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...