Written answers

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Economic Data
      1. To ask the Taoiseach further to Regulation EC No 138/2004 of 5 December 2003, on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community EEA, the EEA figures supplied by Ireland to the EU since...
    • Imports Data
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the value of imports from Britain by standard international trade classification, SITC, revision 4 category in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35552/17]
    • Exports Data
      3. To ask the Taoiseach the value of exports to Britain by SITC revision 4 category in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35553/17]
    • Imports Data
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the value of imports from Northern Ireland by SITC revision 4 category in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35554/17]
    • Exports Data
      5. To ask the Taoiseach the value of exports to Northern Ireland by SITC revision 4 category in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35555/17]
    • Imports Data
      7. To ask the Taoiseach the county destination of goods imported from Britain by SITC revision 4 in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35557/17]
    • Exports Data
      8. To ask the Taoiseach the county origin of goods exported to Northern Ireland by SITC revision 4 in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35558/17]
    • Imports Data
      9. To ask the Taoiseach the county destination of goods imported from Northern Ireland by SITC revision 4 in 2016, in tabular form. [35559/17]
    • Exports Data
      10. To ask the Taoiseach the tonnage of exports to Britain through each port by SITC revision 4 in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35560/17]
    • Imports Data
      11. To ask the Taoiseach the tonnage of imports from Britain through each port by SITC revision 4 in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35561/17]
    • Exports Data
      12. To ask the Taoiseach the tonnage of exports to Britain through each airport by SITC revision 4 in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35581/17]
    • Imports Data
      13. To ask the Taoiseach the tonnage of imports from Britain through each airport by SITC revision 4 for each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35582/17]
    • Imports and Exports Data
      14. To ask the Taoiseach the tonnage of exports to Northern Ireland by rail by SITC revision 4 in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [35584/17]
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      20. To ask the Taoiseach the annual Exchequer funding provided to the Director of Public Prosecutions for 2017 and in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [35711/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      21. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have met church leaders. [34892/17]
    • Unemployment Data
      23. To ask the Taoiseach the rate of unemployment for those not at work due to an illness or a disability; and the way this compares with the European and OECD averages. [34635/17]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      24. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [34986/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      25. To ask the Taoiseach the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath. [34987/17]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      26. To ask the Taoiseach if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department under public procurement...
    • Departmental Funding
      27. To ask the Taoiseach the status of funding for a group (details supplied). [35459/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      28. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount. [35495/17]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      29. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the strategic communications unit will interact with persons and relevant stakeholders. [35528/17]
    • Government Information Service
      31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government press secretary role and the spokesperson role; the difference between the two roles; the roles they both will hold in GIS; and the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      41. To ask the Taoiseach the number of non-civil servants employed in his Department particularly in the area of communication for the Action Plan for Jobs. [35540/17]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      45. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May recently regarding Northern Ireland. [35545/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      48. To ask the Taoiseach the areas in which there is an underspend or in which spending is under profile to date in 2017 in his Department. [35548/17]
    • National Debt
      50. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the national debt on the national balance sheet (details supplied), and the other debts classified within the Government sector for national debt by...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      51. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of immigration reform in the United States with President Trump. [36030/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      52. To ask the Taoiseach for the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure or the group of Votes...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      54. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; and the length of time in each case. [36737/17]
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      56. To ask the Taoiseach for the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017 and the details of same. [36769/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      57. To ask the Taoiseach the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department. [36859/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35016/17]
    • Employment Rights
      59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Bill relating to the application of the working time directive to members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
      60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual Exchequer funding provided to the ODCE for 2017 and in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [35711/17]
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority by county in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date...
    • EU Legislation
      62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for the details of the fines that have been imposed by the EU on the State for the late implementation of EU law that comes under the...
    • EU Directives
      63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for the details of the EU directives not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the...
    • Construction Industry
      64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn the practice of bogus self-employment in the construction industry; the full extent of the practice in...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from her Department and agencies under the aegis of her...
    • Workplace Safety
      67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to serious design flaws in the loading bays at the new Poolbeg incinerator (details supplied), and if...
    • IDA Portfolio
      68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an advanced facility project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35363/17]
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she received the annual report of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by 30 June 2017 as required under section 30 of...
    • IDA Site Visits
      72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the IDA has made to counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath and all other counties in 2017, in tabular form; and if she...
    • IDA Portfolio
      73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for a site (details supplied); the timeframe in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35433/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by her Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if she will...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions her Department has taken, in view of the recent EUROSTAT report, which found that the State was the second most expensive...
    • Departmental Funding
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding to be provided by her Department in 2017 for the community enterprise initiative scheme and the competitive regional fund...
    • Legislative Reviews
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to review the Employment Permits Act, whereby an advertisement relating to the proposed employment has to run in a national...
    • Departmental Funding
      78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from her Department's Vote of...
    • Brexit Issues
      79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional supports that have been put in place to date to assist businesses that are heavily or totally dependent on Northern...
    • Economic Growth Initiatives
      80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the manner in which her Department has collaborated with the IFA and Enterprise Ireland to promote economic growth in south Kildare;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in her Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise...
    • EU State Aid Negotiations
      82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting at which she made the case for the need for a revision of...
    • Workplace Relations Services Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases of bogus self-employment dealt with by Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, labour inspectors over the 2014 to 2016...
    • Company Law
      84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the publication of the Company Law Review Group report on the protection of employees and unsecured creditors, when she will...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding Enterprise Ireland has provided from the high potential start-up funding scheme in 2015, 2016 and to date in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in her Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of protected disclosures received from staff in her Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be changes implemented to the primary medical certificate decision process and criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35190/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the appointment-only service being brought into the Revenue Commissioners office in Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he was consulted on the withdrawal of the seafarers allowance for the workers of a company (details supplied) in 2013; the reason the seafarers allowance...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Exchequer by way of the environmental levy on plastic bags for the past three years to date; if in a situation in which a retailer...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria for qualification for the primary medical certificate; when he plans to have the review of this scheme finalised; and if he...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of proposals by an organisation (details supplied). [36715/17]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the debt which is listed under the National Treasury Management Agency. [35988/17]
    • Tax Rebates
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund for 2016 for a person (details supplied) in County Cork having ceased employment in February. [34917/17]
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the Government levy on car insurance; when it commenced; when it will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34956/17]
    • Electric Vehicles
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make the provision of electric car charging points in work car parks exempt from being treated as a benefit-in-kind for PAYE, PRSI and USC purposes...
    • Drugs Smuggling
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the follow-up searches that were undertaken further to the recent discovery by persons of substantial quantities of drugs off the west coast in late June...
    • EU Directives
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the transposition of EU Directive 2016/97 on insurance distribution; the way in which each of the discretions allowed will be handled; his plans...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter raised in correspondence concerning a loan sale by NAMA (details supplied). [35070/17]
    • VAT Rate Application
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if progress has been made in discussions at European level to designate defibrillators at a zero rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vehicle Registration
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on and his plans to implement the ruling of the European Court of Justice (details supplied) which appears to indicate that Irish citizens have a...
    • EU Issues
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the name of the person nominated by the State to the European Union expert committee on illicit trade in tobacco; and the extent to which he has verified that...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department under public...
    • Tax Credits
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the tax credits for single carers and jointly assessed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35283/17]
    • Insurance Costs
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific steps he has taken to reduce and curtail the spiralling costs of car insurance and HGV insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if interest on home loans is tax deductible. [35335/17]
    • Company Liquidations
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected timeframe for payments following judgments to be forwarded to the liquidator in a case (details supplied); the status from the liquidator of the...
    • Banking Sector
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and intervene to prevent the loss of a service (details supplied) to the towns affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on taxi or limousine fares, or both, in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to tackle the problem of illegal moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35526/17]
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are exempt from USC from €0 to €13,000; and the number of persons in ranges (details supplied) subject to USC. [35638/17]
    • Tax Code
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason paternity benefit is tax-free while maternity benefit is taxable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35690/17]
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the recourse available to a mortgage holder who fell into mortgage arrears during the economic downturn (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Repossessions
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant homes in possession in each of the State-backed banks in each of the past 12 months; the number of these homes that were...
    • Property Ownership
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the way a vulture fund (details supplied) is able to seek court orders for the repossession of homes on distressed mortgages that were...
    • VAT Rate Application
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to a request by an association (details supplied) regarding the VAT rate on hospitality and tourism; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met hauliers or an organisation (details supplied) in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35782/17]
    • Tax Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from the introduction of a third rate of income tax at 48%, 49% and 50% respectively on incomes of over €100,000;...
    • Tax Code
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the relief granted to resident and non-resident persons with a non-resident spouse in respect of the non-resident aggregation relief tax credit can...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of his being Minister for two Departments including by reference to the role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in holding him to account (details...
    • Bank Charges
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the merits of a ban on surcharges on credit and debit cards in view of the decision by the Treasury in the United Kingdom regarding same; and if...
    • NAMA Legal Fees
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the law firms currently working for or that have worked for NAMA; and the fees paid to each in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of additional revenue that would be generated if the betting tax was increased from 1% to 3% and 5% respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Property Tax Yield
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield through the implementation of a vacant property tax of 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Debt
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the national debt on the national balance sheet; the debt which is listed under the National Treasury Management Agency; the detail of all...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) to assist them in obtaining a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement...
    • Gross National Income
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross national income impact on gross and net debt, current, past and future, in tabular form; his plans to use this statistical method for budget...
    • National Debt
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net debt positions as a percentage of GDP and GNI following the publication of the 2016 national accounts update in July 2017; and if he will...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessed value of the State’s remaining banking investments by institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36008/17]
    • Government Expenditure
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage share of voted and non-voted expenditure of GDP and GNI for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36010/17]
    • National Debt
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of interest repayments on the national debt for each of the years from 2012 and to date in 2017, in monetary terms, as a percentage of GDP, as a...
    • Government Expenditure
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of non-voted expenditure in 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to introduce additional transparency into the deployment of non-voted expenditure;...
    • NAMA Operations
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules in place for the utilisation of the expected surplus that NAMA will transfer to the Exchequer in or before 2020; if there are rules in place...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure or the group of...
    • Motor Insurance Coverage
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by motor insurance companies here of refusing to supply a motor insurance quotation to returning persons on...
    • Insurance Costs
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the escalating cost of insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36263/17]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the conditions and criteria for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36264/17]
    • Bank Branch Closures
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to hold discussions with the banking sector regarding the provision of additional financial services through An Post, in view of the concerns in...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has adopted a standard financial statement for use by all lenders and MABS to assess a borrower’s financial position in line with...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies across each functional area of the Central Bank; the percentage vacancy rate in each section, in tabular form; the length of time...
    • Universal Social Charge Abolition
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the universal social charge. [36293/17]
    • Property Tax
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the local property tax. [36296/17]
    • NAMA Portfolio
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all empty properties and land banks in NAMA's assets that have not yet been sold; the negotiations that have taken place to acquire these homes...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was foregone in 2015 and 2016 and will be foregone in 2017 through tax breaks on private medical insurance; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the total pre-tax profits relating to corporate profits before deductions or allowances for all firms. [36303/17]
    • Tax Yield
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected annually through vehicle registration tax. [36304/17]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Transactions
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in shares here in 2016. [36311/17]
    • Financial Instruments
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade in derivatives that took place here in 2016. [36312/17]
    • Stamp Duty
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty on financial transactions. [36314/17]
    • Economic Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the total household wealth here including all property and financial assets less all liabilities. [36315/17]
    • Tax Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State has foregone in tax write-downs due to the use of section 110 according to the latest available figures. [36317/17]
    • National Debt
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt currently. [36320/17]
    • Exchequer Revenue
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the primary Exchequer surplus for 2018. [36323/17]
    • Tax Code
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be collected by increasing stamp duty on commercial property to 6%. [36324/17]
    • Tax Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that is foregone due to tax breaks for private pension contributions. [36326/17]
    • Tax Code
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the State would save if it only allowed tax breaks for private pensions at the 20% marginal rate. [36327/17]
    • Tax Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that is foregone due to tax breaks for private schooling. [36328/17]
    • Motor Insurance Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out annually in motor insurance claims from all insurance companies. [36332/17]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be collected if the State increased the 9% VAT rate in the hospitality sector to its previous level. [36333/17]
    • Tax Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that a sugar tax of 10% would yield in 2018. [36334/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017 of tax reliefs and exemptions available to residential landlords. [36335/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017 of tax reliefs and exemptions available to property developers. [36336/17]
    • Tax Data
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised from imposing a 2% public health levy on the profits of private human health and pharmaceutical companies here, including...
    • Irish Strategic Investment Fund
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of jobs created by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in its commercial partnerships; and the locations in which these jobs were created by...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA paid out to developers for repair and maintenance of properties it once owned. [36342/17]
    • NAMA Operations
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has made available to developers in loan facilities to complete projects by year. [36344/17]
    • Motor Insurance
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are open to a person if he or she is of the view that he or she is being discriminated against when it comes to obtaining motor insurance;...
    • Tracker Mortgages Examination
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps persons can take when they are of the view they should be entitled to redress and compensation through the Central Bank's tracker mortgage review...
    • Tax Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent research available to his Department on the relative annual direct or indirect tax burden on each household and member of the...
    • Economic Statements
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the figures for the reference rate and convergence margin were arrived at in each of the years 2018 to 2021 in the recent summer economic...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on budget 2018 if the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality industry were increased to 10%, 11%, 12% and 13.5%; the estimated additional yield at each...
    • Tax Yield
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the projections on additional tax yield if excise duties on petrol and diesel were equalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36452/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest profiles in value and outruns forecast in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based on his...
    • Public Interest Directors
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the current board members of a bank (details supplied) who have been appointed to represent the public interest; and the full extent of...
    • Budget Submissions
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of proposals by an organisation (details supplied). [36708/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile and those that may come...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36854/17]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the analysis that has been done and the steps he has taken on foot of that analysis to ensure that the mid-term review of the capital...
    • National Monuments
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for further restoration of Donegal Castle in Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36115/17]
    • Public Sector Pay
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of paying all employed public sector staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [36297/17]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of progress to address the situation in which part-time firefighters who are also employed in full-time public service posts...
    • National Monuments
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be put in place to open OPW sites which are currently closed to the public, in particular Athlumney Castle,...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) who retired from An Garda Síochána in 2004 and who subsequently took up employment with the...
    • National Monuments
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the OPW to engage with a group (details supplied) that wishes to improve the tourism experience in its heritage town....
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to proceed with the proposed playground at Oldbridge House, County Meath, for which planning permission was obtained some...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cuts to pensions of retired public servants under FEMPI can be restored before 2021 (details supplied); if he will reassure...
    • Coastal Protection
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a breakwater wall will be provided for the residents of Blackrock Terrace, Castletownbere, where severe tidal storms have caused a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the river can be dredged in Athea, County Limerick, via an application under the minor works scheme (details supplied). [35365/17]
    • Garda Stations
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on negotiations regarding a new Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35449/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date, by year and amount; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated additional cost of ensuring all Civil Service workers receive at least a living wage of €11.70 per hour in 2018;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of finalising all flood relief projects at construction or planning stage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Banking
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 20 June 2017, the progress he has made to date in retrieving from the National Archives the...
    • Office of Public Works
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received the 2016 annual report for the OPW; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Government Expenditure
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure items in 2017 which are Government priorities but which are not included in Department Votes; the way in which he plans...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost in 2017 of the movement forward of Lansdowne Road payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36011/17]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when printable maps of the streams and rivers which are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works for drainage purposes will be...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief works carried out on the River Clare in County Galway as part of the Clare River Claregalway drainage scheme; the works...
    • Coastal Protection
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of coastal erosion protection measures at Portrane, County Dublin; the funding he has allocated for this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has introduced, as committed to in the programme for Government, a provision whereby taxi companies that wish to bid for State...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the latest profiles in value and outruns forecast in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas from which the proceeds for the planned refund by the end of the year of domestic water charges will come from; the specific...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a response to a request (details supplied); when sanction will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Contracts
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a CID application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34920/17]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who must attend a special school in County Cork will be provided with school transport; the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider an application by a person (details supplied) for special needs equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are in temporary accommodation and for which a permanent site has not been fully acquired to date by his Department. [34941/17]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a home tuition grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34943/17]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore grants for student teachers attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses. [34945/17]
    • Student Support Schemes
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to invest in third level mental health counselling for budget 2018. [34946/17]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to overturn the decision in budget 2014 to impose the new pro rata student contribution. [34947/17]
    • Schools Property
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his meeting with a delegation from a college (details supplied) on 6 June 2017, if he has received a report from the congregation of...
    • School Accommodation
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his Department's forward planning section's contact with a school (details supplied) regarding the need for extra space in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a small works project will commence in a school (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the works needed are...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding allocated to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 to progress a planned development for the school to design and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the way in which the July education programme is paid to recipients later in the calendar year; if the payment date can be...
    • Schools Property
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the transfer of a parcel of land from a national school (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Higher Education Authority Administration
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the HEA board minutes for its meeting of October 2014 were published; the reason they were only published after they were requested by the...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by the State in fees to legal professionals for the purposes of defending a case (details supplied) and other cases of school day...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35101/17]
    • Adult Education Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding can be resumed for a literacy programme (details supplied). [35128/17]
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of continuing professional development, CPD, and wellness for teachers; if an official from his Department will make...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of a secondary school will commence on the old greyhound track in Harold's Cross; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) will be losing a special needs assistant for the 2017-18 school year; if this decision can be reviewed in...
    • School Transport Applications
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special transport grant has been refused for a person (details supplied). [35217/17]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works scheme application for a primary school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be provided with the necessary funding to build a new autism spectrum disorder, ASD,...
    • School Playgrounds
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis sets a minimum size of playing pitches that should be provided for new primary or post-primary school...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for funding under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include young carers as a represented group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35294/17]
    • Special Educational Needs
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the transition for children with a disability before they become adults (details supplied). [35295/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the number of special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35296/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request from a delegation of schools regarding a building project (details supplied); if a reply has issued regarding this...
    • School Accommodation
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to large house building developments in Dunshaughlin, County Meath; and his plans to expand school provision in...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that carers can access flexible training (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35305/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the application by a school (details supplied) for a special education teacher allowance. [35340/17]
    • Student Support Schemes
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Institute of Technology, Tallaght to reject all recent child care tenders and...
    • Higher Education Authority
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the current members of the Higher Education Authority are ordinarily resident within the State. [35371/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to graduating payments of adjacent and non-adjacent grants in 5 km or 10 km increments, such that a student...
    • Water Services Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for the emergency works scheme that have been made relating to the provision of drinking water in each of the past...
    • Departmental Reports
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the 2015 Lifeskills survey will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35441/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the new development for a school (details supplied); his plans to visit the school; if so, the date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progression of works at a school (details supplied); if a timeline for works has been finalised; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which the construction of a permanent school building for schools (details supplied) will commence; the date by which the temporary...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progression of works at a school (details supplied); if a timeline for the conclusion of works has been finalised; and if he will make a...
    • School Admissions
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the only national school with places available on 17 July 2017 in Toberburr, a rural school 8 km away, represents a viable offer...
    • Official Engagements
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to visit a school (details supplied); the date and timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35674/17]
    • School Admissions
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a person (details supplied) who is unable to find a place in any of the Portlaoise primary schools for their seven year old...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of third level grants in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the minimum and maximum grant...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the labour skills required to facilitate the housing construction programme; the targets set by the Government; if his Department has set goals...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to amalgamate schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35702/17]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mandatory training that both primary and post-primary teachers must complete with regard to mental health; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Guidelines on Mental Health
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources schools receive to adhere to the well-being guidelines for both primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 167 of 5 May 2017, if the proposal in respect of the management of the facility has been received by his Department; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of capital expenditure, extensions, new builds and additional accommodation for all post-primary schools in County Offaly since...
    • School Management
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when posts of responsibility will be reintroduced. [35795/17]
    • School Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the 15% cuts to the school grants. [35797/17]
    • Education Policy
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce school panels to ensure a supply of teachers for substitute cover. [35798/17]
    • Private Schools
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the net saving of withdrawing the annual State subsidy to private schools. [35826/17]
    • Schools Building Projects
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the manner in which parliamentary questions are answered in relation to the current status of schools on the schools buildings...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations of the additional SNA allocations in County Kildare primary schools for the school year 2017-18; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Education
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department monitors the standards in private third level institutions; and the sanctions currently in place if those...
    • Student Grants Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant recipients (details supplied) each year since the 2014 to 2015 academic year. [35894/17]
    • School Accommodation
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an original decision giving approval for additional accommodation was overturned at a school (details supplied); if he will review...
    • School Transport Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in view of the medical circumstances. [35916/17]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35948/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a new schools building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35949/17]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Establishment
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/17]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35990/17]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of third level students who opted for apprenticeship programmes in the academic year 2016-17. [35993/17]
    • Action Plan on Bullying
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Action Plan on Bullying; his plans for development of a follow-up plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of PLC courses; when publication of this review can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36001/17]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in 2016 and to date in 2017 on each apprenticeship scheme; the progress made on introducing new apprenticeship schemes; and...
    • School Accommodation
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new accommodation and facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning and architectural process on the planned expansion of a school (details supplied); the details of the accommodation...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review SNA hours in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36145/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure or...
    • Schools Property
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to seek further clarification from the Christian Brothers in relation to a claim made by the congregation in correspondence to a person...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a place on a school bus, in view of the fact they were forced to transfer to a school outside...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous representations made to his Department and parliamentary questions regarding the urgent need to approve grant aid in respect...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the manner in which parliamentary questions regarding the status of a school (details supplied) on the school building programme are...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre 2011 pay scale. [36360/17]
    • Education Expenditure
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost of measures (details supplied). [36361/17]
    • Third Level Costs
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it would cost to remove fees for those engaged in part-time third-level education and to allow part-time third-level students access...
    • Traveller Education
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it would cost to fully restore all cuts to the Traveller education budget and supports. [36411/17]
    • School Placement
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to help alleviate the need for primary school places in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address issues regarding Caranua (details supplied); if he has consulted on the changes made to the 2014 booklet applying for...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which needs additional classrooms for the new school year in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 13 July 2017, if the funding is in place for a replacement school building for a school (details...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have upgraded to high-speed broadband connections over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of ASD units within primary and secondary schools in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36478/17]
    • Third Level Funding
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned investment in mental health counselling at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36479/17]
    • School Therapy Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned investment in mental health counselling at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36480/17]
    • Special Educational Needs
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new resource allocation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36482/17]
    • State Examinations
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of implementation of new reasonable accommodation for examination pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36484/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of constructed ASD units in County Wexford secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36521/17]
    • School Accommodation
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities at a college (details supplied) in County Wexford. [36522/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the vacant ASD unit at a college (details supplied). [36523/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allocate extra classroom space at a school (details supplied) for the coming school year. [36524/17]
    • Capitation Grants
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capitation grant for pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36549/17]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the teachers' situation regarding equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36550/17]
    • Schools Building Projects
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he is addressing the requirement for additional second level school places in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based on his...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will contribute to the funding of a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study as has been recommended; and if he will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Staff
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that home tutors are classed as self-employed and as a result have no contract of employment,...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the precarious working conditions of many English language teachers; the steps he plans to take to provide...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent financial limit imposed by Caranua on claims; his views on the application of this cap...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/17]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Fresh Start agreement in relation to Northern Ireland, specifically with regard to the Narrow Water bridge project linking...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the request the Taoiseach made to officials in the London embassy to examine the logistics for inviting the Duke and...
    • Middle East Issues
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision to reduce electricity supply to the Gaza strip, which OCHA has warned will have disastrous consequences for the...
    • Consular Services Availability
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can make the facilities of the Irish embassy available to Irish persons living in the Cayman Islands that may find themselves in a...
    • Consular Services Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has satisfied himself that every avenue has been explored on behalf of persons (details supplied) on the tragic death of their child;...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Middle East Issues
      392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of Ireland's foreign policy position on Palestine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35392/17]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has satisfied himself that all persons on the election roster are suitable for deployment on election observation missions; the...
    • Passport Applications Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for Irish passports by British citizens between 24 June 2015 to 23 June 2016 and 24 June 2016 to 23 June 2017;...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government is providing support to an organisation (details supplied) here; if not, his plans to do so; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35448/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by migrant workers trapped in both Qatar and Saudi Arabia, in view of the...
    • Official Engagements
      404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; the persons he met with; the issues raised; if he discussed the Sinn Féin...
    • International Relations
      406. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Venezuela; his views on the elections for a new constituent assembly due to be held on 30 July 2017; the...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent developments in Ukraine, the declaration of a new state of Malorossiya and the efforts that are being made by the...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      408. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by the European Union to restart the Middle East peace talks; his views on the reduced electricity supply to the Gaza...
    • International Relations
      409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent developments in Poland; the efforts being made by the EU and the international community to try and protect the rule of...
    • Departmental Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meetings he has had with his British counterparts regarding the objective of maintaining the common travel area...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reopen an embassy in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36283/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has commenced planning in the event of a no deal scenario with regard to Brexit; if so, the detail of these plans; and if...
    • Brexit Documents
      419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will be publishing a detailed sectoral plan for Brexit as committed to in a Government publication on Ireland's approach...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with his British counterpart to discuss Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36424/17]
    • Export Trade Council
      421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meetings he has had with the Export Trade Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36425/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the second round of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36426/17]
    • International Relations
      423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a forthcoming referendum on independence in Kurdistan; if he is supportive of autonomy and independence for the persons of...
    • Human Rights Cases
      424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent developments regarding a person (details supplied); if he will raise these issues with the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      425. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in his department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based on...
    • Human Rights
      426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to join UN special rapporteurs regarding human rights defenders and call on Israel to drop charges against a person (details...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the active deployment of Irish volunteer election observers to elections and referendums overseas; his plans to match...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case; and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile and...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35019/17]
    • Legislative Programme
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when all sections of the Children and Families Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and the timeframe for full...
    • Garda Remuneration
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost in 2017 of the deal done with the Garda Representative Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Investigations
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to questions on promised legislation on 28 June 2017 regarding the garda investigation into inflated breath test...
    • Garda Deployment
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Dublin west involved in providing security for the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste; and if...
    • Penalty Points System Data
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that had penalty points imposed on them by the courts due to garda error instead of being summonsed that...
    • Garda Investigations
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34923/17]
    • Garda Recruitment
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra gardaí that have been recruited in the current Dáil term; if that figure meets the 15,000 pledged...
    • Direct Provision Data
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been granted some form of status including leave to remain in the years since the direct...
    • Data Retention
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will notify each of the estimated 50,000 plus persons that have been subject to a disclosure request under...
    • Charities Regulation
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the 410 charities that are invested in the common investment fund by the Charities Regulatory Authority are funded by...
    • Courts Service
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged directly with the Courts Service on the appropriateness of its investments in the tobacco industry; if he has...
    • Property Registration
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a land registry application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Tipperary as of 30 June 2017; the number of new recruits assigned to...
    • Spent Convictions Data
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convicted persons that have been eligible to avail of the provision set out at section 6 of the Criminal Justice...
    • Visa Data
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of type 2 and 2A visas issued by each Garda division in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views as to whether there can be improvements in communications and updates to applicants for naturalisation, in particular...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to section 115A of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 and section 21 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015, the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to require An Garda Síochána to record crimes involving rickshaws specifically rather than under the...
    • Garda Strength
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in the community policing unit in the Garda R and J districts in 2015 and 2016 and to date in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full-year cost of operating the Office for Internet Safety. [35203/17]
    • Immigration Status
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their residency application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Educational Services for Prisoners
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshops and classes available in Wheatfield place of detention; the names of the workshops and classes; the...
    • Prison Service
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to conduct a review of the Irish Prison Service's national incentivised regimes policy; the tendering process of...
    • Prison Service Staff
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who is rejected for employment in the Irish Prison Service on mental health grounds may seek and submit a second...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis...
    • Migrant Integration
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of local authorities that have a migrant integration strategy as per the recommendation in Migrant Integration...
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revise his position not to have a public inquiry with regard to the Jobstown prosecution and the concerns raised...
    • Shooting Rights
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a night-time shooting ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35275/17]
    • Garda Station Closures
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of Garda stations that were closed in recent years will be completed; his plans to publish the report; and if...
    • Refugee Legal Services
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 114 to 116, inclusive, of 16 May 2017, if the legal aid available to a protection...
    • Haulage Industry Cabotage Regulations
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many road haulage companies registered in Northern Ireland are operating here...
    • Penalty Points System Data
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 21 March 2017, the number of fixed charge penalty point notices issued to...
    • Garda Data
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the work of the Garda special crime task force; the number of gardaí assigned to it on 1...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Establishment
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 1 June 2017, the date on which and the format in which the Garda Commissioner...
    • Garda Operations
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 28 June 2005 (details supplied), his plans to amend same for record of Dáil...
    • Visa Applications
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite the visa application of a person (details supplied). [35419/17]
    • Courts Service
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the court services in County Westmeath (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce an armed support unit to the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division; the location of the closest unit at present;...
    • Charities Regulation
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of registered charities by county, type, sector and service; the number pending registration by county, type, sector...
    • Garda Operations
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink driving, driving with a mobile phone and speeding detections that were made by An Garda Síochána...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount, and if he...
    • Court Poor Box
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details on how a charity can benefit from the court poor box system; if there is an application process; if so, if an...
    • Prisoner Data
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 2 May 2017, the reason the Prison Service does not collect aggregate, anonymised...
    • Residency Permits
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality about the progress to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied), and if he will...
    • Garda Inspectorate Reports
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations of the Garda Inspectorate's 2014 crime investigation report that have been implemented, partially...
    • Car Theft
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the penalties applying to the possession and-or use of signal blockers with the capability of interfering with and preventing a...
    • Probate Applications
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the average waiting times for Dublin and each of the district probate registries for grants of representation and...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on the waiting list for free legal aid and advice, and the average waiting time by area. [35662/17]
    • Courts Service Data
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the median length of time for cases to be heard in the District Court by district and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Spent Convictions Legislation
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to introduce legislation on spent convictions, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35694/17]
    • Garda Operations
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Operation Thor; specifically its effect in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Courts Service Data
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual exchequer funding provided to the Courts Services for 2017 and in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [35711/17]
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the types of measures in place to ensure the protection of witnesses and juries, respectively, in serious criminal cases; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied). [35737/17]
    • Crime Data
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality about his plans to create a national fraud database, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35748/17]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied), and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures and mechanism for persons with policing experience and qualifications gained in another jurisdiction, that is,...
    • Direct Provision System
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the consultation report with children and young persons in the direct provision system that was published by the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to put measures in place to stop the extreme anti-social behaviour that occurs during periods of hot weather in the...
    • Garda Data
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 February 2017, the number of vehicles seized to date; the number of those...
    • Garda Operations
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 10 May 2017, if alcohol breath tests are still being undertaken and recorded on the...
    • Garda Data
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 37 to 39 of 11 May 2017, the number of those fixed charge notices that were paid on...
    • State Claims Agency
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 24 May 2017, if details of that report can be made available; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Crime
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 20 June 2017, if the report is available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Data
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further Parliamentary Question No. 751 of 20 June 2017, the number of Garda that completed the CPD1 and CPD2 driving courses...
    • Immigration Data
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living here illegally that have applied each month in the past year for visas to remain; and if he will...
    • Immigration Status
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35884/17]
    • Committee of Public Accounts Investigations
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a copy of all papers in relation to the handover of the Accounting Officer function from his Department to...
    • Garda Data
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in the Dublin region in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures An Garda Síochána is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour, drug dealing, joyriding and...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on re-establishing the repatriation of prisoners; his plans to bring forward legislation on same; if so, when he...
    • Garda Strength
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the deficit in the number of gardaí in the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division, which was recently...
    • Garda Operations
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 29 March 2017, if the report is now available; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the presentation by the criminal justice fixed charge processing system working group on the summons...
    • Garda Forms
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 20 June 2017 (details supplied), if the report is now available; when the Draeger...
    • Courts Service Administration
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 1 June 2017, if he will report on the other high priority changes that are listed...
    • Garda Data
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 20 June 2017 (details supplied), if the report from An Garda Síochána is...
    • Cyber Security Policy
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of a national cyber security desk as outlined in the An Garda Síochána modernisation...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in the modernisation of Garda information systems, including the PULSE system, as outlined in the An Garda...
    • Garda Reorganisation
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment by An Garda Síochána of protective service units in each region; the number in place...
    • Child Abuse
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the introduction by An Garda Síochána of a 24-7 telephone line for the reporting of child sexual abuse....
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development and implementation by An Garda Síochána of a risk management framework for victims of...
    • Community Policing
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment by An Garda Síochána of community safety fora; and the number now in place and their...
    • Crime Prevention
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the design and implementation by An Garda Síochána of a revised approach to offender management,...
    • Garda Stations
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the reopening of the closed Garda stations in Donegal in view of the Government’s decision to reopen a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the independent review group of his Department in 2014; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote...
    • Parole Boards
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Parole Board will be put on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36206/17]
    • Garda Stations
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels in Rathcoole Garda station, County Dublin; the hours that this station is meant to be open; his plans to...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on constitutional reform on the matter of religious-based oaths for senior positions in the State (details supplied)....
    • Garda Operations
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the persons he sanctioned within the Garda Síochána to take over the duties of the Garda Commissioner while she was...
    • Garda Administrative Costs
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were charged for copies of Garda abstracts and statements since 1 January 2017; the total amount of...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have availed of free legal aid services in each county in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date...
    • Courts Service Data
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases nationally that have been adjourned annually due to the issue regarding a drink driving certificate...
    • Prisoners Treatment
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Prison Service has a policy that exempts persons from being restrained in handcuffs when being transported from a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on matter (details supplied) regarding Garda recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36464/17]
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the six strategic priorities outlined in the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with disabilities 2015 to...
    • Drugs Seizures
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the volume and value of heroin seizures in Galway city and county in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and...
    • Family Law Cases
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if progress is being made to ensure that fathers have equal rights when applying for custody and access to their children; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may...
    • Passport Controls
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the regular lengthy delays being experienced by passengers entering the country through terminal 1 at Dublin...
    • Garda Data
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers for each of the Garda districts in a Galway city and county in each of the years 2000 to 2015, respectively;...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views, especially in the context of public order, regarding home delivery of alcohol; his...
    • Departmental Reports
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commission a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the communications he has had with other...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 13 July 2017, the reforms of the legal profession he is considering ahead of the...
    • EU Directives
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendation of the 2015 McMahon report, to allow applicants the right to enter gainful employment...
    • Garda Expenditure
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 1 June 2017, if he will supply the details of the costs associated to the contracts...
    • Immigration Controls
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the circumstances of and the reasons for the detention of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Deportation Orders
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects an appropriate facility for persons awaiting deportation will be completed in Dublin airport. [36666/17]
    • Garda Operations
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communication his Department or An Garda Síochána have had with the 1,500 persons wrongly convicted of motor...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department that are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give consideration to an application for funding (details supplied) under the town and village renewal scheme 2017;...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Leader funds allocated and spent in County Donegal in each of the years 2009 to 2016 respectively; and if she will...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from her Department and agencies under the aegis of...
    • National Monuments
      608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the sale of White’s Castle, Athy, County Kildare; and her plans to provide funding to...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of the €28 million paid to local authorities under the regional and rural subheads in 2016 that has been spent...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if she...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the festivals and arts organisations that Creative Ireland is funding directly, by county, in tabular form; the basis on which it...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that have been taken to ensure that the Heritage Council has adequate resources to provide a comment on the matter of...
    • Ulster Canal Restoration Project
      614. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress with regard to the Ulster canal project; the amount which has been spent to date on this entire project;...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the spend on the Leader programme to date in 2017 broken down between animation, administration and project spend; and if she will...
    • CLÁR Programme
      616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spend to date in 2017 on the CLÁR programme and the town and village renewal scheme; the amount sanctioned to...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount sanctioned to date in 2017 under the Leader programmes 2014 to 2020 for projects; and if she will make a statement on...
    • CLÁR Programme
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received under the CLÁR measure 1 programme for funds for school or community safety measures for...
    • Departmental Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from her Department's Vote of...
    • CLÁR Programme
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of census small area data for Wexford district electoral divisions and the average population loss for...
    • Arts Funding
      621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full year cost of increasing spending on the arts to 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.6% of GDP respectively. [36362/17]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the nature conservation unit of the National Parks and Wildlife Service did not accept her Department's invitation to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure the full spend of all funding provided to her Department for 2017 including carry over of capital from 2016...
    • National Parks
      624. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of wildlife rangers, permanent guides, general operatives and building and maintenance staff employed at Glenveagh...
    • Departmental Budgets
      626. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in her Department for the end of December 2017 and variances that may arise...
    • EU Directives
      627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a report on the EU Birds Directive has not been submitted since 2012; when a report will be submitted; her views on...
    • Living Wage
      629. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department that are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      631. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be an underspend in her Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      632. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures received from staff in her Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if...
    • CLÁR Programme
      633. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the further schemes she plans rolling out under the CLÁR scheme in 2017; if this will include a local improvement scheme...
    • Departmental Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the functions transferred by her Department to the Department of Community and Rural Affairs since the passing of the legislation...
  • Department of Health
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed legislation to replace the mobility allowance; when he expects a revised payment to be available again; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been unable to retain its full complement of full-time teaching staff and has...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he has agreed to a request to accelerate preparations for a referendum on the Eighth Amendment and to have a parallel process to run alongside the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34891/17]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      639. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of tissue viability nurses allocated to the north Dublin area which is causing significant backlog of out patients awaiting appointments...
    • Health Services Provision
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the status of physiotherapy services in Erris, County Mayo; when a full-time physiotherapist will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Staff Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended number of full-time HSE physiotherapists for an area the size and population of County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason vacancies arising from maternity leave are in some recorded instances taking months to fill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34901/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34902/17]
    • HSE Investigations
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) that was treated by a doctor in the accident and emergency department in St James's Hospital;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Cavan general hospital. [34906/17]
    • Maternity Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health if there is now full compliance in regard to the collating of annual reports by all maternity units; and if the reports are made publicly available in all...
    • Medical Card Data
      651. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the number of GP's availing of the medical card or GP visitor card scheme in Strokestown, Elphin and Ballaghadereen to one doctor per town;...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to address the crisis that has arisen; when the person can...
    • Patient Data
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the psychiatric department at University Hospital Galway that are medically fit for discharge but cannot be discharged for reasons...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      654. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) that was assessed for a serious back problem in 2014 will be called for surgery. [34919/17]
    • Medical Products Supply
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) for the treatment of Morquio A syndrome (MPS 1VA); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      657. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding towards the upgrading of a hospital facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34931/17]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a place for a person (details supplied) in the Deerpark facility in Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34933/17]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of the 50-bed residential unit in Tuam, County Galway, on HSE lands adjoining the Grove health centre; if a person has...
    • Home Help Service
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite extra home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34949/17]
    • Home Care Packages
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a delay in organising a home care package for a person (details supplied); and the steps he will take to organise same in view of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34954/17]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address staffing shortages in hospitals which are putting staff under immense pressure; his plans regarding this issue at hospitals in the north...
    • Care Services Provision
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no supports are being given to persons (details supplied). [34962/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is only one tissue viability nurse serving north Dublin from Coolock to Balbriggan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34965/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres opened since March 2011, by county, in tabular form; the number of those currently in construction and at an advanced...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a medical card review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34969/17]
    • Hospital Investigations
      668. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hold an independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) at Holles Street hospital. [34970/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      671. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an early intervention appointment; the reason for the delay in same; the steps he will take to...
    • Suicide Prevention
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency departments of Cherry Orchard Hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital and the Coombe women and...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the psychiatric and mental health services and facilities currently available at the Cherry Orchard hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital and the Coombe...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend at Cherry Orchard hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital and the Coombe women and children's hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Health when a child psychologist within the primary care services of Kildare north is expected to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35020/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a power failure at Beaumont Hospital caused a person to require resuscitation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Care Packages
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to ensure that the home care package is underpinned by statute; the consultation he has had in this area; and if he will make a...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the approximately 780 HSE-funded section 39 charitable organisations that are regulated by the Charities Regulatory Authority held investments in the...
    • Occupational Therapy
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists providing services in counties Leitrim and Sligo in 2016 and to date in 2017. [35049/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      686. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding. [35063/17]
    • Health Services
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) from County Louth whose consultant has requested that they be provided with a...
    • Health Services Data
      688. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 392 and 397 of 27 June 2017, if he will request the HSE to provide the details requested in the initial questions in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      689. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation. [35090/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the public waiting list for MRI scans in each applicable hospital in counties Louth, Meath and Dublin. [35092/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a long-term residential care place for a person (details supplied) in a centre in County Kildare. [35094/17]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of residential weekend respite care from an organisation for a person (details supplied) with severe autism; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Palliative Care Facilities
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospices and palliative care units that receive funding from the HSE as section 39 entities; the number of beds in each hospice and palliative...
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend at St. James's Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date for 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the level of drugs expenditure in the health budget in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the percentage of the health budget spent on...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the level of high tech orphan drugs expenditure in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the percentage of the drugs budget spent on high...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      698. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35105/17]
    • Maternity Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 6 July 2017, the funding made available in 2016 and to date in 2017, for the expansion of access to 20-week...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      700. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to construct a maternity hospital at St James's Hospital Dublin; if planning permission has been sought or granted; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      701. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery. [35115/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      702. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/17]
    • HSE Agency Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics is nine staff short of the number of staff its director is of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35131/17]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a payment under the cross-border directive has not been made to a person (details supplied). [35138/17]
    • Hospital Facilities
      706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a helipad at a proposed hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35144/17]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      707. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 795 and 797 of 20 June 2017, if replies will issue without further delay. [35146/17]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) will be allocated a bed in St Mary's, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [35154/17]
    • Parliamentary Questions Data
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions received by his Department in the past three years to date in 2017; the number of parliamentary questions his Department...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval and provision of the drug Translarna for the treatment of persons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [35162/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      712. To ask the Minister for Health when section 14 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35172/17]
    • General Practitioner Data
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in CHO area 9; the number of general practitioners that are due to retire in CHO area 9 over the next three years;...
    • Medical Products Supply
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if the cancer treatment drug, Palbociclib, is not being provided to newly diagnosed persons after 1 August 2017 due to costs; and if so, if he will review the...
    • Medicinal Products Data
      715. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 4 July 2017, the number of persons who would benefit from each of the nine medicines approved by the HSE but are...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical facilities including maternity theatres, hospital wards, surgical theatres and so on which have been built by the State but have never...
    • Hospital Facilities
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical facilities including maternity theatres, hospital wards, surgical theatres and so on, in the State which are not operational or have been...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still in hospital despite their requests to return home. [35179/17]
    • General Practitioner Training
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the intake to the annual GP training scheme by 200 for 2017; the first year cost; the full-year cost, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing prescription charges for medical card holders under 70 years of age from €2 to €1.50, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of lowering the threshold of the drugs payment scheme from €144 to €132, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services Data
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing a twice yearly six-monthly scale and polish for all medical card holders under 70 years of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      724. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing respite care hours by 10%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35186/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting initial assessment to be placed on a waiting list for cataract surgery in the Mater hospital; the length of time they have been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35200/17]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who must travel to the UK for medical treatment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      734. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [35214/17]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the reason transport services have not been provided for a person (details supplied). [35216/17]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department under public...
    • Hospital Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that ophthalmological services at the Mater hospital are sufficiently resourced to cope with the demands on the service; if his attention...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided towards the cost of treatment abroad for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35239/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at St. James's Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      751. To ask the Minister for Health when a residential respite care home will be opened in the Cork south west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/17]
    • Hospital Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an outreach clinic in County Cork for a metabolic doctor and a paediatric gastroenterologist (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of CAMHS consultants that have signed off that they have read, understood and agree to implement the HSE CAMHS Standard Operating Procedure...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will tackle the shortage of home care workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35288/17]
    • Care Services Provision
      755. To ask the Minister for Health if the carer's need assessment will be rolled out for older persons in view of a five-year term for all carers (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care scheme will address a person's needs for respite care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35290/17]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in funding for home care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35293/17]
    • Hospital Equipment
      760. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for equipment at a hospital (details supplied); if funding applications for same were made in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      761. 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. [35307/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      762. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time home help applications are taking to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35308/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by an occupational therapist in counties Leitrim and in Sligo for more than one month, two months and three months;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      764. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35312/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35313/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment with a speech and language therapist and an occupational therapist for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if he has resolved the issue of general practitioners charging medical card patients for blood tests despite successive Ministers stating this practice should...
    • Ambulance Service
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if all ambulances have satnav systems fitted; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35319/17]
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      769. To ask the Minister for Health his plans further to the report on the newborn screening card archive forum; the position regarding the next steps in the process in dealing with the so called...
    • Food Industry Data
      772. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 11 July 2017, if data publicly exist in regard to sugar, fat and salt reformulation by the food and beverage...
    • Organ Donation Data
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transplant co-ordinators in the State; the number that would be required to move to a soft opt out system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      777. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will schedule an urgent appointment for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      778. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35331/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the therapeutic, recreational and educational activities available to persons in mental health facilities; the current budget for this; his plans for this area...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      780. 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. [35333/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the home help hours for counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • General Practitioner Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/17]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a budget submission by an organisation (details supplied) regarding investment in community supports for persons with...
    • Hospital Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of a development control plan or master plan for South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will forward a copy of the plan;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered bringing a teleconsultation with a family doctor under the remit of the GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the eHealth Strategy for Ireland, specifically with regard to teleconsultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Report
      791. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the parent led CAMHS survey report which found a very high rate of dissatisfaction among parents of service...
    • Health Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will act on the ME information pack (details supplied) that was recently distributed; if so, the measures he plans to introduce;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if the CEO of the HSE has sanctioned a HSE employee to seek a contract with a Government Department or offices for supply of goods or services whether for...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      795. To ask the Minister for Health when the specialists will be in situ to see patients with regard to the identification of a sarcoma specialist at St Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      796. 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. [35360/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if arthritis patient appointments in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin are being cancelled for July 2017 and rescheduled for March 2018; his views on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts assigned to the Cavan Monaghan paediatric occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35398/17]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      804. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for the public home care sector [35429/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      805. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available to groups wishing to introduce defibrillators for communities in their area; his plans to introduce a funding stream for this...
    • Obesity Strategy
      807. To ask the Minister for Health when the food in school forum will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35442/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      808. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cuts to the service provided by the podiatry service in HSE north and south Lee; and his plans to enhance this service [35443/17]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment of nurses for Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35451/17]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35455/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite urgent surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35460/17]
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      814. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered a long-term bed in a residential facility in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      816. To ask the Minister for Health when it is open to a person to consider treatment in another jurisdiction and be reimbursed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35464/17]
    • Protected Disclosures
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has established and published procedures for the making of protected disclosures and the investigation of same as mandated to under section 21(1) of...
    • HSE Documents
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has produced a debt and mental health evidence form as recommended by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the free GP card for under sixes expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35468/17]
    • European Health Insurance Card
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which an Irish citizen who lives in the UK can gain access to haemodialysis while returning here for holidays; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
      821. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to changes to the first aid certification process overseen by his Department and the HSE, including cost increases to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      822. 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. [35480/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      824. 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. [35497/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      825. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35498/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      829. 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. [35515/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      834. 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. [35522/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      837. To ask the Minister for Health if the payment to purchase post-surgery bras and prosthesis every two years which breast cancer patients receive following a mastectomy procedure has ceased;...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      838. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has written to him or his officials regarding the lack of funding to meet the extra demand in health services particularly in care of the elderly...
    • Health Services Funding
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has written to him or his officials regarding the lack of funding to meet the extra demand in health services particularly in acute hospital...
    • Departmental Reviews
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received reports on the bed capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients and outpatients that have been treated on the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35565/17]
    • Maternity Services
      843. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the funding to promote breast feeding in maternity hospitals was cut; if it will be reinstated; the way in which breast feeding will be promoted to...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied on the way in which overcrowding in emergency departments is being tackled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35569/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      845. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on continued funding for the fair deal scheme; his views on whether it will be sufficient to meet the increased demand; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      847. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn by the HSE to the fact that expenditure is above profile; if he has satisfied himself that there will be no overruns on the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      848. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have been informed of proposed bed closures in the acute hospitals between July and 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      849. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on waiting times for endoscopies; the breakdown of same for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35574/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to address the shortage of general practitioners across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute beds that were closed in the first six months of 2017; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35576/17]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      853. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the general practitioner contract negotiations; the date on which the last meeting was held; if progress was made; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the policy decisions he has taken to address the shortage of consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35579/17]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to make smear tests available to women under 25 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35583/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35590/17]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the hospital emergency departments that include in their electronic patient system the monitoring of patient attendances as a result of alcohol and drugs use...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      859. 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. [35592/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for occupational therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35596/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      861. 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. [35597/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35606/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      871. 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. [35608/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ASD tools assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      873. 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. [35611/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      877. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the number of home help hours awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35616/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      878. 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. [35617/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for personal assistants working overnight; the definition of a five-hour shift for a disturbed night; the definition of three hours for an...
    • Mental Health Services Report
      895. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review of A Vision for Change, completed on 17 February 2017; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a service for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      897. 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. [35666/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental clinic (details supplied); the estimated opening date for the clinic; the services that will be available in the clinic; the cost to...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons in each catchment area of each Jigsaw youth mental health service respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      908. To ask the Minister for Health if the statutory provisions are complete in respect of the new transport support scheme; when the legislation will be brought before the Houses of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      909. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35726/17]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      910. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the use of the oncofocus test for cancer sufferers; and if he will consider including this on the medical card scheme. [35727/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      911. 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. [35730/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      912. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding to a day centre (details supplied) further to a reduction in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35738/17]
    • Organ Donation
      913. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a soft opt-out model of organ donation; if this will require legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35740/17]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      914. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue from the HSE national steering committee on funding for the new pathology department premises as per the blood sciences submission...
    • Hospital Admissions
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting admission to the Central Mental Hospital; and if the referrals were from the courts, Prison Service or approved centres in each...
    • Hospitals Funding
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the funding received by the Central Mental Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35755/17]
    • HSE Staff Data
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurologists employed by the HSE; and the number of vacant posts for neurologists. [35757/17]
    • Medicinal Products
      919. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to facilitate or support discussions between neurologists regarding the use of Epidiolex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/17]
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for each mental health tribunal in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Commission
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 96 consultant psychiatrists on a panel to provide membership of a mental health tribunal who are also employed or who were ever employed by...
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the other legal costs arising out of mental health tribunals reported by the mental health commission which were €40,978 in 2014 and €73,975 in...
    • Mental Health Commission
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the legal fees of the general expenses accounts of the Mental Health Commission spent in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Tribunals
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of mental health tribunals in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the fees charged by professionals who took part. [35768/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017 at University Hospital Waterford; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the portion of funding allocated for mental health which was transferred to pay for general HSE overrun in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency and overtime staff in the mental health services by hospital and discipline in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35772/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS that do not have a consultant psychiatrist in position; and the length of time the position has been vacant, by catchment area and CHO....
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      935. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve recruitment of senior psychologists and consultant psychiatrists into the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35774/17]
    • Health Strategies
      936. To ask the Minister for Health the monitoring system in place to oversee the implementation of standard operating procedures in the HSE and specifically in mental health. [35775/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      937. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the establishment of a dedicated advocacy service for mental health patients and the annual running costs thereafter. [35776/17]
    • HSE Properties
      938. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to other proposed or completed sales in which no business case or business proposal was created despite it being a requirement...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      940. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the hiring of persons (details supplied) to ease staffing issues at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35783/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new primary care centre in Monaghan town; if it cannot be built in front of Monaghan hospital, as originally planned, if the...
    • Hospital Charges
      943. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 6 July 2017, the legal standing of the patient waiver form. [35788/17]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      944. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of removing the prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      945. To ask the Minister for Health the amount each hospital has paid year on year to private ambulance companies since 2011. [35802/17]
    • Community Intervention Teams
      946. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application by CH8 for a community intervention team. [35803/17]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      947. To ask the Minister for Health when the new palliative consultant will commence employment with Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, MRHM. [35804/17]
    • Hospital Equipment
      948. To ask the Minister for Health when approval for capital funding to accommodate a new MRI scanner in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, will be sanctioned (details supplied). [35805/17]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Staff
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if two additional emergency department consultants to ensure 24-7 emergency services in MRHM will be approved. [35806/17]
    • Rare Diseases
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35817/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Spinraza will be made available to sufferers of spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35818/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred to another hospital for treatment in view of the waiting times for the procedure in the local hospital; and...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no replacement was put in place for a person (details supplied) in Tullamore hospital; the measures the HSE will put in place to alleviate the...
    • Orthodontic Services
      954. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had to wait on an orthodontic appointment and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35825/17]
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      955. To ask the Minister for Health further to his comments at the launch of the National Drugs Strategy, the areas which the €3 million additional funding referred to in his speech will...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      956. To ask the Minister for Health when the assisted human reproduction Bill will be pursued. [35853/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      957. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a date for hip replacement surgery in Tallaght hospital. [35859/17]
    • Vaccination Programme
      958. To ask the Minister for Health if he is monitoring the issues being raised abroad over the use of Gardasil; if his attention has been drawn to the 400 victims in Colombia preparing to take a...
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      959. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use, regulation and taxing of vape products; his further views on the submission of an association (details supplied) of 3 February 2017 to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      960. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the large waiting list of persons requiring spinal surgery in Tallaght hospital, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35880/17]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing demonstration project on pre-exposure prophylaxis; the stage in this project the HSE is currently at; if PrEP should be found...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      964. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on the provision of a drug (details supplied); if not, when a decision can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      965. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland is lagging behind other EU countries in the reimbursement of persons requiring new medicines which are routinely available across Europe;...
    • Community Care Provision
      966. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the community ophthalmic medical services scheme is not yet rolled out despite being announced nine years ago; the counties and locations the pilot...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urologists available to cater for public patients in hospitals in the south east; the waiting time for urology appointments for public patients...
    • Paediatric Services
      969. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an outreach clinic in County Cork to facilitate children who need to be seen by a consultant paediatric gastroenterologist, and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives employed by the HSE on a full-time basis in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • HSE Staff Data
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors employed by the HSE on a full-time basis in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Paediatric Services
      973. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an outreach clinic in County Cork to facilitate children who need to be seen by a metabolic doctor from the specialist metabolic unit in Temple...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      974. To ask the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be made available on the general medical scheme, GMS, and the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      975. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish the facts behind the increase in registration fees set by the Health Products Regulatory Authority that came into effect as of 1 January...
    • Dental Services
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Products Regulatory Authority has and continues to ignore those unqualified practitioners who provide dentures directly to unsuspecting...
    • Hospital Services
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the prevalence of endometriosis here and across the European Union, if known; the extent of knowledge and the skills set regarding endometriosis among...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional posts by job title recruited and appointed in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for the development of the DeafHear national services; and if he...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      979. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time from referral to assessment for opioid substitution treatment by community health care organisation, CHO, area; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to address the service gap for low secure acute care and rehabilitation services for mental health service users...
    • Dental Services Provision
      981. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); his plans to address the delays in regular dental developmental checks for primary school children...
    • Autism Support Services
      982. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children with autism spectrum disorder who are of preschool age in the Knocklyon area of Dublin south west; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      983. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address an issue (details supplied); if he will ensure appropriate access to this essential service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      984. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the marked disparity between community health care organisations, CHOs, in the numbers waiting for a first appointment with child and...
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      985. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times involved from when a person in care requiring psychological assessment is referred from Tusla to the Health Service Executive, HSE; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      986. 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. [36028/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for service users by the Health Service Executive, HSE, for day services for persons with disabilities on a county basis,...
    • Health Services Provision
      989. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36046/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have applied for the fair deal scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in counties Cavan and Monaghan, in...
    • Home Help Service Data
      992. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of home help hours the Health Service Executive, HSE, provided to persons in each county, in particular counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      993. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 16 May 2017, the number of children's disability network teams in community health care organisation, CHO, area 9;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      994. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 2 May 2017, the average waiting time for this type of surgery; if this report is available; and if he will make a...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      995. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 2 June 2016, if this report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      996. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve the Entresto drug for use by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36087/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      997. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36089/17]
    • Health Care Professionals
      998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists in County Laois; and the number of days they work each week. [36090/17]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      999. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the inclusion of Melatonin as a prescription drug under the general medical card scheme, specifically in instances where this drug is prescribed...
    • Home Help Service Data
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36092/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a service (details supplied); his plans to increase funding in this area to provide more places nationally and particular in counties Cavan,...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in Donegal hospitals either university or community (details supplied); the details of medical staff across all departmental...
    • Orthodontic Services
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) with a medical card is covered for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36108/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for St Joseph’s hospital, Stranorlar; his further plans for keeping all 78 short and long-term stay beds which are based in wards (details...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health within County Donegal in each of the years 2008 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36112/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for restoring the cardiac rehabilitation programme to the previous centres of Dungloe and Ballyliffen which operated until 2010 but that have been...
    • Hospital Services
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for retaining the Woodville specialist dementia care unit at St Joseph’s hospital Stranorlar, County Donegal; his further plans for restoring...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the correct home help. [36136/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health when discussions regarding the new Translarna medication to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy will be approved, in view of the fact persons with very severe...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1012. 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. [36146/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure or the group of...
    • Hospitals Data
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of inpatient beds and procedure beds in Our Lady's Children's Hospital and the Coombe Women and Infants University...
    • Hospitals Funding
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the capital spend for Our Lady's Children's Hospital and the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in each of the years from...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a primary medical certificate. [36232/17]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an orthopaedic appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36241/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the reason allocated care hours and schedules are not being fully met for home care provision for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cannabis access programme for cannabis-based treatments for qualifying persons (details supplied); when it will be in place; and if...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in appointing nurses that have retired but are now willing to return to the profession; the reason nurses such as these early...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health when full-time residential care will be approved for a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma medication in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36259/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health when full bed capacity will be restored at a hospital (details supplied), in view of the critical importance of this facility for persons throughout the...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who is currently residing with their grandparents and need their own supervised...
    • Health Services Access
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary question No. 197 of 10 May 2017, the reason for the delay in finalising this matter; if he will expedite same to ensure that persons...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health if the project for the provision of an early pregnancy assessment unit, a foetal assessment unit and a urodynamics laboratory in Wexford General Hospital will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36285/17]
    • Autism Support Services
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of a dietician for autistic services in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/17]
    • Health Services
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 that the HSE escalation policy has been in effect at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it will cost to maintain the current levels of service provision across the health service in 2018 in view of demographic changes and inflation....
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would it cost to reduce prescription charges by €0.50. [36354/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Data
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to reduce the DPS, drugs payment scheme, threshold to €132, €100 and €50, respectively. [36355/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to add 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network. [36356/17]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to hire 4,000 new nurses on the pre-2011 rate of pay. [36357/17]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to hire 500 consultants. [36358/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to hire 500 directly employed GPs, 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100...
    • Autism Support Services
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to six and six to 18 years of age respectively with autistic spectrum disorder who are being or were diagnostically assessed on...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a designated area or facility within the HSE's portfolio or otherwise in Drogheda, County Louth, to allow for meetings to take place for...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 14 July 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1069. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of June 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in...
    • Organ Donation
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved to date in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the...
    • Health Strategies
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations that have been put in place for the implementation of the policy on trauma systems. [36378/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital during the first six months of 2017. [36380/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in acute hospitals during the first six months of 2017. [36381/17]
    • Health Services
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres during the first six months of 2017. [36382/17]
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges during the first six months of 2017. [36384/17]
    • Stroke Care
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of acute stroke patients who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit during the first six months of...
    • Hospital Services
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, outreach programme. [36387/17]
    • Health Services Data
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres during the first six months of 2017. [36388/17]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month to date in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the amount projected for 2017. [36391/17]
    • Disability Services Funding
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to provide individualised budgets to persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36394/17]
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to reinstate all the downgraded and closed accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36398/17]
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36427/17]
    • Autism Support Services
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for occupational therapy assessments for children with autism between six and 18 years of age (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1092. 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. [36448/17]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the arrangements in contracts between his Department, the HSE and hospital consultants in the carrying out of private work in public hospitals;...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the emergency department task force report recommendations; and the recommendations that have and have not been...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the recruitment of staff in Ballymote primary care centre; when the recruitment process will commence; the way in which and when positions will...
    • General Practitioner Training
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consideration of a proposal to provide specific general practitioner training programme for County Kildare in view of the increasing...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a short stay ward at Letterkenny university hospital has recently closed; the number of beds that were located in this ward; if all these beds have...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the request made by Letterkenny university hospital for additional staff to re-open the recently closed short stay ward at the hospital; the...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish the medical rehab ward at St. Conal's hospital in Letterkenny; the number of beds currently in the ward; the type of refurbishment...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on the waiting list at the child and adult mental health services in Cork city south Lee; the timeframe they are...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding public hospital waiting lists for surgery (details supplied). [36516/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a consultant. [36518/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in a location (details supplied) on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment; the timeframe they have...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1106. 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. [36520/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health the detail and composition of the multidisciplinary team in a location (details supplied); the disciplines provided for the school; and the number of...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health community residences that have implemented the tobacco free campus policy; and the percentage of mental health community...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a national mental health promotion plan [36533/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for assessment for cataracts in counties Cork and Kerry; the waiting time for assessment; the number of persons waiting for a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as home help by the HSE in each of the years since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36554/17]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36555/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need beyond the time periods permitted by the Disability Act 2005 in Galway city and county; the length of...
    • Care Services Provision
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide a carer for a person (details supplied). [36586/17]
    • European Health Insurance Card
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid or reimbursed for treatments in the European Union for holders of the European health insurance card in 2014, 2015 and 2016. [36590/17]
    • Health Services Access
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork city and county on a waiting list for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy; the length of time...
    • Health Services Provision
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE's development of a community-based cardiac rehab programme in collaboration with a charity (details supplied). [36608/17]
    • Tobacco Free Campus Policy
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential units for older persons that have implemented the tobacco free campus policy; and the percentage of residential units for older...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of smokers who have received or are receiving intensive cessation support from a cessation counsellor either face to face, in a group, by phone or...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1126. To ask the Minister for Health if all hospitals in each hospital group are implementing a healthier vending policy in hospital groups. [36613/17]
    • Community Cooking Programmes
      1127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons participating in HSE-funded community cooking programmes. [36614/17]
    • Hospital Food
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the development and implementation of a HSE hospital food and nutrition policy in acute hospitals; if the policy is now...
    • Breastfeeding Data
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively at first PHN visit; and the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively...
    • Health Services Provision
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local and national partnership plans developed and agreed under the dementia understand together campaign. [36619/17]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women aged 50 to 64 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1142. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of urgent cases offered a colposcopy appointment within two weeks of receipt of a letter in the clinic. [36629/17]
    • Health Services Data
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons screened with final grading result with regard to the Diabetic RetinaScreen programme and its operation to date in 2017; the percentage...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake to date in 2017 in each CHO for the HPV vaccine. [36631/17]
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland Inspections
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of official food control and planned surveillance inspections of food businesses to date in 2017 with regard to the HSE Food Safety Authority of...
    • Sunbeds Regulation
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the sun bed test purchase and mystery shopper inspection programme under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014; the test purchase...
    • Water Fluoridation
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drinking water samples taken to date in 2017 to assess fluoride parameter compliance. [36634/17]
    • Departmental Reports
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will contribute to the funding of a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study as has been recommended; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the theatre capacity for Cappagh hospital; his views on the utilisation of this capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36643/17]
    • Substance Misuse
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the escalating and widespread issue of the use of crack cocaine; the data which is available to him on such usage; and the treatment response to...
    • HSE Expenditure
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency hired emergency department consultants in each acute public hospital in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Reports
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health if he has provided the promised memo to Cabinet in respect of Sláinte Care; and the position in respect of the establishment of an implementation office...
    • HIQA Inspections
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health the details and status of all inspection reports carried out by HIQA in respect of the implementation of each report's recommendations; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health the supports which exist by county for young adults with an intellectual disability, just turned 18 years of age, for their continuing education and...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are so many unfilled senior management posts in CH09; and the steps he is taking to ensure these posts are filled without further delay [36669/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on the National Treatment Purchase Fund by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36678/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a situation which occurred in St. James's Hospital (details supplied). [36679/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case; and if he will make a...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36855/17]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Marine Institute
      1162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns or reservations regarding transparency or possible conflicts of interest in the Marine Institute’s...
    • Brexit Issues
      1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to delay further progress of the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 in view of Britain’s recent decision to...
    • GLAS Payments
      1164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34940/17]
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will grant pedigree status to a breed of cattle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34942/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34972/17]
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available to help repair and aid the maintenance of coastal slipways; if not, his plans for same; and if he will make...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1599 of 20 June 2017, if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the eligibility criteria for TAMS applicants from the tillage area, that is, that he waive the requirement of...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a refusal of a farm payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35078/17]
    • GLAS Administration
      1171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the information technology functionality will be available to process the GLAS 1 and 2 applications that were refused in error...
    • GLAS Payments
      1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35135/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35137/17]
    • GLAS Appeals
      1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) for refusal of a GLAS tier 1 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Payments
      1176. 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. [35143/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      1177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 11 July 2017, if a 2017 basic payment scheme application was made regarding a land...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the steering committee has met since being appointed to manage the review of his Department's inspection regime...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      1179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1710 of 20 June 2017, when payment will issue. [35191/17]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      1181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review of replacement tonnage for fishing boats will be completed and the results published; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Applications
      1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) can expect a decision on their TAMS application. [35304/17]
    • EU Directives
      1184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the outcome of the nitrates directive review allows for greater flexibilities, a more workable regulation and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Penalties
      1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a penalty has been implemented on a person's BPS payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 12 July 2017, if he will re-examine the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • GLAS Applications
      1187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason incorrect information was given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding their GLAS payment; the reason...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will...
    • Compensation Schemes
      1189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if emergency compensation is available from his Department for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TAMS Applications
      1190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
      1191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the new guidelines on the subsidy for the ownership of donkeys which is now only available if the donkey was in the...
    • GLAS Payments
      1192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the GLAS 2 payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals Review
      1193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); and if there is a timeframe for its completion. [35742/17]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      1194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1142 of 2 May 2017, if he will provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Grants
      1195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant schemes that exist for persons wishing to develop biomass projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35813/17]
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      1196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of requests by local authorities for funding for the upgrade or maintenance of ports or harbours; the amount requested by...
    • GLAS Appeals
      1197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/17]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 12 July 2017, the details of the process of assessment undertaken which led to the...
    • Live Exports
      1199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new regulations introduced in January 2017 mean that cattle presented at a mart but...
    • Harness Racing Industry
      1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the publication of a report (details supplied) into harness racing here in view of the fact that this report was due...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      1201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of dredging Howth harbour, County Dublin in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/17]
    • Live Exports
      1202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost to increase the number of inspections of transport vehicles of exporters of live animals to at least 2,000...
    • Farm Safety
      1203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase funding or introduce schemes relating to farm safety, in view of the increase in farm deaths; and if he will...
    • GLAS Data
      1204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average full year payment to farmers under GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and GLAS 3, respectively; the amount paid out under this scheme to...
    • Forestry Data
      1205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of land in each county that is now used for forestry, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      1206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the sale of a village (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36032/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of...
    • Farm Inspections
      1208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the farm inspection regime is fair; if he has satisfied himself that the penalties being given are in line...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is addressing the bureaucracy and red tape that persons are facing when it comes to the knowledge...
    • Beef Industry
      1210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is sufficient competition in the beef sector to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      1211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS 2016 persons that have been paid their balancing payments in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ANC review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36279/17]
    • Farm Safety
      1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a report (details supplied); if his Department is considering this to help with farm safety; if an alternative...
    • TAMS Funding
      1214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cattle underpasses can be grant aided in the interest of road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36434/17]
    • GLAS Applications
      1215. 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. [36486/17]
    • TAMS Applications
      1216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36488/17]
    • GLAS Applications
      1217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36494/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ongoing review of ANCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36511/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      1219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise...
    • GLAS Data
      1220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received the 15% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular...
    • Compensation Schemes
      1221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the tillage compensation fund agreed. [36681/17]
    • TAMS Applications Data
      1222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 29 June 2017, when a reply will issue. [36683/17]
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      1224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the animal identification and movement, AIM, system should not penalise farmers, should not be open to third...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      1225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the state aid rules in operation under the Common Fisheries Policy. [36685/17]
    • Ministerial Dialogue
      1226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Health regarding the completion of the fair deal nursing home support...
    • Brexit Issues
      1227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he raised the subject of a Brexit financial package for farmers at the most recent EU agriculture ministers meeting; and if so,...
    • State Aid
      1228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he made the case for a revision of State aid de minimis rules to provide support to farmers. [36688/17]
    • Veterinary Inspection Service Expenditure
      1229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost to the State of maintaining each regional veterinary laboratory for the period 2014 to 2016; and the amount...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      1230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact criteria that exist for funding under TAMS 2 for purchase of trailing shoe equipment. [36690/17]
    • Beef Industry
      1231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department examined, and if he has a view on, requiring meat processors to report wholesale prices and stocks twice daily...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Data
      1233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler beef farmers per county, in tabular form; the number of suckler farmers enrolled in the BDGP per county; the...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county who have suckler cows, broken down by herd size, zero to ten, 11 to 20, and so on, in tabular...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Data
      1235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who participated in the suckler herds welfare scheme 2008 to 2012; the annual expenditure for the scheme in...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      1236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares currently eligible under the BPS and greening scheme, by county; the total percentage of eligible land by...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants who have completed their farm improvement plans, by county; and the number per...
    • Beef Industry
      1238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist farmers with the costs associated with the establishment and ongoing running costs of producer organisations....
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
      1239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants enrolled in the sheep welfare scheme; the amount of expenditure expected to be drawn down in year one of...
    • TAMS Funding
      1240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for allocating funding for an integrated biomass mobilisation programme to support farmers to invest in farm based...
    • Farm Safety
      1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost to the Exchequer of proposals by an organisation (details supplied). [36706/17]
    • Horticulture Sector
      1242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on the scheme of investment aid for commercial horticulture in 2016; and the 2017 budget allocation. [36707/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicles
      1247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of funding that has been provided by his Department or agencies under its remit to individual local...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to bring to the European Council the proposal that Ireland, as a result of anticipated failure...
    • Fishing Industry
      1249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to establish an eel hardship package for eel fishermen; if so, his further plans to ensure the heritage of...
    • Waste Disposal
      1250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the locations to which the brown waste that is collected by bin companies is brought; and the end use of same; and if...
    • Fishing Industry
      1251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of the salmon fishing drift net ban which was imposed on inshore fishermen in 2006 will occur (details...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant schemes that exist for persons wishing to establish renewable energy projects; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      1254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the total allowable catch for Loughros More commercial salmon fishing is calculated by Inland...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      1255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sources of funding, including contributions in kind, for all aspects of the ocean energy programme and the...
    • Exploration Licences Approvals
      1256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been asked to provide consent for oil drilling to begin by a company (details supplied) in the southern...
    • Online Business Voucher Scheme
      1257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of digital trading vouchers provided by LEOs on an annual basis over the period 2014 to 2016 and to date in...
    • International Agreements
      1259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee (details...
    • Bord na Móna
      1260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agency workers working at Bord Na Móna for the past five years by month, in tabular form; and if he...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      1261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for publishing the national mitigation strategy under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband service will be available to all houses in the Bellinteer, Navan, County Meath, area following new...
    • Waste Disposal
      1263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level and type of lobbying that the waste industry has carried out in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Television Licence Fee
      1264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consult the public over increases to the television licence fee; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      1266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been paid to renewable energy operators to curtail or dump energy; the corresponding amount of...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Data
      1267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been collected from homeowners and businesses since the introduction of the PSO energy levy; his...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with the energy providers and CER to utilise more renewable energy on the grid; the steps...
    • Cyber Security Policy
      1270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the next national cyber security strategy; the period that the next strategy will cover; his plans...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      1276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the renewable heat incentive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Waste
      1279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will ensure that brown bins for organic waste will be made available to all householders in view of...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason both the Kilberry and Kildangan areas of County Kildare have bad mobile phone coverage; and his plans to...
    • Invasive Fish Species
      1284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the lack of crayfish in the Stradbally river, a tributary of the Barrow river, and...
    • North-South Interconnector
      1287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South interconnector project; if he will address the concerns of persons in counties Cavan,...
    • Post Office Network
      1289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to increase work for the post office network in order to assist it in remaining viable; his...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views as to whether the UK leaving the EU will have implications for mobile phone users along the Border when it...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      1293. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an aontaíonn sé go bhfuil ról lárnach ag na meáin i slánú agus fás na Gaeilge...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      1295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department can speed up broadband in an area (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      1297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the warmer homes scheme to include door and window insulation, external wall...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      1298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated costs of extending the natural gas network to towns with a population of over 5,000, and if he will make...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been in contact with his counterparts in Northern Ireland with regard to the development of a project...
    • Post Office Network
      1304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his response to the Irish Postmasters Union withdrawing from negotiations on the future of the post office network;...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      1306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to outsource the collection of the television licence fee to an agent other than An Post; the likely cost to...
    • Bord na Móna
      1307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the regulatory compliance issues surrounding Bord na Móna's acquisition of a...
    • Departmental Funding
      1308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations
      1309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each inspection carried out on a privately operated tailrace at Clohamon on the River Slaney from 1...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high speed broadband in the area of Newtown, Lullymore and Rathangan, County Kildare, and if he...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the latest profiles in value and outruns forecast in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the procurement process for the national broadband plan. [36601/17]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed €1.5 million reduction in landfill fees offered to waste companies to offset the...
    • Exploration Licences Applications
      1319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been applications for an oil exploration licence at Kish bank; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Policy
      1321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to parliamentary question No. 1034 of 13 July 2017, if there is a Government policy relating to the emissions...
    • Carbon Budget
      1323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost to the Exchequer of proposals by an organisation (details supplied). [36710/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department that are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1326. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Parking Regulations
      1328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is legislation governing private operators clamping vehicles in private car parks at commercial or private residential premises...
    • Road Projects Status
      1329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Narrow Water bridge project; if reports of it being in jeopardy are accurate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maritime Safety Regulations
      1332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monitoring and enforcement regime on the mandatory wearing of lifejackets; the number of detections of breaches of the regulations...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the completion of the new national sports policy framework. [34907/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      1334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to upgrade the N24 to motorway status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34927/17]
    • Aviation Industry
      1335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with his UK counterpart the possibility of a new aviation agreement between Ireland and Britain to avoid flight...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      1336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2017 allocation for the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme; and the amount he plans to allocate in each of the years 2018 to...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications that have been made under the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme, by year, since its inception,...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for a driving test at each test centre in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbour Authorities
      1339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the due diligence between Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; the proposed...
    • Regional Road Network
      1340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for a road (details supplied) in Glenbeigh, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the decision of his Department not to provide funding to Cork City Council to assist with the escalating problem of...
    • Transport Policy
      1342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of his proposed transport forum; the bodies which will attend such a forum; if the forum will be on a statutory basis; and...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      1343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increased funding for community involvement and local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      1346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the application by Limerick City and County Council for traffic calming measures on the N69 outside a school (details...
    • Bus Services
      1347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to new bus services which will serve an estate (details supplied); the company providing this service;...
    • Traffic Management
      1348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the assessment carried out by Transport Infrastructure Ireland of Ballyheane village, Castlebar, County Mayo, further to...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      1349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a grant programme open for swimming pools. [35297/17]
    • Regional Road Network
      1351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will make provision in the capital roads budget to complete the section of the Portlaoise orbital route from Timahoe...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      1352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many road haulage companies registered in Northern Ireland are operating here contrary...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      1353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason independent mediation services were not employed in respect of a case with the Irish Coast Guard (details supplied); the...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Funding
      1354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated and actually distributed to local authorities for swimming pools between 2014 and 2016 and to date in...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      1356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the possibility of funding a new water sports and activity centre in Athy, County Kildare, in view of the fact that...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      1357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase funding to Cavan, Monaghan and Meath County Councils to repair roads in bad need of upgrade and maintenance works;...
    • Driver Licences
      1358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary to have a public services card to apply for a provisional or full driver licence; the reason for this; and if he will...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reintroduce the local improvement scheme so that rural lanes and roads which are in bad need of repair can access funding;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average and longest wait time respectively in weeks by category (details supplied) in each test centre, by county, in tabular form;...
    • Traffic Data
      1363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to observe traffic flow at Reen Cross, County Kerry, (details supplied) with a view...
    • Ports Policy
      1364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the report by a company (details supplied) on Rosslare Europort; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the Road Safety Authority to address the issue of waiting times for driving tests in County Kerry; the plans of the...
    • Ports Development
      1366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the profit earned at Rosslare Europort; his plans for Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35739/17]
    • Road Safety
      1367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a separate funding stream for schools that wish to introduce road safety measures at their facilities and cannot...
    • Greenways Development
      1368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the greenway west of Athlone. [35801/17]
    • Cabinet Committee Membership
      1369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he is not a member of the Cabinet Committee B in view of the fact that public transport is a key public service. [35807/17]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      1370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding sought by each local authority for the upgrade and maintenance of roads prior to the most recent allocation, in...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      1372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he has taken since committing at the recent Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport meeting to review the 42 tonne,...
    • Noise Pollution
      1373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of draft statutory instruments or Bills his Department has presented to the Attorney General's Office on making the Irish...
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      1374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the publication of the Moran inquiry report; if he has met with the Attorney General on this matter in June to date in...
    • Road Tolls
      1375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 23% VAT rate reduction on the M50 toll charge which was introduced in April 2017 will be passed on to motorists; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      1376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the bus service for the Lusk area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35939/17]
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      1385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planning for the extension of the DART to Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Services Provision
      1387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the train service for Balbriggan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/17]
    • Air Services Provision
      1393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the delay in granting a tour operator licence to an airline carrier (details supplied), the steps that have been taken to...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the processing of the 2017 sports capital programme applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36082/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      1396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for fast-tracking infrastructural projects within the Border counties in advance of the conclusion of Brexit talks; the...
    • Roads Maintenance
      1397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Fintra bridge project on the R263 in southwest Donegal; if he will report on the engineering staff intra engagement...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      1398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for developing marine tourism in County Donegal; the way in which such plans could easily supplement the success of the Wild...
    • Tourism Promotion
      1399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for developing tourism on off shore islands and especially in County Donegal; his strategy to increase visitor numbers to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's vote of...
    • Public Transport Provision
      1401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Roads Authority to carry out an audit of the transport needs in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath for...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite the east-west link as an important part of infrastructure for east Cavan and the Border region as a matter or...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed timeframe for the approval of the 2017 sports capital programme applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate additional funding to Cavan and Monaghan county councils in 2017 for the non-national road network; and if he will...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy
      1406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it would cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels. [36368/17]
    • Rail Services Provision
      1408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the conversion to automated stations including all ancillary works on the DART line will cost; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will commence the section of the Road Traffic Act 2016 which will establish a regulation system for rickshaw vehicles in view of...
    • Sports Events
      1410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 675 of 11 July 2017, the way an organisation (details supplied) has selected athletes from...
    • Rail Services Provision
      1411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basic material difference in comparing the functional standard of the physical rail line between Rosslare and Waterford and an...
    • Public Service Obligation Data
      1414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated spend on the public service obligation in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [36559/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      1415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest profiles in value and outruns forecast in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based...
    • Rail Services Provision
      1417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART interconnector and the DART underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36588/17]
    • Rail Services
      1419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in line with Government policy as set out in the national cycle policy framework, all procurement of new rail rolling stock will...
    • Public Transport Data
      1420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of Bus Éireann buses that are wheelchair accessible; the percentage of Dublin Bus buses that are wheelchair...
    • Rail Services Provision
      1423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the notice required by Irish Rail if a person is a wheelchair user and wishes to travel by train; his plans to reduce this notice...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      1427. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres here, in tabular form; the number of women these centres can cater for; the number of women in these...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      1428. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a campaign organised by a group (details supplied) regarding early years workers; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Completion Programme
      1429. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the decision to remove the counselling grant from the school completion programme in cases in which alternative...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      1430. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if child care providers registered with an organisation (details supplied) rather than Tusla will be eligible for the affordable child...
    • Child Care Services
      1431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to release capital funding for a community crèche (details supplied). [35127/17]
    • Child Abuse
      1432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a legislative framework; and the powers that social workers have to investigate allegations of abuse outside the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from her Department and agencies under the aegis of her...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1434. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the discovery of unmarked graves at a site in Tuam, the reason family members are not being contacted and liaised with...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      1435. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable child care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35465/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1436. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if she will make a...
    • Capitation Grants
      1437. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 11 April 2017, the estimated cost of the measure assuming it will be introduced in September...
    • Youth Services Funding
      1438. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the criteria have changed for the local youth club grant scheme to prioritising groups in which 75% of the youth members are between...
    • Children and Family Services Provision
      1440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 12 July 2017, if she will refer to the submission from a charity (details supplied) as...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      1441. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 835 and 837 of 7 March 2017 and 660 of 23 May 2017, the estimated full-year cost of paying ECCE...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure
      1442. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 23 May 2017, the estimated cost per year of the ACS in the event that the wage rate for...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      1451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific funding her Department or Tusla provides for mental health supports for children and young persons; and if she will make a...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      1452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 23 May 2017, if a decision was made to raise subsidy rates proportionally to reflect a rise...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      1453. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of recruiting 500 new social workers and 1,000 new social workers, some of whom are to be aftercare workers;...
    • Psychological Assessments
      1454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a standard protocol that all persons in the care of the State receive psychological assessment; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      1455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 811 of 11 April 2017, if she has received the evaluation report on the youth employability...
    • Child Care Services
      1456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the problems encountered by many small child care providers that do not have the resources to deal with...
    • Child Care Services Data
      1457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the child care sector, by qualification level, or working grade. [36093/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from her Department's Vote of...
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      1459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that was spent in 2015 and 2016 and the projected spend for 2017 on subsidies to private operators of child care. [36367/17]
    • Child Care Costs
      1460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount it would cost to restore the parental contribution cap for all participants availing of child care under the TEC schemes. [36410/17]
    • Foster Care Supports
      1461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the allowances paid to foster persons particularly those paid for foster children over 18 years of age that remain in...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the status of a community centre (details supplied) in County Kildare as a family resource centre in view of the low...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will engage with persons (details supplied) on a matter; if the issue will be dealt with as a matter of urgency; if she will...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in her Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based...
    • Departmental Funding
      1465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will contribute to the funding of a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study as has been recommended; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in her Department that are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be an underspend in her Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile and...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of protected disclosures received from staff in her Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if she...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Dental Services
      1469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of introducing an annual scale and polish under the DTBS, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      1470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding available for repairs of private property damaged by flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance Yield
      1471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that would be collected if both current bands of employers' PRSI were increased by 2%. [36309/17]
    • Household Benefits Scheme (2 comments)
      1473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of restoring the full telephone allowance under the household benefits package to the 2012 level...
    • Bereavement Grant
      1474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of restoring the bereavement grant of €850; her views on whether the grant was a major...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      1475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of restoring the fuel allowance to payment over 32 weeks rather than the current 26 weeks; her...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      1476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the job activation supports available to long-term unemployed persons who do not qualify for means tested social protection...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied). [34929/17]
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      1478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in receipt of assistance payments for fuel in their home; her views on the prevalence of fuel poverty...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a decision has not been made in respect of a disability allowance appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in...
    • JobPath Implementation
      1480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has set the criteria, training programmes or guidelines for staff that deliver the JobPath scheme via...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will investigate the delay regarding a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      1486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      1487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which an appeal for jobseeker's allowance was refused following an oral hearing in the case of a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      1488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 12 July 2017 and the revised projected inflation figure for 2018 included in...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      1489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that has been carried out on the level of activity in each Intreo office in respect of the number and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a clerical error made in respect of a carer's allowance application granted on appeal to a person...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from her Department and agencies under the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      1494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which families can access the PPS number of a sibling that has been in residential care for that person's...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 and over in receipt of a jobseeker's payment, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      1496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the eligibility for the community employment scheme to those who are long-term unemployed but not in...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      1497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow children that are in hospital long term and their parents that are staying with them to receive a payment...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review applications for carer's allowance (details supplied). [35286/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      1499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the earnings for carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      1500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been deemed ineligible for jobseeker's allowance on the grounds that they are not capable...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      1501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the respite grant...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      1502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times for carer's allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35425/17]
    • Paternity Benefit
      1503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times for paternity benefit applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35426/17]
    • Maternity Benefit Data
      1504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times for maternity benefit applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35427/17]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times for jobseeker's applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35453/17]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      1506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement in locations (details supplied). [35458/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      1507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times in respect of applications for the domiciliary carer's allowance payment; the number of all...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if...
    • JobPath Implementation
      1510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy change which has led to the new entrants into the jobseeker's allowance scheme to be referred to JobPath for a...
    • Data Protection
      1517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason, under the Data Protection Act, information from her Department was provided to Turas Nua as in the case of a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      1518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person is deemed unavailable for work for the entire month rather than two days and a jobseeker's payment...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35735/17]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      1520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will issue guidelines that would allow staff members, such as classroom assistants and cleaners who work in schools...
    • National Internship Scheme
      1524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the net saving of closing JobBridge to new applicants from 1 January 2018. [35827/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the net saving if the Gateway scheme were abolished on 1 January 2018. [35828/17]
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      1526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving to her Department of moving an additional 5,000 long-term unemployed into employment via JobsPlus in...
    • Direct Provision System
      1527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the current social welfare payment arrangements applying to residents of direct provision who have...
    • Pension Provisions
      1528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the Government will resolve the impact the new retirement age of 68 years of age will have on persons and...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      1529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an invalidity pension was refused to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide for a Christmas bonus in 2017 to long-term social welfare recipients; the rate of same; and if she will...
    • Labour Activation Programmes Data
      1532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have partaken or who are participating in each job activation scheme or employment support scheme...
    • Labour Activation Programmes Expenditure
      1533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on each job activation scheme or employment support scheme in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      1535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on indirect job support initiatives, such as JobsPlus, in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget for her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure of her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      1541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by age and gender in receipt of each form of social protection payment and or partaking on a job...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      1542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      1543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment schemes and the overall number of places allocated to community employment by county in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 12 July 2017 if a person between 21 and 24 years of age currently on the...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      1545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of beneficiaries and the spending on the family income supplement scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to...
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      1548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of persons on community employment, Tús and the rural social scheme; and if she will...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      1549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid by her Department in each of the years 2008 to 2016, and to date in 2017, for free television licences for...
    • Departmental Funding
      1551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from her Department's...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      1552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance can be backdated to the date of an accident in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Insurance
      1553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding Irish persons that live in South Korea, in which there is no reciprocal agreement between it and...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      1554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the legislation and regulations for eligibility for the State pension (contributory) (details supplied);...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      1555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the independent actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund will commence; the likely timeframe for a public...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      1557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that was paid out annually in rent allowance in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and the projected amount in 2017...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost for measures (details supplied). [36365/17]
    • State Pensions Payments
      1561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to extend the home-makers scheme for pensioners to cover those that were full-time home-makers...
    • Labour Activation Programmes Expenditure
      1562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to remove the qualifying time periods and allow immediate access for all qualifying payments for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to restore the income disregard to the OPFP and JST payments to €146.50. [36401/17]
    • Child Benefit Expenditure
      1566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to increase children's allowance by €47 for children over the age of 12. [36404/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to disregard the maintenance payments when assessing social welfare payment. [36406/17]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Expenditure
      1570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to fully restore all cuts to jobseeker's allowance for those under 25 years of age. [36408/17]
    • Maternity Leave
      1571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount it would cost to pay all elected councillors maternity leave. [36409/17]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      1572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the application of social welfare payments for persons that work part time over a seven day period due to...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options open to parents of children of 18 years of age plus who are still in secondary school but no longer eligible for...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36499/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36537/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      1580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in her Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      1582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the cost benefit analysis of the restructuring of MABS and CIS will commence; the expected date for completion and...
    • National Minimum Wage
      1583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing funding to the community service programme in line with the recommendation to increase the national...
    • Public Services Card
      1586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been issued a public services card in each year since first introduced; the waiting time to...
    • Family Income Supplement
      1587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the new working family payment that her Department is planning to introduce; the way in which this payment...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      1588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take following the report by her Department on lone parents and the impact that changes to the one parent...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      1589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to further extend benefits available to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36598/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      1590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has started contingency planning in the event that the common travel area and the reciprocal arrangements...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      1593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the impact of the 2012 band changes to the calculation of the contributory State pension; if her attention has...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      1594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2017 budget allocation for farm assist; the amount expended to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Social Scheme
      1595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2016 expenditure on the rural social scheme; the 2017 budget allocation for same; the amount expended to date in 2017;...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      1596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a proposal by an organisation (details supplied). [36702/17]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      1598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approximate reduction in the social insurance yield in a calendar year if the pay related social insurance employers...
    • Child Poverty
      1600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her targets for poverty including child poverty; if these targets are being met; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department that are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the time in each...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of protected disclosures received from staff in her Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36502/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will issue regarding an application (details supplied) for a foreshore licence; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Grant Payments
      1607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial supports or grants available to assist with the removal of asbestos from residential properties or...
    • Motor Tax
      1608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules the EU imposes on motor tax rates; if Ireland is complying with all EU rules regarding motor tax; the reason for...
    • Electoral Register
      1609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce postal votes for students that are studying abroad and students who study away from their primary...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce guidelines or regulations with respect to solar farm construction; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      1611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated yield by increasing the vacant site levy to 5%, 7.5% and 10%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      1612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for refunding water charges to those that have paid same; the timeframe for same; the procedures he plans to use...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the Government's 35 year foreshore lease planning application to construct an offshore...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      1614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when works on a category 2 pyrite house will be carried out in the case of a person (details supplied). [34918/17]
    • Development Contributions
      1615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of builders that applied for the planning rebate scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and...
    • Housing Policy
      1616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish details of the vacant homes audit and strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34936/17]
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      1617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities operate differing approaches to ensuring that boilers are...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      1618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will change the income assessment guidelines for housing needs assessments to disregard family income supplement on the...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      1619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will open the grant scheme to all eligible potential applications on the basis of reports commissioned by qualified...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      1620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord can withhold moneys from a deposit in lieu of outstanding water charges; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision
      1621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €330 million in capital commitments for the action plan on housing referenced in page 21 of the summer economic...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      1622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to page 23 of the Irish Water business plan, the amount of the €533 million capital investment plan for 2017...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on Traveller accommodation in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and the number of accommodation...
    • Housing Data
      1625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his Departments capital expenditure allocation in 2016 of €534 million and in 2017 of €732...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      1626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 7 February 2017, the steps being taken to locate the environmental assessment...
    • Water Charges
      1627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if voluntary committees such as those that run local community halls are exempt from water charges; and his plans to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      1628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a proposed water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in establishing same; and...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures followed in the assessment of foreshore lease applications; the progress made to date in the consideration of...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      1631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if homes which have no previous tenant occupancy can apply for the repair and lease housing scheme administered by local...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons employed over the past three years by the 13 approved housing agencies tier three; the salary paid to...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 16 May 2017, the status of the review of the tenant purchase scheme; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to initiate an affordable housing scheme....
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      1637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1322 of 20 June 2017, if he will provide information on the organisations listed...
    • Planning Data
      1638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions that are due to expire that can benefit from the proposed planning permission extension;...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      1639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35397/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure
      1642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the amount payable for rent and storage to persons under the pyrite remediation scheme in view of the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      1644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing central funding to the housing adaptation grant schemes by 50% in 2018. [35714/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing commencements for 2017, by all 31 local authorities, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      1648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of building control officers operating throughout the 31 local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      1651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the national quality standards framework for homeless services has been published by his Department; and if not, when it...
    • Tree Remediation
      1652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the statutory powers local authorities have in a situation in which a private homeowner is genuinely concerned that trees...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the midlands homeless region covering the four counties of Longford, Westmeath Laois and Offaly only received...
    • Housing Data
      1655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location by municipal district, town or village of identified vacant properties in County Kerry, in tabular form; and if...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      1656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to all local authorities in which there are direct provision centres recommending that the local...
    • Irish Water Administration
      1657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the contract between a company (details supplied) and Irish Water in the context of the work the company has...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has issued directions or guidelines to local authorities with respect to the vacant properties held by...
    • Animal Welfare
      1660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current cost of, and estimated cost of doubling, inspections of dog breeding establishments; if he will investigate...
    • Housing Provision
      1661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing a home to every person on local authority homeless lists, that is, excluding use of the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure
      1664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the amount spent on HAP each month in County Donegal in 2016 to June 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Functions
      1665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to send a circular to each local authority to outline the relevant national policies relating to the promotion of...
    • Housing Provision
      1666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements that exist for families who do not qualify for local authority housing due to exceeding income levels as per...
    • Commercial Rates
      1667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the commercial rates Bill; his strategy for assisting and helping struggling businesses in rural locations...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      1668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme in budget 2018 for repair of water and sewage systems on private residential property...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's...
    • Planning Issues
      1670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he advised President Donald Trump to apply for a sea wall for a golf course under the strategic infrastructure Act, an...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      1673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if private well owners will be reimbursed for the cost of maintaining wells when no public water service exists; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual spend for 2015 and 2016 and the projected spend for 2017 and 2018 on leasing, HAP and RAS agreements between local...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      1676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full cost of emergency accommodation in 2015, 2016 and projected for 2017 broken down by local authority and type of...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties; the number suitable for social housing; the number that have been considered for acquisition...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      1679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants on local authority lists after the assessment of needs of earlier in 2017; and if he will...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Expenditure
      1681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount it would cost to restore funding to the community development programme to 2008 levels; and if he will make a...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount it would cost to fully restore all cuts to the Traveller accommodation budget. [36412/17]
    • Local Authority Assets
      1683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land in the ownership of the local authorities that was sold or disposed of in 2016. [36413/17]
    • Housing Policy
      1685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requested an independent valuation of each of the sites in the State’s ownership which he has identified as...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sources of funding, including contributions in kind, for all aspects of the proposed venture relating to the foreshore...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the tenant purchase scheme is now completed; if so, if he will publish the report; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Services
      1689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that tendered for the procurement of dog control or dog pound services; the number of local...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      1690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he is addressing the anomaly which sees city councillors receive a lower remuneration than that of their...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      1691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 13 July 2017, the number of persons in receipt of HAP that have availed of the...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or organisation that has statutory responsibility for decisions taken by the marine licence vetting committee,...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      1697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of reference for the fire safety review that he ordered after the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower; if he will...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      1700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the role of the National Standards Authority of Ireland in regulating the Irish Agreement Boards approval...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an environmental impact assessment was required by his Department in the granting of the foreshore licence to a company...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      1703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department stipulates that gross income be used to assess if persons can become local authority applicants...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of second-hand houses bought by each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      1707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons accommodated in hotels and bed and breakfasts by each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2016...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      1709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing list in each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form; and if...
    • Housing Regeneration
      1710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the plans for the regeneration of St. Patrick’s Park, Rathangan, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      1711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to audit all vacant commercial properties, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36552/17]
    • Departmental Budgets
      1712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      1713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out a formal detailed review of the pyrite remediation scheme; his further plans to amend the scheme to...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the members of the marine licence vetting committee, MLVC; the process used by the MLVC for the assessment of...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual yield for motor tax projected for 2018; the yield for the past five years; the way these moneys were allocated;...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Evictions
      1717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the case of the eviction of all tenants from a location (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      1721. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has delegated all the responsibilities of the Minister for Defence to the Minster of State for Defence. [35254/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1723. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the meetings he has had with the Secretary General and other senior officials in his Department as Minister for Defence. [35903/17]
    • Commemorative Medals
      1725. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will he issue 1916 commemoration medals to all retired members of the Defence Forces who served in United Nations peace keeping missions....
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      1726. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Malarone tablets purchased by the Defence Forces in each of the years 2006 to 2013; and the number of malarone tablets in stock...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1728. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1729. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the non-payment of Naval Service recruits; the number of persons impacted; the reason for the non-payment; the length of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1731. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Review
      1732. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on his Department's survey on whether there is a widespread concern among the focus groups that the loss of experience and corporate...
    • Air Corps Strength
      1735. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on shortages within the Airs Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/17]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      1737. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the lack of success in addressing the reduced numbers in the Defence Forces, even after his own Department's recruitment campaign;...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1738. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that some members of the Defence Forces have to apply for family income supplement in view of the fact their salary is...
    • Military Medals
      1743. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has been asked to consider awarding a posthumous medal to a person (details supplied) who served as an old IRA volunteer; if this request...
    • Commemorative Medals
      1744. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or officials in his Department or in the Defence Forces have considered a new scheme in view of the fact the anniversary of the War of...
    • Curragh Plains Representative Forum
      1745. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions being taken to prevent illegal dumping on the Curragh Plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36019/17]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1747. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the consequences or lessons learned by his Department on the recent High Court award to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      1748. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken by persons in each arm of the Defence Forces in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017. [36132/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1751. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1753. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in his Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1754. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department who are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case; and if...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1755. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there will be an underspend in his Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile and those...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      1756. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures received from staff in his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1757. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of actuaries working in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/17]

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