Written answers

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
      46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that excessive pensions for former politicians and public servants are curtailed; and if he will make a...
    • Public Spending Code
      47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has revised the method of cost benefit analysis currently in use for transport and infrastructure projects; and if he has satisfied...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional financial measures he will employ in 2018 to develop flood defences across the State; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself that there is sufficient transparency, accountability and oversight in the area of top level appointments in...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he given consideration to substantial penalties for companies in receipt of public contracts that do not meet minimum standards of...
    • Garda Stations
      52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's progress with acquiring the new site identified in recent months for Bailieboro Garda station; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that spending priorities are sufficiently focussed in view of the threat to the economy of Brexit; and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the spending review currently taking place; the timeframe for the publishing of the review; the estimated savings to be...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme will be addressed over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40455/17]
    • Budget 2018
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of his officials that are gender, equality and carbon proofing budget 2018; the extent to which these examinations with...
    • Public Spending Code
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the type of cost benefit analysis which will be applied to the additional tax expenditures or new public spending which are being...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public expenditure envelope allowed for in the existing fiscal space is adequate to meet the needs and demands for key areas of...
    • National Investment Plan Publication
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to publish the revised capital plan; and if the plan once published will be finalised or if it will be open for revision....
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his Department's discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the implementation...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Company Data
      61. To ask the Taoiseach the number of companies that operate here that do not trade goods or services here. [40611/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      64. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the wide range of national and international issues he discussed with church leaders at the meeting with them and other ministers. [40712/17]
  • Department of Finance
    • NewERA Administration
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NewEra has transferred to Coillte and Bord na Móna in respect of developing alternative energy and other new industry; the criteria which has...
    • Brexit Issues
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can take steps to minimise the impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/17]
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the net total dividend withholding tax collected in respect of REIT dividends paid to non-resident investors and other relevant parties in each of the...
    • Irish Real Estate Fund
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the net total dividend withholding tax paid by IREF funds in respect of dividends paid to non-resident investors and other relevant parties in 2016 and 2017 in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are taxation incentives to encourage companies to get their employees to use electric vehicles as company cars as opposed to petrol or diesel...
    • Fire Service Staff
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a person's (details supplied) concerns regarding retained fire fighters status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/17]
    • Living City Initiative
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the living city initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40258/17]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if further measures are being taken by the EU Commission and his department to address the alleged cartel-like activity and price gouging in the insurance...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of an income tax case, for example, if it includes all persons in receipt of taxable income with regard to the Revenue Commissioners budget 2018...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the interest rate banks (details supplied) apply to the warehouse portion of a split mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40299/17]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by which banks are requesting know your customer type anti money laundering documentation (details supplied)...
    • Poultry Industry
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to allegations from a person (details supplied) regarding tax loopholes in the poultry sector that allow or allowed co-op...
    • NAMA Reports
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has issued yearly reports to the EU Commission for the Directorate General for Competition on the use of NAMA's post-acquisition powers; the...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that foreign companies may be partnering with Irish companies for the purpose of availing of section 481 tax...
    • Insurance Industry
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the remaining claims from a company (details supplied) to be settled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40549/17]
    • Tax Exemptions
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the exemption of Government securities where an owner is not ordinarily resident in Ireland, which is listed in a Revenue Commissioners' table...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the help-to-buy scheme on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/17]
    • Central Statistics Office
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated effect of including universities on-balance sheet; the discussions that have taken place on this issue with EUROSTAT or other organisations; and...
    • Tax Code
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40591/17]
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT rate on servicing and repairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/17]
    • Tax Code
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering making changes to the forthcoming finance Bill to deal with past issues pertaining to other sectors of the agricultural industry, similar...
    • Tax Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release the microeconomic statistics for the relevant three year timeframe pertaining to the calculation of the current flat rate VAT repayment...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of boats, vessels and trawlers that were searched by a customs drug dog unit at Sligo port in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 and to date in...
    • GDP-GNP Levels
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the figures for potential GDP growth in percentage terms for each of the years from 2002 to 2021; and if he will provide the actual and...
    • Fiscal Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the reference rate used by his Department in the calculation of the available fiscal space for each of the years from 2010 to...
    • Fiscal Policy
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion made by an organisation (details supplied) in its recent pre-budget submission that the Government could increase the level of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the current system under which mileage is calculated for business journeys undertaken in a car creates an incentive...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if applications have been received from County Louth by the Office of Public Works for works to be carried out at a location (details...
    • Public Appointments Service
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the recent open principal officer competition in which scoring errors have been made in the critical reasoning part of the...
    • Community Sector High Level Forum
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the high level forum which was established some seven months ago will make recommendations in relation to the provision of a...
    • Public Sector Debt Management
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that have resulted from the work of the Debt Management Implementation Board, by area, that is, the HSE, the Courts Service...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sale price and the name of the buyer of all buildings sold by the OPW in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Intestate Estates
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the most recent transfer from the intestate estate funds deposit account to the Dormant Accounts Fund took place; the amount...
    • Public Sector Pay
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of restoration of civil servant pay under FEMPI; when he expects further pay restoration to take place; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason FEMPI remains on the Statute Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40489/17]
    • Public Sector Pay
      109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost liability of public sector pay restoration, as provided for under the gradual unwinding of the FEMPI measures, with...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood protection scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fire Safety
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings within the State’s property portfolio...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the procedures for tendering outlined in the new guidelines for public procurement for goods and services published in...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself that the increase in capital investment to 2021 set out in the summer economic plan is sufficient to deliver...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW started paying rent on the new Department of Health headquarters (details supplied); the cost of the rent per annum; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of savings likely to be required in Departments in the remainder of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reform
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent reform remains a feature of his Department's policy with particular reference to ensuring good value for the taxpayer and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which current expenditure levels are likely to impact on capital expenditure requirements in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which salary and wage cuts incurred during the economic downturn continue to be a priority in terms of restoration to the...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which procurement procedures continue to achieve good value for the taxpayer and speedy delivery to the consumer; and if...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has received communication from other Departments and bodies or agencies under its aegis seeking...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Legislative Measures
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislation that his Department is responsible for that puts particular primary or secondary level curriculum on a legislative footing. [40128/17]
    • School Curriculum
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to formalise the SPHE curriculum to ensure it is being taught in an inclusive and diverse manner; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied) in respect of the provision of an special needs assistant, SNA; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the determination of availability of additional funding required for school buildings in the case of a school (details...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been acquired for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40204/17]
    • School Patronage
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment area map that applied to the competition to award the patronage to a new school in the Carpenterstown and Castleknock area,...
    • School Accommodation
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made since June 2017 with regard to securing planning permission for a permanent home for a school (details...
    • Schools Inspections
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of the inspectorate who are engaged or have previously engaged in post-primary inspections; and if he will make a statement...
    • Trade Union Membership
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in the voluntary secondary school sector who were in receipt of the gross additional payment of €796 in lieu of the...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not allocated a classification as a DEIS 1 urban school; if this school was incorrectly classified as...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed completion date for a new school building (details supplied) County Westmeath; and the capacity of the new building. [40350/17]
    • Capitation Grants
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the capitation sum allocated to primary schools is inadequate to meet all their expenses; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new school building provisions for an area (details supplied); his plans for the provision for a post-primary school for the area;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [40502/17]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made in the divestment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40504/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility for the higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40555/17]
    • Fire Safety
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high-risk buildings, including temporary structures and especially schools, that...
    • School Funding
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40610/17]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) with special needs in order that the person can access secondary school; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the long-delayed three school campus for Buncrana, County Donegal; if he will meet with a delegation of Donegal Education...
    • School Transport Applications
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) and have a bus ticket issued in this case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Fees
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of bench fees to third level education institutions; if a person that wishes to pay their own bench fee may do...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in the context of a review of the DEIS programme eligibility, he will ensure that a school (details supplied) has its status changed to urban...
    • Student Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level students nationally during the academic year 2016-17. [40696/17]
    • Third Level Charges
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full year costs of reducing student contributions to third level fees by €100. [40749/17]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full year costs of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at primary and secondary level respectively. [40750/17]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communications he has had with representatives of the Russian Government regarding abuses of human rights of LGBT citizens in that...
    • Passport Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the issues arising for mothers who have a different surname to their child, or children, in cases in...
    • Departmental Funding
      175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to fund the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, supplies in budget 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Aid
      176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work supported by Irish Aid in Bolivia to promote the sexual and reproductive health of vulnerable and marginalised...
    • Human Rights
      178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an organisation's recent report (details supplied) documenting the long-term impact of sexual violence on...
    • Missing Persons
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ireland will continue to contribute funding the International Commission on Missing Persons, ICMP, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (details...
    • International Relations
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Israeli authorities to inform them of Ireland's opposition to the deportation of four persons (details supplied) who...
    • Overseas Development Aid Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the distribution of financial aid to Myanmar; the organisations that are in receipt of aid; and the amounts received for the past three...
    • Human Rights
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the political and human rights issues in Nigeria regarding pro Biafra activists (details supplied); and...
    • Emigration Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland historically enjoyed a quota or a formal or informal arrangement regarding the numbers of emigrants to the United States; if so,...
    • Northern Ireland
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken recently to the US Secretary of State regarding the appointment of a special envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to assist the people of Yemen, particularly in view of the number of deaths of children due to malnutrition and the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Tree Remediation
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation regarding a resident's right to light when light is blocked from neighbouring trees in...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [40430/17]
    • Refugee Status Applications
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40134/17]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding which is provided for groups or programmes which assist men that have or are likely to engage in intimate partner...
    • Direct Provision Data
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have died while in the direct provision system since 1 January 2007; the ages of the persons that...
    • Garda Equipment
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring in body cameras on Garda uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/17]
    • Garda Training
      201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the focus or resources that are available for further education and or continuous professional development within An Garda...
    • Garda Reserve
      202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria under which the Garda reserves are deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40230/17]
    • Garda College
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training capacity at Templemore garda college; his plans to increase its capacity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Data
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is data available on the ethnic demographics of the members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Stepaside Garda station will re-open before the end of 2018. [40243/17]
    • Direct Provision System
      208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on the implementation of the recommendations of the working group on the protection process, including...
    • Garda Expenditure
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to reports in the media that An Garda Síochána is considering the purchase of drones;...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to bring an immediate end to joyriding and associated criminal and anti...
    • Garda Data
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the PSNI and An Garda Síochána who have served in the other policing service on this island...
    • Garda Operations
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in the implementation of the active mobility project in An Garda Síochána; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an appropriate allocation of probationary gardaí to the Limerick division in the next round of...
    • Prison Service
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if reforms have been introduced to the prison system arising from recommendations of prison visiting committee over the past...
    • Visa Applications
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to obtain a new GNIB card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Immigration Status
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended)...
    • Crime Data
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homicides in each of the years 2010 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Direct Provision System
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the case of a person (details supplied) has been examined with a view to ensuring the availability of...
    • Fire Safety
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high-risk buildings, including Garda stations, which fall under...
    • Immigration Status
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of extension of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); the...
    • Garda Deployment
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a further sergeant to be appointed to the community policing unit at Coolock Garda station, Dublin 5; and if he...
    • Immigration Status
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Commissioner Appointment
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether members of the Policing Authority or the policing commission should stand aside from their position on...
    • Community Alert Programme
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that operate a text alert scheme; the amount it would cost to extend this measure to each Garda...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Invasive Plant Species
      229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a national policy in relation to the treatment of Japanese knotweed; the steps being taken to control the spread of...
    • Heritage Promotion
      230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to purchase the Yeats family collection; and if not, the reason therefor. [40174/17]
    • Arts Funding
      231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP; and if she will make a...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to develop a mechanism for...
    • Film Industry Development
      233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Education and Skills on enabling the creative potential of every...
    • Turbary Rights
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of landowners and persons with turbary rights in areas of raised bog, natural heritage area network that is scheduled...
    • Arts Centres
      237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the legal advice on behalf of the local authority involved in the Cork event centre; if she is...
    • Film Industry
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of Irish Film Board, IFB, loans that have been issued each year for the past ten years; the default rate of these loans;...
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén deontas atá ceadaithe do Choláiste Chonnacht le hathchóiriú a dhéanamh ar a shealúchas;...
    • Scéimeanna agus Tacaíochtaí Tithíochta
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoin phlean atá aici maidir le deontais feabhsúcháin tithíochta a chur ar...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth go bhfuil an Roinn ag diúltú dul i gcomhairle le Coiste Thrá Mhachaire Rabhartaigh; cén...
    • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cuntas ar an dul chun cinn maidir le scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, ag eascairt as an...
    • Waterways Ireland Expenditure
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital expenditure by Waterways Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the estimated level of current and...
    • Waterways Ireland Staff
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees that have moved from the OPW to Waterways Ireland in the past three years; and if she will make a...
    • Film Industry
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 149 and 150 of 5 July 2017, the location in which this register is maintained; the way in...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an costas iomlán a bhaineann le Raidió na Life a athlonnú ó Chearnóg Mhuirfean go dtí...
    • Ulster Canal Restoration Project
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the re-opening of the Ulster Canal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40695/17]
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to ensure that the regulations for coursing clubs, including the condition that no hare will be coursed...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process to instate a new director of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40756/17]
    • Arts Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the lack of artist-run studio spaces and the fact that Ireland lags far behind other European...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the built heritage investment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40758/17]
    • Arts Promotion
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she will take in the coming year to increase children's access to music, art and drama; and the funding she will...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the year two programme of work for Creative Ireland; and the steps she will take to advance the plan in 2018. [40760/17]
    • Arts Council Funding
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will support the Arts Council to move to a longer-term funding model for smaller arts organisations as recently...
  • Department of Health
    • Commissions of Investigation
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of inquiries into allegations of historical abuse of persons with intellectual disabilities in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 5 in 2015 and...
    • Service Level Agreements
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff working in section 39 organisations are not provided for under the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road Agreements (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      259. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40136/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      260. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted...
    • Health Services Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if a social worker will be assigned to a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to secure housing for this person; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      262. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Nivolumab on the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40144/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      263. 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. [40152/17]
    • Injecting Facilities
      266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons an injecting room at a centre (details supplied) is expected to serve. [40155/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recouped through the ancillary state support facility under the nursing home support scheme for each year of its operation; the amount owed by...
    • Health Services Reform
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the obligation he or the HSE has to engage with the public or patients regarding health service planning, for example on the reconfiguration of acute hospital...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if additional costs caused by decision of Government, local or government agencies will be directly funded by Government in such areas as the nursing home...
    • Respite Care Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Health further to a public statement issued by the HSE on 27 April 2017 regarding respite services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, the progress made on each project...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      272. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the recent meeting in Kilkenny with the Minister of State for disability has brought a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the scoliosis waiting list targets were missed; the steps he will take to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/17]
    • Hospital Facilities
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the difference in capacity between the old emergency department at the University of Limerick hospital and the new emergency department at the hospital [40198/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      278. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is waiting for cataract surgery will have this procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (detail supplied) regarding funding for a condition in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40203/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      280. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      281. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is in receipt of Government funding; the financial support received by the organisation in 2015, 2016 and to date in...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in Dublin 15 only have the resources to deal with...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      283. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis medication here, in particular, for groups that are at high risk of HIV infection; and if he will...
    • Disabilities Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with intellectual and or physical disabilities in HSE CHO 5 who are being PEG fed on an ongoing basis; and the longest periods of PEG...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on a waiting list for counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40254/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40257/17]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing access to foetal anomaly scans to all pregnant women in 2018; the estimated cost involved in ensuring that sufficient...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse graduates in 2016 and 2017; the number of these nurse graduates offered permanent contracts; and the location by hospital and speciality of...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      292. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has offered all 2016-2017 nurse graduates permanent contracts as per the memorandum of 26 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE's negotiations on the drug Respreeza; if the HSE plans to return to negotiations on the availability of this drug; if he and the HSE will...
    • Maternity Services
      294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 26 July 2017, if part of the budget for maternity services was ring-fenced for 2016 or has been ring-fenced for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      295. 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. [40273/17]
    • Suicide Prevention
      296. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE, through the National Office for Suicide Prevention, will continue to provide core funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that exist in County Mayo for young persons with an intellectual disability who have just turned 18 years of age for their continuing education...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      298. 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. [40295/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to prioritise employment opportunities for recent mental health nursing graduates in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      307. 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. [40331/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the nursing home support scheme in each year since its inception; and the revenue raised each year on the basis of the financial...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      311. 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. [40342/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reviewed the price being charged for long-term residential care in private nursing homes (details supplied); if the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if a person under 65 years of age with a medical card can be charged for the flu vaccination. [40349/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      314. 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. [40360/17]
    • Autism Support Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a charity can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for home help services in Dublin north CHO Area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40391/17]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary health certificates that have been issued to persons suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and POTS syndrome; and if he will make a...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of his review of the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995 in order that the law related...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if persons entitled to public patient healthcare here will receive correspondence from the HSE with information regarding the cross border healthcare directive...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop the capacity of Ramelton nursing unit, County Donegal, St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal and Lifford hospital, County...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Health when a base for the ambulance service in Buncrana, County Donegal will be operational. [40401/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting cataract operations at the Mater hospital, Dublin 7; the waiting times for cataract patients that have not yet been given an...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      332. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant endocrinologist specialising in diabetes for adults will be appointed to Letterkenny university hospital; the reason this has not happened to...
    • Prescriptions Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors over the past 15 years; the...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other professionals who have the authority to prescribe drugs are required to report their patients' experiences of adverse drug...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital bed will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/17]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to restrict the provision of adult nappies to persons; if so, the reason this measure is being undertaken; the amount that supplies are being...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of CAMHS services in Sligo region CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the job titles and details of contract for of all employees on the CAMHS team in Sligo area CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40473/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS waiting list at the end of August 2017 for Sligo area CHO1 by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      341. 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. [40486/17]
    • Health Services Charges
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons are now required to pay for the haemochromatosis clinic in Louth County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding investment in supports for persons with disabilities and the ratification of the United Nations...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in an area (details supplied); the starting date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-health care, community based organisations or enterprises, such as cafes or hotels, which have applied for authorisation by the Health...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      352. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/17]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement general practitioner for a doctor (details supplied) in Kildare has been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40558/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the standard contracts offered to each of the members of the community teams in CAMHS services (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Report
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the HSE CAMHS service reports for each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/17]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend by CAMHS for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40562/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professions (details supplied) employed in CAMHS services in 2016 and 2017 [40563/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons awaiting longer than 12 months for a first appointment for CAMHS at the end of June for each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall mental health budget CAMHS services have received by year since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list times for a mental health service (details supplied) by site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/17]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 362
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in each of the sites of a mental health service (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Disability Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published HIQA inspection report on an organisation (details supplied); if he has satisfied himself that the organisation can...
    • HSE Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for the elderly that have received capital funding from his Department or the HSE in 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants from his Department, the HSE or another Department for community groups to purchase defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is implementing the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action of the World Health Organisation; his views on the fact that foreign doctors...
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be funding for respite care services outside Dublin in 2018. [40595/17]
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      370. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the Mullingar respite centre (details supplied). [40596/17]
    • Fire Safety
      371. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings, including temporary structures, that are used to house hospitals and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a patient advocacy group (details supplied) in which a request to meet is formally communicated; if so, if he will...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have qualified for treatment with the children's physiotherapy services in County Mayo; the number of children on a waiting list to...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists that are employed by the Health Service Executive and or children's physiotherapy services for County Mayo; if there are...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have qualified for treatment with the speech and language therapy department in County Mayo; the number of children on a waiting...
    • HSE Staff Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that are employed by the Health Service Executive for County Mayo; if there are current vacancies for therapists...
    • Hospital Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a new weight management clinic at Beaumont hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40630/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, assessment system to ensure that general practitioner referrals cannot be refused...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be made available in the HSE capital plan for the provision of a dedicated obstetrics theatre at University Hospital Kerry as...
    • Hospital Admissions
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlights the fact that persons over 80 years of age are forced to wait twice as long as...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Health when required medical equipment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 3 May 2017, if the ecology assessment has been completed; if so, if a copy of the assessment can be provided; if a...
    • Hospital Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in place to deal with the situation at Merlin Park hospital, Galway; the expected repair time; the arrangements for surgery to be carried out at an...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthopaedic surgery at Merlin Park hospital, Galway; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; the nature of the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 on 21 June 2017, the status of this project; if a design team has been appointed; the completion date for the new...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses and midwives returning from abroad who apply directly to the HSE for job vacancies are not entitled to a relocation grant, in view of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that are waiting on surgery and are on a hospital waiting list are questioned after a period of time if they still need said surgery and are...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 11 September 2017, the reason chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not included on the long-term illness...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      397. To ask the Minister for Health when the access scheme for medicinal cannabis products will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40687/17]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the positions of two paediatric advanced nurse practitioners (details supplied) applied for by Letterkenny University Hospital as requested by an...
    • Hospital Staff
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if only one of the 120 advanced nurse practitioner posts sanctioned by the HSE and his Department was allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE failed to reply to correspondence (details supplied); the steps that were taken to have this correspondence replied to and the matters...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the mental health budget in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the 2012 funding for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 26 July 2017, the composition of the minimum dataset; the data which will be collected; the degree to which each...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Greyhound Industry
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will end the obligation of greyhound owners to register with a club (details supplied) and pay a registration fee to it; and if...
    • Afforestation Programme
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons, companies or other legal entities, based either here or abroad, that have received an annual afforestation premium in...
    • Livestock Issues
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to reports of smuggling of sheep across the Border in September 2017 causing concern for sheep...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has satisfied himself with the accuracy of bovine TB skin and blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40289/17]
    • Milk Prices
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase compensation for the loss of milk production in view of the fact that current prices do not reasonably match...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the delays arising from initial animal tagging for TB and the tagged animals' subsequent removal. [40293/17]
    • Coillte Teoranta Activities
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct Coillte to provide full and clear ownership and title deeds for Massey's Wood and the Hell Fire Club with regard...
    • Afforestation Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest afforestation figures; the amount of funding which has been made available on an annual basis for...
    • Forestry Sector
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest research that has been conducted by the Forest Service into the climate adaptability of commercial and...
    • Forestry Grants
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided by the Forest Service to a non-governmental organisation (details supplied) since 1996; the criteria which has...
    • Fish Farming
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has satisfied himself that the methods for slaughtering and transporting farmed fish by a company (details supplied) from...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences that have been approved and rejected, respectively, by his Department since 2014. [40381/17]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture sites (details supplied) being investigated by his Department for breaches of licence conditions. [40382/17]
    • Origin Green Programme
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farms are included in the current Origin Green media campaign by Bord Bia; if so, if account has been taken of the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1713 of 20 June 2017, if he will publish the outcome of his Department's review of compliance...
    • Aquaculture Development
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1712 of 20 June 2017, if in view of the non-compliance with licence conditions by the country's...
    • Aquaculture Regulation
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accord Inland Fisheries Ireland a formal role in the licensing of salmon farms to ensure a proper balance in the process...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider allowing for retrospective payments to be made to persons under the flood damage relief measure in...
    • Land Reclassification
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide proper compensation for designated land in relation to which restrictions impact on farm income and development...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that there are no delays in payments in 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether flexibility in the operation of GLAS commonage plans is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide an increase in the sheep welfare payment in view of the fact it is of vital importance to ensure the viability...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is of vital importance there is an increase in ANC payments in mountain grazing areas; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting payment under the GLAS scheme for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40466/17]
    • GLAS Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that is outstanding and due to farmers under the GLAS scheme for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing a proposal by an organisation (details supplied); if he has discussed the proposal with the Minister for...
    • International Agreements
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the latest Mercosur talks at EU level; the steps he is taking to protect beef farmers by ensuring that beef does...
    • TAMS Applications
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the signalled difficulties being experienced by poultry farmers regarding TAMS II grant approval;...
    • Fisheries Protection
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made by the Marine Institute on adding sprat to the species covered under the European maritime and fisheries fund...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision is likely to be made in respect of an application (details supplied) for an aquaculture licence in County Donegal;...
    • GLAS Payments
      443. 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. [40683/17]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if nine houses at Woodpark, Ballyboughal have been left out of the broadband roll-out scheme; and his plans to include...
    • Postal Services Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to protect the future of post offices nationwide. [40190/17]
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1034 of 13 July 2017, if there is a policy on the emissions of greenhouse gases...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projections his Department has made in relation to possible fines Ireland will face for not achieving the 2020...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fibre to the premises, FTTP, connections in County Monaghan; the number of new connections that have been...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the direct investment made by the State and public or semi-State bodies via grants or other forms that is directed to...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current or planned incentives available for solar or wind energy projects. [40368/17]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans for broadband implementation at Kenagh, County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given by his Department to the incentive that a for-profit waste collection system creates in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband service will be available to all houses in the Clonlyon, Kilcock County Meath area following upgrade works...
    • Waste Management
      455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has established the pricing watchdog monitoring unit to oversee new pricing structures being introduced by waste...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for exemptions for those with medical conditions that require the use of incontinence pads in view of the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Remit
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the EU funding criteria attached to motorway infrastructure in respect of the planting of linear native woodlands for...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a sports capital grant will be awarded to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40148/17]
    • Rail Services
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the required 24 hours notice that passengers with a disability must give to travel on an Irish Rail service; if so,...
    • Electric Vehicles
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are taxation incentives to encourage companies to get their employees to use electric vehicles as company cars as opposed to...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has calculated indicative costings for the DART expansion project along lines (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all procurement of new diesel powered rail rolling stock will be hybrid in line with the vision for the long term electrification of...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Administration
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to open the local authority swimming pool programme for new applications in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to enforce the Road Traffic Act 2016 that gives effect to an agreement with the UK on mutual recognition of...
    • Penalty Points System
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for North-South harmonisation in relation to penalty points in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sport Ireland
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40326/17]
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding traffic calming lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40334/17]
    • Greenways Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of an application for funding for the Fingal Coastal Way from Fingal County Council and specifically for the...
    • Bus Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage Transport Infrastructure Ireland's consideration of the provisions of a turning roundabout at a location (details supplied) is...
    • Light Rail Projects
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to connect the green and red Luas lines on the south of the city; the research which has been carried out on this in the past;...
    • Public Transport Fares
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2018 if all Irish Rail, Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Luas fares were halved. [40514/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include the Ballybofey-Stranorlar bypass on the N15 in the new ten year capital plan; the timeframe for delivery of the...
    • Fire Safety
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings, including sports campuses, clubhouses, leisure...
    • Bus Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the planned bus rapid transit, BRT, scheme for Dublin’s north side; when it is expected works will commence...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agreed outcomes of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organisation’s, ICAO, committee on aviation environmental...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Discipline
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of second level student suspensions nationally during the academic year 2016-17. [40697/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if approval will be given to an independent mechanism by which members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann can register the complaints or...
    • Child Care Costs
      487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will implement a system whereby all child care providers in receipt of the new more affordable child care system will be required to...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents are choosing to keep their children in the community child care subvention...
    • Child Care Costs
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that child care providers are increasing their fees following the introduction of the new child...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the posts of second secretary and deputy secretary will be filled within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available in terms of child care in circumstances in which a child is three years of age but not yet able to enter the ECCE...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Proposed Legislation
      492. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to bring forward legislation on improving the ability of walkers to access private land for recreational walking; and if he...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when village schemes will be announced. [40348/17]
    • National Way Marked Ways
      494. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an increase to 80 in the number of walks in the walks scheme and an increase in the allocation to €4 million...
    • CLÁR Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if CLÁR funding will be granted to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40145/17]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Yield
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated increase in revenue that would result from an increase in the existing two bands of PRSI by 2%, discounting...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund is due to be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40173/17]
    • Departmental Contracts
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the identities of the security companies contracted by her Department and its agencies to provide security services; if all...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      502. 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 matter....
    • JobPath Programme
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been transferred to a organisation (details supplied) can transfer back to the Department placement...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if families who are homeowners or are renting private accommodation, are affected by the recent flooding in County Donegal...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance application in the case of a person...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to recruit additional staff to deal with appeals for guardians payments in view of the fact that the current...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in her Department on consolidating all means testing under a single national body in order that...
    • Pensions Reform
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 25 May 2017, her plans for the development of an auto-enrolment pension system;...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her Department's work to improve the security of investment for those contributing to defined benefit pension...
    • State Pensions
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on increasing the age at which a person will become eligible to claim a State pension; and if she will make a...
    • Public Services Card
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is necessary to require a person who has been adopted and who does not hold a valid passport or driving licence...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; and when the person can expect a decision....
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated net cost in 2018 if the eligible age for the State pension was reduced from 66 to 65 years of age, taking into...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for back to education allowance in the case of a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors employed by sponsor companies operating...
    • Bereavement Grant
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for reintroducing the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40597/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer's allowance application submitted by a person (details supplied); the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1805 of 11 September 2017, if she will clarify that the overpayment occurred as a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Motor Tax
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person is liable for a full month's car tax if he or she purchases a car part way through the month; and if he will make...
    • Irish Water Funding
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of subvention to Irish Water in 2017; the estimated subvention for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the savings made to the Exchequer each year following the amalgamation of Tipperary north and Tipperary south county councils...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department can offer further latitude for immediate expenditure by the various local authorities on...
    • Local Authority Funding
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to local authorities for the mobility scheme for council tenants in 2017 in tabular form; his plans to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and cash value of new CALF loans provided to approved housing bodies in each of the years from 2000 to 2016 and to...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord is permitted to refuse to sign a housing assistance payment form for an existing tenant who started out the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income limit in the housing assistance payment includes all employment related income, such as commission, bonus and so...
    • Local Elections
      531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local election boundary commission will be formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40210/17]
    • Constituency Commission
      533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the recommendations of the Constituency Commission will be legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans implemented by his Department to help home owners affected by the mica issue; his plans to set up a redress scheme;...
    • Planning Issues
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the body with which a person can lodge a complaint against a local authority that is acting in breach of planning permission...
    • Water Services Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish Water's preferred model for the future delivery of water...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the reimbursement of water charges will come entirely out of 2017 expenditure; and if part of the reimbursement comes out...
    • Public Sector Pay
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost liability of public sector pay restoration, as provided for under the gradual unwinding of the FEMPI measures, with...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have sold houses under the tenant purchase scheme; the number of houses sold by each local...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on the review of the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the requirement to have paid water charges will be removed from the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme criteria in view...
    • Irish Water
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects (details supplied) that Irish Water has contracted out; and the costs of each project. [40614/17]
    • Housing Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of each of the 3,322 housing units that were approved for construction in 2015 and 2016 as listed in appendix 2...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      545. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of recruits that joined all branches of the Defence Forces in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the numbers of...
    • Defence Forces Reports
      547. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will waive legal privilege and publish the Chemical Exposure Report 1994-2005 in the public interest and in the interest of transparency....
    • Protected Disclosures
      548. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has acted on the information relayed to him by a whistleblower that specifically named the Defence Forces official who allegedly ordered...
    • Fire Safety
      549. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high-risk buildings, including Army barracks. [40605/17]

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