Written answers

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of legal advisers that are employed by the Defence Forces; the cost of training such legal advisers; if the said personnel are...
    • Naval Service Operations
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for continued support for migrants in the Mediterranean area by the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25500/17]
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to implement the recommendations of the motion taken on 28 June 2017 and agreed by Dáil Éireann regarding the drug lariam....
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding recruitment to the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32093/17]
    • Defence Forces Courts-Martial
      42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military trials that were held within the past two years; the number of these trials that were subject to judicial review and or...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recognise the representative bodies for Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/17]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the current pay proposals for the public sector will deal with endemic low pay in the Defence Forces; if he will be seeking special...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding recruitment to the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32092/17]
    • Military Medals
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider awarding the 1916 medal to members of two organisations (details supplied). [32182/17]
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on concerns regarding the ongoing use of lariam as an anti-malarial medication for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the decision to end the supplementary pension paid to military personnel commissioned after 2013 that was in place to bridge the...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will engage with voluntary housing bodies such as an organisation (details supplied) to explore the potential of renovating existing...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has instructed the military authorities to cease issuing lariam to soldiers as per the Dáil Éireann's instructions on 28 June...
    • White Paper on Defence
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of measures contained in the White Paper on Defence regarding a proposal for a new employment support scheme with the direct...
    • Brexit Issues
      56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the preparations of his Department and the Defence Forces for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32509/17]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce legislation to ensure employers allow members of the Reserve Defence Forces time off for training in view of the important...
    • Curragh Plains Representative Forum
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures his Department has put in place to safeguard the unique heritage of the Curragh plains or is in the process of putting in place; and...
    • Air Corps Strength
      60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps has sufficient personnel, equipment and training to meet all emergencies as required, on land or sea, including...
    • Defence Forces Courts-Martial
      61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Judge Advocate General has made a report on military trials over the past two years; if so, if it will be made public; and if he will make...
    • Industrial Relations
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces access to the industrial relations mechanisms of the State will be changed in tandem with changes to the rights of An Garda...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which optimum strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continues to be achieved; the extent of recruitment likely or...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contact or assistance planned by his Department to the July fuchsia appeal operated by an organisation (details supplied) to address...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the three fundamental findings of the recent focus group climate survey on the Defence Forces concerning pay, retention and...
    • Military Medals
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider resolving the legacy issue of Naval Service veterans of the LÉ Cliona in view of the proposed changes in legislation to...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if psychological or neurological damage as a result of being prescribed lariam mefloquine while serving in the Defence Forces is an accepted...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Minimum Wage
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on a wage at or below the minimum wage by gender and age; and the percentage this represents of the overall workforce. [32531/17]
    • State Visits
      73. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Justin Trudeau. [32099/17]
    • Unemployment Data
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment blackspots nationwide according to the latest unemployment data in the Census 2016 Summary Results - Part 2, by county, in tabular form. [32012/17]
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      75. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department. [32569/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography, advertising, communications...
    • Brexit Staff
      77. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department's integrated division currently leading Ireland's response to Brexit is to be moved to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and if so, the...
    • Office of the Attorney General
      78. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department has in relation to the allocation and management of the budget for the Attorney General's office; and if there is much interaction during the year...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      79. To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisers he will be employing in his Department; and the roles and responsibilities they will have. [32807/17]
    • Government Information Service
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the number of non-civil servants employed in the Government Information Services; and the roles that they have. [32808/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [32809/17]
    • Departmental Offices
      83. To ask the Taoiseach if refurbishment took place in his Department in the past five years. [32811/17]
    • Northern Ireland
      84. To ask the Taoiseach when he last visited Northern Ireland. [32812/17]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of inquiries under the remit of his Department. [32814/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Commencement of Legislation
      88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sections of the Constructions Contracts Act 2013 that still remain to be commenced; the timeframe for completion of the said...
    • EU Directives
      89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined the decision by the European Parliament to vote in favour of a directive to require companies to require big...
    • IDA Site Visits
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to County Laois for each of the past three years; the number of visits to date in 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Jobs Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost and created in the mid-west region as covered by Shannon Development in each of the years 2004 to 2016, in...
    • Regional Development Funding
      92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding will be provided for a centre (details supplied) in order to minimise the effect it may have on current and prospective...
    • Departmental Funding
      93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of grants available for a person who wants to buy a derelict business and refurbish same in order to provide a retail...
    • IDA Sites
      94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will request IDA Ireland to carry out works at its site at Langford Downs, Killorglin, County Kerry to top trees which are...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
      95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department has taken to address the issue of tax vetting procedures in relation to the issuing of training...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied); and her plans for the Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016. [32313/17]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current regulatory framework for receivers appointed by banks; her plans to introduce changes in this area; the oversight in place...
    • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
      98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 29 June 2017, the source data that her answer was based on; the version of the CETA trade...
    • Trade Agreements
      104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are sanitary and phytosanitary measures here that her Department estimates could be seen as being used for the purpose of...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff recruited since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis...
    • International Conventions
      106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the engagement by her Department with the International Labour Organisation in relation to the Convention 182, the Convention...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has spoken to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, since news emerged that insurance companies, brokers...
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department;...
    • Science Foundation Ireland Expenditure
      109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of payments made by Science Foundation Ireland in each of the years 2006 to 2015. [32572/17]
    • Departmental Contracts
      112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the decision to end her Department's contract with a group (details supplied); the number of jobs created by...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in IDA Ireland who are employed in specifically addressing the consequences of Brexit; and the vacancies that...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Departmental Consultations
      115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the public consultation on the resale of tickets for entertainment and sporting events. [32721/17]
    • Job Creation
      116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated timeframe and completion date for the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative. [32722/17]
    • Employment Rights
      117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department is putting in place to stop the practice of agencies operating in the construction sector using bogus self...
  • Department of Finance
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 29 June 2017, the tax reliefs not included in that reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32137/17]
    • Tax Rebates
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the VRT rebate for electric, electric hybrid and plug in hybrid cars in each of the years from 2018 to 2022. [32186/17]
    • Living City Initiative
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the living city initiative to all provincial towns to incentivise persons to move back into town centres to help revitalise towns; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by ten percentage points and by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sites and units NAMA has sold to a charity (details supplied) in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the costs associated...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount the tax take would increase by in 2018 by hiring 125 qualified Revenue Commissioners staff to tackle black market activity and tax...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Central Bank have changed policy on the use of the split mortgage restructuring method for mortgages in arrears in view of the recent High Court...
    • Tax Credits
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the qualifying rules for the fishers tax credit and the seafarers allowance in order that fishermen whose journey begins or ends within the...
    • Tax Code
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a person with a PRSA contract when drawing down the maximum amount of a tax-free lump sum and-or purchasing an annuity either before the...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a national information campaign to inform persons on the way in which to claim tax back on medical and dental expenses, in view of the fact that...
    • Fiscal Policy
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a rainy day fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32161/17]
    • Tax Code
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or a body under its aegis has explored the prospect of applying local property tax to development sites with or without a building or...
    • Tax Credits
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the self-employed tax credit in circumstances (details supplied). [32223/17]
    • Tax Code
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the 2018 and full year cost or yield of all additional taxation measures announced as part of budget 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Property Tax Assessments
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the freeze of local property tax valuations past 2019; his plans to implement further recommendations of the Thornhill report; and the way...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken with the Revenue Commissioners to investigate the use of section 110 tax relief by firms since the introduction of the...
    • Tax Code
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations his Department made in advance of the national economic dialogue regarding the fiscal space for USC and income tax reductions; and if he will...
    • Living City Initiative
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the living city initiative to cover entire structures rather than just historic segments of a structure; to cover all pre-1963...
    • Tax Credits
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of introducing a new affordable housing tax incentive for private housing developers whereby developers could claim back 100% VAT relief on...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on tax relief for unmarried fathers based on maintenance support payments made to their children's mother; and his further views on whether it is...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32432/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the expenditure benchmark and expenditure ceilings for 2018 and each subsequent year arising from an increase in local government borrowing of...
    • Stamp Duty
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 20 June 2017, if he will address the anomaly that has arisen whereby a number of persons sharing accommodation in...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on the 2018 fiscal space of abolishing the help to buy scheme. [32543/17]
    • Tax Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from ending the capital gains tax exemption from the sale of property held within REITs. [32544/17]
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce new measures to deal with the smuggling of illicit fuel and tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32570/17]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the process in place to prevent a monopoly by one or two Irish banks in the retail banking sector. [32584/17]
    • Banking Sector Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of annual turnover nationally transacted by a bank (details supplied). [32585/17]
    • Official Engagements
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet the US Treasury Secretary, Mr. Steven Mnuchin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32593/17]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place under the help to buy scheme when the awarding contractor has been given money or grants on behalf of the applicant in order that the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography, advertising,...
    • Tax Code
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a soft drinks industry levy; if the funds raised will be ring-fenced to fund childhood anti-obesity measures; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the likely publication date for the legislation required to give effect to EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments MiFID II into law, in...
    • Pension Provisions
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding trivial pensions in which the amount invested is less than €20,000; if these can be cashed in; the rules in circumstances in...
    • Sale of State Assets
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent sale of over 25% of the State's equity in a bank (details supplied), the estimated costs involved; and the costs by the individual...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pay
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the pro rata increases given to all public servants in April 2017 will be given to those who retired after March 2012; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department has taken to identify the hidden fiscal space to source savings across Departments; the targeted savings each...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department has implemented to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market; the steps that have been taken...
    • Garda Stations
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for works on a Garda station (details supplied); the timeframe for planning and construction; when this project is likely...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made to abolish the mandatory retirement ages for civil servants and others who wish on a voluntary basis to...
    • Public Sector Staff Expenses
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current system of travel allowances paid to public servants for travel in the...
    • Vacant Sites
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason during a housing crisis, sites (details supplied) owned by the OPW are on the Dublin City Council register of vacant sites;...
    • Heritage Sites
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade the site of Athcarne Castle (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the site is...
    • Pension Provisions
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which the spouses and children's pension scheme contribution needs to be repaid in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Heritage Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans by the OPW to carry out conservation or restoration works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Budget 2017
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the 2018 and estimated full year cost of all additional expenditure commitments announced as part of budget 2017, in tabular form; and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an annual timeframe on the way in which pay restoration for the pubic sector will apply; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32356/17]
    • Road Network
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to close the main road through the Phoenix Park as has occurred in previous years during the summer period; the rationale...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No.188 of 17 May 2017, the considerations being given to retired public sector employees in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017;...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff full time equivalents employed by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in each of the years 2008 to...
    • Garda Stations
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 27 June 2017, if the building will be retained for use by the local community; if the...
    • Living Wage
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 31 May 2017, the timeframe in relation to refurbishment works; when the design team will be...
    • Fiscal Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount accounted for by demographic pressures in precommitted spending and in carryover by Department and budget line for 2018...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of units at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33059/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the new facility for a school (details supplied) as a priority; the starting date for this project; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Grievance Procedures
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's role in disputes between parents and the boards of management in schools; his plans to provide mediation supports in view of the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) regarding the allocation of special needs rooms; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the exceptional demand for places at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; his plans to expand the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students enrolled in third level courses that are dependent on their parents for financial support may only have income earned during...
    • Irish Language
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department carried out a cost study on the establishment of a support centre for Irish language medium education; if so, the results of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the details of expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017;...
    • Youthreach Programme Staff
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of A and B posts of responsibility that are held by regional co-ordinators and co-ordinators and resource persons in Youthreach...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32209/17]
    • Education and Training Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for the local training initiative programme in respect of a centre (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been changes in the criteria for accessing a scribe for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation Provision
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension and development of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise location of the new secondary school for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area under the patronage of an organisation (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the progress to date with the proposal;...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Higher Education Courses Applications
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the higher education access route; if this can still be accessed for the 2017/2018 college year; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a permanent school for a national school (details supplied); if this development will be fast tracked; the interim facilities...
    • School Patronage
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultations his Department has carried out with stakeholders regarding the updating of the reconfiguration plan to transfer patronage of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with the Unite trade union regarding the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill and the...
    • Education and Training Boards Remit
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses on a regional basis across two or more education and training boards, ETBs; his views...
    • School Curriculum
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will commit to funding a social network platform for children in primary schools (details supplied); if his attention has been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full SUSI grant will be approved for a person (details supplied). [32464/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special needs assistant allocations will be made to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32538/17]
    • Living Wage
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography,...
    • School Equipment
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to schools here in which pupils were requested to buy tablet devices (details supplied) for their studies. [32700/17]
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to lift the embargo of staff recruitment for City of Dublin Education and Training Board training centres allowing them to function...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to contact south Dublin county council in relation to his Department seeking to purchase a site as a site for a permanent school for a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the ethos condition in the post-primary school transport scheme that refers only to minority religious faiths, constitutes...
    • Institutes of Technology
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the agreement made between the Dublin Institute of Technology or DIT Foundation and the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Dublin...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the announcement on 5 July 2017 of an additional more than 690 SNAs, the number allocated to counties Cavan and Monaghan; the schools...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI will not accept documentation from the Department of Social Protection proving independence for a person (details supplied) who...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken by his Department to increase the number of ASD places available in primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for a new school (details supplied); when construction is expected to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33037/17]
    • Site Acquisitions
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); and if a site has been acquired for the school. [33043/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location and numbers in each autism spectrum disorder units in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications under section 29 of the Education Acts to allow for pupils to be enrolled in a school that have been made in respect...
    • School Accommodation
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not approved for a full toilet block. [33076/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of the school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Institutions Governance
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 5 July 2017, if he will provide a copy of the information provided by UCC to his Department and the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the new national school in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33096/17]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Enlargement
      255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the status of Turkey's accession talks to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32296/17]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in South Sudan; the efforts being made by the Government and the EU to help bring an end to the conflict;...
    • EU Agreements
      257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the EU-Libya migration agreement; the efforts being made to safeguard refugees returned to Libya; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32299/17]
    • International Agreements
      259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he first heard the announcement by the British Government changing access to fishing in British waters for the first time since the...
    • Consular Services Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received correspondence regarding genuine health concerns of a person (details supplied); if he or his officials or the ambassador...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed in, or in agencies funded by, his Department;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Northern Ireland
      263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised or plans to raise the case of a person (details supplied) with his UK counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights Cases
      264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was arrested by the Bahraini security forces without a warrant...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Cabinet committee that covers overseas development aid. [32467/17]
    • Immigration Data
      266. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the increased number of immigrants from Libya and African countries via Italy; and the increased challenges this is...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Local Authority Members
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide for maternity and paternity leave for local authority councillors. [32172/17]
    • Commercial Rates
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or a body under its aegis has explored the prospect of applying commercial rates to development sites with or...
    • Mental Health Commission
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be fully commenced; his plans to implement it in various stages; and...
    • Disability Services Data
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made in the implementation of the comprehensive employment strategy; the funding that is required...
    • Garda Operations
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda closed circuit television points in each Garda division in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Garda Strength
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each county and each Garda district; and the Garda per capita figure for each county and for each...
    • Garda Districts
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of gardaí stationed in each district section in County Louth in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to...
    • Registration Certificate
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of type 2 and 2A visas issued by the Roscommon and Longford Garda division in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to...
    • Drugs Seizures
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful drug seizures that have been carried out in the Dublin metropolitan west area in each of the years...
    • Garda Operations
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs and organised crime bureau in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Garda Deployment
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the dedicated drugs unit in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Courts Service
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the ownership of a building (details supplied). [32165/17]
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints lodged with An Garda Síochána regarding tweets in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date...
    • Prison Service
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place for dealing with family visits of life sentence prisoners with reference to the account taken of the...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are grievance procedures and protocols in place for families to raise matters regarding family visits which are so...
    • Peace Commissioners Appointments
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the persons that have been appointed as peace commissioners since 2011; the age of the appointees; the grounds upon which they...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in...
    • Prison Inspections
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if inspection reports on individual prisons have been submitted to him by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons and are...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by prisoners to the Irish Prison Service in 2016, by category of complaint per prison. [32273/17]
    • Prison Accommodation
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of remand prisoners that are mixed with sentenced prisoners across the prison estate; and the prisons in which this...
    • Prisoner Health
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of beds allocated to the Irish Prison Service in the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum; the number of beds that...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the therapeutic services and treatment programmes that are available for prisoners with addiction issues; the waiting lists for...
    • Prisoner Discipline
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded incidents in which control and restraint techniques were used by the Irish Prison Service in 2016; and...
    • Prison Service Staff
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fully designated integrated sentenced management officers per prison across the prison service; and the average...
    • Educational Services for Prisoners
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours and days per week that schools are currently open per prison; the number of prisoners attending school in...
    • Prisoner Data
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family visits requested in 2016; and the number of such visits refused in 2016. [32286/17]
    • Prison Visiting Regulations
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Prison Service facilitates evening and weekend visits to take into account the needs of children and families of...
    • Prisoner Privacy
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been prosecutions of prison staff since 2012 for breaching the privacy of prisoners. [32289/17]
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of independent living skills units currently available across the prison estate. [32291/17]
    • Prisoner Data
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners across the closed prison estate that have access to communal dining. [32292/17]
    • Refugee Data
      306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments the Government has made in terms of accepting refugees and unaccompanied minors here; the number of persons to...
    • Human Trafficking
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons identified as having being illegally trafficked into the State in the past five years; the numbers of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason capital expenditure was €19 million behind profile at the end of June 2017; and the projects which have not...
    • Mobile Telephony Use
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that no Member of the current Houses of the Oireachtas has had their phone calls or other forms of personal...
    • Garda Deployment
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointed detectives in each Garda division, in tabular form. [32526/17]
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Garda Recruitment
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2018 of recruiting an additional 1,000 gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32591/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Data
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff in the Garda Síochána as of 30 June 2017 or the latest date available; and the figure...
    • Garda Deployment
      318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers in Rathfarnham Garda station and Tallaght Garda station in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and maximum waiting times for the issuing of licenses with regard to large public service vehicles by the Carriage...
    • Departmental Properties
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, during a housing crisis, a site (details supplied) of which he is the registered owner is on the Dublin City...
    • Money Laundering
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the publication of the legislation required to give effect to the fourth anti-money laundering directive;...
    • Visa Applications
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an appropriate visa for travel to Ireland will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to date in...
    • Garda Deployment
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in Cork city as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the...
    • Garda Investigations
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of...
    • Firearms Licences
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who, between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2017, applied to his Department to become registered firearms...
    • Garda College
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the €15,964 in interest from accumulated EU funded projects has been repaid to CEPOL and the Exchequer in the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tenders for building construction of more than €250,000 issued to construction companies over each of...
    • Residency Permits
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a final decision for residency can be expected in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to establishing an ombudsman to determine and mediate grievance complaints made by members of...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding improvement works to be carried out at a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Criminal Law
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce hate crime legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33070/17]
    • Garda Data
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 55 of 9 March 2017 and 135 of 30 May 2017, when a reply will issue for same; and if he...
    • Garda Strength
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each division in County Cork in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Crime Prevention
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide a grant scheme for rural households and businesses to install security camera systems in view of the spate...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Landscape Strategy
      339. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the national guidelines will be available to local authorities in respect of the renewal energy landscape character assessments;...
    • Heritage Centres Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports and resources available for a docklands heritage centre; if her officials are examining and progressing such a proposal;...
    • CLÁR Programme
      342. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the CLÁR programme will open again for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32148/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      343. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the unallocated expenditure within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in...
    • CLÁR Programme
      344. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2017 CLÁR funding announced recently will be allocated to Sligo and Leitrim county councils; and if she will make a...
    • Waterways Ireland Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed in Waterways Ireland; and if he will provide a breakdown of its current and capital expenditure for...
    • Rural Development Plan
      346. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has established a co-ordinating unit to work with communities to develop co-operative structures as promised in the...
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      347. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the introduction of an indemnity scheme in the event of injury to recreational walkers on private land as...
    • Living Wage
      348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      349. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Wildlife Control
      350. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action which can be taken in respect of crows in locations in which they have become a serious and unusual nuisance to human...
    • Commemorative Events
      351. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will provide funding for a commemoration event (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Monuments
      352. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recommendations of the report of a group (details supplied). [32998/17]
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to deal with issues related to children with autism in other areas in view of an announced action (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will temporarily reinstate a medical card for a person (details supplied). [32579/17]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which rent is calculated for a person living in State care at a location (details supplied) and on disability allowance of €188; and if he...
    • Health Services Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra funding to a day care centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32617/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if a condition (details supplied) is covered under the long term illness scheme or another scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32067/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      359. 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. [32068/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory right to care in the home for elderly or infirm persons that wish to avail of home care packages in circumstances in which...
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which are being taken to identify and secure an appropriate long stay placement for a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital [32074/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      363. 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. [32075/17]
    • HSE Reports
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if the two cases referred to in his 2016 annual review of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 resulted in early deliveries; and if those two cases...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      367. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare whose operation was cancelled on 26 June 2016 will receive confirmation of a new date; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation lab for University Hospital Waterford. [32119/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32124/17]
    • National Maternity Strategy
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €3 million allocated to maternity services in 2016 to allow for the implementation of the national maternity strategy was spent...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation in relation to the approximately 240 public health nurses on the transfer panel since its establishment in 2014 (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      373. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [32145/17]
    • Health Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the health centre in Finea, County Westmeath (details supplied). [32149/17]
    • Disability Services Funding
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for additional seven day residential care for a service (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      377. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [32175/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the supports or grants available to help persons to get motorised wheelchairs; the date on which these supports were ended; and the rationale behind this...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will facilitate treatment of a person (details supplied) in a UK hospital and recoup the costs from its health insurer that has already agreed to...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drugs Respreeza and Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32208/17]
    • Home Help Service Appeals
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if a home help service can be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Cork and the issues which arose resolved. [32212/17]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available in terms of respite care, home help, speech and language therapy, medical care and toilet training for a person (details supplied);...
    • Medical Card Applications
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding a discretionary medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop primary care facilities in Cahir, County Tipperary; the amount of funding needed to bring the project to completion; if such funding has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will...
    • Medical Goods Regulation
      386. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of the application of the free style libre to be added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32230/17]
    • Hospital Services
      387. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the national review of primary percutaneous coronary intervention and percutaneous coronary intervention services being...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available capital funding for works (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32232/17]
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE to make a concession for free parking for persons attending hospitals for ongoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32242/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the waiting times for each hospital department in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Cappagh National...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a hearing aid and was informed that he or she would be called for same...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      394. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to commence the consultation process on a national biosimilars policy, which he indicated he would commence in March 2017; the reason for...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      395. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the unallocated spend within mental health for 2017; expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 that are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/17]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      397. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical assessment of a site (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32314/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32315/17]
    • Organ Donation
      399. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding changes to organ transplant legislation to allow for an opt-out system instead of the existing system; and if he will make a...
    • Palliative Care Services
      400. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps he has taken to ensure appropriate care pathways are in place to improve cancer services and invest in end-of-life care, including the...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will proceed on the new hospice unit at St Theresa's Hospital; the efforts are being made to bring into operation further hospices, the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      402. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the reason health capital expenditure was €36 million behind profile at the end of June 2017; and the projects that have not...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of children and adolescents waiting for mental health services in County Tipperary; the waiting times for services in County Tipperary;...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the lack of respite care provision for both persons with disabilities that are under and over 18 years of age; if he has discussed this...
    • Disability Support Services
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence or met groups from the disability sector regarding their inability to pay the recent increases from public sector pay deal to...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for a new health centre in Moate, County Westmeath; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32341/17]
    • HSE Properties
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if the non-payment of a subcontractor by a contractor that was awarded a contract by the HSE can be investigated (details supplied); if the HSE was satisfied...
    • Mental Health Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1310 of 20 June 2017 to outline the reason for the delay in bringing the memo to Government relating to the proposal that...
    • Health Services Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1078 of 20 June 2017 if he will direct the relevant national clinical programme office to assess the practices at a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      411. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to address concerns that are emerging regarding the incurring of additional social charges for nursing home residents; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Procedures
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place for the way in which hospitals deal with the belongings and possessions of those who pass away in hospital; if so, the...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      413. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of mental health nurse vacancies in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32409/17]
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a request by an organisation (details supplied) for an increased allocation of €40 million in budget 2018 to provide additional...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is being transitioned to adult services will receive a minimum of six days respite care a month, as recommended by treating...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment in Our Lady's Children's hospital, Crumlin; the waiting times; the number of children waiting more than...
    • Health Services Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the employment of additional resources in south Tipperary therapy services to meet the need for assessment of need and to...
    • Obesity Strategy
      418. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 191 of 21 June 2017, when exactly the national reformulation technical working group to agree targets for reducing fat,...
    • Health Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health when diagnostic services will be extended to a medical centre (details supplied) to help alleviate pressures on South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 organisations will be funded by his Department or the HSE relative to pay restoration and increments due to some staff; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [32462/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recognise the EU rights of a person (details supplied) under regulation (EC) 883/04 relative to their current application for a medical card; if a...
    • National Children's Hospital
      427. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 20 June 2017, the details of the referenced 25 UK hospitals, 200 US hospitals and those hospitals in the Middle...
    • National Maternity Strategy
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for planning permission for the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32495/17]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to develop a new master plan for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/17]
    • Ambulance Service
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE received a report (details supplied) into the structure of ambulance services; and when it will be published. [32525/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in the north west region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32530/17]
    • Mental Health Commission Reports
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if training has been provided to staff of financial institutions that are dealing with customers in arrears in line with the Mental Health Commission's 2011...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional resources to improve ambulance services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32537/17]
    • Living Wage Implementation
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce Government levies for private health premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32577/17]
    • Health Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for a member of staff of a State institution (details supplied) to accompany a resident to a medical appointment; if it is permissible for...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the annual and operational cost in relation to the hospital inpatient inquiry system and its operation by the Economic and Social Research Institute up to the...
    • Occupational Therapy
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [32602/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 11 April 2017, if a person (details supplied) is on the occupational therapy priority waiting list; the way in...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of independent advocacy services to support vulnerable persons in view of the enactment of the Assisted Decision Making...
    • Hospital Procedures
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urologists employed by the HSE; the location of each; the average wait times for urologist appointments in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [32616/17]
    • Health Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the advocacy services that are available to a person resident in a State institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32618/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award funding for a day care centre place to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32621/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      449. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      450. 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. [32641/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from a group (details supplied) seeking a meeting; his plans to meet the group in order to discuss the matters raised; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography, advertising,...
    • Health Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32664/17]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the implementation progress on each of the 15 recommendations included within the 2012 report on the review of drugs task forces and the national structures...
    • Health Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox and rehabilitation beds available; his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Health Service Executive report on...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in relation to the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; the steps he will take to tackle the continuing operation...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service in County Kildare has a full complement of staff and no shifts are lost due to staffing issues. [32698/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress towards the roll-out of free general practitioners care for those between the ages of six and 11; if he is still committed to this...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that received the meningococcal B vaccine for free in 2016 and to date in 2017 respectively; the cost to the State; and if he will make...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been built or opened each year since 2011; the locations of each; the capital and current expenditure associated...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for primary care centres; the areas in the country that have and have not primary care centres, respectively; the centres planned for opening in...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the prescription charge to €1 with a monthly cap of €10; his future plans for this charge and the cap; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the funding required to address every case in which a need for a home care package has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32712/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully staffing early intervention teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32713/17]
    • Medicinal Products Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new drugs approved for use here in 2016 and to date 2017 respectively; the number of these that qualify as high tech drugs; the detail of the...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on drugs by the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017; the savings which have been made in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the treatment abroad scheme in 2016 and to date 2017; the projected full-year cost; the number of persons treated; the age breakdown of those...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed refurbishment of Youghal community hospital under the residential care centres capital plan 2016 to 2021; and the amount of the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of Midleton community hospital and long-stay unit under the residential care centres capital plan 2016 to 2021; and the...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be given a bed in a nursing home which would allow them to be discharged from St. James's Hospital. [32729/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32730/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an assessment of needs for such a long period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32731/17]
    • Nursing Staff
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if a person admitted to the part of the role for general nurse maintained by the General Nursing Council for England and Wales is eligible to work as a nursing...
    • HSE Properties
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a site (details supplied) owned by the HSE is on the Dublin City Council register of vacant sites during a housing crisis; his plans for the site;...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32748/17]
    • Medical Card Administration
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with medical cards that have received refunds after originally being wrongly charged for blood tests by their general practitioners in...
    • Health Strategies
      483. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1492 of 20 June 2017, the status of the performance of the national clinical programme for acute coronary syndrome in...
    • Stroke Care
      490. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1512 and 1531 of 20 June 2017, his plans for the provision for data analysis or data quality control which may impact...
    • Health Strategies
      491. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1534 of 20 June 2017, if there are plans to conduct audits of cardiovascular networks aside from stroke; the reason there...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for treatment under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to a residential service (details supplied) in County Kerry for persons with disabilities. [32777/17]
    • Care Services Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which has been allocated to upgrade and extend the day care centre at Drogheda Street, Monasterevin; and the timescale for the work to be carried...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      497. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for capital investment to renovate and extend Abbeyleix hospital; and the likely timeframe to this action. [32780/17]
    • HSE Properties
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential properties owned by the HSE in County Laois; and the number of those that are vacant. [32781/17]
    • Maternity Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to adhere to the baby friendly health initiative. [32786/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a definitive date for surgery; the reason they have not received a date for surgery in view of the...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the agreed allocation of the €15 million in development funding for mental health in 2017; the additional or new services being provided...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      509. To ask the Minister for Health when the recently approved assistant psychologist posts, 114 in total for primary care teams across Ireland, will be advertised by the HSE; the date for this...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health development budget for 2016 spend by CHO area and type of service, that is child and adolescent, general adult and old age psychiatry;...
    • Mental Health Policy
      511. To ask the Minister for Health when the external evidence and expert review which was commissioned to a company (details supplied) as the first step in determining the parameters of a...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified, registered counsellors employed by the HSE in each CHO area in each of the years from 2015 to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32832/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the first year and full-year cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold from €144 to €130, €120, €110 and €100,...
    • Health Services Staff
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the first and full-year cost of recruiting an additional 100 consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32913/17]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the threatened discontinuation of the youth counselling services being provided by an organisation (details supplied) due to a lack of funding...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32921/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of June 2017 or latest day available for each local...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12...
    • Occupational Therapy
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list; the numbers waiting less than four months, the number waiting...
    • Home Help Service Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area, for each month to date in 2017; if he will provide same for each month and each local...
    • Preschool Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1292 of 20 June 2017, if additional support can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will advise if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the review of the nursing home support scheme, a fair deal, in tabular form. [32961/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of amending the fees charged under the nursing homes support scheme, NHSS, to enable nursing home residents with an assessed...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a date for surgery and is facing severe waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Screening Programmes
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a free breast check and smear test service is not available to women under 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33046/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the treatment of a person (details supplied); the consultant this person has been referred to at the hospital; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a three-day general practitioner service (details supplied) in Rathmore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33061/17]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy in primary care by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33064/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33065/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33066/17]
    • Health Services Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for cognitive behavioural therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33067/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33068/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in each of the three children's hospitals, namely Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght, respectively. [33077/17]
    • Hospital Closures
      542. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the children's facilities at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght as inpatient paediatric hospitals once the new national children's hospital...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications submitted for home care packages in 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of these applications which were approved and refused; and...
    • Medical Card Administration
      544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the backdating of medical cards to the date on which the application was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the extremely long waiting lists in counties Cork and Kerry for cataract operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance respite services in Mullingar. [33097/17]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Expenditure
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the sheep welfare scheme; if there has been underexpenditure on this scheme; and if he has considered a top-up...
    • TAMS Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS 2 payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32109/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) sent to his Department on 12 June 2017 and to which the person has received no...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage that is exported unprocessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32206/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017;...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if special arrangements can be made to accommodate the licensing in 2017 of mussel seed fishermen who have UK-registered boats in...
    • Control of Horses
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs incurred by his Department over the past four years relating to the seizure of animals, specifically horses; and if he will...
    • Farm Safety
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to address the dangers related to slurry pits and tanks on farms; the number of deaths...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid a 2016 organic farming scheme payment; and his views on the fact that...
    • Fishing Industry
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the UK Government raised the issue of the London Fisheries Convention ahead of announcing its intention to leave it; and if he...
    • Crop Losses
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when details of the crop loss compensation scheme will be made available to tillage farmers who had their crop damaged by extremely...
    • Fisheries Protection
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the EU's Common Fisheries Policy objective to restore and maintain populations of harvested species above levels...
    • GLAS Payments
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32324/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the announcement by the British government on accessing British waters as per the 1964 treaty, his views on the potential...
    • GLAS Administration
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a scheme (details supplied) will be open to applicants; the details in relation to this scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Issues
      573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or Bord Iascaigh Mhara completed an analysis on the effects of the fishing trade since the Brexit vote in June...
    • Brexit Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff recruited since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 in all individual State agencies and bodies under his aegis...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment has been issued to a person (details supplied) in relation to their 2015 and 2016 single farm payment. [32458/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be paid their entitlements under the GLAS scheme. [32460/17]
    • Control of Horses
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a system of licensing and regulating the use of horse drawn vehicles that would include an age restriction on...
    • Brexit Issues
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet with the British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in relation to his recent announcement...
    • Milk Prices
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans under consideration at European Union level in relation to the need to provide adequate market supports for the...
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 23 May 2017, the progress to date in relation to a transfer (details supplied) in County...
    • Living Wage Implementation
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his department;...
    • Brexit Issues
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove MP, to discuss the UK's decision to...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Irish landings made within six and 12 nautical miles of the UK’s coastline for each specific fishing stock;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Fur Farming
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that have escaped from fur farms here in the past five years. [32699/17]
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the organic farming scheme will open again for applications for new entrants and for existing producers. [32701/17]
    • GLAS Issues
      588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision can be made on a review of the findings of a 2015 GLAS inspection in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a basic payment scheme application was submitted for 2017 for a folio number (details supplied) in County Donegal; if there are...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if herd lesion testing can be facilitated faster than the current turnaround time of ten weeks; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a TAMS 2 payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/17]
    • State Aid
      592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the existing state aid de minimus rules to provide support to persons up to a maximum amount of at least €15,000 over three...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding relocating his Department's labs; and the projected timeframe for completion [33075/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; when he expects this review to be...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an appeals process for persons that are unhappy with the review of the qualifying areas for the areas of natural...
    • Teagasc Courses
      596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to reduce the waiting times for the Teagasc distance learning green certificate courses; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Industry
      597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategy his Department has to support and promote goat farming; the supports available for goat farming enterprises; his plans...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fishing Licences
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding fishing licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32578/17]
    • Fisheries Protection
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide representation for draught net fishermen on the board of IFI. [32598/17]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details on national sports television arrangement deals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      604. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be no further work carried out on providing broadband to over 542,000 premises during the next 77 weeks...
    • Recycling Policy
      608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost of operating a deposit scheme for drinks bottles and cans. [32184/17]
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost of extending the SEAI electric vehicle grant in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [32185/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated first and full year cost of hiring five, ten and 15 additional administrative officers within his...
    • Better Energy Communities Programme
      612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent on the SEAI better energy communities project in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      614. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national dialogue on climate change. [32192/17]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of plans for a quality broadband service in Derryadd, Kenagh, County Longford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fisheries Protection
      616. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the conservation limits for each wild Atlantic salmon for each river in the south east river basin, as of January 2017;...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations
      618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times since January 2017 Inland Fisheries Ireland has inspected a privately operated tailrace at Clohamon...
    • Fisheries Protection
      619. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the studies which have been carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland into the mortality and survival rates of wild...
    • Waste Management
      622. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if owners or management companies of apartment blocks are required to provide full waste disposal and recycling services...
    • Living Wage Implementation
      627. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure phone and Internet coverage (details supplied) in an area of County Kerry; and if he...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of waste management services providers by county, in tabular form; if each service provider...
    • Waste Management
      630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all households are serviced by more than one waste management service provider. [32628/17]
    • Illegal Dumping
      631. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the clean-up cost of illegal dumping by county, in tabular form. [32629/17]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      639. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      640. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Ireland's progress on commitments made under the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      641. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the charging mechanism waste collectors are allowed to charge households; if waste collectors can now impose pay by...
    • Post Office Network
      642. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans and timeframe to implement the report of the post office hub working group; when he expects An Post to present...
    • State Properties
      645. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps his Department is taking to increase efficiency in public sector buildings; the funding he is dedicating to...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      646. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered applying to the European Fund for Strategic Investment for funding to provide under ground cable;...
    • Departmental Reports
      648. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implementation status of each of the 19 actions identified for immediate action under the mobile phone task force;...
    • Post Office Network
      649. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the future of the An Post network. [32901/17]
    • National Mitigation Plan
      650. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans on having a debate in Dáil Éireann on the national mitigation plan. [32902/17]
    • EU Directives
      653. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plan to control and reduce the amount of packaging by suppliers and manufacturers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      654. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to increase the grant for electric vehicles in each of the band amounts by €1,000, €2,000 and...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      655. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to his Department to apply a waiver scheme for household waste collection to those households in categories...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      656. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a school (details supplied) has not been included in the fibre roll-out plan in view of the fact that the old...
    • National Transfrontier Shipments Office
      663. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the National Trans Frontier Shipments Office investigation regarding a shipment that was part...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government's decision to establish a master licence record for road traffic offences has progressed; and if he will make a...
    • Road Tolls
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated first and full year cost of extending toll waivers to electric and hybrid vehicles. [32188/17]
    • Taxi Licences
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider granting taxi licence holders a new grant towards the cost of purchasing an electric or hybrid vehicles for use in...
    • Bus Services
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the National Transport Authority proposals for bus transport in Dublin and on the additional resources needed to improve the...
    • Traffic Data
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest data with the National Transport Authority and other State agencies of the relative percentage or portion of all journeys...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the further planning which has been carried out by his Department and State agencies under his aegis into the construction of the Dublin...
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the precise criteria applying to applications under the disabled parking permit scheme; and the options open to a person to appeal a...
    • Airport Passenger Data
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the passenger numbers at Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports, respectively, in each of the years 2004 to 2016, in tabular...
    • Road Safety
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the continuous white line outside a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regional Airports
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding requirements for Donegal Airport through each of the various approved schemes by capital funding and current funding,...
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32131/17]
    • Sports Events
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason and the mechanism by which the Athletics Association of Ireland's participation in World and European Championships is...
    • Taxi Regulations
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to introduce a fairer system for taxi drivers that wish to retire and sell their taxi businesses, in view...
    • Road Network
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Transport Infrastructure Ireland service station at the M11 site outside Gorey will open; the cost in terms of building and...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1874 of 20 June 2017, the number of prosecutions for non-compliance that have ensued. [32343/17]
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to extend the Luas to Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32406/17]
    • Public Transport Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the existing public transport services serving James Connolly hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; his plans to...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will organise and facilitate the co-ordination of his Department and the Departments of rural and community affairs, Housing,...
    • Road Safety
      683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to reinstate the continuous white line directly outside of a school (details supplied) between Kells station and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the...
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and...
    • Driver Licences Applications
      686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the delays in processing driving licences by the National Driver Licence Service; the reason there is a 20-week wait time...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      687. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the successful applicants for the sports capital grant 2017 will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32625/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Departmental Funding
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding made available by his Department for the development of cycleways in 2017; the amount of funding that will be allocated to...
    • Tourism Industry
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on remarks made by a person (details supplied) that Dublin is a rip off and that Ireland's image has been tarnished; his plans...
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to upgrade Colbert train station, Limerick further to the refurbishment of the plaza at the station. [32723/17]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      693. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made in respect of an application for the sports capital programme by a club (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Light Rail Projects
      694. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to safeguard the route alignments through Finglas at which there is a real danger that dwellings may be constructed on the...
    • Driver Test
      696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the fee, in instances in which the driver theory test has to be repeated a second or multiple times (details...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on an application for sports capital funding by a group (details supplied). [33033/17]
    • Sports Events
      698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the 2023 Rugby World Cup bid and the need for supporting infrastructure will influence the midterm review of the capital programme;...
    • Tourism Promotion
      699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to promote tourism in the north Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33094/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      700. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress of the M20 motorway from Cork to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33095/17]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      701. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding which has been made available in 2016, available for 2017 and proposed for 2018 in respect of a roads project (details...
    • Railway Stations
      702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve parking at a train station (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33099/17]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Costs
      703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 23 May 2017, the estimated number of children for the targeted scheme between six months and...
    • School Completion Programme
      704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring funding to the school completion programme to 2011 levels. [32198/17]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the €19 million budget that has been committed to the affordable childcare scheme. [32199/17]
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families that are expected to avail of each band of subsidy under the affordable child care measures that is being introduced...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the unallocated spend within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the...
    • Youth Services
      708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; and when she expects the strategy to conclude. [32219/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the areas of responsibility for the management of child mental health issues that fall under the remit of Tusla; the areas that remain...
    • Child Protection
      710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the signs of safety strategy for child protection that Tusla has been preparing to implement; and if she will make a...
    • Care Orders
      711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of emergency care orders under section 13(7) of the Child Care Act 1991 that have been granted in the past five years; and if...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the domestic violence support service in 2017; the spend to date; and the expected final spend by the end of 2017....
    • Living Wage Implementation
      714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      715. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the past five years on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a school (details supplied) has not paid back the deposit to persons after the school removed their children from the school...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Garda vetting being processed by Tusla for a person (details supplied) seeking to foster. [32936/17]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Establishment
      718. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to furnish early years providers with details of the contracts her Department expects them to sign up to for the...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that early child care providers offer the Government's more affordable childcare scheme to parents; and if she will...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      721. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide parents of young children with information and details of the more affordable childcare scheme which is due to...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
      722. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who will benefit in September 2017 from the Government's new more affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • JobPath Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been placed on the JobPath scheme since its inception in July 2015 and to date in 2017; the number of...
    • Maternity Benefit Data
      724. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons waiting for payment of maternity benefit, by county and region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Paternity Benefit
      725. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons waiting for payment of paternity benefit, by county and region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      726. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the current means testing for self-employed persons seeking the State pension (non-contributory) is operating to standards...
    • Disability Support Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding allocated to the reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32079/17]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      728. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to persons who have not attained sufficient contributions towards their contributory pensions; the circumstances under which...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      729. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32120/17]
    • Bereavement Grant
      730. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32123/17]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      731. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring in new measures to tackle social welfare fraud; the nature of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      732. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of two carer's allowance applications submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      733. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [32174/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      734. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the changes to community employment schemes announced by the previous Minister for Social Protection to come into effect; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      735. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and June 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      736. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the Dáil Éireann motion which called for the restructuring of MABS and CIS to be halted and a report...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      739. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1989 of 20 June 2017, when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be processed for a person...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      740. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the unallocated spend within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      742. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing rent supplement by 20% in counties Dublin and Cork. [32331/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      744. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently being assessed for each social welfare payment; the average turnaround time in 2017; the expected date a...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      745. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when extra supports will be made available to the self-employed; if the self-employed will become eligible for the illness benefit in addition to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      748. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32524/17]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      749. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department under the exceptional needs payment in each of the past four years, by county, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Living Wage Expenditure
      751. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will...
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2018 if the fuel allowance was increased by €4 per week and €5 per week respectively; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      753. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the development of independent advocacy services to support vulnerable persons in view of the enactment of the Assisted...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      754. 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. [32623/17]
    • Pension Provisions
      755. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding work of her Department on the future provision of pensions; if she will engage with groups in the public service that are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      756. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department for each of the past five years on photography,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      757. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will schedule an oral hearing for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32720/17]
    • Tax Code
      758. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress which has been made introducing a PRSI scheme for the self-employed and providing a supportive tax regime for entrepreneurs and the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      760. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay of a decision being made on a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      761. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the arrangements in relation to collecting money in respect of alleged overpayments to a person (details supplied) will be re-examined in view of...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      762. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered allowing the fuel allowance to be paid on a lump sum basis as opposed to a weekly basis; the estimated full year...
    • Poverty Data
      763. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of children in consistent poverty and experiencing deprivation; the way in which these figures compare to the European average;...
    • Unemployment Data
      764. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that are long term employed; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Gender Recognition
      769. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine the provisions for those aged under 18 years of age and those aged under 16 years of age in view of the publication of the...
    • Citizen Information Services
      771. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the planned dissolution and replacement of the citizen's information services falls under the first part of the board's prescribed function, as...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      779. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the new amended rules in respect of community employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32955/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      780. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to continue the scheme launched in 2015 which gave persons of 62 years of age and over the opportunity to continue on the community...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      781. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the provision of pensions for persons that are employed as supervisors on community employment schemes for an extended number...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      782. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times from the point of application to a decision being made in respect of each social protection payment. [33062/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      783. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision to be made by the social protection appeals office in respect of each social protection payment. [33063/17]
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      784. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current processing time for maternity benefit applications; the efforts being made to address the delays in processing applications; and if she...
    • Illness Benefit Applications Data
      785. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in respect of illness benefit that have been submitted; the number of those which have been granted; the number which...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure
      786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing HAP by 20% in counties Dublin and Cork. [32333/17]
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated full year cost of positions (details supplied) by pay, employer's PRSI and allowances, in tabular...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      789. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider designating a specific number of new social housing builds specifically as fully wheelchair...
    • Marine Resources
      790. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will expedite an environmental impact study in Bantry Bay before permitting the mechanical extraction of kelp...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy in relation to third party submissions to the Mahon tribunal; if there is a list of all the submissions...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      792. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties that have become available under the repair and leasing scheme for each local authority, in...
    • Local Authority Staff
      793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that all local authority chambers have a clear policy on councillors that choose to...
    • Irish Water Administration
      795. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will review a charge for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will request that Irish...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of a village boundary as set out in a local plan in circumstances in which a village plan has expired...
    • Building Regulations
      797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress with the review and updating of the building standards and building classifications being carried out...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the efforts his Department has made to work with the voluntary housing sector; if he has developed a central...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due...
    • Living City Initiative
      800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to seek planning reforms to incentivise the use of under utilised or vacant areas...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to assist those that have been approved for the housing assistance payment and that cannot...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme
      803. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the ringfenced funding of €10 million in 2016 under the CAS, specifically for the provision of...
    • Fire Safety
      804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has copies of the reports produced following the fire tragedies in the Oldcourt Estate, Bray, County Wicklow...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the homeless families accommodated in the family hubs are recorded on the PASS system; and if they are included...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the allocation for Traveller accommodation in 2017; the amount of funding drawn down from this budget to date; and...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      807. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated from his Department to fund homeless services in 2017; the additional allocation to homeless...
    • Housing Estates
      810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if housing developments that are either fully or partially used as holiday homes are excluded from the taking in...
    • Housing Agency Portfolio
      811. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of the €70 million allocated by his Department in 2017 for the Housing Agency fund to purchase...
    • Local Authority Housing
      812. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of units brought into use via the buy and renew scheme pilot in Louth County Council by unit size; and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of his Department's capital expenditure allocation in 2016 of €534 million and in 2017 of...
    • Departmental Budgets
      814. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the 30% capital advance leasing facility, CALF, payment to approved housing bodies for social housing projects...
    • Departmental Bodies
      815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the membership of the marine protected area expert advisory group will be selected; the...
    • Living Wage
      816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed in, or in agencies...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of his Department's expenditure allocation in 2016 of €401 million and in 2017 of €566...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 4 July 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      819. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount spent by local authorities on outsourcing for each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      820. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the direct employment staffing levels at local authorities in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the income thresholds for social housing and for housing assistance payment, HAP, are calculated in the same...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households availing of support under the RAS scheme in each year since its establishment and to date...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of an application by Meath County Council for 25 housing units in Dunshaughlin, County Meath; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      828. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason behind the changes to section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 made in section 28 of the...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      831. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an anomalous situation in Dublin City Council whereby persons and families who...
    • Housing Policy
      832. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 27 June 2017, if the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, will be a...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      834. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for family hubs in areas of Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Terenure and Tallaght; the number of hubs planned;...
    • Planning Issues
      835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if construction work can be carried out in areas in which planning permission was granted that was subject to an...
    • Library Services Funding
      836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding available for a project (details supplied); the details of funding provided to end of 2016, available in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      837. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds...
    • Protected Disclosures
      838. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Air Corps is proceeding with attempts to medically dismiss a serving Air Corps health and safety whistleblower, whom he met...
    • Living Wage
      839. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed in, or in agencies funded by, his Department; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      840. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography,...
    • Ministerial Transport
      841. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Government has utilised Cork Airport in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 using the ministerial air...
    • Air Corps Strength
      842. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the strength of the Air Corps with particular reference to the ability to rapidly respond to...
    • Emergency Planning
      843. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Air Corps, Army and Naval Service, each in their turn, have the ability to rapidly respond in the event of an...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      846. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotional posts vacant in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/17]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      847. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which modern sophisticated technology is available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps with particular reference to radar and...
    • Defence Forces Training
      849. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which annual training is available to and has been availed of by all members of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in line with...
    • Army Barracks Closures
      852. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which all decommissioned military barracks have been disposed of or are being utilised for whatever purpose; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      853. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women currently serving in the Defence Forces; the numbers who have been promoted over the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service Operations
      854. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Naval personnel here have been involved in rescue missions in the Mediterranean over the past four years; and if he will...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      855. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air and sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      856. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel to whom Malarone was issued between 2 February 2006 and 16 July 2013. [32993/17]
    • Emergency Planning
      857. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken as chair of the government’s task force for emergency planning to offset the threat of terrorism; the number of...

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