Written answers
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
- Department of Finance
- Economic Competitiveness
26. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself regarding the competitiveness of the economy; the extent to which potential threats have emerged or are likely to so do; and if he...
- Fiscal Policy
27. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to carry out a fiscal stress test as has been done in other jurisdictions such as the UK, with particular attention to the fiscal risks that may be...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
29. To ask the Minister for Finance if claimants of an insurance company similar to a company (details supplied) would receive 100% compensation from both the liquidation process and the...
- Corporation Tax Regime
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax losses built up in respect of financial banking and construction firms arising from the crash; if profitable companies such as a bank (details...
- Motor Insurance Costs
31. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the worsening situation regarding car insurance costs; and his further views on the fact that many persons are seeing little difference in premium...
- Tax Code
32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the study he has ordered to amalgamate PRSI and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/17]
- Budget Consultation Process
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the forms of stakeholder engagement he has participated in in advance of signalling his budgetary intentions to reduce income tax; and if he will make a...
- European Banking Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of support the Government is offering to relocate the European Banking Authority to Ireland; and if he will provide the associated cost suggested....
- Insurance Costs
35. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the second phase of the cost of insurance working group in respect of employer liability and public liability; when the working group will come...
- Brexit Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether his Department’s projections of the potential impact of Brexit are reliable in view of recent comments by the ESRI and the Irish...
- European Investment Bank
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent discussions with the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg to strengthen the bank’s role here in view of Brexit; and if...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will suspend the help-to-buy scheme immediately for new applications; and the status of the review of the scheme. [31451/17]
- Insurance Costs
40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure agricultural mart owners are not faced with high increases in the costs of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31450/17]
- Budget Deficit
41. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to a proposed rainy day fund and the debt-to-GDP short-term and medium-term targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31350/17]
- NAMA Loans Sale
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which NAMA considered the tax structures of potential bidders for assets being sold by NAMA; the impact of these to the potential returns to the...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of the reduction of USC in budget 2017 was underestimated in view of the Exchequer figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/17]
- Personal Contract Plans
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the regulatory position surrounding personal contract plans used to purchase motor vehicles; if he has further satisfied...
- NAMA Operations
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the freedom of information procedures that operate within NAMA; the process followed from receiving a request to publication; if the procedures adhere fully to...
- Budget 2018
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the impact that potential income tax cuts will have on the ability to invest in vital public services in budget 2018; his views on the...
- National Debt Servicing
49. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to use his position to engage with EU officials regarding Ireland's debt burden; his further plans to seek a change to Ireland's debt schedule; his...
- Motor Insurance Costs
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist persons faced with increases in the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31249/17]
- VAT Rate Application
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Democratic Unionist Party’s stance on adjusting VAT rates in Northern Ireland post-Brexit; the implications of...
- Brexit Staff
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has recruited experts in custom affairs to prepare for Brexit. [27559/17]
- Tax Compliance
54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 218 to 222, inclusive, of 20 June 2017, if compliance is done on an ongoing basis by both the Revenue Commissioners and...
- Tax Exemptions
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will end the dividend withholding tax exemption for non-resident shareholders in Irish real estate funds related to capital gains distributions from the...
- NAMA Transactions
57. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 2 May 2017, if he has satisfied himself that NAMA achieved maximum return under section 10 of the National Asset...
- Central Bank of Ireland Transactions
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the schedule relating to the extinguishing of the floating rate treasury bond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31477/17]
- Budget 2018
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's objective of a balanced budget in structural terms in 2018; his Department's current appraisal of the strength of tax receipts in achieving...
- Betting Regulations
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the work of the tax strategy group in 2017 with particular reference to a review of the system of betting tax; when it is expected this...
- Economic Growth
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects the economy to grow in the context of this and subsequent years notwithstanding the potential threat of Brexit or other external...
- Tax Yield
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the marginal rate of tax to under half of taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/17]
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of section 481 tax relief in the film industry; and the number of full-time jobs in the film industry here. [27638/17]
- European Investment Bank
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on proposed changes to the governance structure of the European Investment Bank that would allow the bank to lend to the armaments...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Debt
72. To ask the Taoiseach if debts relating to third level education institutions such as universities, institutes of technology and other colleges and the education and training boards throughout...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Film Industry
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason only fixed-term contracts are available to many workers in the film industry; if this is an area her Department is examining...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department has collaborated with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to promote economic growth in County Wexford; and...
- IDA Supports
76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will take steps to ensure that the IDA considers County Westmeath as an appropriate site for a data centre (details supplied) in...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Staff
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his officials have in relation to coordinating the bid to attract EU agencies to locate here. [25628/17]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have discussed the possibility of requesting flexibility on the way in which the EU fiscal treaty rules are applied to capital...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of section 481 tax relief since it was introduced; if he will provide a cost benefit analysis of this tax expenditure in 2015 and 2016; and if...
- National Debt Servicing
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €3 billion received from the sale of shares in a bank (details supplied) has been used to pay down a portion of the national debt; the mechanism...
- Sale of State Assets
81. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government agreed that funds realised from the sale of State assets must be used to pay down the national debt rather than be invested in critical...
- State Banking Sector
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated level of dividends and levies from the pillar banks and other financial institutions in 2016 and 2017; the likely yields to the State from this...
- Budget 2018
83. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prioritise investment in public services over tax cuts as requested by a group (details supplied) in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement...
- Economic Competitiveness
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that there are no inflationary tendencies which might jeopardise economic progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Economic Growth
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economic fundamentals remain positive in terms of the future of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31755/17]
- Economic Growth Rate
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy in terms of economic performance rates alongside other EU and non-EU states, including eurozone members; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can make provision for issues arising from Brexit in such a way as to maximise opportunities for the economy; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Negotiations
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to rely on the support of his EU colleagues in the context of the Brexit negotiations with particular reference to the need for...
- Eurozone Issues
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he unilaterally or in discussion with his EU colleagues has identified particular threats to the European economy for countries in the eurozone and outside;...
- Credit Availability
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the availability of working capital is being addressed with particular reference to the needs of SMEs; and if he will make a statement on...
- VAT Rate Application
96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether VAT clawback acts as a disincentive for owners of commercial properties to convert their properties to residential use; and if there are...
- Official Engagements
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent address on the economic dialogue conference. [31386/17]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Mobile Telephony Services
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of locations at which telephone masts or other telecommunications signals are provided on State land with the knowledge of the...
- Public Sector Pay
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the ability to meet the potentially conflicting challenges of restoration of income...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects to be in a position to meet the costs associated with addressing infrastructural deficits; and if he will...
- Office of Public Works Properties
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the lease of a premises (details supplied) for use as a public office for the Department of Social Protection will be open; if...
- Garda Stations
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider allocating the existing Garda station on Roche’s Road, County Wexford to Wexford County Council for the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Broadband Service Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools that his Department has upgraded to high speed broadband connections over the past two years; the details of the connection...
- Educational Disadvantage
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the areas of concentrated disadvantage in County Kildare are broken down for the assessment of higher education access route;...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31617/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of ASD units within primary and secondary schools; the existing number of ASD units within primary and secondary...
- Psychological Assessments
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive a NEPS educational assessment; the reason for the delay in receiving an...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a decision to be made on an appeal for a summer works application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Third Level Expenditure
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of the funding statement from University College Cork for 2015 and 2016 that is provided by the college to his...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release information on the allocation of special needs assistance for the forthcoming academic year; if he will ensure that in future...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procurement framework agreements that are in place in the education sector; the organisation that operates each of these agreements on behalf...
- Site Acquisitions
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the identification and acquisition of a site for the new second level school in Portlaoise; and if he will make a...
- Teaching Qualifications
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reexamine the case of a person (details supplied) regarding incremental credit in view of the fact that the person was teaching a...
- Departmental Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if support can be provided for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31742/17]
- Schools Building Projects Data
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building programme at primary and second level in County Wexford to meet the demand for school places in...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding moneys that is owed to the State by each religious denomination as part of the residential institutions redress scheme. [31812/17]
- School Patronage
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will prevent religious organisations that owe the State moneys under the residential institutions redress scheme for institutional abuse...
- School Accommodation Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) [31815/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the level of overseas aid is decided each year; and the criteria which determine the eligible projects. [31634/17]
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Food Programme, WFP, has indicated more than 500,000 children will die in the...
- Human Rights
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of Ireland's stated support of calls for an independent international investigation into alleged violations of international...
- Human Rights Investigations
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has raised issues with either the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates in view of the recent reports by an...
- Ministerial Meetings
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the UUP, the SDLP and the Alliance Party since he assumed office. [31239/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Property Services Regulation
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the regulatory system for estate agents particularly with regard to the validity and truthfulness of rival house...
- International Terrorism
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be efforts made in his Department to lead on reaching out to the Muslim community to prevent an increase in...
- Dissident Republican Activity
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and his officials have discussed the latest dissident activity and bomb making find in Ballybough. [27837/17]
- EU Migration Crisis
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the issues that were discussed and, in particular, the actions which were being taken to address the migration issue at the...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering using a premises (details supplied) as accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make...
- Garda Strength
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to provide additional garda resources to Ballymun in view of increased anti-social activity in...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria which is used for selecting refugees; the way in which persons are prioritised; and when the resettlement...
- Commencement of Legislation
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when those parts of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that provides for persons that have been brought into...
- Courts Service Expenditure
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the transcript of the Committee of Public Accounts meeting of 29 March 2001 and address queries (details...
- Wards of Court
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if wards of court and their representatives will be given a comprehensive report on a regular basis on the way their funds are...
- Judicial Appointments
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which two circuit court judicial appointments were made recently before vacancies had emerged and without recent...
- Restorative Justice
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on restorative justice and the implementation of community courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Misuse of Drugs
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the working of the recently enacted Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2016 in the central division of the Dublin...
- Courts Service Administration
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding a site for a new courthouse in Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31721/17]
- Prison Service Staff
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of allowances for prison clerical officers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31723/17]
- Family Law Cases
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding fathers of children that do not receive equal recognition with mothers in child access cases under...
- Criminal Prosecutions Data
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of an investigation (details supplied) which resulted in a number of persons being charged with false imprisonment and...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Film Industry
149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the invigilation of training in the film industry; the funding made available to organisations to provide training in each of the...
- Mobile Telephony Services
151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of locations in respect of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in which telephone masts or other telecommunications...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh comhráite ag oifigigh óna Roinn le gairid le feidhmeannaigh as Aer Árann maidir le seirbhísí nach...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body responsible for the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding...
- CLÁR Programme
154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the methodology for calculating if a district electoral division is eligible for funding under the CLÁR programme; and if she...
- Department of Health
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31580/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health if the review process for the inclusion of the freestyle libre device and its related testing strips in the long-term illness scheme, the drug repayment scheme...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
159. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a timeframe for the review of the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare also called Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement...
- Universal Health Insurance
160. To ask the Minister for Health if remarks made by the former Minister for Health in 2015 that a system of universal health insurance is still the preferred model to achieve universal...
- Disabilities Assessments
161. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for children in the Dublin area to get an assessment of needs assessment following receipt of application for such an assessment; and if he...
- National Children's Hospital Status
163. To ask the Minister for Health the scheduled commencement date of the satellite wing of the national children's hospital that is to be located in Tallaght; the timeframe for completion; the...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Reviews
164. To ask the Minister for Health if the report for 2016 has been prepared as required under section 20(4) of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; if so, the timeframe to lay this...
- Mental Health Services Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide adequate resources to the child and adolescent mental health services in Athenry, County Galway; his plans to ensure that...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a new primary care centre (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress made to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a new ambulance base in County Galway (details supplied); the progress made to date in 2017 on same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been on an urgent waiting list to see a urologist for four years; if there is a shortage of urologists here; and the...
- Health Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds for males that have become available in a residential facility (details supplied) in County Donegal since 31 March and to date in...
- Disabilities Assessments
173. To ask the Minister for Health if a place will be allocated to a person (details supplied) to attend an organisation in Mallow for September 2017. [31649/17]
- HSE Staff Remuneration
174. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring ten nurses at the average rate of nurse's pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31654/17]
- Ambulance Service Data
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that are operating here; the way in which this compares to the number of ambulances that are required; and if he will make a statement...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
179. To ask the Minister for Health further to the future of health care report (details supplied) the cost of reducing charges to zero in year three. [31659/17]
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Health further to the meeting that took place on 6 December 2016 with a person (details supplied), if he will contact the person directly and outline the steps that...
- HSE Reports
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a report published by the HSE into the allegations that children had been damaged in the public orthodontic service; the cost of this report...
- Bullying in the Workplace
183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 23 May 2017 (details supplied), the dates to date on which the HSE or his Department corresponded with or met the...
- Hospitals Data
184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultra sonographers operating in maternity hospitals by community hospital organisation and by individual maternity hospital in tabular form; and...
- Hospitals Funding
192. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given for €500,000 required to enable the cardiology department at university hospital Limerick to address the waiting list of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31692/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a memory clinic in the western region in view of the fact that there is only one memory clinic in the west and north west regions in which...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31698/17]
- Home Care Packages Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31702/17]
- Public Health Policy
198. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health authorities here are in disagreement with their counterparts in Northern Ireland, the UK and in several other EU countries regarding the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans being considered by him regarding the accident and emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a...
- HSE Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-stay residents in Abbeyleix community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31720/17]
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
204. To ask the Minister for Health the community supports for persons with dementia here; his plans to expand the support levels for persons with dementia; his further plans to meet dementia...
- Medicinal Products
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider proposed changes to the packaging of medication by chemists for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Contracts
206. To ask the Minister for Health if routine blood tests are covered under the general medical service contract. [31740/17]
- Health Services Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an equal distribution of funding throughout a community health area (details supplied) in respect of the provision of health services; and if...
- Legislative Measures
209. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns outlined by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if he...
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the national dementia strategy. [31784/17]
- HSE Staff Recruitment
212. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of child psychologist within the primary care psychology services in the Wexford Waterford LHO will be filled; and if he will make a statement on...
- Home Help Service Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of directly employed home help staff employed by the HSE in County Offaly in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Data
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area in tabular form. [31808/17]
- Health Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to reverse a decision (details supplied) which impacts breast cancer survivors by reducing the supports provided through...
- Home Help Service
219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help staff employed by the HSE in County Laois and their entitlement to overtime payments after 39 hours of work per week; and if...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 22 June 2017, if he will define the phrase "carbon neutral" in respect of agriculture;...
- Organic Farming Scheme Payments
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31739/17]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Salmon Management Report
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a review of river management at the river Slaney near Clohamon, Bunclody, Enniscorthy, County...
- Inland Fisheries
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the removal of grids at the tail race situated on the River Slaney at Clohamon, Bunclody,...
- Departmental Expenditure
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on outside contract and or third party public relations communications for the...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on external consultancy contracts for the purposes of reviewing a company's (detail...
- Waste Disposal Charges
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process by which his Department determined that a €75 waiver would be paid to persons with long-term...
- Public Service Obligation Levy Application
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make changes to the PSO levy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31647/17]
- Offshore Exploration
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 27 June 2017, if his Department carried out economic projections on the...
- Waste Disposal Charges
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address the concerns that the latest change in bin charges will see incidents of illegal dumping increase in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety Data
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cyclists that have been injured due to an adverse interaction with the Luas cross city works in each of the years since the...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department classifies and records US troops passing through Shannon Airport. [31582/17]
- Sports Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spending criteria that is set out to national governing bodies of sport and local sports partnerships when they are given funding...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for a decision on the approval of the 2017 sports capital programme applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the take up of the access and inclusion model in the 2016-17 school year; if an assessment has been undertaken on the scheme; if further...
- Child Care Legislation
244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the regulatory system put in place for child minding facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31596/17]
- Disabilities Data
245. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children with a disability that have been granted support through the access and inclusion model for access to early...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance
246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive credited contributions for 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the case of a person (detail supplied) who has had a carer's allowance withdrawn. [31637/17]
- JobPath Implementation
248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31644/17]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused an exceptional needs payment to purchase special equipment for a child...
- Living Alone Allowance
250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine an application for a living alone allowance by a person (details supplied); and if the rent supplement being paid is the...
- Community Services Programme
251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an bhfuil sé i gceist aici glacadh le hiarratais nua do thograí a bheadh ag iarraidh a bheith páirteach sa Chlár um...
- Disability Allowance Applications
252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability review for a person (details supplied). [31707/17]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce guidelines for the construction and placement of telecommunication masts; and his further...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the options available to a person who works in a local authority that is close to 65 years of age but does not wish...
- House Prices
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he may be in the position to address the issue of dramatically increasing house prices by one or...
- Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframe under which he plans to define the extended city boundary of Cork; the timeframe to set the terms of...
- Housing Policy
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for an audit of vacant commercial properties specifically shops, by county, as was carried out when...
- Regeneration Projects Funding
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the decision to reduce the Ballymun social regeneration fund in view of recent increased...
- Departmental Bodies Data
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times the working group established to review the 2005 sustainable rural housing guidelines for...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the review of the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme 2016 is now complete; his plans to introduce changes to...
- Rent Pressure Zones
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Portlaoise area should be included in the rent pressure zones; the position regarding same;...
- Local Authority Housing Data
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of second hand houses and dwellings purchased by all local authorities in each of the years 2011 to 2016...
- Homeless Persons Data
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons being housed in hotel rooms in each of the years 2013 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; and...
- Water Charges Refunds
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when water charges refunds will be paid to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31730/17]
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 29 November 2016, if the comprehensive legal advice referred to has...
- Department of Defence
- Military Honours
267. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Government of the time or a subsequent Government honoured three persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sexual Offences Data
268. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of allegations of sexual abuse reported by serving members of the Defence Forces in each of the years 1990 to 2016, and to date in...
- Defence Forces Properties
269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason or fault for which a building (details supplied) was condemned and ordered out of bounds to all personnel; the date on which the...
- Defence Forces Veterans Associations Funding
270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department supports the work of an organisation (details supplied) which protects the welfare of ex-servicemen and women;...
- Defence Forces Veterans
271. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the growing levels of homelessness among ex-servicemen and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31806/17]
