Written answers

Thursday, 12 October 2017

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the work of the IDA and all other agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Brexit Issues
      14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to support the retail sector in advance of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43028/17]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos 86 to 90, inclusive, of 28 June 2017, if the Workplace Relations Commission has completed the...
    • Enterprise 2025
      16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review Enterprise 2025 in view of Brexit and policy charges under the new US administration. [43164/17]
    • IDA Ireland Expenditure
      17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on the three year investment programme winning abroad which commenced in 2014; the value being obtained for this...
    • European Innovation Partnerships
      18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding will be provided for Ireland to join CERN in order that Irish businesses, scientists, researchers and students can benefit...
    • Brexit Staff
      19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 11 September 2017, the progress which has been made to fill these vacancies in view of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way her Department plans to offset the impact of Brexit in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42758/17]
    • Enterprise Ireland
      22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade visit to the SPACE tradeshow; if animal welfare features in agri-tech...
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the new Strategic Communications Unit will be used by the Office of the Tánaiste or her Department; and if staff...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies she has to ensure that employment is increased outside the five main urban centres; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Issues
      27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the preparation State agencies under her Department's remit have made to assist businesses and enterprises to prepare for Brexit; her...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding regional IDA site visits and vacant properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43167/17]
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being pursued to promote the IDA business park in Mullingar. [42957/17]
    • IDA Ireland
      30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the decision end the contract of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect SMEs along the Border region which are most exposed to the impact of Brexit. [42754/17]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department's efforts to attract foreign direct investment are being considered in terms of wider capacity and policy to provide...
    • Job Initiatives
      33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to address the low job quality in new employment growth in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to reverse the continual fall in Irish business competitiveness levels and making Ireland an attractive...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the action plan for jobs 2018 will be published; and if all submissions to this plan will be taken into consideration. [42956/17]
    • Trade Agreements
      37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding CETA; the position regarding TTIP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42768/17]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to promote Ireland as an attractive location for foreign direct investment with...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy measures in the action plan for jobs to bring down the levels of underemployment. [43166/17]
    • Departmental Agencies
      40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the previously announced plan to double Irish representation abroad will impact agencies under her remit, namely...
    • Job Creation
      41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation and technology continues to play a prominent role in job creation in all regions throughout the country...
    • Skills Shortages
      42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to predictions that Ireland may have to recruit workers from abroad to fill vacancies in businesses...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of IDA sites in Galway city and county that are not in use; the length of time they have not been in use; the...
    • Online Business Voucher Scheme
      44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are incentives for companies changing from in-store sales to online sales (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Job Creation
      45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the creation of 50 new jobs in Roscommon town by a company (details supplied) which was announced in June 2015...
    • Brexit Issues
      46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she and her Department are in the course of making provision for the negative impact of Brexit with particular...
    • Skills Shortages
      47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department have continued to monitor the availability of the requisite skills in the workplace having...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor impediments likely to impact on business throughout the country with...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she and her Department continue to encourage start up enterprises in all regions throughout the country; the issues...
    • Research and Development Supports
      50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation continues to be a feature of enterprise and investment here; if she has satisfied herself that new...
    • Business Regulation
      51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which all enterprises existing and-or new foreign direct investment or indigenous continue to be screened to ensure a...
    • Brexit Issues
      52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she and her Department are engaged in the encouragement of business and enterprise with all EU states having...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which SMEs can qualify for support in the context of innovation and technology; the extent to which an advantage is...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which Ireland compares with other EU and non-EU member states, including the UK, in terms of an attractive location for...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to emerging trading or competitive disadvantages for SMEs here in comparison to other locations...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which emphasis is placed on facilitating and encouraging employment generating enterprises throughout the regions with...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of be-prepared grants to date, by county, in tabular...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the study by the CCPC into the personal contract plan car finance market. [43343/17]
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases
      60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the report on the collapse of a trial (details supplied) which was submitted to her by the ODCE in July 2017; if...
  • Department of Finance
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which borrowing costs here are affecting growth and development of SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43334/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a report (details supplied) should be immediately published in view of the implication this will have on trade for many Irish companies....
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow a local property tax exemption for persons that provide their own water supply and sewerage system. [43208/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines, laws and statute of limitations that apply to the Revenue Commissioners in seeking back tax that through its own error was not deducted; and if...
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of a scheme (details supplied); the regularity with which one person can apply for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review of primary medical certificate eligibility will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43236/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43246/17]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Government employees in a scheme called non-contributory pension scheme for non-established State employees; the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a proposed building project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; the timeframe for...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding streams available from his Department which can assist a community with the clean up of a river (details supplied); and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given for a set down or drop off point for a school (details supplied) in the interests of health and safety; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a prefab extension for a school (details supplied) due to an increase of student numbers and the fact that an...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the point on the salary scale of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to build a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); if this development will be fast tracked; the...
    • Pátrúnacht Scoileanna
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil meastóireacht déanta ag a Roinn ar an iarratas ó Bhord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin ar...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aige pacáiste faoi leith a chur ar fáil do na meánscoileanna atá ag feidhmiú ar oileáin...
    • Scoileanna Oileáin
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aithníonn sé go bhfuil dúshlán faoi leith le sárú ag na meánscoileanna atá ag feidhmiú ar na...
    • Technological Universities
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to approve the technical university for the south east with the same investment per capita in the region as per the rest of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      80. 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 on 27 July 2017 for the new...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if clarification will be sought of the incidents which occurred in Tumaco on 5 October 2017 (details supplied). [43295/17]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision System
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in rolling out self catering and shared kitchen facilities in the Ballyhaunis, Athlone, Kinsale Road and...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if tenders have now been invited from contractors for the construction of the new State forensics laboratory in Celbridge,...
    • Immigration Policy
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most appropriate procedure to regularise the residency status here of persons (details supplied); if the persons can be...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when family reunification will be considered in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43318/17]
    • Leave to Remain
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the determination of eligibility for leave to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Immigration Policy
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency and leave to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sites and-or land seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the past ten years by land size, location and year...
    • Data Retention
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the findings of a review (details supplied) of the law on retention of and access to communications data; the steps...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      99. 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. [43210/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      100. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a certain product (details supplied) is no longer supplied under the medical card scheme for those that experience extreme pain through arthritis....
    • Health Services Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to proceed with changes to the national policy for post mastectomy patients; and his further plans to increase the proposed value of post surgery...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      102. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43228/17]
    • General Practitioner Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the weekend hours of operation of Shannondoc have been curtailed; if full service will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      104. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new general practitioner services contract in view of the difficulty in sourcing general practitioners in rural parts...
    • HSE Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Health if the data protection ramifications of the HSE asking a private company to carry out a discovery process of all HSE held information technology equipment and...
    • Autism Support Services
      106. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Limerick awaiting autism spectrum disorder assessment and intervention, by the number of months spent on a waiting list, in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      107. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment with the early intervention services in Tuam, County Galway for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the reason for the ongoing...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      108. 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. [43238/17]
    • HSE Funding
      109. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is allocated for capital works on the day care centre in Monasterevin within the capital budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations of the report on the future of services at Portlaoise hospital will be made available to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [43243/17]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      111. To ask the Minister for Health if a temporary increase in home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be given while they recover from a hospital procedure. [43245/17]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      112. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an extra podiatrist in County Wexford will be provided; the reason for the sudden increase in the number of persons with diabetes requiring...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Health if an increased number of home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be facilitated. [43248/17]
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      114. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been contact between the corporate pharmaceutical unit of the HSE and a company (details supplied); when the final decision of the HSE is due to...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      115. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the design phase for the MRI facility at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [43254/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for MRI scans in Galway University Hospital; the average waiting time by priority one, two and three cases respectively at the...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      117. To ask the Minister for Health if 81 doctors are working as public hospital consultants, yet do not have full specialist training; the hospitals each of these consultants are posted at; the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dental services have been removed from Portiuncula hospital; the reason no information with regard to this decision has been made public; the reason...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 31 January 2017, the position regarding the scheme eight months later; when this scheme will be available to...
    • Hospitals Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      128. To ask the Minister for Health when a date for an operation will be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43287/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists working in the diabetes department in Letterkenny University Hospital; if funding will be made available for an additional podiatrist...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      131. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the decision to subsidise the cost of IVF as soon as possible rather than delaying until 2019 in order to support those persons that are...
    • Departmental Reviews
      132. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national review of cardiology services; the preparatory works that have taken place during the summer by the HSE; if an outside...
    • Community Care
      133. To ask the Minister for Health if he has included the cost of refurbishment of the Maynooth community care unit, Maynooth, County Kildare in projects to be considered under the mid term...
    • Medical Card Applications
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of €5 million for the Healthy Ireland fund in 2017; if this funding has been allocated for 2017; and the locations in which...
    • Maternity Services
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the promised €14 million investment over three years in Cork University Maternity Hospital; the amount which has been allocated...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      137. To ask the Minister for Health if there are now 81 doctors working as consultants in public hospitals that are not on the specialist register of the Medical Council; and if claims are...
    • Mortality Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mortality and morbidity information below county level here particularly in the context of the proposed health information and patient...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current or pending GLAS applications that must include commonage framework plans. [43222/17]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include two fishing ports (details supplied) in the list of merchant shipping registry of ports in Ireland; and if he will...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43256/17]
    • Beef Exports
      144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for finalising a veterinary health certificate with AQSIQ for Irish beef access to China; if an inspection visit by the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied to the 2017 national reserve without having completed a green cert by the May deadline. [43352/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the 2016 expenditure figures for his department released in the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 20% rule on planting unenclosed land and replacing it with a system that assesses productivity and environmental suitability...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to revising the reference number allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused payment under the young farmers capital investment scheme for...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Postal Codes
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Eircodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43226/17]
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ban or limit the use of bituminous fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43255/17]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if special provision has been made in the tender for the national broadband scheme to ensure that the offshore islands...
    • Prospecting Licences
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied) forwarded recently to his Department regarding a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application to extend the speed limit at the entrances to Abbeyknockmoy along the N63 has been submitted (details supplied); and if...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding to upgrade the N24 through south County Tipperary to motorway status; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated for a joint plan between Leitrim and Roscommon county councils to construct a pedestrian foot bridge on...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Improvement Scheme Administration
      163. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the list of roads in each county to be repaired under the local improvement scheme recently announced by him will be published;...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      164. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason an application (details supplied) under the measure three outdoor and rural recreation scheme was not successful; the score...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [43207/17]
    • Rural Social Scheme Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rural social scheme participants to date in 2017, by county; the number that have been called for review or...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); if the relevant forms will be...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person that already has a level 8 qualification has been able to qualify for the back to education allowance to pursue a...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive back pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43258/17]
    • Departmental Schemes
      171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of places on Tús, the rural social scheme and community employment schemes; and if she...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the living alone allowance from €9 per week to €15 per week; her views...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is receiving a reduced rate of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance has been refused fuel allowance; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's payment will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied); if a disability allowance in the case...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the travel and diet supplement will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an entitlement to FIS exists in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure to be followed to enable a person (details supplied) to obtain a PPS number; and if she will make a statement...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further assistance is available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding local property tax exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commercial Property
      182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department to address the disturbing levels of commercial property vacancies (details...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Data
      183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings on which core tests were carried out under the pyrite remediation scheme for each of the past five...
    • Land Issues
      185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the price of residential land and commercial land is tracked by his Department; and the measures used by his...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the process regarding new planning guidelines for windfarms, the delay in which is causing uncertainty for...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Properties
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason or fault for which a building (details supplied) at Casement Aerodrome, Dublin was condemned and ordered out of bounds to all...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that there are adequate vetting procedures in place for recruitment to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Training
      190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the reduction in the basic training hours provided to new recruits into the Defence Forces; the steps he is taking to ensure this...