Written answers

Monday, 11 September 2017

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to commence the sections of the Companies (Accounting) Act pertaining to filing requirements for unlimited companies; and if...
    • Legislative Measures
      2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to regulate the use of au pairs in order to facilitate genuine cultural exchanges while ensuring that...
    • Work Permits Appeals
      3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an appeal for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37112/17]
    • Military Exports
      4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the licensed arms manufacturers in the State; the companies that operate licences for producing military equipment, including dual use...
    • EU Directives
      5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation process in place and the timeframe for implementation of the EU (Disclosure of non financial and diversity Information...
    • Brexit Issues
      6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the call by organisations (details supplied) for the establishment of a Brexit adjustment fund for...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
      7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual Exchequer funding provided to the ODCE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [38444/17]
    • Departmental Schemes
      8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative (details supplied); if the terms of reference of the review have...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting at which she made the case for the need for a revision of...
    • Employment Data
      10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases of bogus self-employment dealt with by WRC labour inspectors annually in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date...
    • Personal Insolvency Arrangements
      11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe to implement the recommendations for increasing transparency and oversight in the way in which employees and creditors...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      12. 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 each of the years 2015 to 2016...
    • Work Permits Applications
      13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a critical skills permit by a person (details supplied). [36944/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of political staff employed in her Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
    • IDA Data
      15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new companies that the IDA has supported to locate in County Sligo; and the jobs created by these companies in each of...
    • Manufacturing Sector
      16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in securing a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • European Innovation Partnerships
      17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to Ireland joining the European Southern Observatory; if there are plans in this regard; and if she...
    • Work Permits Applications
      18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there was a delay to, or a freeze placed on, the issuing of new work permits and the renewal of work permits for work riders in the...
    • Low Pay
      19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address low pay and poor working conditions in the private home care sector in view of the fact that the sector is being...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of women and men respectively employed in her Department, in tabular form. [37434/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost her Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities. [37659/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans specifically in the Border region to interact with, inform and assure businesses ahead of Brexit; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Site Visits
      25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of IDA visits to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and throughout the country in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • Job Creation
      26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs being created as a result of a sale (details supplied); when they are likely to come on stream; and if she will make...
    • Brexit Staff
      27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Construction Industry
      29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Public Services Card
      30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or bodies and agencies under the remit of her Department plan to make services or payments dependant on the mandatory use and...
    • Brexit Staff
      31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be made available to each State agency under her remit to specifically deal with Brexit; the number...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding zero-hour contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38236/17]
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of business incubation centres; and the amount each centre received in Exchequer funding in each of the years from 2014 to...
    • Brexit Staff
      34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 11 July 2017, when a reply will issue. [38292/17]
    • Employment Data
      36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number employed in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, based on data in the annual employment survey over...
    • Health and Safety Authority Expenditure
      37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives; the number of inspections it carried out in each...
    • Brexit Issues
      39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of since being established, by county; and the...
    • Job Initiatives
      41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a special assignee relief programme that is focused on SMEs in order to attract highly skilled talent to work in sectors...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent publications by the Workplace Relations Commission regarding housing assistance grant cases (details supplied)....
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding parents who work shifts or are on zero or low...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific targets set for agencies under her auspices following the recent comments by the Taoiseach to double the Team Ireland...
    • Enterprise Support Services Expenditure
      45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Exchequer and European moneys invested in the enterprise stabilisation fund in each of the years from 2009 to 2011; the...
    • Employment Support Services
      46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Exchequer and European moneys invested in the employment subsidy scheme in each of the years 2009 to 2011; the number of...
    • Enterprise Support Services Expenditure
      47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish enterprises that have applied for funding under the SME window provided by the European fund for strategic...
    • Brexit Issues
      49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the tools being developed for firms with an exposure to the UK market in line with state aid rules; and if tools are being developed to...
    • Departmental Functions
      50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the transfer of labour affairs functions in her Department to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual percentage of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies staff under the remit of her Department who were women in each of the...
    • Brexit Staff
      54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in the dedicated Brexit unit within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38456/17]
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation of Science Foundation Ireland in each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form. [38499/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers meeting in which she or her predecessor made the case for the need of...
    • Brexit Staff
      57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in the dedicated Brexit unit within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38513/17]
    • Third Level Institutions
      59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the decision by University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology to withdraw staffing and...
    • Scientific Research
      60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to travel to CERN in Switzerland; and if she has given consideration to the State becoming a member of CERN. [38532/17]
    • Retail Sector
      62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she plans to implement to assist the retail sector due to the difficulties that have arisen from the weakening of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific measures her Department has taken to assist InterTradeIreland in the wake of the Brexit referendum result; and if she will...
    • Brexit Staff
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies in her Department for Brexit-related roles; the expected date for these rolls to be filled; and if she will...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the membership and role of all Brexit-related stakeholder engagement groups working with her Department on Brexit issues; the number of...
    • Brexit Issues
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Brexit-related research currently being undertaken by her Department; the topics under consideration; the date this research...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure savings that are earmarked for her Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if a feasibility study has been carried out on the introduction of personalised number plates based on the UK model; if this is an income avenue his Department...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an appeal for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36803/17]
    • Budget Submissions
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of proposals by an organisation (details supplied). [36846/17]
    • Currency Exchange
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the future costs of the exchange rates on UK pensions being paid to Irish citizens living here and the taxation of Irish State pensions...
    • Tax Code
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals being put forward by the working group established to examine and report on the tax treatment of landlords; if these proposals have been...
    • Budget Submissions
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a proposal by an organisation (details supplied). [38295/17]
    • Exports Growth
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the export finance initiative. [38315/17]
    • National Debt Servicing
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take advantage of the current historically low interest rates to redeem national debt taken out at the height of the debt crisis and to replace it...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of a group's (details supplied) review of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38655/17]
    • Tax Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from a 1% levy on online digital advertising to be charged on advertising carried on an Internet or mobile platform here; and if he will...
    • Property Tax
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2018 of abolishing the local property tax for principal private residences. [36816/17]
    • Vacant Properties
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised in 2018 by introducing a levy on residential properties empty for more than six months of €200 per month....
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised annually by abolishing tax reliefs for real estate investment trusts. [36821/17]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Capital
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funds in the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, potentially available for new investments. [36826/17]
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount soon to be lodged by a company (details supplied) into an escrow account as a result of the European Commission investigation into the...
    • Lobbying Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of lobbying of his Department on the sections of the Companies (Accounting) Act pertaining to filing requirements for unlimited companies; and if...
    • Tax Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated intake from corporation tax in 2017 and 2018; and the estimated intake from the top ten and top 20 companies. [36831/17]
    • European Banking Authority
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Banking Authority is responsible for supervising the work of national competent authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the personal tax take and total tax take as a percentage of GNI* as opposed to GDP for the most recent year available; and if he...
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the primary medical certificate scheme in budget 2018 to include autism as a basis for qualification; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisors, drivers and other...
    • VAT Yield
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected from the sale of women's sanitary products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36988/17]
    • Pensions Reform
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether allowing holders of annuity pensions cash their lump sums and pay outstanding taxes would be more beneficial to persons that are in...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have plans to review their use of 1890 numbers or to provide alternatives, in view of the prevalence of mobile phones which do...
    • Tax Code
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which windfalls gained through Central Bank mandated redress schemes such as for tracker mortgages are treated for the purposes of income tax; and...
    • Budget 2018
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if business owners will be able to claim VAT back on car petrol usage in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37056/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37071/17]
    • Knowledge Development Box
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2017 of the knowledge development box, by company size, SME or larger, that have applied to the scheme to date in 2017; and if he will...
    • Corporation Tax
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the report by a person (details supplied) on the corporation tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37124/17]
    • Tax Avoidance
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance when the State will ratify the BEPS multilateral instrument; the process for doing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37125/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an economic analysis of the impact of potential customs checks at border points following Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the VAT rate for retailers and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37202/17]
    • Motor Insurance
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explore the possibility of consumers accessing motor insurance from another well-regulated EU member state; the potential pitfalls for a consumer...
    • Departmental Banking
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax relief cannot be claimed in respect of payments made by a parent under a deed of covenant in favour of their permanently incapacitated child;...
    • Tax Code
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given in the Finance Bill 2017 to enable the capital gains tax of 33% to be lowered for legal separation in cases in which the sale...
    • Prize Bonds
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the reduction in the yield that applies to the prize bonds prize fund; the yield value of old bonds and prizes distributed over the past ten...
    • Government Bonds
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if the NTMA has a role in advising or influencing the rate of disposal by the Central Bank of the Government bonds that replaced the Anglo Irish Bank...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 26 August 2017, the number of years the person continues receiving tax relief at source, TRS, as a non-first-time...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals that have been made to the customers appeals panel section regarding a bank (details supplied), in view of the tracker mortgage issue;...
    • VAT Rate Application
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 9% VAT rate for the hotel sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37406/17]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism in place for those seeking to recoup their first-time buyers' grant following an eligible house purchase if the builder or developer is not...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reintroducing the rent relief tax credit in budget 2019 on the same basis as pre 2010. [37474/17]
    • NAMA Portfolio
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and acreage of NAMA-owned properties and landbanks by property type (details supplied) and by county, in tabular form. [37576/17]
    • Departmental Consultations
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance when the report commissioned by his Department and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on bogus self employment practices in the...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency of meetings between his Department and the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; when the last meeting took place; if...
    • IBRC Expenditure
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been an increase in the rates of fees charged by the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation since the date of their...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37680/17]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new positions made available in the Central Bank specifically to deal with Brexit; the types of new roles created; the number of vacancies left...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities during 2017. [37737/17]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons here are getting insurance quotes three times cheaper in Northern Ireland; his plans regarding the...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application (details supplied). [37753/17]
    • Personal Contract Plans
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the rapid increase in personal contract plan, PCP, credit instruments in the motor industry; if his Department has assessed...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review a scheme (details attached) in view of the comments of the Ombudsman in this case and in many other similar cases referred to the...
    • Housing Issues
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have met recently with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37806/17]
    • European Council Meetings
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the most recent meeting of ECOFIN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37808/17]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff on secondment from the Central Bank; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37809/17]
    • Mortgage Lending
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effect the mortgage deposit rules are having on persons' ability to purchase homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37810/17]
    • Motor Insurance
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the practice whereby car insurers charge different premiums on the basis of postcode, resulting in charge variations of hundreds of euro for car...
    • Tracker Mortgages Examination
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tracker mortgage examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37911/17]
    • Mortgage Lending
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the Central Bank policy on banks providing bridging finance to elderly persons wishing to downsize to another property; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Tax Code
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the changes to the section 110 tax structure introduced in the Finance Act 2016, if property funds that purchase residential and commercial loans...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that houses that have not experienced flooding and are in areas that have not experienced flooding in more than 30...
    • Brexit Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding...
    • Construction Costs
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the rainy day fund, as provided for in the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38034/17]
    • State Banking Sector
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell additional stakes in a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38037/17]
    • European Investment Bank
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department’s work with the European Investment Bank in Ireland in respect of infrastructure investment, SME finance and...
    • Eurozone Issues
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues regarding eurozone governance structures proposed by President Emmanuel Macron of France; if the matter...
    • Credit Union Lending
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the comments recently by a person (details supplied) regarding credit unions lending their reserves to approved housing...
    • Tracker Mortgages Examination
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank's order to lending banks to return affected customers to an appropriate tracker rate of interest is being...
    • Consumer Protection
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds are fully protected; if he will...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding that has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he has satisfied...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks in view of the recent...
    • Corporation Tax
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the European Commission to make a final report on the tax affairs of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Investment Bank
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank and other Departments to establish an off-balance sheet special purpose vehicle to...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions has he had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has...
    • Research and Development Supports
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have taken to address problems experienced by SMEs in applying for the research and development tax...
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department’s study to amalgamate PRSI and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38052/17]
    • Credit Union Advisory Committee
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made in the establishment of the Credit Union Advisory Committee; when the first meeting of the implementation group will take...
    • Credit Union Services
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made with the Central Bank on the request by a number of credit unions to expand their debit card and mortgage services; and...
    • Banking Sector
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent publicity regarding an organisation's (details supplied) work regarding the establishment of a public banking...
    • Stamp Duty
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific information that is recorded by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty returns that are filed with it in respect of the transfer of...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of local property tax exemptions in each local authority; and the reason for each exemption for 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [38123/17]
    • Public Services Card
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependant on the mandatory use and production of the public...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a specific scheme whereby persons that have retired and are not paying income tax are not eligible to avail of the scheme (details...
    • Tax Code
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate to charge VAT on carbon tax and the PSO levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38188/17]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that drivers will see significant motor insurance premiums reductions in view of the fact that motor insurance companies are...
    • Motor Tax
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the rate of VRT on motorhomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/17]
    • Bank Codes of Conduct
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is Central Bank policy that the banks should record all telephone conversations between members of staff and the banks' customers; the current policy of...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the lending targets the SBCI set for lending to SMEs in 2017. [38299/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual percentage of non-commercial State sponsored bodies staff under the remit of his Department that were women in each of the years 2010 to 2016,...
    • Banking Sector
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to finalise his consideration of the merits of local public banks. [38436/17]
    • Tax Code
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a case in which an inheritance is used to purchase an agricultural asset (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Currency Exchange
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to implement to assist the retail sector due to the difficulties that have arisen from the weakening of the value of sterling; and if he...
    • Property Tax
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the property tax, in view of the impact of the increase in property values on the LPT; if he considered varying the rates to balance the...
    • National Debt
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of amounts, maturity dates and interest rates on Ireland's outstanding debt; the highest rates of interest applied to Irish borrowings; and if he...
    • Tax Strategy Group
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the studies the Tax Strategy Group has carried out in respect of tax incentives to promote social affordable housing in new residential developments. [38610/17]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fear and distress being caused by recent media reports of the proposed sale of a portfolio of €1.25 billion...
    • Personal Debt
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of car loan indebtedness, in particular personal contract plan car loans; the value and number of such loans in each of the years 2014 to 2016,...
    • Income Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons earning in excess of and less than €1 million per annum respectively in bands of €50,000; the rate of taxation for each...
    • Tax Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by the Revenue Commissioners in the clampdown on offshore bank accounts earlier in 2017; the number of persons involved; and if he will make...
    • Tax Residency
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the data required of non-resident tax exiles; the number of days they are allowed stay here; the contribution via taxation and levies in the past three years...
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of spontaneous notifications sent by the Revenue Commissioners to other EU states and non-EU countries for which there is a tax treaty in place...
    • Brexit Issues
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an analysis of the additional costs for businesses here, including the cost of the tariffs, administration costs and...
    • European Banking Authority
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the State's bid to host the European Banking Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38661/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the development of sectoral response plans for Brexit; the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38694/17]
    • Brexit Staff
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the Brexit-related research currently being undertaken by his Department; the topics under consideration; the date this research commenced; the expected date...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or not included in the...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 18 May 2017, the three bidders and the corresponding portfolio that were successful following their reverse...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the special assignee relief programme in each of the years since its existence; and the number of employees covered by the scheme in each of these...
    • Tax Yield
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield in 2018 and in a full year from a 15 cent levy on a standard can of sugar sweetened drink with commensurate levies for higher volumes....
    • Banking Sector Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of branches in each of the State-supported banks that do not accept coins as lodgements; the policies each of the State-supported banks have in...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the 419,400 mortgages in receipt of mortgage interest relief that are in the 2004 to 2008 30% cohort and in the 2009 to 2012 15% cohort; and if...
    • Tax Exemptions
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of reducing the seven-year capital gains tax exemption under section 604A to five years and four years, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the first year and full year costs of decreasing the non-PAYE USC surcharge from 3% to 2.5%; the number of persons affected by such a change; and if he will...
    • Tax Yield
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the first year and full year cost of decreasing VRT for category B motor caravans and motor homes from 13.3% to 6.65% and to 0%, respectively; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fitting of cell windows that do not conform to standards set by the OPW;...
    • Pension Provisions
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the policy of pensions ceasing on the demise of former HSE employees to allow the pension to pass to the spouse; and...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans and the timeframe for flood defences in the St. Mary's area of Limerick city (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position with regard to the mandatory retirement age in both the public service and private sector; the difficulties being faced by...
    • National Monuments
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department spent on each of the 14 national monuments in County Carlow in each of the years 2012 to 2016. [37519/17]
    • Public Sector Pay
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants on contracts pre-1995 who have had their pay affected by the introduction of PeoplePoint (details...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants now employed; the number of vacancies in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Government has not implemented Labour Court recommendation 19293 which recommended the provision of a pension for...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department’s work on allocating additional resources for infrastructure investment in view of the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cross-Border bodies which receive Government funding; the corresponding amount paid in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the capital investment and investment in education, health and child care, respectively, as a percentage of the GNI*...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
    • Flood Risk Management
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood risk management plans, including the eastern CFRAM, have been finalised; if they have been submitted to him for approval;...
    • Tourism Capital Investment Programme
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding will be provided under the capital review for the tourism capital development programme; his plans for the phase 2...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37040/17]
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual percentage of Civil Service staff who were women in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form....
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual percentage of public service staff who were women under the remit of his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include a breakdown of staff by gender within his Department's online databank public sector numbers dataset. [37063/17]
    • Economic and Social Research Institute
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the Economic and Social Research Institute research commissioned in 2017 as part of the new initiatives for achieving...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37075/17]
    • Flood Risk Management
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the draft flood risk management plans for at risk areas (details supplied) will be approved, implemented and adopted by local...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • Brexit Issues
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has conducted an up to date assessment of the impact that the uncertainty regarding Brexit will have on the PEACE...
    • Departmental Properties
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition of a building (details supplied); the timeframe for the conclusion of proceedings; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the development of legislation for the regulation of data sharing between public bodies and for applicable...
    • Prison Service Staff
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a grade in the Civil Service for prison clerical officers or is such a post specific to the Prison Service; if the prison...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW has to prevent further flooding in Tullig Mor and Tullig Beg, Ballinhassig, County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Staff
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Construction Costs
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Arts Funding
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received a request for additional funding for a project (details supplied) in Cork city in addition to the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to facilitate the growing number of households that cannot get house insurance on their homes and properties in flood risk...
    • Public Services Card
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason community employment scheme supervisors are required to retire at 66 years of age in view of the fact the State advises that...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made in securing additional funds for infrastructure investment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to expedite the unwinding of FEMPI; the progress he has made in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of sectoral response plans to Brexit; the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Staff
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Issues
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the membership and role of all Brexit related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the number of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties particularly in rural areas caused by the review of domestic travel and subsistence rates...
    • Research Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the decision by University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology to withdraw staffing and funding from...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new system for English language schools which cater for students outside the European Union has been put in place; if not, when it is...
    • Third Level Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the disparity whereby funding for third level universities is at 60% and institutes of technology receive 40%, in view of the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the use of a courier service by the Teaching Council; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Land Transfers
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the transfer of lands from a primary school (details supplied) to a GAA club to facilitate club and pitch...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the construction of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36887/17]
    • School Furniture Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cost of furniture will be provided for a school (details supplied). [36900/17]
    • School Enrolments Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spare places in junior infants classes in each primary school in Swords and in the surrounding areas, including schools in the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Éigeandála
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuarthas Iarratas ar Oibreacha Éigeandála atá curtha isteach ag scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school placements available to children with autism spectrum disorders, ASD, in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will contact the design team for a school (details supplied) regarding the submission of the stage 2b report including the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the stage 2b cost check for a new college (details supplied) in County Kildare has been submitted for approval; if tender documents have been...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the additional four classrooms required for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will appoint...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his officials have not yet communicated with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare if the school is...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in County Kerry that applied for SNA resources for the 2017-2018 school year; the reason none were sanctioned; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37070/17]
    • Departmental Staff Grades
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of men and women respectively in his Department who hold posts (details supplied). [37081/17]
    • School Placement
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase primary and post-primary school places in the Cherry Orchard-Park West area of Dublin or in the wider catchment area during...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to revoke a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers can expect an increase in pay following the strike by a union (details supplied); when his Department will unfreeze the increments;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding an application for a new school building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Textbooks
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the high cost of school books; the evaluation by his Department of an initiative by a company (details supplied) to supply books at...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of all capital expenditure such as extensions, new builds and additional accommodation for all primary schools in County Offaly since...
    • Schools Establishment
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans or explored the possibility of a secondary school in the Togher area of Cork. [37211/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial...
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the information and communications technology grant for schools covers the procurement of educational social media platforms. [37232/17]
    • School Transport Applications
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a transport grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for persons wishing to complete a masters in primary education. [37320/17]
    • School Funding
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way in which post-primary schools in County Leitrim are funded; the top-up, if any, that applies; and if he will make a...
    • State Examinations
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students in a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Leitrim are not provided the option of the leaving certificate applied...
    • School Curriculum
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a comparative expenditure analysis of the ETB's proposal for the provision of an equivalent to the leaving certificate applied programme in a...
    • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil cead á thabhairt do scoil (sonraí tugtha) naíonra a thógáil ar thalamh na scoile cé...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to build a new school for a school (details supplied) which was promised in 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for extra funding for a national school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37539/17]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a reversal in decision to grant a concessionary ticket for school transport to a person (details supplied) and if he will review...
    • School Completion Programme
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent figure for school completion rates in DEIS schools. [37692/17]
    • Institutes of Technology Staff
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current student to staff ratio in institutes of technology. [37695/17]
    • School Transport Applications Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary applications for school transport for the 2017-2018 school year by county; the number of which are new applications,...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money which was spent in his Department on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37732/17]
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health and counselling positions in secondary education and the annual cost of same; the way in which these are provided; and if he...
    • School Meals Programme
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place a national catering standard for secondary schools to provide healthy food in the school cafeterias. [37734/17]
    • School Transport Appeals
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a case (details supplied); if both reports by the school transport section and Bus Éireann will be supplied in order that...
    • Traveller Education
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that participation rates for members of the Traveller community are not available for the...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices registered in each apprenticeship programme, in tabular form. [37791/17]
    • Psychological Assessments
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a psychological assessment and a keyboard for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 26 July 2017, the reason his Department is not in a position to enter into direct contracts of...
    • Third Level Admissions Reform
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some colleges are operating a system of a fixed number of places for mature students, HEAR and...
    • School Transport Administration
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on status of the review of the criteria and guidelines of the school transport appeals board; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport Availability
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to implement to deal with difficulties which have arisen for many families in the school transport scheme, with particular...
    • DEIS Data
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are in the DEIS programme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37890/17]
    • School Staff
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the school community at a school (details supplied) with regard to the loss of a teaching post...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the refurbishment plans scheduled for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37898/17]
    • School Management
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the members of the board of management in primary schools receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37904/17]
    • School Funding
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated per year in each primary school budget in County Kildare for its board of management; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Appeals
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal (details supplied). [37948/17]
    • Brexit Staff
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
    • Construction Costs
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new NEPS psychologist has been hired for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38056/17]
    • School Catchment Areas
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new premises and site of a school (details supplied) must be located within the boundaries of the Carpenterstown and Castleknock school...
    • School Curriculum
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that his Department has made in securing funding and resources for the introduction of coding to all primary schools by 2019; and if...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s progress towards the restoration of pay equality for new entrants to the teaching profession since 2010. [38059/17]
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the latest CSO statistics in respect of the need for an additional further education and training facilities...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed redevelopment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38061/17]
    • Higher Education Authority
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the filling of vacancies on the Higher Education Authority board; the applications sought by the Public Appointments...
    • Teacher Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers employed by school day on average; if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of teachers to fill...
    • Third Level Staff
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in respect of the implementation of the Cush Report regarding part time and fixed term employment in third...
    • School Patronage
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools under religious patronage he expects to be divested over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the roll-out of the junior cycle process and the implementation of phase 3 from September 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Circulars
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the preparation of draft guidelines for school buildings out of hours and the implementation of circular letter 16/05...
    • Legislative Process
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his department’s work on the General Scheme of Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress the NCSE has made in processing late applications for SNAs for the 2017-18 school year; the number of decisions that have been...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the agreement made between a university (details supplied) and an organisation regarding the use of St. Laurence's Church in...
    • Site Acquisitions
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has had discussions with Fingal County Council regarding the location of the new second level school for the Carpenterstown and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) as provided for under the capital programme; and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an additional co-educational secondary school in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38076/17]
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop mental health supports for second level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38079/17]
    • School Transport
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level pupils granted school transport on the grounds of ethos of the school they are attending. [38117/17]
    • School Equipment
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department plans to act on its responsibility regarding a healthy weight for all in respect of the provision of potable...
    • Public Services Card
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of including sensory processing disorder as a qualifying medical condition for access to SNA support; and...
    • School Accommodation
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the...
    • Departmental Properties
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in his Department in releasing its interest in a school building (details supplied) which is to be acquired and used as...
    • School Closures
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school closures where there are 30 or more students for the 2017-18 academic year and the 2016-17 academic year...
    • School Accommodation
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional accommodation for a national school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38222/17]
    • Schools Inspections
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in each county that have been inspected by fire officials and failed safety standards following new builds and extensions,...
    • School Transport Administration
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in the school transport scheme that have been made in the past 12 months; and the engagement taken with stakeholders in the scheme....
    • School Transport Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason additional buses or larger buses cannot be put on for children in areas in which demand is high for concessionary students that have...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 13 July 2017, the amount of the 2017 budget allocation made available for apprenticeship training...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if days worked in a primary school by a person (details supplied) while employed and paid directly by the board of management can be counted...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual percentage of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies staff under the remit of his Department that were women in each of the years 2010...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the extension for a school (details supplied); the stage it is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/17]
    • Schools Inspections
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools included in the most recent fire safety audits commissioned by his Department; if it included both primary and secondary...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the building companies involved in building new schools that have been found to have breaches of fire regulations in the most recent fire safety...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an adult can be kept as a dependant ad infinitum under SUSI (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38412/17]
    • Autism Support Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the autistic unit will open for students in a school (details supplied). [38422/17]
    • Student Support Schemes
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to deaf parents of hearing children who study through the medium of Irish in order to assist them at home with their...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in securing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tenders will be invited for a project (details supplied) in view of the fact that planning permission was granted for a school; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed the schedule of accommodation requirements for the extension to a school (details supplied); if so, the details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure building works can be completed at a school in County Cork (details supplied); if he will provide the necessary additional...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding the schedule being followed in respect of a permanent building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in primary schools in the Tallaght area, by school, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in Dublin South-West in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if there has been an...
    • School Staff
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-permanent teaching staff in the Dublin South-West in primary and post-primary schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 6 July 2017, if a building project at a school (details supplied) will proceed to construction stage...
    • Schools Building Projects
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new schools to be constructed as a regional solution in 2017 and 2018; the definition of a regional solution; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by his Department to remediate fire safety concerns in a school (details supplied) upon publication of the fire safety...
    • School Staff
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine an appeal by a school (details supplied) in connection with its application for an additional teacher for the 2017-2018 school...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the High Court ruling of 24 April 2017 in case No. 2015/4715P, relating to the renewal of safety registration...
    • Brexit Issues
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are not...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to review and monitor fire safety in schools on a continuous basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding prefabs in schools; the number of prefabs in use; the number of prefabs rented by his Department on behalf of schools; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin on a new school (details supplied); the reason delays have occurred on this matter; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38972/17]
    • School Transport Fees
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport refund will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason payment for work carried out as part of the July provision is not issued until November; if his attention has been drawn to the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Visa Agreements
      465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to modify the upper age limit to 35 years of age for Australian citizens applying for a working holiday visa here, in line with...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Shannon Airport will not be used for current and future military interventions by foreign interests in view of the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and at European level regarding the need to ensure that...
    • EU Meetings
      469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      471. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of applying for a passport is discouraging some persons from applying for same;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department in tabular form. [37072/17]
    • Passport Applications
      474. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person that has changed their name by deed poll into Irish must wait for two years before being able to apply for their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      475. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • Israeli Settlements
      476. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will convey its concerns to the Israeli authorities regarding the disturbing increase in the demolition of Palestinian...
    • Subsidiary Protection
      477. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the conclusions of the legal proceedings surrounding subsidiary protection residence if a decision has been reached on the legal...
    • Departmental Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investment made by his Department in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/17]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      479. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the British Foreign Secretary the need for the British Government to...
    • Passport Applications Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new passports that have been issued in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East Issues
      481. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the revocation by Israel of Bedouins' Israeli citizenship in large numbers over recent months (details supplied) with no...
    • Public Services Card
      482. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose the public services card plays in identifying a person that is renewing a passport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and grade of all staff in his Department; the number and grade of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/17]
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      485. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of funding for the Centre for Cross Border Studies; the funding it has received in the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      487. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting in August 2017 with Secretary of State Brokenshire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37815/17]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government plans to take in defence of the rights of the Rohingya people in Myanmar in view of recent reports (details...
    • Consular Services Provision
      489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports his Department provides to Irish citizens with children holding Irish citizenship who are involved in custody battles involving...
    • Foreign Policy
      490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the deaths of a very large number of Armenian persons in 1915 as genocide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Staff
      492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Construction Costs
      494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Northern Ireland
      495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Stormont talks to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38086/17]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      496. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice and actions his Department has taken in respect of the military stand off in Bhutan between the People’s Republic of China...
    • Foreign Policy
      497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action his Department has taken in respect of the tensions in the Korean peninsula and the threat to civilians in Japan posed by ongoing...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meeting with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce on 29 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      499. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department has undertaken in engaging with and studying the policy positions of business and political groupings in Britain...
    • Consular Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to help the family of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that Egypt is not party to the Hague Convention...
    • Public Services Card
      501. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department, plans to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      503. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the progress made to date in 2017 in the Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38346/17]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      505. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Kenya in view of the fact that the August 2017 election results have been annulled; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Agreements
      506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that the United States graduate visa programme may be discontinued; the number of graduates currently availing of the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of recent efforts to resolve the situation of the undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Prisoners Abroad
      508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the next steps that the Government will take to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Applications Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target turnaround time for passports; the actual time it is taking to process passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of public service staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Brexit Issues
      512. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the safeguards he envisages the EU will put in place to protect the rights of Irish citizens living in the UK, including Northern Ireland;...
    • Northern Ireland
      513. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the US authorities regarding the appointment of a special envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      514. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the US authorities regarding the appointment of an ambassador to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the required additional resources needed to address additional demand for passport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      516. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      522. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings he has had with the Brexit negotiation taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38791/17]
    • Brexit Staff
      524. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these rolls to be filled; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      526. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the membership and role of all Brexit related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the number of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      529. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are...
    • Consular Services Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he plans to open an embassy in Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/17]
    • Consular Services Expenditure
      535. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average cost of running an embassy and a consulate respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38924/17]
    • Passport Applications
      542. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the increased number of applications post Brexit from persons born and living in the UK; the resources put in place to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      544. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of all moneys given or paid to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; the purpose of these funds in...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Disability Support Services
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of access officers within local authorities; if there are guidelines from his Department regarding this role; and if...
    • Work Permits Applications
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied). [37871/17]
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees resettled here in 2016 and to date in 2017; the anticipated number to be settled during the last...
    • Property Registration
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for right of way by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Language Schools Accreditation
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the registration of English language schools which cater for students outside the European Union; the...
    • Garda Data
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no training of detectives in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations for the past nine years;...
    • Direct Provision System
      555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of abolishing the system of direct provision allowing asylum seekers the right to work; and the estimated...
    • Immigration Status
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36877/17]
    • Deportation Orders
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36878/17]
    • Immigration Status
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36879/17]
    • Deportation Orders
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status, including eligibility for naturalisation, in the case of a person (details supplied)....
    • Immigration Status
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36885/17]
    • Direct Provision System
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the regime of direct provision of refugees here. [36936/17]
    • Direct Provision Data
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been processed through direct provision since its inception; and the number who have been...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
    • Leave to Remain
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37051/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37074/17]
    • Residency Permits
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/17]
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) is properly resourced to enable it to process...
    • Immigration Status
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a proposal to remove a person (details supplied) from the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fines Administration
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will authorise an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the carpark at the new courthouse in Drogheda will be available to the public on non-sitting days; the terms of agreement on...
    • Immigration Status
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status with particular reference to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37184/17]
    • Visa Applications
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider a visa refusal to facilitate a family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Garda Expenditure
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if public moneys were used to purchase a boat (details supplied) for use by the Garda sea angling club; and the total sum of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees;...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a county registrar will be appointed in County Westmeath; and if the person appointed will deal only with County...
    • Visa Applications
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a visa can be reviewed and processed as appropriate in the case of a person (details supplied); the next...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the opening hours of a Garda station (details supplied) have been reduced; the number of personnel there are at...
    • Garda Strength
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the manning levels as of 1 September 2017 in all Garda stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí allocated to stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Direct Provision System
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding direct provision; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department's recruitment policy for allowing members of the transgender and LGBT communities to enlist in An Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) are allowed to leave the State for a holiday in the 12 months prior to applying for residency;...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applications under the transfer of prisoners legislation for persons wishing to transfer from prisons...
    • Asylum Support Services
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the measures advocated by the safe passage campaign (details supplied) which seeks to reunite separated...
    • Garda Operations
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and civilian staff assigned to and working with the Garda special crime task force when it was first...
    • Crime Data
      601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the joint agency response to crime announced in 2015 to bring Gardaí, the Irish Prison Service and the...
    • Prison Service
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the concerns and suggested actions of the UN committee against torture regarding the systemic deficiencies...
    • UN Committees
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding observations of the UN committee against torture in relation to the death of a person (details supplied);...
    • Court Orders
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the order of the district court ordinary decree of 26 October 2016 (details supplied) has not been executed or acted...
    • Garda Recruitment
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, in tabular...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons driving over the limit of alcohol intake in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath area and throughout the...
    • Garda Deployment
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí located in Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Resources
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial allocation for An Garda Síochána in 2010 and in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Policy
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State will be issuing an apology to a person (details supplied); his plans to review the immigration interrogation...
    • Garda Recruitment
      611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the competition for the selection of Garda trainees the number of such recruitment campaigns that have been...
    • Extradition Arrangements
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Interpol red notice requests for arrests that have been received by the authorities here in the past three years,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant citizenship to a family (details supplied). [37798/17]
    • Direct Provision System
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used in the awarding of contracts to provide direct provision facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision Data
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used by his Department in relation to companies awarded contracts to provide direct provision facilities when...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of works on a Garda station (details supplied); and the expected completion date. [37835/17]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Garda vetting for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/17]
    • Third Level Graduate Scheme
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue directly to persons (details supplied) in relation to the EEA students graduate programme; if he will...
    • Garda Stations
      620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the reopening of Ballinspittle Garda station in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37859/17]
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a decrease in Garda hours in the main station in Ballybofey and the Stranorlar area in Donegal in the past...
    • Garda Resources
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investment his Department has made in Garda infrastructure, personnel, Garda equipment, cars and so on, since March 2016 in...
    • Prison Service Data
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed in the Irish Prison Service other than prison officers who are in receipt of rent allowance; the...
    • Prison Service Staff
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 5 July 2017, the way in which prison clerical officers are employed in line with...
    • Garda Station Closures
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Kilmallock Ggarda station in County Limerick has been closed indefinitely; if so, the reason therefor; when it will reopen;...
    • Registration of Wills
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the development of a central register of wills. [37957/17]
    • Garda Station Closures
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 (details supplied) are among the six stations being...
    • Prison Service
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review being undertaken by officials of the Prison Service and his Department in consultation with...
    • Brexit Staff
      629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the...
    • Construction Costs
      631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect...
    • Commercial Rates
      632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the commercial rates levied on private nursing homes throughout the country; if there is a connection between the number of...
    • Law Reform Commission Reports
      633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission report number LR67 2002; and if he will make a...
    • Public Services Card
      634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use...
    • White Collar Crime
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation that will be introduced to tackle white collar crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38165/17]
    • Road Safety
      636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local...
    • Garda Deployment
      637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 12 July 2017, the progress made to date to increase the Garda traffic corps by 10%...
    • Probate Applications
      638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for significant delays in the probate system; the steps he will take to address these delays to ensure that probate...
    • Prison Service Staff
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if retired prison officers are being employed on a contract basis in the prison system; if so, if there are age restrictions;...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí on secondment to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the rank of each; the duration...
    • Penalty Points System Investigation
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of disciplinary action against gardaí who have been found to have abused the penalty points system following...
    • Garda Deployment
      642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each station in Togher Garda district in January 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and to date in...
    • Direct Provision Data
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the location and number of direct provision centres in operation; and the number of persons residing in each centre. [38326/17]
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the direct provision services per year in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [38329/17]
    • Direct Provision Data
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of private operators running direct provision centres; the number of centres each private operator runs; and the...
    • Direct Provision System
      650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the implementation of the 175 recommendations of the McMahon report; the number of these recommendations...
    • Asylum Applications
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum that are in the new single procedure application system under the International...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual percentage of non-commercial State sponsored bodies' staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each...
    • Courts Service Data
      654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual Exchequer funding provided to the Courts Service in each of the past ten years and to date in 2017. [38445/17]
    • Community Alert Programme
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation towards the establishment of community safety programmes or text alert schemes. [38447/17]
    • Garda Strength
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be further graduations of probationer gardaí from Templemore in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contractors invited to tender for the construction of the new State forensics laboratory in Celbridge, County...
    • Crime Data
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken by An Garda Síochána to categorise crime statistics in each county correctly. [38534/17]
    • Garda Stations
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and their geographic location that are not computerised. [38536/17]
    • Garda Strength
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí as of 31 August 2017 or the latest date available, by rank and gender, in tabular form. [38538/17]
    • Garda Recruitment
      662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí recruited since 2014; and the gender breakdown of same. [38539/17]
    • Garda Retirements
      663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired or left the force in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [38540/17]
    • Garda Recruitment
      664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next Garda recruitment campaign will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38554/17]
    • Garda Resources
      665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will assign additional resources to Tallaght Garda station to allow for further effective action to be taken in respect...
    • Protected Disclosures
      666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is accepted that a person (details supplied) made a protected disclosure relative to their employment with the Irish...
    • Garda Deployment
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide funding for the refurbishment of the public office in Malahide Garda station; the Garda stations scheduled...
    • Visa Data
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of type 2 and 2A visas issued by the Garda north division in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017;...
    • Garda Resources
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 12 July 2017, if he will ensure that additional Garda resources are provided for...
    • Brexit Issues
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of sectoral response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Staff
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit-related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the membership and role of all Brexit-related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the...
    • Brexit Data
      684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Brexit-related research currently being undertaken by his Department; the topics under consideration; the date this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure...
    • Garda Deployment
      686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the nine gardaí who are leaving a Dublin station (details supplied) in September 2017 will be replaced in view of...
    • Child Protection
      687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will direct the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, to update its commercial contract for the awarding of tenders to...
    • Policing Issues
      688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the Commission on the Future of Policing; the number of times it has met; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of gardaí allocated to the Ballymun Garda station; and the comparative figures for September 2013 to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Control
      690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the number of seals in an area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Raised Bog Management Plan
      691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the national raised bog special area of conservation, SAC, management plan has been finalised (details supplied); and if she...
    • Deer Hunting
      692. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a hunter competence assessment programme, HCAP; the details regarding same; and if she will make a...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      693. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number employed in companies supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta based on data in the annual employment survey on an...
    • Living Wage Introduction
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all persons directly employed or in agencies funded by her...
    • National Museum
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artefacts in the National Museum of Ireland that are catalogued; the outstanding number to be catalogued; the number...
    • Commemorative Events
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preparations her Department is making for the 2018 National Famine Commemoration Day; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of political staff employed in her Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) under the voluntary bog purchase scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Architectural Heritage
      700. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans to upgrade an historic building in Castleblayney (details supplied); if works carried out will be in keeping...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      701. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date in 2017 on agreeing method statements with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and Galway County...
    • Architectural Heritage
      702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant schemes available to refurbish a building (details supplied). [37478/17]
    • Hare Coursing
      703. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of the licences she has issued for the netting and tagging of hares for the purpose of hare coursing in...
    • Tionscadail Oidhreachta
      704. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil céimeanna glactha ag a Roinn i gcomhar le Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe chun caomhnú agus cothabháil a...
    • Film Industry Development
      706. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consultation has taken place with her Department regarding the proposed sale of a film studio (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      707. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the launch of a pilot scheme which is planned to encourage persons to take up residential occupancy of premises in towns and...
    • Architectural Heritage
      708. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports, financial or otherwise, her Department has given to a local authority for a building (details supplied); the amount...
    • Brexit Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the...
    • Construction Costs
      712. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Departmental Funding
      713. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received a request for additional funding for a project (details supplied) in Cork city in addition to the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      714. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has commenced the process to fill the position of director for Creative Ireland; and the process through which this vacancy...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      715. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's capital expenditure for 2016 and 2017, by subhead. [38139/17]
    • Public Services Card
      716. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or bodies and agencies under the remit of her Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      717. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost her Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of men and women, respectively, in her Department who hold posts (details supplied). [38220/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      720. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of discussions with Cork City Council for further funding of the Cork event centre; the discussions which have taken...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      721. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual percentage of non-commercial State sponsored bodies' staff under the remit of her Department who were women in each of...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      723. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to Údarás na Gaeltachta in each of the years 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Culture Ireland
      724. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to Culture Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      725. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the national cultural institutions in each of the years 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Heritage Council Funding
      728. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the Heritage Council in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form, distinguishing...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      729. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering reopening of the NPWS farm plan scheme; the number of persons who participated in the scheme when last...
    • Land Acquisition
      730. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the purchase by the State of the section of the Dublin Mountains; if the purchase has been completed; her...
    • Brexit Issues
      731. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of sectoral response plans for Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      742. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure savings that are earmarked for her Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure...
  • Department of Health
    • Care of the Elderly
      743. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Citizens' Assembly recommendation that resources for the care of older persons should be increased; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision System
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the health, social care and psychological supports in place to address the specific needs of those living in the direct provision system; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has put in place for the unwinding of FEMPI in view of the fact that it applies to general practitioner GMS fees; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Administration
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the persons responsible for auditing or monitoring the deaths of medical card holders against the names on general practitioner lists; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if a new general practitioner contract will be finalised soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      748. 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. [36773/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      749. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for occupational therapy appointments for children with autistic spectrum disorder (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for the fair deal scheme by a person (details supplied); and if the scheme can increase the percentage that they will make to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      751. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the status of short-term respite care available to persons in County Meath; and if there has been recent changes or planned changes to the way in which respite...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      753. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons in County Meath have been instructed to find respite care in surrounding counties such as Cavan and...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      754. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding recruiting mental health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36796/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      755. 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. [36797/17]
    • HIQA Issues
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of revised HIQA mental health regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/17]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to clear the home care waiting lists; the amount of extra funding provided; the likely timeframe for same; and if he will make a...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who travels to Northern Ireland and becomes ill and undergoes surgery in hospital in Northern Ireland is entitled to have all costs covered by the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      759. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish children's mental health beds in the mid-west region; when they are likely to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to reimburse a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36805/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      761. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding sleeves for a prosthetic leg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36807/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the need for a full time general practitioner service for Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/17]
    • Health Care Policy
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free contraception, in view of the Citizens Assembly recommendations in relation to the provision of contraception on the...
    • Maternity Services
      764. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reasons for the reported dramatic increase in the rate of caesarean sections (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      765. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the reported withdrawal of funding for breastfeeding support (details supplied) by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/17]
    • Psychological Services
      766. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint the full complement of clinical child psychologists in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36840/17]
    • Ambulance Service
      768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason paramedics are not on emergency similar to their colleagues in An Garda Síochána and the fire brigade. [36860/17]
    • Maternity Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have gestational diabetes covered under existing or new health schemes in order that costs are not incurred on expecting mothers with conditions...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources can be provided to improve ambulance response times in County Monaghan in view of the circumstances outlined in correspondence (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      771. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hearing test at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      772. To ask the Minister for Health when home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/17]
    • Maternity Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if he is cutting funding for the baby-friendly hospital initiative; if so, the reason for such a decision; if he will reverse the cuts; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider exempting wards of court funds in the calculation of means for a medical card in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if the State provides training for therapeutic management of violence within psychiatric care; if not, the name of the company; the name of the institution in...
    • Medical Card Data
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s GP only cards in circulation by local health office as of 30 June 2017. [36914/17]
    • HSE Staff Data
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed directly by the HSE as home care workers; the number of home care workers employed by the HSE in each county; the tendering...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      778. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence a public consultation on a national biosimilars strategy further to his announcement of same in February 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical posts that were in place for south Dublin, Dún Laoghaire and north Wicklow CHO for mental health services in each of the years 2014...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated time needed to fill vacancies for mental health professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36926/17]
    • Health Services Data
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds closed in each CHO area; the number which have been closed to date in 2017; his plans to mitigate the impact of these closures; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      782. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address staff shortages in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36928/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment in County Wexford; the number waiting zero to three months, three to...
    • Hospital Records
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of income generated from fees in each voluntary and public hospital in 2015 and 2016 respectively for the provision of medical records; the number...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts which have been awarded between 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to carry out building, construction and or structural works at Letterkenny...
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of parking at each public hospital here; the revenue generated in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by hospital, by year, cost and...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the longest response for the ambulance service for calls from the Killarney area by month in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisors, drivers and other...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address hiring issues within the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36962/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      793. 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. [36963/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents seen by CAMHS in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by community health organisation area, in tabular...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent whole-time equivalents and the post title of each working in each of the CAMHS teams for each of the community health organisation...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for his decision to privatise the HSE respite care service in County Sligo; when the tender for the privatised service in County Sligo will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      798. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 26 July 2017, the details of the site master plan for the St. James's Hospital campus; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [36976/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12 months, 24...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the...
    • Occupational Therapy
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Kerry on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12 months, 24...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Kerry in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the...
    • Hospital Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 17 May 2016, the number of persons with diabetes type 1 who are clinically indicated for insulin pump therapy; his...
    • Patient Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been referred to Dublin or Cork from University Hospital Waterford for assessment and therapy, by age and gender, in the past...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the person or organisation that makes the decision on whether insulin pump therapy is appropriate and clinically required for a person with type 1 diabetes;...
    • Medical Card Data
      810. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated yearly cost of providing free sanitary products (details supplied) to women with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting for a dose adjustment for normal eating, DAFNE, carbohydrate counting course for adult diabetic patients attending...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      812. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 898 of 17 May 2016, if an examination of the service to provide a permanent consultant physician in acute medicine in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see an endocrinologist at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36995/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      815. 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. [36999/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for existing type 1 diabetes patients being called back to see the diabetes consultant; the recommended number of reviews and visits per year;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      817. To ask the Minister for Health when a required hip operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37002/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if required chiropody services can be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37004/17]
    • Health Services
      819. To ask the Minister for Health when a capacity report will be finalised on a person (details supplied). [37005/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      820. 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. [37007/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the €144 maximum charge on the drugs payment scheme; the status of his plans to reduce the cost of medicines by reducing the annual...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      825. To ask the Minister for Health the likely timeframe for a decision regarding the addition of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for diabetes patients to the long term...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a knee operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37015/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of staffing levels for CAMHS personnel in County Kerry; the number of personnel employed within CAMHS in County Kerry; if there are positions...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      828. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons seen by CAMHS County Kerry in 2016 and to date in 2017, during and out of office hours respectively; the number of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding support for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37019/17]
    • Autism Support Services
      830. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to persons with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, located in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly; the number of occupational...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if the complaints made by a person (details supplied) will be examined; if the HSE and St. Vincent's hospital will be instructed to engage with the person to...
    • HSE Expenditure
      832. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on postage and postal services; the forms of communication used by the executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Kerry on the ophthalmic waiting list for cataract assessment or operations at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list for a gastrointestinal endoscopy at Naas General Hospital has risen from 1,380 persons on 28...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting speech and language assessment in County Kerry; the number waiting over four months, eight months and 12 months respectively...
    • Autism Support Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting autism spectrum disorder, ASD, assessment and intervention in County Kerry; the length of time these children are on the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      837. To ask the Minister for Health when a second MRI scanner will be provided at University Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay in providing the scanner (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the status of test results for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37046/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minors waiting for initial orthodontic assessment in County Kerry; the number who are further referred for orthodontic treatment in County Kerry;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if waiting times for cataract operations have increased from 2016 to 2017; if so, the reason; the average waiting times for cataract operations at the South...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS received for 2014, 2015 and 2016 in each community health organisation, CHO; the number of such referrals accepted; whether...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person is in the process of seeking...
    • Vaccination Programme
      843. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 968 of 20 June 2017, if the health technology assessment, HTA, on universal vaccination will be completed before...
    • Primary Care Centres Administration
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has agreed to a deal to take over a number of primary care centres currently operated by the HSE; the primary care centres, in...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the status of anomaly scans for pregnancies in the north east; if a service is available in other parts of the country for anomaly scans; if so, his plans to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37073/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detailed supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37092/17]
    • HSE Staff Training
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the training and qualifications required by HSE home helps; the training and qualifications required by employees of private home care provider companies that...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      850. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with Lyme disease are eligible under the Cross Border Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37095/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting approval for home care supports; the approximate delay in processing an application; the maximum hours that can be allocated to...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinic (details supplied) will be sited at the planned Thurles primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37098/17]
    • Suicide Prevention
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the role he envisages voluntary organisations playing in the implementation of the recommendations as outlined in the national strategy to reduce suicide...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      854. To ask the Minister for Health when the eye doctor will be replaced in Portlaoise hospital in view of the fact the services are not available since November 2016. [37102/17]
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the new transport support scheme which is due to replace the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Maternity Strategy
      856. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for facilitating home births and for ensuring that professional midwives that support women to have home births are facilitated in doing so. [37106/17]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      857. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to recruit ambulance personnel from overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37107/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons applying from abroad, trained here, for paramedic positions in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of successful applicants in...
    • Hospital Equipment
      859. To ask the Minister for Health when access to an insulin pump will be provided in the paediatrics diabetic unit in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      860. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease under the terms of the long-term illness scheme [37111/17]
    • Hospital Services
      861. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Monaghan hospital and reintroduce its accident and emergency department; his views on the concerns of the public due to the lack of this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      865. 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. [37120/17]
    • Occupational Therapy
      866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Waterford on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number of children in County Waterford awaiting occupational therapy...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Waterford in each of the years 2007 to 2016, and to date in 2017;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting list action plans for 2017 in the areas of inpatient and day case, scoliosis and outpatient services have been funded by the National Treatment...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      869. To ask the Minister for Health the names of all persons who have held a paid position at the grade of national director level at any time, including those who have departed, with the public...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      872. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to psychology appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37133/17]
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on external communications and public relations by publicly funded hospitals and individual community health...
    • Medicinal Products
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the usage of biosimilars as against biologics in publicly funded hospitals; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      878. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be given an urgent appointment in Crumlin children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the replacement of the ENT surgeon at Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37142/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which appropriate treatment and back-up can be offered to a person (details supplied); if early access to required surgery and other therapeutic...
    • Health Services Provision
      882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places available in each county under the community funded scheme (details supplied); and the waiting lists in each area to date in 2017 by...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding in place for a primary care centre (details supplied) which will now be built at an alternative site to that announced a number of years...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37156/17]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed by hospital over the past 12 months; the areas in which they were employed in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Nursing Staff
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding nurses who, due to ill health, seek to move from their current place of work to a location closer to their home; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the ear, nose and throat waiting lists for the RCSI hospital group; and the number of children and adults in the Cavan-Monaghan LHO area waiting one to six...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      890. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's assessment of phase III data relevant to access to Translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      892. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter with regard to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37166/17]
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      893. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken clinical research into vaping, further to the publication of the Health Information and Quality Authority's health technology...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      894. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a refund for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37170/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      895. 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. [37172/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if a means exists whereby a person (details supplied) can obtain a therapy guide dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37177/17]
    • 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. [37176/17]
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      899. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 769 and 770 of 26 July 2017, the position regarding the policy paper on newborn screening cards; the timeframe for the...
    • Health Reports
      901. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 772 to 774, inclusive, of 26 July 2017, when the report on the validation of the FDI sugar and fat reduction work will...
    • Health Strategies
      902. To ask the Minister for Health the details of Ireland's food improvement plan as required by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37194/17]
    • Health Care Policy
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 5.16 of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010 to 2019; the status of the service needs review for GUCH patients; the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medication Ocuvite Lutein Forte has been withdrawn from being made available to persons under the medical card scheme; the alternative...
    • 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. [37205/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      912. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for extra paediatric consultant ENT surgeons across Temple Street and Crumlin children's hospitals, in view of the very long waiting lists...
    • Hospital Services
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37208/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment to be held by the Health Service Executive on the pricing and reimbursement under the community drugs scheme of the FreeStyle...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      915. To ask the Minister for Health when the medication Hepa-Merz Granulat 3000 (details supplied) will be made available under the general medical scheme so that persons can have the cost of...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      916. To ask the Minister for Health if persons suffering from a medical condition which requires Hepa-Merz Granulat 3000 (details supplied) will be considered for inclusion on the long-term...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to...
    • Health Services Provision
      918. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed list of the services available in Cork city and county for children who have been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome; the details...
    • Health Services Funding
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the pilot community ophthalmic services medical treatment scheme announced in 2008 and currently offered in seven locations is funded; and if...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing registration application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37259/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      921. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review its decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization-approved baby friendly health initiative programme here; and...
    • National Maternity Strategy
      922. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to ring-fence funding for the implementation of the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      923. 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. [37270/17]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      926. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was ineligible for an emergency medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37299/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      927. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for cataract surgery at the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      931. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a medical device (details supplied) available under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37313/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      932. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37314/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in securing a residential placement for a person in (details supplied) in County Cork that is profoundly disabled; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Data
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of the top ten drugs used by the psychiatric services operated by the HSE, the name of the drugs, the cost, the numbers dispensed in each of the past...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      935. To ask the Minister for Health if he has carried out an assessment of the number of special needs persons who will require supports from 18 to 25 years of age in County Meath in the context...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      936. 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. [37338/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      937. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will re-engage with a person (details supplied) regarding the sale of the family home. [37346/17]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed care services in other jurisdictions and numbers availing of treatment under the cross-Border health care directive...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      940. To ask the Minister for Health if a review can take place as to whether financial assistance can be provided towards the cost of a wheelchair in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Medical Card Administration
      941. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 27 June 2017, if the information requested in the question can be obtained from the Department of Employment...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      943. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a proposal or seek available respite services for persons from County Louth in a service (details supplied) until such time that respite...
    • HSE Properties
      944. To ask the Minister for Health the progression of refurbishment of the HSE property on Drogheda Street, Monasterevin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      945. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has plans to establish a drug addiction clinic and treatment centre on a site (details supplied). [37389/17]
    • Organ Donation
      946. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to introduce an opt-out model of organ donation scheme here similar to the schemes in many European countries. [37390/17]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      947. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing positions in the Saolta group that will be offered to upcoming graduates of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure extra home help hours are provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37394/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions for doctors in all hospitals in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37395/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      953. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37401/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      956. 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. [37418/17]
    • EU Regulations
      958. To ask the Minister for Health if inspections are now taking place with respect to compliance of S.I. 271 of 2016 in view of the fact that the sell-through period deadline for vaping...
    • Home Help Service Data
      959. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as home help by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly at the end of each of the years 2010 to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      961. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfulfilled community nursing, home help and home care hours (details supplied) at the last count, by county or region, in tabular form [37439/17]
    • Obesity Strategy
      963. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding 1.1 to 1.11 of A Healthy Weight for Ireland obesity policy and action plan 2016 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      974. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a transfer list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      975. 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. [37461/17]
    • Medicinal Products
      976. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change in policy for the distribution of medication to persons who receive their monthly prescriptions in blister packs; and the reason...
    • Health Services
      977. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37470/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      979. To ask the Minister for Health when the freestyle flash glucose monitoring system will be made available to persons here through the medical card scheme or the long-term illness scheme; and...
    • Community Care
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Maynooth community care unit, County Kildare; and the timeframe for the unit to receive its €1 million investment. [37485/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      981. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by the HSE following representations by the applicant company to provide a drug (details supplied). [37486/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      983. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding liners for prostheses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37497/17]
    • Ambulance Service
      984. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the hospitals in the Saolta group are hiring private ambulances for after hours patient transfer call outs...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      985. To ask the Minister for Health the reason intermediate care operatives in the national ambulance service are not paid double time for overtime, which other health staff receive, and are not...
    • Disability Services Provision
      986. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37508/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      987. 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. [37509/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of months Tallaght Hospital was without an adult spinal consultant in 2017 until the newly appointed position was filled in August 2017; and if he...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      992. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal consultants employed by the HSE in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37514/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      993. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to visit a spinal consultant in Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37515/17]
    • Rare Diseases
      996. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases dealt with by the National Rare Diseases Office in 2015 and in 2016 and to date in 2017; the numbers for each disease; the number and grade...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      997. 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. [37527/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37534/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37538/17]
    • Dental Services
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dentistry services for primary school children (details supplied) in County Carlow; the most recent figures available for dental services...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1002. 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. [37546/17]
    • Mobility Allowance
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health (Transport Support) Bill 2017 will be progressed; the estimated cost of reinstating the mobility allowance; his plans to assist those with...
    • Congregated Settings Report
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were moved out of institutions and congregated settings in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the collaborative efforts being undertaken by his Department and the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to address the census...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1007. 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. [37567/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 4 July 2017, the location in which each of these accidents occurred, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing surcharging by some nursing homes for items that should be covered by the medical card scheme, such as doctor...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out an IVF scheme for persons with cystic fibrosis genes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37578/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency locum staff working in the health service, or who are employed directly or indirectly by the HSE; the locations in which they are based,...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care for a person (details supplied); the length of time they have been waiting for respite; the timeframe for respite to be provided;...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health the distance between ambulance and emergency response vehicles deployment posts and the acute hospitals within the national ambulance service, NAS, dispatch...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health the medically-advised waiting time for cataract surgeries compared to the waiting times for cataract surgeries nationally and per hospital in the State, in...
    • Hospitals Data
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries cancelled by the hospital in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for cataract surgeries at the Mater hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Data
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries cancelled by the Mater hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the operational management group concerned with the continuing provision of services following the closure of ADAPT in Dublin...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of the general practitioner in Sneem; the number of persons who have applied for the role; the stage the process is at;...
    • Health Services Provision
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a person (details supplied) assessed for additional assistance. [37595/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [37613/17]
    • Medicinal Products
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a device (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme for type 1 diabetes; if his attention has been drawn to the device and...
    • Ambulance Service
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the remit of intermediate care vehicles, ICV, when first deployed to provide transport services at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2012; if...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used for deciding which health insurance policies are recognised for the purpose of gaining an exemption from premium loading under the lifetime...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed paediatric endocrinologist for University Hospital Waterford has been appointed; if a contract has been offered to a person; if so, when the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health if a paediatric diabetes dietician is employed at University Hospital Waterford; if not, the timeframe for a dietician to be appointed to the hospital; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health further to the appointment of a second temporary consultant endocrinologist in April 2016 at University Hospital Waterford, the net effect on reducing waiting...
    • Hospital Services
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the deficiencies in existing cardiac infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37635/17]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiothoracic surgeries on the elective waiting lists that have been cancelled in 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of these surgeries that...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [37642/17]
    • Dental Services Data
      1044. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dentists practising in Castlepollard and Delvin, County Westmeath; the number of dental surgery staff operating in Castlepollard, Delvin and...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37644/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detail supplied) can expect an appointment in St. James's Hospital, Dublin, for coronary bypass surgery. [37651/17]
    • Dental Services Provision
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for the HSE dental service in Ballymahon, County Longford; his further plans to expand the service or to close the service and move it to...
    • Dental Services Staff
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health if the orthodontist who provides the HSE dental service in Ballymahon, County Longford is approaching retirement age; if so, the preparations that have been...
    • Dental Services Provision
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to centralise HSE dental services in County Longford; if so, the reason therefore; if persons have been informed of these plans; and if he will make...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37690/17]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which the staff for the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway will come from; if the centre will receive additional new staff or if there...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied). [37697/17]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of a specific medical item for a person (details supplied). [37698/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37699/17]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the provision of a new 96 bed block for University Hospital Limerick; the expected timeframe for the design stage to be completed; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37704/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite extra home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37706/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the progress by his Department to accelerate early assessment and intervention for children with special needs. [37709/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to support persons with mental health issues to secure accommodation and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the poor conditions facing persons attending our emergency departments who are at risk of suicide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for home help in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37713/17]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a provision for gambling addictions in the next HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37714/17]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      1066. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding his Department will provide to mental health services here and in particular Cavan, Monaghan and Meath. [37716/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      1067. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the request for full time residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37717/17]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1068. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene and provide funding and instruct the HSE to ensure the completion of the group home for women with physical and sensory disabilities in a...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure continuing respite services for school leavers with autism or intellectual disabilities who often have very reduced services...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a procedure for a person (details supplied). [37760/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1073. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting a considerable period of time. [37766/17]
    • Hospital Food
      1074. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital catering facilities are made aware of a person's health issues, including those patients who are diabetic, before serving food to them; and if he...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to adding conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, pulmonary fibrosis and motor neuron disease to the list of applicable...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      1077. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of statutory registration for counselling and psychotherapy services under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1078. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37785/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1079. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37797/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1080. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37802/17]
    • Health Services
      1081. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a place in a centre for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37804/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1082. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all outpatient appointments in May 2017 were cancelled at the eye and ear hospital in Dublin; if his...
    • Medicinal Products
      1084. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the anecdotal evidence of significant use of self sourced PrEP, the steps he is taking to ensure the information and clinical monitoring services...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work of the sexual health implementation group and the sexual health clinical advisory group; the number of meetings each group has had since...
    • Health Services Reform
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to recent media reports (details supplied) of his plans to appoint a health tsar; the specific remit of this role; the timeframe for their...
    • Health Care Professionals
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the meeting he has had with representatives of the physiotherapy and physical therapy represented organisations regarding the Health and Social...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37833/17]
    • Disease Management
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37834/17]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on additional hours for a person (details supplied). [37840/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that children, including those with special needs, who have been attending the ophthalmic clinic in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar,...
    • Health Services Funding
      1096. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an organisation's (details supplied) campaign to invest over €40 million towards community supports for persons with...
    • Health Services Provision
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the proposal submitted for consideration from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; his plans to meet the group to...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children registered in each CHO area as having a life limiting condition. [37845/17]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the most recent agreement made with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of drug pricing; the duration of the agreement; the estimated...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37862/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is unfair that the drugs payment scheme threshold is the same for an individual person living alone as it is for a family; his plans...
    • Respite Care Services
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to the proposal raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to providing much needed respite for persons with disabilities in...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding can be provided to enable a service provider in County Cork to provide additional hours for a person (details supplied) to attend an...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [37873/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1116. 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. [37879/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1117. 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. [37899/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners working in Kildare town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37900/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health the status of appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37909/17]
    • National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
      1123. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of funding to implement the national clinical programme for heart failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      1124. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of spending on cardiovascular health here; the spending relative to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37918/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to design and implement a structured care programme for heart failure in general practice, drawing on the success of the model for diabetes and...
    • Health Promotion
      1129. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in public health campaigns to raise awareness of heart failure and its risk factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37923/17]
    • Stroke Care
      1130. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing requirements for the stroke register; the governance of the stroke register; his plans to change responsibility for the governance of the...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1131. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and configuration deficits in each of the early supported discharge teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37925/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      1132. To ask the Minister for Health the rates of thrombolysis nationally and in hospitals in Ireland; the way in which these rates compare with the national key performance indicator, KPI, for...
    • Health Strategies
      1133. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being given to telemedicine and telestroke to improve levels of support and quality of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Stroke Care
      1134. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the age restrictions on access to inpatient rehabilitation in a number of sites dealing with stroke patients; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1135. 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. [37929/17]
    • Respite Care Services
      1136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in having a person (details supplied) placed in a specific facility. [37946/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [37947/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with persons (details supplied) regarding the reimbursement of the Respreeza drug. [37953/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1139. 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. [37954/17]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1140. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 11 April 2017, the position regarding the work being undertaken by the Health Service Executive to put in place...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1141. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive subvention provided to a care home (details supplied) for the elderly in County Kilkenny can be increased as part of budget...
    • Care Services Provision
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health if full-time residential care can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/17]
    • Nursing Home Services
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a forum involving representatives of his Department, the HSE, organisations representing the elderly and representatives of the nursing...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the situation and the matters taken into account by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, that carry out the negotiations for the State in respect of...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the unit responsible within the HSE for releasing medical reports under the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003; the number of staff dedicated to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have surgery carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37971/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centre projects in the planning consideration stage; the progress of each of these towards completion; the location of these...
    • Medical Card Administration
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health the medical and hardship grounds that are taken into consideration for the issuing of a medical card; the number of such medical cards in existence; if there...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to reduce service days for persons under 65 years of age with physical and sensory disabilities provided at a centre...
    • Brexit Staff
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his Department’s work to extend free general practitioner care to wider cohorts of citizens; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      1156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a one-to-one nurse through the HSE by a special school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38107/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38110/17]
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      1158. To ask the Minister for Health if the health products regulatory authority is engaged in the development of risk mitigation strategies regarding the impact Brexit will have on accessing...
    • Food Promotion
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health when the food in school forum will be established; the timeframe for same; the way in which his department is working towards facilitating a cross-sectoral...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1162. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 20 June 2017, the analysis and risk assessments conducted to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38136/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1164. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38137/17]
    • Public Services Card
      1165. To ask the Minister for Health if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production of the public...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the possibility of including motor neurone disease under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Measures
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to commence parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38164/17]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of girls in each HSE CHO area who have received the human papillomavirus HPV vaccine in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1169. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to increase the uptake of the human papillomavirus HPV vaccine among girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/17]
    • HSE Staff Data
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new occupational therapists who have been placed in the Dublin west area to deal with the high level of persons waiting for first time...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there has only been a reduction of 16 persons out of 258 on the full spinal waiting list at Our Lady's Children's Hospital,...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in providing a primary care centre in Clondalkin village, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38176/17]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 18 May 2017, the number of homecare package hours available in the HSE CHO 7 area for 2016 and 2017; and if he...
    • Health Services Funding
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a capital funding commitment for a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [38223/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38225/17]
    • Hospital Services
      1181. To ask the Minister for Health if an Irish citizen who lives in the UK can gain access to haemodialysis as a public patient in a private hospital in the event that a public hospital is...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding employees of section 39 organisations benefiting from pay increases provided for in national pay agreements, including the proposed...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve and expedite the orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regrading the compassionate access scheme for cannabis based treatment; the timeframe for its implementation; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1185. 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. [38270/17]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the discrepancy in the estimated savings from a framework agreement with an organisation and his Department as reported in a recent report by a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for approval of new drugs for reimbursement by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38278/17]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not included on the long-term illness benefit list; his plans to change the status regarding same; and if...
    • Medical Card Applications Data
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1197 of 20 June 2017, the number of new medical card applications awaiting processing; the date on which these...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the addition of a drug (details supplied) to the general medical services, GMS, scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision was taken to close the chapel at St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar which served the Church of Ireland community and other minority...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      1204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was exercised at Letterkenny University Hospital between 1 January 2017 and 31 August 2017; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services Data
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications before disability service providers by persons requesting respite and full-time residential care for family members that cannot be...
    • State Bodies Data
      1206. To ask the Minister for Health the annual percentage of staff of non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the remit of his Department that were women in each of the years 2010 to 2016,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38370/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1209. To ask the Minister for Health the annual percentage of public service staff who were women under the remit of his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1210. 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. [38392/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Data
      1211. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the State in the provision of anti-depressant medication in each of the years 2011 to 2016 by scheme (details supplied); and the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1212. To ask the Minister for Health if recent newspaper reports that he plans to build three new public hospitals which would carry out only non-emergency operations are accurate; the number of...
    • Disability Services Data
      1213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons, under 18 years of age, 18 to 65 years of age and over 65 years of age, waiting for an initial disability assessment in County Louth....
    • Respite Care Services Data
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an initial assessment for respite services in County Louth; and the number of persons who have been waiting for three...
    • Disability Services Data
      1216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an initial assessment for day care services in County Louth; and the number of persons who have been waiting for three...
    • Medical Card Data
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with medical cards in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38413/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38415/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1225. 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. [38423/17]
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial assessment for occupational therapy in County Louth; and the number who have been waiting for three months, six...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      1229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial assessment for speech and language therapy in County Louth; and the number of persons that have been waiting for...
    • HSE Data
      1232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial assessment for physiotherapy services in County Louth; and the number of persons that have been waiting for three...
    • Hospitals Funding
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in advance of the winter season at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; the additional resources, staffing and...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses successfully recruited to CHO area 8 and CHO area 9 since the 2015 launch of the Bring Them Home campaign; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a scheme for sustainable rural general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38482/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health the type of procedures and the number of each type of procedure which have been carried out under the national treatment purchase fund to date in 2017; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1241. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE indemnified a pharmaceutical company against litigation in the event of vaccines causing damaging adverse reactions; and if he...
    • Nursing Home Services
      1242. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a nursing home (details supplied) does not have a medical officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38485/17]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include phase 3C of Naas General Hospital in his capital requests under the mid-term review of the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health when works will commence at Saint Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, as part of the capital funding already allocated; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours funded in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the locations in which they were funded; the average number of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1246. 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. [38555/17]
    • Hospitals Funding
      1247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours funded in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the locations in which they were funded; the average number of hours...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Tallaght drugs and alcohol task force in each of the years 2011 to 2017, inclusive; the projected funding for 2018; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 130 dentists for the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/17]
    • European Medicines Agency
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the State's bid to host the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38662/17]
    • National Stroke Programme Implementation
      1253. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation to date of the national stroke programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38685/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      1254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38696/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1265. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are not included in...
    • EU Directives
      1266. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of non-compliance with documentary requirements from other EU member states experienced by the HSE related to the cross-border directive and...
    • Health Services Provision
      1267. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy and other support services will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the reason there has been no follow-up in this case; if the...
    • Medical Card Data
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards respectively as of 1 August 2017; and the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      1270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20, 40, 60,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a scan at Letterkenny university hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for gallbladder removal surgery nationally and in Wexford general hospital and University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1273. 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. [38944/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place whereby persons who are in full-time residential care under the HSE and in which family members are consulted regarding their care...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services Provision
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the midlands public health dental service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy services will be returned to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38969/17]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the information available to him regarding the growth in the use of cocaine and crack cocaine throughout the country; the steps which are...
    • Drugs-related Deaths
      1281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug deaths in each of the past ten years by type of drug in each case. [38981/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      1282. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which and the locations in which the additional €3 million allocated to drugs services is being spent in 2017. [38982/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the promised additional €25 million for drugs services over the next five years; and the details of the scheduling...
    • Perinatal Data
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health the annual estimate of babies born with foetal alcohol syndrome; and the steps which are being taken to reduce this figure. [38984/17]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      1285. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in negotiating and finalising a new general practitioner contract; the timeframe to which he is working; and if he will expedite this...
    • Hospital Services
      1288. To ask the Minister for Health the private patient stretch targets for each hospital for each of the past three years; the actual income achieved in each case; the number and percentage of...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1289. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure compliance with the terms of public hospital consultant contracts in respect of public and private work; the number of...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      1290. To ask the Minister for Health the reason generic manufacturers are not involved in negotiations on medicines pricing agreements; if he will give consideration to drafting a national...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 28 February 2017, if the recruitment restrictions within the Department of Agriculture,...
    • Departmental Funding
      1292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 28 February 2017, the sources and amounts of funding to a company (details supplied) in...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide financial assistance to a stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36869/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees at decentralised offices (details supplied); his plans to reduce the level of services administered from...
    • Fishing Industry
      1295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the record for a person (details supplied) cannot be recognised in each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017...
    • Marine Institute
      1296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 28 February 2017, the details of the EU projects and the income supplied by his...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      1298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who cannot obtain entitlements for farming activities; and if he...
    • Harbour Authorities Properties
      1299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action which has been taken by his Department to resolve the issues at Howth harbour highlighted by the Public Accounts...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
    • GLAS Payments
      1301. 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. [36968/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37066/17]
    • Animal Slaughtering Data
      1304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the oversight and regulation of the capture of wallabies here (details supplied) and for the slaughtering of these animals for their...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      1306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an oyster licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37139/17]
    • Greyhound Industry
      1307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the active and specific steps his Department is taking to stop the illegal trade of greyhounds and the cruelty involved in this in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      1309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the eligibility terms of GLAS to make it more accessible for new farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      1310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will review the eligibility terms of the national reserve to make it more accessible for new farmers (details supplied); and...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      1311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the eligibility terms of the sheep welfare scheme to make it more accessible for persons (details supplied); and if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has appealed decisions of the independent agricultural appeals office in 2016 and to date in...
    • Departmental Properties
      1314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties at Dunmore East fisheries harbour that have lease or rental agreements involving his Department; and if he will...
    • Farm Data
      1317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered farmers over the age of 65; the number of registered farmers under 35 years of age; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investment his Department made in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      1319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the 2017 areas of natural constraints scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals pending decision by the director of appeals at the agricultural appeals office. [37707/17]
    • Rural Development Programme
      1322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments under the rural development programme will be paid on time in view of the severe difficulties facing farmers due to...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      1323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37867/17]
    • Animal Disease Controls
      1324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken to eliminate hoof wall separation disease in Connemara ponies; the reason testing has not been made mandatory for...
    • Hazardous Waste Sites
      1325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the status of the cleanup of the former Irish Steel site in Haulbowline, County Cork. [37887/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37932/17]
    • Noxious Weeds
      1327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations regarding ragwort; and his plans to address its renewed growth. [37933/17]
    • TAMS Payments
      1328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Staff
      1329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Public Services Card
      1332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department, plan to make services or payments dependant on the mandatory use...
    • GLAS Payments
      1333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38156/17]
    • Legislative Measures
      1336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted an assessment on the impact of the proposed restrictions on advertising, labelling and promotions...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason camper vans are prohibited from the middle pier in Howth harbour, Dublin; his views on whether this will adversely affect...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to date to protect the ongoing sustainability of new entrant and small Irish whiskey and Irish gin...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual percentage of staff of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the remit of his Department who were women, in each of...
    • Departmental Staff
      1340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual percentage of public service staff under the remit of his Department who were women, in each of the years from 2010 to...
    • Export Controls
      1342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review of existing export markets in which conditions of certification present barriers to trade or additional costs for...
    • Departmental Websites
      1343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new dedicated portal website, which will bring together in one location the full range of open markets and products and the...
    • Exports Data
      1344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exports of beef, lamb, pigmeat and dairy to the USA to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38453/17]
    • Export Controls
      1345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on gaining access for Irish beef, lamb and pigmeat products to the United States; the outstanding stages in the...
    • Exports Data
      1346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manufactured beef products exported to the United States on an annual basis in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, by volume and...
    • GLAS Data
      1347. 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...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
      1348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons active in the sheep welfare scheme; and the amount of expenditure drawn down in 2017 from the scheme. [38458/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      1349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 975, 976 and 978 of 13 July 2017, if the information requested been compiled. [38459/17]
    • TAMS Data
      1350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 by county; the number of approved...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the emergency flood relief scheme for County Donegal farmers in view of the severe damage caused by flooding;...
    • Rural Development Programme
      1353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 contains references or measures under investments for the restoration of agricultural...
    • EU Funding
      1354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has made an application to the European Union Solidarity Fund and the European Regional Development Fund to...
    • Rural Development Programme
      1355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 contains references or measures under biogas production and anaerobic digestion...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      1356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific targets set for agencies under his auspices in view of recent comments by the Taoiseach to double the Team Ireland...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review
      1357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest timeframe for the ANC review at EU level; the timeframe for maps to be produced for the review; the deadline by which...
    • Public Service Cards
      1358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers will require public services cards to access EU farm payments. [38468/17]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
      1359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the CAP market support measures available at EU level for producers under Article 221 of CAP Regulation Number 1308/2013. [38469/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      1360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Government colleagues requested an increase in State aid de minimis limits at EU level to target support for exposed...
    • GLAS Data
      1361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons enrolled in GLAS 1 and 2 who have submitted their nutrient management plans to date; and the number who have...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants who have completed animal health measures and have not completed animal health...
    • Dairy Sector
      1364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken to future-proof existing policy to deal with labour shortages in the dairy sector. [38474/17]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Teagasc-facilitated KT groups in operation under the KTG scheme; and the number of persons who are not Teagasc clients...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      1366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of measures in the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 that contain climate reducing measures. [38476/17]
    • EU Investigations
      1368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the latest publication by the EU Commission notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      1369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Exchequer funding allocated and expended under the emergency flood relief scheme 2015 to 2016. [38480/17]
    • Farm Safety Scheme
      1370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for farm safety initiatives in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [38486/17]
    • Bord Bia Expenditure
      1371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for promoting Irish food abroad by Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the allocation for 2017 in tabular...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
      1373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of an enhanced sheep welfare scheme that would include additional environmental and climate change measures...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing funding for the beef data genomics programme to allocate an additional €10, €20,...
    • Aquaculture Data
      1375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the implementation of recommendation ten of the independent aquaculture licence review report. [38491/17]
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      1376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing and running a new department within the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that would...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
      1377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the safeguards he envisages being put in place to maintain Common Agricultural Policy payments to persons when the United Kingdom...
    • Animal Welfare
      1378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cause of deaths of three swans recently on the river Barrow at Bagenalstown, County Carlow, based on the post mortem examination...
    • TAMS Payments
      1379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      1380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the cost of the health and safety inspection for privately owned sprayers (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Estimates Process
      1381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided in his Department's Estimates for 2017 for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the expenditure to...
    • Coillte Teoranta Activities
      1382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of Coillte in the visitors' centre proposed by south Dublin county council in the Dublin mountains at the Hell Fire Club;...
    • Teagasc Activities
      1383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been sought and allocated to projects by Teagasc in Dublin south west in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to...
    • Farm Data
      1384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons actively engaged in farming activity in Dublin South West; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development Programme
      1385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible under the rural development programme to have both a suckler cow welfare scheme and an agri-environmental beef...
    • Brexit Issues
      1387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland has formally applied to the European Commission for a Brexit financial support package for farmers during the UK’s...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money allocated under pillar 1 of the current CAP, 2014 to 2020, to voluntary coupled support; the percentage of...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      1389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland has applied to the European Commission to increase the level of advance payments from 16 October 2017 to farmers affected...
    • Environmental Schemes
      1390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new hen harrier scheme; when details of the new scheme will be published and open for applications; when first...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing a grazing premium for beef and suckler cows as proposed in a study (details supplied) under pillar 1 of CAP...
    • GLAS Payments
      1392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a low input permanent pasture grant a person (details supplied) will be paid to a person; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Issues
      1394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish an enterprise stabilisation fund to assist sectors that face particular difficulties due to the reduction in...
    • Beef Exports
      1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects exports of beef to China to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38678/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approved respectively under the Scottish derogation initiative; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      1397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit; the publication date for these plans; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Staff
      1404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he will...
    • Brexit Issues
      1406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the membership and role of all Brexit related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report...
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data
      1411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of mushroom farmers and businesses that have been approved to participate in the special agri-loan scheme; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
      1412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce long-term low-cost loan measures to assist agribusinesses improve competitiveness due to the particular...
    • GLAS Payments
      1413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38939/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State is preparing an application to the European Commission to authorise a multimillion euro package of state aid to help...
    • Crop Losses
      1415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to the crop loss compensation scheme by county, in tabular form; and when payments will issue....
    • GLAS Eligibility
      1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who are active in the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, who are eligible for GLAS+ payments; the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Illegal Dumping
      1417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a complaint submitted by a person (details supplied); if his Department has sought a report from the...
    • Telephone Call Charges
      1418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the guidelines in place to ensure persons are made aware that lo-call 1890 numbers may be more expensive to call from...
    • Recreational Angling Sector
      1419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will impose a ban on fishing within 64m of the weir at a location (details supplied) [37544/17]
    • Inland Fisheries Data
      1420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocation in each of the past ten years per annum for the restocking of hatcheries and rivers; and the areas in...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to bring forward amendments to the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Television Licence Fee
      1423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for legislation to ensure that pay television providers operating here must ensure subscribers have a...
    • North-South Interconnector
      1426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has given further consideration to the concerns outlined by public representatives in counties Cavan, Monaghan...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants,...
    • Fishing Industry
      1428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the culture and knowledge required for eel fisherman either for commercial fishing or scientific...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department in tabular form. [37068/17]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding broadband in their area; and if he will make...
    • Illegal Dumping
      1432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding spent by local authorities on an annual basis in clearing up illegal dumping and littering...
    • Departmental Banking
      1433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Tyre Disposal
      1436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the collection of old and disused tyres; and if he will make...
    • Natural Gas Imports
      1438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views regarding the recent decision of the Port of Cork to enter into a joint venture with a company (details...
    • Waste Disposal
      1439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has investigated the use of anaerobic digestion systems in waste disposal and energy production; and if he will...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      1440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the possible impacts that outsourcing the collection of television licence could have on An...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1442. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the investment his Department has made in the Cavan, Monaghan and Meath areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Disposal
      1443. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the different items that are allowed in green or black bins and the way in which his Department plans to educate...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if colostomy bags can be considered as part of the annual support for waste charges of €75 for persons with...
    • Offshore Exploration
      1445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the granting of an offshore oil exploration licence for a company (details supplied) is compliant...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when household waste collection providers will be able to introduce the new pricing arrangements for household waste...
    • Environmental Policy
      1447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/17]
    • Climate Change Policy
      1449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national climate change dialogue will commence; his plans to start the dialogue after the Citizens' Assembly...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will roll out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37949/17]
    • Brexit Staff
      1451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of...
    • Construction Costs
      1453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in...
    • Community Banking
      1454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work his Department has carried out in conjunction with An Post regarding the ongoing public banking investigation...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Funding
      1455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional resources that can be put in place to support Inland Fisheries Ireland in tackling river pollution...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to allow excess solar energy generated through solar PV panels to be sold back to the grid; and if he will...
    • Public Services Card
      1457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information on the roll-out of fibre broadband, with reference to a case (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      1461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual percentage of staff of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the remit of his Department who were...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises and households in County Louth that have access to broadband. [38373/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual percentage of public service staff who were women under the remit of his Department in each of the years...
    • EU Conventions
      1468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the findings of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee; if his Department's officials attending the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process and timeframe for a decision on the future ownership of the electric vehicle network here. [38520/17]
    • Internet Safety
      1470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a certification authority issuing secure certificates for Internet communication (details supplied); if...
    • Exploration Licences
      1471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a licence issued by his Department for exploration of fossil fuels has an automatic right to renewal; and if so, if...
    • Waste Management
      1472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the items that may be placed by persons in the black bin for household waste, brown bin for organic and food waste and...
    • Brexit Issues
      1473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential impact of Brexit on the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on a company's (details supplied) delivery of its concession agreement; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Commercial Property
      1488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review submissions made to the Committee of Public Accounts relevant to a company (details supplied); the way in which the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of extra funding that was made available to Donegal County Council to enable repair work on roads, bridges and so on in the...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish citizens residing abroad must acquire the new public services card to renew a driving licence; if so, the location in which...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      1491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes being made to the role of the Coast Guard in view of the fact that search and rescue pilots on 24-hour duty will no longer...
    • Rail Services Data
      1492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money Irish Rail has spent on the new seat reservation system; the improved customer service and value for money that has...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for their practical driving tests as of 24 July 2017, by county; and the waiting times for same, in...
    • Driver Test Data
      1494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for their practical driving tests in July 2015, by county: and the waiting time for same, in tabular form....
    • Taxi Regulations
      1495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi drivers are entitled to remove the Transport for Ireland taxi decal during periods when their vehicles are not used as taxis;...
    • Parking Regulations
      1499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the disabled parking permit scheme and include autism as a basis for qualification for the scheme; and if he will make...
    • Traffic Management
      1500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding for the Kildare town traffic plan has been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36920/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
    • Capital Investment Plan
      1503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include a road (details supplied) in the capital investment plan for 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      1504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys undertaken on the DART in each of the years 2005 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017. [36996/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      1507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 10 May 2017, when a decision will be made on the priority ranking; the timeframe for same;...
    • Driver Test
      1508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Light Rail Projects
      1509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the decision was made not to install batteries on Luas trams in an effort to curb the use of overhead cables; and if he will...
    • Tourism Policy
      1510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bid to host a round of a competition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/17]
    • Immigration Policy
      1511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the detention of tourists at Dublin Airport will have a negative impact on the international view of Ireland as a...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      1512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2017 for resurfacing of the national road network; the priority...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      1513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding traffic calming measures in a village (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the obligations that are on taxi drivers to accept payment by card or other non-cash methods; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37099/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      1519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve funding for the Macroom bypass (details supplied); if the project will be on the Government's revised capital...
    • Driver Test
      1521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving retest can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37165/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      1522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the potential impact of Brexit on road hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37190/17]
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      1523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of the non-statutory State inquiry report into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games ticket matter undertaken by a person (details...
    • Departmental Banking
      1524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • Seirbhísí Iompair
      1525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an mbeidh na ceanglais chéanna maidir leis an dátheangachas atá ar Bhus Átha Cliath ar chuideachta (sonraí...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for applications for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37301/17]
    • Driver Test Data
      1527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have applied for a driving test but have not yet been tested in County Tipperary by month for the past two...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/17]
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      1543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37416/17]
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce a specially dedicated local improvement scheme; his views on whether rural roads are in serious disrepair; his...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      1545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to mountain rescue for expenses by his Department in each of the past ten years; the mountain rescue teams to which...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37487/17]
    • Aviation Policy
      1547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider commissioning an aviation safety analysis regarding the consequences of locating a 320 acre...
    • Road Projects
      1548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that road markings (details supplied) on the N22 be repainted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37536/17]
    • Rail Network
      1549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the existence of rail infrastructure, such as unused narrow gauge rail tracks, small locomotives and...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Applications
      1550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a local funding scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37566/17]
    • Ports Policy
      1551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding the recent decision of the Port of Cork to enter into a joint venture with a company (details supplied) to import...
    • Visa Agreements
      1552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to hold meetings with the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding reviewing eligibility for tourism visas in view of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with his European counterparts regarding the impacts of Brexit in the Border areas; and the date on which he...
    • Road Projects Status
      1554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Government’s commitment to the A5 upgrade from Donegal, Derry, Tyrone and Monaghan as committed to in the St....
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      1556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of illness-related absences there have been in Bus Éireann in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath area in the past year....
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      1557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation to Sport Ireland in 2016 and 2017; and the distribution of Sport Ireland funding to sports bodies in receipt of Sport...
    • Tourism Ireland Funding
      1558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the allocation for 2017; and the intended allocation for 2018....
    • Local Improvement Scheme Expenditure
      1559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding expended on the local improvement scheme programme on an annual basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016; the associated...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      1560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for the upgrade and maintenance of regional and secondary roads in each of the years 2006 to 2017. [37672/17]
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      1561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual allocation for public cycle lanes in each of the years 2006 to 2017; and the details of maintenance on existing cycle lanes...
    • Public Service Obligation Data
      1562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public service obligation in each of the years 2011 to 2017; and the intended allocation for 2018, in tabular form. [37675/17]
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      1564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Exchequer funding provided to the GAA in each of the years 2008 to 2017 inclusive. [37677/17]
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      1566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation made to the sports capital grant scheme in each of the years 2008 to 2017 inclusive; the details of the distribution and...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      1567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the renewal of driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      1568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a crash barrier on a dangerous section of the road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date the sports capital grant funding will be announced. [37765/17]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing hearses and mourning cars drive in bus lanes when conveying bereaved family members to and from the church...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department directed the Road Safety Authority to accept the public services card as the only form of identity for those obtaining...
    • Vehicle Registration
      1573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite the return of a document to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37805/17]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 15 February 2017, when this grant will be available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      1575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase funding for the segregation of cycle lanes from motor vehicle traffic in view of the rise in cycling; and if he will...
    • Brexit Staff
      1576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      1578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Tourism Industry
      1579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent figures published by the CSO showing a 9% drop in the number of UK citizens visiting here;...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      1580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the DART expansion programme and the electrification of the Sligo line from Connolly to Maynooth together with...
    • Rail Network
      1581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department has taken in respect of the report published by Iarnród Éireann regarding the company’s...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      1582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his Department’s work with local authorities and transport providers on the bus rapid transport scheme in...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      1584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications received for the current round of sports capital grants; when he expects a decision to be made regarding same; and if...
    • Public Services Card
      1587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and...
    • Legislative Programme
      1588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress he has made with the Minister for Justice and Equality, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Garda...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      1589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Lucan swimming pool project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/17]
    • Garda Strength
      1590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 12 July 2017, the progress which has been made to date to increase the Garda traffic corps...
    • Public Transport
      1591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the enhanced services to be provided by the new bus operator in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      1592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the chairperson and board positions for each body and organisation under his remit that remain to be filled; the length of time that...
    • Motor Insurance
      1593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made regarding the establishment of a motor insurance database; when this database will be fully functioning and...
    • Tourism Industry
      1594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific actions being taken to arrest the continuing decline in UK visitor numbers here in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Transport Authority
      1595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which NTA plans to overhaul services in large provincial centres will affect bus services in County Louth. [38256/17]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      1598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual percentage of non-commercial State sponsored bodies staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each of the...
    • Regional Airports
      1600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for upgrade or maintenance for each regional airport over each of the past ten years. [38494/17]
    • Bus Services
      1601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tenders received by the National Transport Authority in relation to the operation of a public bus service on route 139,...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      1603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the TII to engage with a person (details supplied) regarding a case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test Data
      1604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test examiners who have been appointed in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Regional Road Network
      1607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s contribution to non-national road schemes in Dublin South-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      1608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sports capital funding to organisations (details supplied) and other sports by project, in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      1610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for projects within the South Dublin County Council administrative area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38589/17]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will fill the vacancies on the boards of Irish Rail, Bus Éireann, the National Transport Authority, the Road Safety...
    • Tourism Funding
      1614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost in 2018 to increase the tourism marketing fund by 10% for each Fáilte Ireland and Tourism...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has formally met with the CEOs of all of the regional airports to discuss the impact of Brexit on tourism and the aviation...
    • Road Safety
      1616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations in place with regards to frontal protection systems commonly known as bull bars; and the person or body that is in...
    • Brexit Issues
      1617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Staff
      1624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit-related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Issues
      1626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the membership and role of all Brexit-related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the number of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned meetings with his European colleagues and officials to address Brexit-related issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      1628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Brexit-related research currently being undertaken by his Department; the topics under consideration; the date this research...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      1630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reach agreement with the USA to include it on the recognised countries list for the purposes of driver licence exchange;...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Data Protection
      1632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms of access, the precautions in place and the personal public service data that can be accessed by a company (details supplied);...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      1633. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the most recent figure for the full-year funding allocated to the school completion programme for DEIS schools. [37694/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1634. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1635. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of political staff employed in her Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1636. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla plans to engage with a union (details supplied) regarding its representation of family resource centres to the WRC on the issue...
    • Youth Services Funding
      1638. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the application for funding by an organisation (details supplied). [36974/17]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1639. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla will attend the Workplace Relations Commission talks with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1640. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women and men, respectively, employed in her Department in tabular form. [37067/17]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1642. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a workplace dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37091/17]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      1643. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a cap on crèche fees further to reports that crèches around the country are raising their fees as a...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1645. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding made available to family resource centres through her Department's family resource centre programme; her...
    • Departmental Banking
      1646. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost her Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      1647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many child care providers have not signed up to provide the single affordable childcare...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      1649. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to women's refuge accommodation in each of the past five years, and in 2017, in tabular form; and the...
    • Child Care Services
      1652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children are missing out on child care in view of the fact that they must be three years...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      1653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the purpose of the proposal to submit child care providers' audited accounts to her Department and Pobal agents; the reason a Government...
    • HIQA Reports
      1654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the recent inspection report by HIQA on the foster care service operated by Tusla in the Cork service area, if her attention...
    • Child Care Services
      1655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied); and if her attention has been further drawn to a proposal to set up...
    • Early Years Sector
      1657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016, and to date in 2017 in the Cavan and Monaghan and north Meath...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla has spent on community programmes by county in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and the spending on...
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      1659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services broken down by county or provider. [37721/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the investment by her Department since March 2016 in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1661. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to upgrade the data collection systems in Tusla and in her Department. [37724/17]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      1662. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time it takes to recruit social care workers in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath areas in 2016, and to date in 2017. [37725/17]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      1663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the advertising campaign for the affordable childcare scheme. [37761/17]
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      1665. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to crèches refusing to participate in the universal child care subsidy citing legal advice; the steps...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1667. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an AIM Level 7 will be approved for a child in a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      1668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Construction Costs
      1670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of...
    • Public Services Card
      1671. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or bodies and agencies under the remit of her Department plans to make services or payments dependant on the mandatory use and...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1672. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the funding provided through Tusla for family resource centres (details supplied); if she will make additional funding...
    • Child Care Services
      1674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide further supports to parents that opt to stay at home from work to mind their children rather than placing their...
    • Child Protection
      1676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in the publication of the inquiry conducted by a person (details supplied) and concluded in July 2016 into child...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1677. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by Tulsa each year on consultancy fees; the persons or bodies to which payments were made; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      1678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to satisfy herself that data protection and privacy standards have been complied within the context of child abuse...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual percentage of non-commercial State sponsored bodies staff under the remit of her Department that were women in each of the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation to family resource centres over each of the past ten years. [38401/17]
    • Early Years Sector
      1682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will pay a capital grant to a provider (details supplied) to allow it to open a replacement preschool facility as soon as possible;...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
      1683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided in her Department's estimates for 2017 for the affordable childcare scheme; the percentage of childcare providers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure savings that are earmarked for her Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      1696. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 5,893 unallocated cases, 991 of which they deemed high priority, mentioned in the June 2017 Tusla activity report that...
    • Adoption Legislation
      1697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to allow adopted persons access their personal files and information regarding their adoption and origins; when she plans to...
    • Child Abuse
      1698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of section 3 adult retrospective reports of abuse cases that are currently unallocated; the year when first referred in view of...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure
      1699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the promised assessment of the economic costing of child care services; and the timeframe for completion of this...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Post Office Network
      1700. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to facilitate a greater share of the banking market here by post offices through the facilitation of a community banking...
    • Rural Recreation Scheme
      1701. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of funding under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in each of the years 2006 to 2017. [37674/17]
    • Library Projects
      1702. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding works on a site (details supplied) in Castleblayney; when these works are likely to begin; the amount which...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      1703. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to the senior alert scheme each year since it was established. [38448/17]
    • Rural Recreation Scheme
      1704. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to the walks scheme in the past ten years; and the number of walks which this funded in the past ten years, in tabular...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate further funds to the CLÁR programme in view of the fact many applications had to be refused; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1706. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37271/17]
    • Departmental Banking
      1708. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the...
    • Living Wage
      1709. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all persons directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department;...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      1711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available from his Department for owners of buildings in regional and rural towns in which the full building is not...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1712. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to the CLÁR programme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of projects funded each...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Funding
      1713. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocation to the rural renovation scheme; the number of projects funded under the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Functions
      1714. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date the transfer order pertaining to the functions of his Department will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1715. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made per county to the CLÁR programme; the number of local authorities that have written seeking...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1716. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects funded under the town and village scheme, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37281/17]
    • Rural Recreation Scheme
      1718. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications and the amount of funding sought under the rural recreation scheme; the number of projects refused funding...
    • Western Development Commission Funding
      1720. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of State funding to the Western Development Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37285/17]
    • CLÁR Programme
      1721. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money paid by his Department for town and village renewal and under the CLÁR programme respectively, by county,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1722. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the full spend of all funding provided to his Department for 2017 including carryover of capital from 2016 and...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1723. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the further schemes he plans rolling out under the CLÁR scheme in 2017; if this will include a local improvement scheme element;...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      1726. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason Leader funding is not dispersed in a timely manner; the amount of funding sought by groups in County Kerry to date in...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      1727. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the clubs and organisations approved in each county and local authority area for funding under the community facilities scheme 2017;...
    • Community Banking
      1728. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to recent publicity regarding an organisation's (details supplied) work here regarding the...
    • Departmental Data
      1730. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the location of the headquarters of his Department; the number of civil servants based there; the number of civil servants based in...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Administration
      1731. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37908/17]
    • Brexit Staff
      1734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his department; if so, the grade of the designated...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Expenditure
      1738. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a breakdown of all moneys expended by his Department in promoting and launching the action plan for rural...
    • Leader Programmes Data
      1741. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Leader applications received via Leader companies by month in 2016 and for the first six months of 2017, by company;...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1743. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application under the town and village renewal scheme by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Scheme to Support National Organisations
      1745. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to men's sheds over each of the past ten years. [38402/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      1746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to the women's networks over each of the past ten years. [38403/17]
    • Community Banking
      1752. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made with regard to the planned new model of community banking through post offices based on models (details supplied)...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      1754. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided in his Department's Estimates for the Leader programme for 2017; the expenditure to date; the projected...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1766. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      1767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enable members of an organisation (details supplied) to act as solemnisers for marriage ceremonies in view of...
    • Death Certificates
      1768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was unable to obtain a death certificate; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      1769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the Central Bank’s new metric, the non-employment index, and the finding that 888,708 persons of working...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      1771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the entitlements of persons to a State pension (contributory) whose insurance contributions records were...
    • Child Benefit Expenditure
      1772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring child benefit to 2008 levels; and the estimated cost of restoring the higher rates of child...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      1773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing new labour activation supports for unemployed persons that do not quality for a basic...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays in processing applications for domiciliary care allowance; and the reason for the delay in the case of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      1775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person that is 18 years of age and has finished second level education cannot receive social protection...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      1776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider an exemption for wards of court funds from the calculation of disability allowance for persons in...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      1778. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which an appeal for jobseeker's allowance was refused following oral hearing in the case of a person...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of political staff employed in her Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants,...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      1781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the living alone allowance from €9 to €15 per week; her views on the...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      1782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be changes to sick pay in the next budget; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1783. 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...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Services Programme
      1787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount allocated to the community services programme support fund in 2016 and 2017; the number of applications made to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      1788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications received, approved and rejected, respectively, in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1789. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      1790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) was entitled to a jobseeker's allowance during the period for which they...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      1791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation that applies when assessing the old age pension entitlement of persons that have during their lifetime spent a...
    • International Agreements
      1792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the agreement between Ireland and South Korea concerning pensions, which results in a person being unable...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1793. 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. [37355/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1794. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1796. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of back money in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37358/17]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1797. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1798. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare...
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      1799. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if back to work allowance can be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); if their eligibility can be...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1800. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • JobPath Implementation
      1801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if release from the Jobpath programme can be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1802. 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...
    • State Pensions Payments
      1803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reinstate the State transition pension; her further plans to prevent persons forced to retire at 65 years of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      1805. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which overpayment has been registered against a person (details supplied); if same can be reviewed with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1806. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Administration
      1809. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the partial capacity scheme for public sector workers that wish to work part time; and if she will make...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1810. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1811. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Administration
      1812. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community welfare officers are responsible for monitoring the deaths of medical card holders against the names on general...
    • Paternity Leave Data
      1813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that have been made for paternity leave by county since the allowance was introduced; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1814. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a half carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Banking
      1815. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost her department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1816. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men and women, respectively, in her Department who hold posts (details supplied). [37399/17]
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the rule that parents of those that are 18 years of age and over do not receive child benefit even if...
    • Child Benefit Waiting Times
      1819. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase resources for the assessment of carer's allowance payments in order that the processing time is...
    • Community Services Programme
      1820. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to accept applications for new projects under the community service programme in 2017; when she plans to put out a...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      1821. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a new scheme (details supplied) for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • JobPath Implementation
      1822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the current Jobpath scheme to enable those that may be on Jobpath to consider a back to education course...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1823. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      1824. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make free fuel payments available to social welfare recipients who are also in receipt of disability benefit;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1825. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37542/17]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      1826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) on certain work schemes which are seasonal receive a reduced rate of jobseeker's...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 1827,1839,1840,1842,1847,1868,1871,1896
      1827. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social protection payment recipients that have a public services card in 2016 and in 2017; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
      1828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a weekly €20 "cost of disability" payment to those under 18 years of age and over...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      1829. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility criteria for persons wishing to participate in community employment schemes; if persons are only deemed...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      1831. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if housing assistance payment will eventually replace the longterm rent supplement scheme; if these two schemes are still in...
    • Public Services Card
      1832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the public services card across the country; if it will become mandatory across all...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the types of job schemes that are or will be available for young persons with disabilities in the Cavan, Monaghan and north...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      1836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs of reversing all cuts and changes to child benefit since 2008. [37748/17]
    • Maternity Benefit
      1837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending paid maternity leave to 42 weeks or 52 weeks. [37749/17]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1841. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal (details supplied) for an invalidity pension will be finalised. [37764/17]
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      1843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided as part of the humanitarian assistance scheme activated after unprecedented flooding occurred...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1844. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      1845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal to a decision on a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      1846. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will respond to the Citizens Assembly recommendations regarding a mandatory pension scheme to supplement the State...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the staff costs to date in 2017, based on her Department’s request for 200 additional staff over a four year period...
    • Public Services Card
      1849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of helpdesk staff in her Department and the costs associated with calls from customers to request activation of...
    • JobPath Data
      1853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to Jobpath since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      1854. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of places available on community employment schemes; the number of persons participating in community employment...
    • JobPath Implementation
      1855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the criteria in order to enable those referred to Jobpath take up a place on a community...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      1856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community employment schemes are reporting that they are unable to fill...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal to a decision on disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Brexit Staff
      1859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the...
    • Departmental Reports
      1861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the drafting, completion and publication of the report investigating bogus self employment; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      1864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment schemes that have an assistant supervisor in place as well as the supervisor; the number...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department's new name change will cost in rebranding of logos and the amount of stationary to be replaced;...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      1869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Public Services Card
      1870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if non State agencies or bodies have access to the information contained on the public services card; her plans to make this...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      1872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reviews or analysis that have been carried out to assess the adequacy or otherwise of the living alone allowance; if...
    • Supreme Court Rulings
      1874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation or amend legislation in view of a recent Supreme Court case challenging the...
    • Pension Provisions
      1875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a mandatory pension scheme with auto-enrolment; the consultations that have taken place to date on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1876. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal of a refusal to grant carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1880. 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 Appeals
      1882. 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. [38275/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied). [38286/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      1887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a proposal (details supplied) in tabular form. [38310/17]
    • Disability Allowance Data
      1888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications received on a monthly basis by county in 2016 and for the first six months...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      1889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether Labour Court recommendations should be adhered to; and the circumstances in which in her view it is...
    • State Bodies Data
      1890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual percentage of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies staff under the remit of her Department who were women in...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding a domiciliary care allowance for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual percentage of public service staff who were women under the remit of her Department in each of the years 2010 to...
    • Training Support Grant
      1893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the technical employment support grant is paid by SOLAS or by the service provider to persons on JobPath (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Services Card
      1895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social protection payments to persons who refused to take up or present a public services card are accruing; if their...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
      1897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason foster parents are not entitled to claim the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; if there are...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1898. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1899. 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. [38564/17]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the date the payment was awarded; the amount...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of welfare recipients who have been subject to sanctions for non-engagement in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      1903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for an exceptional needs payment in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Departmental Reports
      1904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report that was to be prepared by her Department within three months of the passing of the Social Welfare...
    • Poverty Data
      1905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares with the EUROSTAT average; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      1907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting times for decisions on all social welfare payments from her Department; the number of persons awaiting...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      1908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's payments in the Dublin South-West constituency, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      1909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the higher rate of PRSI of 10.75% was increased to 12.75% for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1912. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal of a decision to refuse an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      1913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if she will...
    • Budget 2018
      1924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure savings that are earmarked for her Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1925. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38916/17]
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      1926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason participants on community employment schemes are not allowed to draw down the fuel allowance in two lump-sum...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will issue a certificate of earnings for 2015 and 2016 from the invalidity section to a person (details supplied); and...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      1928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the payment of family income supplement to persons who are on community employment project schemes;...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      1929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a State pension, non-contributory, for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38971/17]
    • Public Services Card
      1932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the contract to supply the public services card; the changes to this contract over time; the date for renewal...
    • Departmental Communications
      1934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will direct her Department to ensure that all inquiry telephone numbers are freefone or lo-call for those calling her...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Yield
      1940. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of motor tax collected in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [36909/17]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      1945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis upon which motor tax must be retrospectively paid on a commercial vehicle that has been off the road for one year...
    • Local Authority Finances
      1946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for borrowing money (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37460/17]
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
      1947. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are ongoing fees being paid relating to the Flood and Mahon tribunals; the areas of expenditure and the amount, for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      1948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress his Department has made in respect of the EUROSTAT investigation into the establishment by the Government of a...
    • Water Quality
      1949. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the actions being taken to improve water quality in rivers following the Environmental Protection...
    • Foreshore Issues
      1950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 21 June 2016, the status of a landholding (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Water Services Data
      1951. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual capital investment spend on domestic water and sanitation services in each of the years 2000 to 2021, in tabular...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1952. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 July 2017, the estimated percentage of the population paying more than a third...
    • Departmental Reports
      1953. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 213 of 28 March 2017 and 2143 of 20 June 2017, if the report in the case of a person...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1954. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a scheme for affordable sites; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1955. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1956. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request that the statistical data relating to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive's, DRHE, protocol (details...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      1957. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the purchase scheme for persons (details supplied) in local authority houses; and if he will make a...
    • Building Regulations
      1958. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress which has been made to establish an appropriate redress scheme for home owners in counties Donegal and Mayo in...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1959. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the incremental tenant purchase scheme will conclude; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1960. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37242/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1962. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      1963. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a review being undertaken by his Department of the social housing assessment guidelines; if the applications...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1964. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding homeless children; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1965. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless children in County Kerry to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37247/17]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      1966. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason income from the rural social scheme is not included as income in calculating reckonable income under the tenant...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
      1967. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased under the tenant purchase scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017 by local authority; the reason...
    • Traveller Data
      1968. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Travellers in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37251/17]
    • Housing Data
      1970. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 1 June 2017, the number of the 1,117 additional bed spaces of purpose built...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      1971. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to sell the harvesting rights of kelp disk seaweed to a company (details supplied); if this deal has...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      1972. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants who have applied but whose applications have been refused for the medical and disability...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      1974. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the decision making process for medical and disability priority for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Data
      1976. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications that were assessed as invalid in County Tipperary in the past three year period; and if...
    • Water Charges Administration
      1977. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to equalise the position of persons connected to rural water schemes with regard to the cost of domestic water, in...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      1979. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local government auditors report to his Department on their findings from the audit of each local authority; if so, if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1980. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date with the housing units identified in County Sligo in the Rebuilding Ireland programme; the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      1981. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure the practice of non-refundable deposits to be considered for a tenancy (details supplied) will be outlawed;...
    • Water Charges
      1982. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will quantify excessive water usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37403/17]
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      1983. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next review of rent pressure zones will be carried out; when he will publish data; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Provision
      1984. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify his comments on the fair deal scheme and the housing crisis made in August 2017; the way in which these...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      1985. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 19 January 2017, his plans for legislative changes so that a deposit protection...
    • Planning Issues
      1986. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a further extension of planning permission for dwelling houses in which an extension of five years has...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1987. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount it would cost to restore the Traveller accommodation budget to 2008 levels. [37455/17]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1988. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of Exchequer funding allocated in the past five years and to date in 2017 for homeless services, in tabular form....
    • Housing Data
      1990. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built in each year since 2000, broken down by county and including the first half of 2017; the estimated...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1991. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funds will be made available to local authorities for disabled persons' grants for local authority tenants in 2017; and...
    • Fire Safety
      1992. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the fire safety report on timber dwellings commissioned by the previous Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly;...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1993. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when families and children in domestic violence refuges and accommodation will be included in official homeless figures; and...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      1994. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on investigations his officials are undertaking in the rental market here; the number of registered...
    • Disability Support Services Expenditure
      1995. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the fund for assisting persons with disabilities move out of congregated settings; the amount that has...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      1996. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authority tenants who have saved or have access to the full purchase...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1997. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to remove the local needs clause in County Louth; if adjustments will be made to the development plan for County...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      1998. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Killarney fire station extension, County Kerry; and the timeframe for completion of same. [37570/17]
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      1999. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to a report (details supplied), if he will consider changing the methodology used to calculate rent pressure zones...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      2000. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the repair and leasing scheme; and when the plans will come into affect. [37621/17]
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      2001. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the number of fully accessible toilet facilities with adult changing facilities in public places as per...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      2002. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of refunding all those who paid water charges over the past years. [37740/17]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      2003. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in the Cavan, Monaghan and Meath area; the services available to persons who find themselves...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2004. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department invested in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      2005. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department has improved services for persons with disabilities in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      2007. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation in place governing the development of properties which are under shared ownership; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Estates
      2008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the issue of communal infrastructure, such as septic tanks, in housing estates where in...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      2009. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received to date in 2017 for the repair and lease scheme in each county since the inception of the...
    • Local Government Reform
      2010. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government commitments in respect of local government reform, in...
    • Commercial Rates
      2011. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for legislation governing the rates structure to enable sectors of society (details supplied) to obtain rate...
    • Brexit Staff
      2012. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the...
    • Construction Costs
      2014. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect...
    • Brexit Issues
      2015. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has studied the implications of Brexit regarding inward migration from the UK and EU and the additional...
    • Planning Issues
      2016. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials completed the trial densification project at a location (details supplied) in the Dublin City Council area;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      2019. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress his Department has made along with the National Development Finance Agency on allowing larger institutional...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      2020. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons and families assisted under the emergency accommodation scheme in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      2021. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent finding by an organisation (details supplied) that eight out of ten landlords...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      2022. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing and-or affordable housing units built or purchased by each of the approved housing bodies...
    • Public Services Card
      2023. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he, or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department, plans to make services or payments dependent on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2024. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the houses built as part of the State fund established to build social and affordable housing, including the location of each...
    • Fire Safety
      2026. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that every high rise and multi-unit development has been appropriately inspected for fire safety and is...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Data
      2027. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in each local authority in receipt of HAP; the number in receipt of an enhanced HAP or top-up payment,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      2028. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when construction work on each site will commence and when homes on each site will be available in view of the fact that it...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      2029. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been drawn down to date further to the announcement of the local infrastructure housing...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      2030. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend legislation to ensure that the rate of deposits sought by landlords is no more than one month's rent; and...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      2031. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the expert group to develop plans for a cost rental model for housing has been established; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      2032. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to raise the 3% rate of the vacant site levy in view of the limited housing construction under way; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      2033. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build houses which have been built to date; the additional number expected to be completed by the end of...
    • Vacant Properties
      2034. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the full vacant house re-use strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38212/17]
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      2035. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social houses constructed by each local authority to date in 2017; the additional number of social houses...
    • Rental Sector
      2037. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken and the specific actions he plans to take to enforce breaches of housing laws in cases in which...
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      2038. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to influence the Mackinnon report on the restructuring of Cork County Council in favour of stability and economic...
    • Building Regulations Application
      2040. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the arrangements for supervision of erectors and installers of timber frame construction systems in...
    • Planning Investigations
      2043. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a report with his Department into allegations of planning irregularities in County Donegal; if the report has...
    • Irish Water Funding
      2044. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the source of the revenue being used to refund Irish Water customers. [38285/17]
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      2045. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual percentage of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 2047,2048,2049,2050
      2047. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in receipt of housing assistance payment by county. [38495/17]
    • Planning Issues
      2051. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to give powers to the local authorities to compel householders and property owners to deal...
    • Planning Data
      2053. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications for new housing units that have been received to the end of June 2017; the number in each...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2054. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that have been constructed in 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing
      2056. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken and dates when each step was completed or cleared by and between the Department of Housing, Planning,...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      2057. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the slow timeframe needed to complete the current four social housing approval stages between local authorities...
    • Housing Provision
      2058. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a housing executive with emergency acquisition and building powers for the four Dublin counties and...
    • Brexit Issues
      2060. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Staff
      2067. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these rolls to be filled; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      2069. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the membership and role of all Brexit related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2071. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2072. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all Part V housing units funded by his Department in the past 12 months, by housing development...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      2073. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what grants or financial supports available to persons who own their own house in circumstances (details supplied); and if he...
    • Local Authority Rates
      2074. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the collection rates for commercial rates by each local authority; the amounts collected in the last year for which figures...
    • Housing Provision
      2075. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce an older persons' housing designation for private sector housing schemes which would facilitate older...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      2078. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who have left the Defence Forces in 2015 and 2016 and to date 2017, not including mandatory retirements, in tabular form;...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      2080. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the efforts to procure a multi-role vessel for the Naval Service; the projected cost of acquiring this vessel; and when...
    • Civil Defence
      2081. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that Civil Defence transactions are overwhelmingly carried out in cash; his further views on whether he is satisfied with...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      2082. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisors, drivers...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      2083. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 1726 and 1727 of 26 July 2017, his views on whether the stock management in the Defence Forces pharmacy...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      2085. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37069/17]
    • Ministerial Functions
      2087. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are functions and responsibilities he has not delegated as Minister for Defence to the Minister of State for Defence; and if so the...
    • Departmental Banking
      2088. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      2089. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports in place for members of the Permanent Defence Forces that become homeless; the number of such cases in the past year; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      2090. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe for implementing the agreement reached by PDFORRA and Defence Forces management for the discretionary extension of an additional...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      2092. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reinstate the rent allowance scheme or to provide an equivalent allowance of €500 for members of the Defence Forces...
    • Army Barracks
      2093. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of beds in use in barracks across the State divided by temporary and standard accommodation, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      2095. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to extend the €150 flat rate expenses allowance for ceremonial uniforms to be used to service combat uniforms for members of...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      2096. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the military installations owned and run by the State; the service provided by these installations; the average number of military personnel...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      2097. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to upgrade or replace military equipment across the three services over the next five years; the estimated cost for replacing or...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      2098. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's recruitment policy for allowing members of the transgender and LGBT communities to enlist in all branches of the Defence...
    • Chaplaincy Services Expenditure
      2099. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid to the Catholic Church for the employment of chaplains in the Defence Forces in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Defence Forces Training
      2100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of courses provided by the Defence Forces that receive or do not receive QQI accreditation, in tabular form. [37495/17]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      2101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who joined the Permanent Defence Force in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, respectively; and the...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      2102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) requested by his Department to administer an emergency humanitarian...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      2103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 28 June 2017, the reason the information could not be obtained by checking the HSPC, Health...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      2105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views regarding concerns raised by the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers that their members were severely disadvantaged...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      2106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the reduction of benefits to Defence Forces personnel since the introduction of the single pension scheme in January 2013;...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      2108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the senior official from his Department who has been appointed to the working group established to review the State’s...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      2111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the deployment of the Defence Forces to aid flood relief efforts in County Donegal was delayed by up to six hours due to a dispute between...
    • Brexit Staff
      2112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
    • Departmental Projects
      2114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction...
    • Public Services Card
      2115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plans to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      2116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual percentage of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each of the years 2010...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      2117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual percentage of public service staff that were women under the remit of his department in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date...
    • Research Funding
      2118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the decision by University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology to withdraw staffing and funding...
    • Brexit Issues
      2119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Budgets
      2130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are not...