulative total of this funding. [30932/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to clear the backlog of those that are waiting a number of years for orthodontic treatment. [30934/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the reason changes were implemented in a hospital (details supplied); the reason the waiting time for persons has been extended for two weeks when in the past...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30946/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by a HSE psychology service school-age team by local health area in tabular form; and the number waiting...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if service users are consulted on the delivery of local mental health services; if so, if this feedback is applied to improve the delivery and provision of...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the budget and delivery for mental health services in 2017; if all mental health budgets provided for in 2015 and 2016 were spent; his plans for this budget in...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources being provided in the provision of mental health services in HSE area 9 during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will be carried out for a person (details supplied); if his Department can expedite this assessment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons travelling for a service (details supplied); the time persons are waiting for their initial consultation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30977/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 210 of 24 May 2017, the hospitals in which the 128 doctors working as consultants but not on the Medical Council’s specialist...
    • Medicinal Products Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the medicines that his Department has approved but are not in a position to purchase as a result of a lack of funding; the number of persons these medicines...
    • Brexit Issues
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made by his Department to preserve and protect access to shared facilities in Northern Ireland for persons here and vice versa in view of...
    • Cancer Research
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made by his Department to protect the work of the All-Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group group in view of Brexit; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 239 of 24 May 2017, if he will clarify the respective role of the HSE and of the service provider in the allocation of residential...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can recoup expenses incurred for their child's dental treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31034/17]
    • Fire Safety
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if the external cladding used on Grenfell Tower has been used on health services buildings or hospitals; if cladding on such buildings is being urgently...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 285 midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31062/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31066/17]
    • Home Care Packages
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if the agreed home care package can be appealed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31069/17]
    • Hospital Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he will intervene and increase the time being provided to persons from counties Cavan and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter relating to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31076/17]
    • Patient Safety
      380. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory duty of candour which will place a legal obligation on medical professionals to disclose negligence; and if he will make a...
    • Organ Donation
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed opt-out system for organ donation which he stated in early May 2017 was to be brought before Cabinet; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      382. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of progress on paying staff money owed following the interim public sector deal for staff working in all the State's section 39 agencies...
    • Patient Deaths
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary that have died from cardiac arrest while in transit to hospitals in Cork...
    • Hospital Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in place if a person that lives in the south-east presents to their local or regional hospital with an emergency cardiac condition outside of the...
    • Patient Deaths
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if data exists on the number of persons in the south-east that have died from cardiac arrest in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical pathway for persons in the south-east with cardiac complications up to and including PPCI treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if proper and sufficient additional resources have been provided to University Hospital Kerry to ensure the machine provides a second scan to all expectant...
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 170 and 171 of 26 January 2017, if he will confirm the person is not on recent leave but has been on illness benefit...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      390. 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. [31159/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dentures for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/17]
    • Hospital Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cardiac rehabilitation services at Letterkenny University Hospital have been suspended; the date on which the service was withdrawn; when the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his attention was drawn to equipment failure having occurred at the cardiac rehabilitation unit at Letterkenny University Hospital leading to...
    • Hospital Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which service users of the cardiac rehabilitation unit at Letterkenny University Hospital were formally notified that the service had been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the ophthalmology assessment and cataract procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31201/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a campaign and patient advocacy group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31203/17]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a second ambulance is provided for the Killarney area in view of information (details supplied) received from the HSE and the fact that...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting four years to see a urology specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31210/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in having a person (details supplied) transferred to a suitable facility for rehabilitation purposes. [31211/17]
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place for approving vaping products; the time it takes to approve a product for sale here; and the stages it goes through for approval....
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting the allocation of an appointment time from CAMHS, child and adolescent mental health service, by age group (details supplied)...
    • Disease Management
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnostic facilities available to public patients to test for Lyme disease; his plans to make it more freely available; if his Department is examining...
    • Brexit Staff
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding...
    • Health Services Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if recognition and support will be given to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31290/17]
    • Blood Products Contamination
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which he will amend the statutory instrument regarding membership of the consultative council on hepatitis C to allow for women who have been...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provisions in place to encourage Irish graduate doctors to remain and work in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the 11 general practitioners who will be retiring in west Limerick over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the contracts of GMS general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31296/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); his plans to address a situation regarding the lack of beds in the intensive care unit at St....
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a nurse for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if funds have been sanctioned for this resource; if not, if he will...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the next phase of the Naas hospital development plan with particular reference to the endoscopy unit and the Lakeview unit;...
    • Health Services Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times surgeries have been cancelled or have been disrupted or stopped due to a lack of equipment or equipment failure for each year since 2010;...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times an on duty ambulance, rapid response vehicle or intermediate care vehicle has been involved in an accident while on duty in each year since...
    • Medical Treatment Complaints
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a doctor not on the Medical Council’s specialist register and who does not hold specialist division registration and, therefore,...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Staff
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to producing guidelines for staff in accident and emergency departments for dealing with persons with narcolepsy; and if he...
    • Disease Classification
      424. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to categorise coeliac disease to bring it under his Department's health and well-being area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31319/17]
    • HSE Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if there are alternative funding sources, domestic or European, for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31320/17]
    • Hospital Food
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which gluten-free foods available in public hospitals are available to persons suffering from coeliac disease when in hospital; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the results of the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix, which has been operating on a pilot basis in six hospital wards; if it has had an affect in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for hip revision surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31327/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on discretionary medical grounds on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      430. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 616 of 7 March 2017, the average response time for the ambulance service for calls from the Killarney area by month in each of the...
    • Ambulance Service
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the aeromedical services available to persons in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31341/17]
    • Community First Responders Network
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community first-responder schemes in place in the south east to treat cardiac patients; the way in which the scheme works; the service they...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if data exist on waiting times for ambulance services across the south east from 2014 to date in 2017; the range of waiting times; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if there is provision in the granting of adaptation grants for persons with disabilities under SI 104 of 2014 for exceptions to be made to the maximum grant...
    • HSE Data
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors and nurses specifically dealing with spinal fusion procedures for children who are currently operating in hospitals throughout the State;...
    • Hospital Procedures
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot be guaranteed when a procedure will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31371/17]
    • HSE Staff
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of staffing at an office (details supplied); his plans to increase staff at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31376/17]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works planned for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31377/17]
    • Hospital Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade or expand services at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31378/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances on duty during the day and at night to facilitate counties Cavan and Monaghan in tabular form; the depot they are based at; and his...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for orthodontic treatment for the north east, including counties Cavan and Monaghan similar to those outlined (details supplied); and if he...
    • Census of Population Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which is given to the publication of the census in respect to the delivery of services; the way in which demographic data features in...
    • Census of Population Publication
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which is given by the HSE to the publication of the census of population; the sections that are considered; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists available to children and adolescents in the south east within the public health system; the average waiting time for access...
    • Stroke Care
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical staffing for stroke in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; the therapy staffing for stroke in the hospital for physiotherapy, occupational...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding being reduced to allow for the provision of wigs for cancer sufferers and persons with alopecia in a HSE area; and...
    • Community Care
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the Maynooth community care unit by role; the vacancies that exist; if there is a commitment to fill those vacancies; if the...
    • Community Care Provision
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the Maynooth community care unit; the number of beds being used in the unit; the number of beds available for respite; the number of beds...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      462. 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 position of the person on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the suitability of congregated settings for those with mental health challenges; the number of service users in such settings; the locations of...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if a full review of the home care package being delivered via an approved care provider to a person (details supplied) could be carried out as a priority; if...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the financial support available for those seeking to undergo IVF treatment; and his plans to expand existing support [31440/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare [31487/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the uncertainty of supply of the drug Respreeza that is critical to the continued treatment of those alpha 1 sufferers who have been in receipt...
    • Hospital Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if the new emergency department at University Hospital Limerick will be allocated additional new staff; if not, if this will affect the operation of the new...
    • Health Services Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sarcoma surgeries carried out in each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31515/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      472. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is possible to provide 24-7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, at University Hospital Waterford with a single...
    • Health Insurance Levy
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government levy imposed on health insurance policies means the charge accounts for more than a third of the cost of annual premiums for some persons,...
    • Medical Card Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) applied to renew a medical card in 2016; if his attention has been further drawn...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil servants in his Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in his...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding an application for a 2016 organics payment. [30845/17]
    • Coillte Teoranta
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of expenditure that is invested in the public amenities of the various public parks managed by Coillte; if there are...
    • Trade Agreements
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts and the European Commission to ensure that beef is not included in a potential...
    • GLAS Appeals
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal regarding GLAS by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31205/17]
    • Brexit Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of June 2017, if a projection has been carried out by his Department in relation to...
    • GLAS Administration
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow an extension of time for persons that have been unable to plant native hedging as part of their GLAS measures due to...
    • Marine Institute
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute plans to recommence the blue fin tuna tag and release scientific scheme off County Donegal; the results to...
    • GLAS Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31333/17]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put forward at EU level the need to protect the CAP budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31524/17]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take following the publication of a report (details supplied) on an organisation. [31552/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 that have received the 15% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular...
    • Nitrates Usage
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is considering to aid farmers with respect to slurry spreading and meeting EU nitrates responsibilities; and if...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is grant aid for renewable micro generation on farms under TAMS 2. [31555/17]
    • Beef Industry
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is sufficient competition in the meat processing and beef sector here in view of reports of the proposed...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the research and consultation on minimum energy standards in the private rented sector will be published as outlined...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost based on 2016 figures of increasing each grant value under the better energy homeowner grants to twice...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost for 2018, based on 2016 figures, of increasing the electric vehicle grant scheme by €2,000 and...
    • Energy Efficiency
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to direct the SEAI to expand its deep retrofit pilot programme in order that persons can apply directly to the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for fibre optic broadband at Tullycross, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/17]
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's objectives for the roll-out of solar farms in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the consultation process has concluded on the renewable heating incentive; the timeframe from conclusion to...
    • National Clean Air Strategy
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the impact of noise pollution and air pollution in view of the expansion of the M50 from four lanes to six...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will be reviewing the warmer home scheme to include additional categories of low-income households in...
    • Brexit Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new charging system for domestic waste collection; the way in which the new system will protect persons and offer the...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his views on the use of splash plates for slurry spreading in view of the national clean air strategy...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set down the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a system of licensing and regulating the use of horse-drawn vehicles (details supplied). [30927/17]
    • Greenways Development
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the status of the proposed Boyneside trail project that will run from Drogheda to east County Meath; his plans to progress and...
    • Road Safety
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review of the effectiveness of road safety interventions and policy in regard to drink driving has been ordered or will be ordered...
    • Coast Guard Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to specify the body responsible for ensuring proper upgrading of navigational equipment on Coast Guard helicopters; and if these upgrades...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met with the UK Secretary of State for Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30806/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the way in which his Department and the equivalent UK Department are liaising on Brexit matters; and if he will make a...
    • Cycling Policy
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the traffic management measures he is taking to reduce and eliminate death and injury to cyclists in view of the unacceptable...
    • National Transport Authority
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the number of complaints or reports made to the National Transport Authority regarding rickshaws and rickshaw drivers in 2015,...
    • Bus Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the provision of bus services or bus licences from provincial towns directly to the main universities in view of the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his views on whether it is appropriate for Transport Infrastructure Ireland to overrule local Garda advise on speed limits on...
    • Driver Test
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the options and supports available to a person (details supplied). [30986/17]
    • Regional Airports
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made an application for state aid exemption for runway works at Ireland West Airport Knock; the date it was submitted; the...
    • State Aid
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the additional state aid exemptions on infrastructure projects which the Government has sought. [31010/17]
    • Olympic Council of Ireland
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has issued emergency funding to the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 2016 and to date in 2017 outside the normal allocation; if...
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1843 of 20 June 2017, if he has considered the advice from the Attorney General regarding the...
    • Greenways Development
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the progress to date in advancing a greenway utilising sections of the disused Sligo and Leitrim and northern counties railway...
    • Bus Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the additional resources that will be provided to roll out further orbital bus routes around the greater Dublin area to...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expedite the electrification of the DART to Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31152/17]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application (details supplied) in respect of an urgently needed facility which would contribute greatly to the community...
    • Brexit Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Road Projects Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in the upgrading of the M7 Naas to Newbridge-Osberstown interchange and Sallins bypass; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration which is given by his Department to service provision and policy response further to the publication of the census of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures her Department is taking to attract trained and qualified staff to the early years workforce; and if she will make a statement...
    • Visiting Teacher Service
      541. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it was the correct decision to abolish the visiting teacher service for children from the Traveller community; if...
    • Aftercare Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aftercare workers recruited by Tusla in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the number that left during the same period; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      543. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) (No. 2) Bill; when she expects this Bill to be published; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services Funding
      544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress her Department is making in establishing a new youth funding programme in view of a 2014 review of youth services and its...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government favours day care over other child care choices in its affordable childcare scheme; if she will consider financial...
    • Youth Services Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the need for youth facilities and programmes in the Newcastle, County Dublin area; her plans to put...
    • School Meals Programme
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the provision of school lunches in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 11;...
    • Child Poverty
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address child poverty here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31231/17]
    • Brexit Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Census of Population Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the consideration which is given following the release of census of population data in respect of provision of services; if the census is...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that her office has access to the requisite number of qualified staff to ensure the operation of children's protection...
    • Children in Care
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in State care in respect of residential and fosterage settings; if the supervisory and professional supports...
    • Child Abuse
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of child abuse in situations of children in residential care directly in the custody of the State or otherwise; and...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports received of alleged child abuse in respect of children in the home in each of the past three years; the extent to...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the back-up facilities available on an ongoing basis for children and young adults on leaving institutional care; and if she will make a...
    • Child Abuse
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department can react quickly to allegations of child abuse in a setting in which the State has intervened or...
    • Child Protection
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she supports voluntary bodies involved in the provision of care or support to children at risk; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will offer grant aid to youth organisations or others involved in the provision of facilities for young persons on an ongoing basis...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department can intervene to support children whose parents are undocumented and who may as a result be open...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has satisfied herself regarding the adequacy of the child counselling services available to children that are at risk; and if she...
    • Youth Services Funding
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to support an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of civil servants in her Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Meals Programme
      573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the provision of school lunches in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if she...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused a State pension (non-contributory) in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      575. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to a person (details supplied); if the case can be examined with a view to ascertaining the most suitable support; and if she...
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      576. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of dietary supplement under 18 years of age; the number of persons in receipt of dietary supplement under 22 years...
    • Homemakers Scheme Applications
      578. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons signing for homemakers credits; the percentage of the estimated number of homemakers this represents; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      579. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to 13 August 2015 as stated in correspondence dated 16...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      580. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30929/17]
    • School Meals Programme
      581. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of children eligible to receive and the number in receipt of the school meals programme; and the estimated cost of expanding the...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      582. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she plans to take in view of the recent report on lone parents published by the Joint Committee on Social Protection; and if she will...
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      583. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase from €29.80 to €32.30; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      584. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reducing the hours work to qualify for family income supplement from 19 to 15; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Training Support Grant
      585. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered or examined the feasibility of removing the condition whereby a person must be on the live register in order to...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      586. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for exceptional needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      587. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the recent exceptional needs payment issued on 18 April 2017 was paid to the person or an agent in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • State Pensions
      589. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available for a person that is contracted to retire at 65 years of age but is not entitled to a State pension until 67 years of age;...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      590. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31032/17]
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      591. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her officials are examining a charity's (details supplied) proposal in its 2018 pre-budget submission to tackle the 145% increase in the...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      593. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a charity's (details supplied) proposal in its 2018 pre budget submission to make child benefit payable to...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      594. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the proposal by a charity (details supplied) in its 2018 pre-budget submission to increase the back to school...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      595. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by a charity (details supplied) in its 2018 pre-budget submission to reverse the decision to means...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      596. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department examined a charity's (details supplied) proposal in their 2018 pre-budget submission to allow lone parents in employment with...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      597. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding post office payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31170/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      598. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 21 June 2017, if a payment system can be put in place at an early date to address the issues of a...
    • Brexit Staff
      599. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the...
    • Child Benefit Administration
      601. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the potential cost to the State of extending child benefit payments to children for an additional year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Social Scheme Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the rural social scheme to date in 2017; the reason the extra 500 participants promised by her predecessor have not...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a farm assist application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      606. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing carer's allowance to be classed as a recordable contribution for the purpose of eligibility for contributory pensions...
    • Census of Population Data
      608. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy response which occurs further to the publication of the census of population; the section or sections of her Department involved; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the long delays for processing applications, reviews and appeals within the domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance...
    • Social Insurance
      612. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a report on the appeal by a company (details supplied) of the Scope findings regarding alleged abuse of RTC1s; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      613. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil servants in her Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has taken account of recent cases with regard to future policy on wind turbine construction in view of the...
    • Environmental Policy
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the situations in which an environmental assessment must be conducted as part of a planning permission to operate a...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines for the installation of solar farms on farmland which bounds residential areas and residential...
    • Development Contributions
      618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the development contribution rebate scheme to build to rent units...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress with EUROSTAT in respect of allowing credit union investment of surplus funds in...
    • Local Authority Finances
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle the growing unsustainable reliance of the local authority sector on commercial rates for its...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons residing in direct provision centres are considered in need of housing; if they are included in...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role he and his Department have in the licensing of kelp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30795/17]
    • Local Authority Members
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the ongoing situation regarding local authority members terms and conditions. [30879/17]
    • Housing Assistance Payments
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the specific allocation of funding that is planned to be accessed in order to fulfil the offered incentive to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the assertion of his predecessor that the social housing capital programme is adequately financed in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the provision which has been made in 2017 under the rural water programme; the facility which has been put in place...
    • Local Authority Funding
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way the taking in charge initiative measure two funding allocations were calculated for each local authority...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the place finder service works; the way in which homeless persons or persons at risk of...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of a 35 year foreshore lease application (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Electoral Reform
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will report on plans to allow UK citizens who have been living here for a significant amount of time a vote in...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the infrastructure projects that have received a contribution from the local infrastructure housing activation fund....
    • Legislative Measures
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of amendments (details supplied) regarding the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016; and if he...
    • Building Regulations
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulations in place regarding accessibility in private sector housing developments to ensure the needs of...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,100 of 20 June 2017, if these persons will now be included in his...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the place finders service that was promised to assist programme refugees find private rented accommodation has...
    • Legislative Measures
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2017 in June or July 2017 and to seek to have the Bill...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of homeless figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31079/17]
    • Fire Safety
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of inspections carried out by fire officers in each local authority over the past five years, by county;...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the moneys spent by each local authority to provide emergency accommodation each year for the past three years....
    • Housing Policy
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new dwellings which will be required each year over the coming 15 years based on headship rates and...
    • Fire Safety
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which fire safety certificates can be awarded on developments, such as a development (details supplied)...
    • Building Regulations
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that builders of substandard developments such as a development (details supplied) with fire...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to increase the amount invested in further acquisitions for additional social...
    • Local Authority Funding
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the additional resources that local authorities are to receive to ensure adequate levels of inspection of private...
    • Legislative Measures
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the legislative proposals his Department is working on to secure the rights of sitting tenants in buy-to-let homes...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homes that have been acquired for social housing under initiatives such as the repair and leasing...
    • Fire Safety
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken to review fire safety in apartment blocks in view of the appalling tragedy at Grenfell tower...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has had with a firm (details supplied) regarding the company establishing a special...
    • Constituency Commission
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he plans to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations for Dáil Éireann...
    • Electoral Register
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on implementing a policy (details supplied) to increase the level of voter registration here in view of...
    • Brexit Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of the pyrite remediation scheme; and the portion borne which has been covered by a company (details...
    • Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of the expert panel on concrete blocks; and the estimated costs of remediation of the defects identified in...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of the Millfield Manor fire defects report; and the estimated costs associated with remediation of same....
    • Priory Hall Development
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the full costs of remediation of the building defects at the Priory Hall development in Dublin; and the amount borne...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of remediating building, fire safety or disability access defects in properties in use as social...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given by Irish Water to identify and prioritise capital investment requirements for...
    • Water Services Provision
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the issue with regard to the water connection at a location (details supplied) in County Louth will be...
    • Local Authority Housing
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,552 social housing acquisitions in 2017 that were purchased by local authorities and approved...
    • Development Contributions
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the development contribution balances of each local authority; if special development contributions are included; if...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the planned cooking and recreational facilities and size of the living space that will be in the new family hubs;...
    • Census of Population Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the account taken of the census of population in the local property tax redistribution model; the way in which new...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual allocation under the housing adaption scheme made by his Department to each local authority in each of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      683. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Defence Forces receiving technical pay group 3 in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      684. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a recruitment drive for the Air Corps will occur in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31065/17]
    • Brexit Data
      685. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
    • Commemorative Medals
      686. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the 1916 to 2016 commemorative medals issued to members of the Defence Forces for their respective contributions and service to the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      687. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants...

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