Written answers

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on dramatically reducing the cost of child care to parents while also increasing wages of workers in the child care sector; the...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made to Tusla across all abuse categories in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the procedures that are followed...
    • Child Protection
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the response to children at risk in the home or in care, having...
    • Foster Care Provision
      43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the shortage in foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43789/17]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific programmes her Department and Tusla have in place to assist parents and children within the emergency accommodation system...
    • Family Support Services
      45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist stay at home parents; and her views on whether these parents were not affected positively in the recent budget. [43711/17]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans her to protect descendants of illegally adopted persons who remain unaware of their adoption status; and if she plans to widen the...
    • Youth Services Provision
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the closure of such a facility would...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the overall performance of Tusla; her plans to conduct a review into the operations of Tusla with regard to its...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the affordable child care scheme; the current and projected funding; the take-up across the country; the level of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the ABC programme in 2019; the date by which she anticipates publishing the review of the programme; and if she will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has established a working group involving the HSE, the Department of Health and Tusla to co-ordinate a focus for the...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding for youth work projects in County Laois. [43656/17]
    • Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
      55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department continues to improve the quality and availability of services for children and young persons, with the...
    • Youth Services Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the impact a club (details supplied) has had on local young persons interested in animal and equine care; if she will work with...
    • Foster Care Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will allocate increased funding to foster care services in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43773/17]
    • Family Resource Centres
      60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the increased funding to Tusla for existing and new family resource centres will be allocated; if she will review the...
    • Children in Care
      61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional resources her Department has provided to support aftercare plans for children leaving State care at 18 years of age from 1...
    • Child Poverty
      62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to eliminate child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43754/17]
    • Child Care Costs
      63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties in regard to affordability and sustainability in the non-ECCE early years...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy of her Department regarding the development of crèches and preschools in the Gaeltacht which operate through the medium of...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do na Naíonraí le cigireacht trí...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the analysis undertaken or being undertaken by her Department of the effects, both short- and long-term, on children and their development...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services Staff
      71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will meet with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding those community child care services that, due to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the process of engagement initiated as part of the Government’s response to the Commission of Investigation into Mother...
    • Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Youth Strategy
      75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; and when she expects to report to Dáil Éireann on the strategy. [43692/17]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the field in...
    • Government Information Service
      77. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, of 27 September 2017, the status of the commitment in his Department's strategy statement to examine the...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      85. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [43631/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      86. To ask the Taoiseach if he had a further meeting with the church leaders. [43632/17]
    • Seanad Reform
      87. To ask the Taoiseach if he has set up the all-party group on Seanad reform. [43634/17]
    • Northern Ireland
      89. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to First Minister Arlene Foster recently. [43636/17]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      91. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the €5 million announced in budget 2018 for the strategic communications unit; and the number of additional staff he plans to recruit in addition to...
    • Brexit Issues
      94. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken to any EU leader recently regarding Brexit . [43813/17]
    • Tender Process
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the number of tenders his Department is undertaking. [43862/17]
    • Brexit Documents
      100. To ask the Taoiseach when his attention was drawn to the Revenue Commissioners report on customs; if this was a rolling report; and if it is finalised. [43864/17]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43774/17]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication of the external consultant of all external reports...
    • Trade Agreements
      103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the selection process regarding trade experts who will serve as members of the various CETA committees; if these experts will come...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which section 22 of the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 is being enforced; the number of enforcement procedures undertaken...
    • Work Permits Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the various categories of work permits such as critical skills permit for non-EU nationals per industry that sector have...
    • Employment Rights
      108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a sectoral employment order for workers in the early years preschool sector; and if she will make a statement...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in locating a business or expanding an existing business in...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of LEO business expansion grants awarded to County Wexford businesses in 2016; the sum of each grant; the average sum of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the section 481 film relief beyond 2020 in the near future in view of the long lead time required in the production sector; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ring-fence moneys raised from carbon taxes to establish a grant scheme for small scale energy sustainability projects, urban horticulture and...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars that have been imported from the United Kingdom in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; if there has been a noticeable increase in imports since...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to examine the criteria set out in the disabled passengers tax concession regulations 1994 which determine the qualifying conditions for the primary...
    • Stamp Duty
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 1% rate of stamp duty on family transfers. [43673/17]
    • Land Transfers
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the transfer of agricultural land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43778/17]
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanisms available to NAMA and the proposed home building finance Ireland to ensure the provision of affordable homes on public or private lands. [43837/17]
    • Electric Vehicles
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is not possible to register an electric van for vehicle registration tax, particularly with regard to the Government’s objectives to...
    • Tax Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of moneys raised from carbon taxes on an annual basis. [43385/17]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims made by companies for correlative adjustments in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of claims for correlative...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the Irish contribution to the EU budget is determined each year; and the specific figures used to determine the actual or projected...
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent report by the Revenue Commissioners on Brexit included an analysis on the impact of Brexit on Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement...
    • Budget Measures
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the quantum of tax in 2018 estimated to be paid due to changes to section 110; the quantum inclusive of the asset base and the estimated tax from that base;...
    • Labour Market
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to conduct an investigation into unpaid work here by activity, gender, income and age; and if so, if it will estimate the value in order to begin...
    • Insurance Industry
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Government has not agreed to cover 100% of compensation claims against persons (details supplied); if this means former customers are now...
    • Tax Code
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can confirm if all air crew (details supplied) pay their tax under Schedule E; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43668/17]
    • Tax Credits
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide tax credits for private well owners, group water schemes or those who have financed their own water supply but are also required to pay...
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his or his officials' attention have been drawn to the fact the Revenue Commissioners are still working on the implications of a border on trade and...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance when a primary medical certificate will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43878/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an option available for a retired person living here to receive a refund on medical expenses when only paying tax on their income in the UK; and...
    • State Aid
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates his Department has received regarding the date for the appeal by the State against the European Court of Justice, ECJ, ruling on a case (details...
    • Fiscal Policy
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the detailed allocation for fiscal space in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43986/17]
    • Tax Yield
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated tax revenue from the increase in stamp duty from 2% to 6% on commercial property; if this estimate was based on current 2017 volume; if it is...
    • State Aid
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the organisation which will be underwriting loans for home building finance Ireland, either HBFI itself or NAMA; the way in which NAMA and HBFI will interact;...
    • Budget Measures
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the Brexit fund announced on budget day; the type of loans it will provide; the way in which companies qualify for assistance; the rate which...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed transfer of €1.5 billion from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, to the rainy day fund; if this is additional to...
    • Budget Measures
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the qualifying requirements for employees that will avail of the key employee engagement programme, KEEP,; the qualifying requirements for the company...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Referendum Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of all referenda held since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43579/17]
    • Garda Station Closures
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs incurred in 2016 and to date in 2017, the estimated costs expected to be incurred by the end of 2017 and the estimated...
    • Community Sector High Level Forum
      Meetings of the Community Sector High Level Forum took place on 24 February and more recently 7 April 2017.  The minutes of these meetings await formal approval by the parties to the...
    • Garda Station Closures
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 4 October 2017, the process and method regarding the way in which a closed Garda station was...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43443/17]
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has carried out investigations of flooding on a river (details supplied) in County Donegal; if there are plans to...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of lands he has presented for sale in the past ten years that were previously subject to seizure by the Criminal Assets...
    • State Properties Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties and land owned by the Office of Public Works, by county. [43520/17]
    • Pension Provisions
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if payment of an early retirement sum is available to deferred pensioners within the Civil Service pension scheme who have left...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount allocated to flood relief measures in each of the past four budgets and budget 2018; the amount that was spent during each...
    • Office of the Ombudsman Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the waiting list in the Office of the Ombudsman for cases to be dealt with; the different waiting lists for different categories of...
    • Community Sector High Level Forum
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the make up of the community sector high level forum; the members of the forum; the chair of the forum; the remit and the schedule for...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Funding
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the programme for Government commitments on third level funding. [43633/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); when the work is due to take place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the workings of the special needs assistant, SNA, supplementary panel to bring it into line with the panel which operates for...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not...
    • Springboard Programme
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement a review of the eligibility guidelines for acceptance onto the Springboard+ programme in view of the continuing fall in...
    • School Transport Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of school bus places being made available for children in 2017; and if the transport supports required by a person...
    • Capitation Grants
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the capitation grant for primary schools to €200 as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be granted access to a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43486/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; when the temporary accommodation for two of...
    • State Examinations
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of multiple examination components on the performance of leaving certificate art students as compared with other subjects that have...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be correctly assessed by his Department's salaries division and not subjected to emergency tax. [43500/17]
    • Psychological Assessments
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when recommendations in a psychological report for a person (details supplied) with learning difficulties will be implemented. [43523/17]
    • School Staff
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 3 October 2017, if the actual enrolment figures relating to the school referred to have now been...
    • Electric Vehicles
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to install electric charge facilities for schools that wish to become more green. [43562/17]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43582/17]
    • Psychological Assessments
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a National Educational Psychological Service educational assessment; the reason for the delay in...
    • Student Support Schemes
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funds within his Department to assist a person (details supplied) who is attending college overseas to become a doctor; and if he...
    • Institutes of Technology
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time and part-time students, respectively, attending Waterford IT and Carlow IT; the number of full-time and part-time staff...
    • Teacher Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary teachers here; the target number of each envisaged by budget 2018; the target date of recruitment for these...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the additional funding for postgraduate grants in budget 2018 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Summer Works Scheme
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be reopened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43856/17]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, position and grade of all Caranua staff; the vacancies at the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43867/17]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the refusal by Caranua to provide funeral expenses for a person (details supplied) who was a survivor of a residential institution...
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on payments for members of education and training boards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43882/17]
    • Schools Facilities
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the safety concerns regarding traffic outside a school (details supplied) such as no safety railing between...
    • Site Acquisitions
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made with regard to locating a permanent site for a school (details supplied) recently awarded in the patronage...
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43970/17]
    • Schools Property
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided for a school (details supplied) to carry out essential maintenance works. [43971/17]
    • Direct Provision System
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 11 October 2017, if there is education, training or other classes available to adults living in...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the lack of modern language teachers available for employment, especially in the case of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made towards the delivery of a building programme for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not...
    • Northern Ireland
      204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the negotiations being held in Northern Ireland; and his views on whether the Executive will be reinstated. [43447/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received the report of the Revenue Commissioners on Brexit that was leaked on 8 October 2017; if so, if he has discussed same; and...
    • Repatriation Costs
      206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to introduce a scheme that would financially support, with regard to the repatriation costs, the families of Irish citizens who...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the announcement that Ireland will open five new diplomatic missions between 2018 and 2019; the timeframe for opening these new...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the €13 million allocated to official development assistance, ODA, in budget 2018 will affect our ODA to GNP target;...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in addressing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision Data
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have died while in the direct provision system since 1 January 2007; the ages of the persons who...
    • Legislative Programme
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which was signed by the Government on 30...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent valuation of all land seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board...
    • Residency Permits
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43434/17]
    • Garda Stations
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reopen Garda stations which were closed in County Clare in view of the fact that his Department found the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of trainees for An Garda Síochána who are in the Garda College, Templemore; and the number of those...
    • Garda Welfare
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health supports in place for serving gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43474/17]
    • Residency Permits
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be informed on the outcome of their appeal which has been delayed for many months. [43501/17]
    • Garda Resources
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bomb detection dogs currently active and at the disposal of An Garda Síochána in Dublin Airport; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, seven months on from an examination of a protected disclosure by a person...
    • Prison Service Staff
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken by his Department to ensure that prison officers who are threatened by prisoners while on duty are given...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drugs security officer roles filled in prisons; the prisons in which they are working; and the prisons which do...
    • Departmental Funding
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding per annum charities and government agencies (details supplied) received for 2016 or the nearest available...
    • Fire Safety
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations currently taking place to ensure a safe Halloween for communities around Ireland; if he will report on the...
    • Bench Warrants
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Garda R and J districts as of 6 October 2017; the number of warrants that have...
    • Garda Equipment
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has provided funding for the installation of a state-of-the-art satellite navigation system in each Garda vehicle; if all...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to refurbish Clontarf Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43909/17]
    • Garda Deployment
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits who have been allocated to the Garda R district in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 will be commenced; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; when the...
    • Commissioner of Valuation
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the most recent global valuations carried out under the Valuation Acts, the national valuation in respect of each of...
    • Graffiti Policy
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to restart the community graffiti reduction programme previously funded by his Department in order that householders...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in the lead up to the 95th anniversary of the execution of Liam Mellows by the Free State in Mountjoy Gaol to issue a...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure of the Creative Ireland programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43369/17]
    • Arts Funding
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State’s contribution to cultural services per capita in comparison to the rest of the EU 28; and if she will make a...
    • EU Programmes
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund application assistance for Creative Europe applications for large scale projects in view of the underperformance...
    • Disability Services Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to increase the access for disabled persons to the arts; the amount of funding she has allocated to these...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the lack of spaces for younger and non-professional artists to participate in musical, artistic...
    • Arts Plan
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are regular meetings of regional arts offices with each other. [43395/17]
    • Arts Funding
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is designated funding made available to Youthreach services for the provision of arts subjects. [43396/17]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has previously taken action to scare gulls off treated water reservoirs for Dublin...
    • EU Directives
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s decision to exclude public health from the reasons provided in the derogation schedule 2 for...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the NPWS issued a licence authorising a scientific study in Galway of the Brent geese species to investigate the presence of...
    • Official Languages Act
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are methods whereby a community can change the name of their areas on maps; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Guidelines
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on statements made by Kerry County Council in the planning zoning document, Landscape Character Assessment of Kerry,...
    • Planning Issues
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unbuilt wind turbines that have live planning permission or permission granted but not yet used throughout the...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to create a Wexford County Council heritage officer position; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Infectious Diseases
      271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the full case made to his Department by the applicants for the licence for the scientific study of a species (details supplied);...
    • Dental Services Provision
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has an input into the provision of dental services for primary school-going children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the sale price and date of sale of St. Senan's hospital and all associated lands in Enniscorthy; the alternative arrangements for remaining clients and staff;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      275. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive an appointment for occupational therapy; and the reason for the delay [43382/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      277. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to review its decision and the processes used in arriving at the decision not to approve for reimbursement of the drug Translarna for...
    • Hospital Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development and funding of the national paediatric rheumatology services in Crumlin, which has a waiting list of 825 children; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Health if 2019 is the earliest date that public funding can be provided for assisted human reproduction; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home support by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43457/17]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cardiac rehabilitation in University Hospital Limerick and the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis; the strategies in place to resolve...
    • Budget 2018
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated in budget 2018 for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43477/17]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if a request for a public health nurse to call to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be facilitated. [43479/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been issues for persons travelling abroad in accessing vaccines for hepatitis A and typhoid, in particular the ViATIM and Hepatyrix vaccines; and...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Health if funding of community counselling services as provided for by an organisation (details supplied) will be provided; the reason funding was refused by the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) and address the concerns of parents; his plans to enhance facilities or relocate these services; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [43494/17]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis which has been made by HSE north lee, south lee and north Cork of the numbers of those awaiting assessment under the assessment of need provisions...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      296. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioner cover will be provided for Fermoy Community Hospital, County Cork. [43498/17]
    • Patient Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons both inpatient and outpatient, that present with Parkinson’s disease here. [43499/17]
    • Emergency Departments Staff
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital does not have a psychiatric nurse employed there; and if he will make a statement...
    • Patient Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient on patient attacks recorded within HSE facilities in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health staff attacked by patients at HSE facilities in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health nurses employed at the end of each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
      304. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43510/17]
    • Disability Services Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43512/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a knee operation for a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43552/17]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if full cover is in place for personnel employed at a respite facility (details supplied) in County Donegal who are availing of maternity leave or parental...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12, 24 and 36...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      312. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43580/17]
    • Non-Acute and Community Agencies Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which can be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43585/17]
    • Health Services Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to cover the costs of extending the services being offered and the cost of...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      318. 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...
    • Stroke Care
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to address the concerns of a person (details supplied) about funding for basic standards of stroke care; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing posts that have been filled in the Roscommon mental health service within the past two years were advertised; if so, the locations where these...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing posts that have been filled in the Castlerea mental health service within the past two years were advertised; if so, the locations where these...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing posts that have been filled in the Ballaghaderreen mental health services within the past two years were advertised; if so, the locations where...
    • Graduate Medicine Programme Fees
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funds within his Department to assist a person (details supplied) who is attending college overseas in order to become a doctor; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot be added to a hip operation waiting list while they lose weight; if there is a specific weight criterion for this...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times to begin and complete, respectively, an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 after the date of application in each county...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43654/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding per annum charities and Government agencies (details supplied) received for 2016 or the nearest available year; and if he will make a...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the draft HSE rehabilitation medicine model of care; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/17]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package for a person (details supplied); the detail of this home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43687/17]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages and transitional care beds that will be provided by the €37 million funding announced in budget 2018. [43696/17]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health in 2017; the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2011 to 2016...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of discussions between his Department or agencies under his remit with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the nursing home support scheme...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 21 March 2017, the progress made on the recruitment of an additional 4.5 whole-time equivalent sonographers at...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the alarm among disabled persons and their families and carers in County Donegal, caused by the closure of the swimming pool...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the projected expenditure on mental health in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43720/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had an appointment cancelled at Our Lady’s children’s hospital, Crumlin; when another...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding as part of budget 2018 which will be made available for dementia care; the additional number of home care packages which will...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided in 2018 for the national drugs strategy; the amount of funding for each task force, project and programme to be funded in 2018; and...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide capital funding through the HSE in 2018 and 2019 for a residential treatment centre (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [43764/17]
    • Health Insurance
      359. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43779/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a surgery appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43794/17]
    • Hospital Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned national narcolepsy service centre at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; if funding has been set aside for the infrastructure for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of a suitable buggy for a person (details supplied); the expected delivery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery. [43814/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for specialised treatment without delay in view of the fact that they have now been waiting 18 months for an...
    • Hospital Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the laundry department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; his short to medium-term plans for the department; if a commitment can...
    • HIV Incidence
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIV infections detected per year since 2011; the number of new HIV infections detected to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      368. To ask the Minister for Health further to the HSE decision to contract a consultancy firm to review pharmacy schemes, the HSE's plans to include pharmacists and pharmacy owners in this...
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      369. To ask the Minister for Health when provisions will be made in order to finalise and introduce a replacement for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance scheme which were...
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43876/17]
    • Hospital Staff
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a vacant clinical nurse specialist post at Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43877/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of psychiatric units in the country; the number of residents in each of these units at the end of the most recent month for which...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dermatologist appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if it can be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and address the situation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43888/17]
    • Obesity Strategy
      378. To ask the Minister for Health when the food reformulation working group will be established; when the membership will be determined; if public health organisations will be involved; when...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if an admission date for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [43895/17]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent by CAMHS in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43905/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time community ophthalmologists in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if this number will be increased; and...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy professionals; when this process will be complete; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      386. 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. [43920/17]
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement for the occupational therapist for the Finglas area on maternity leave will be put in place (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process entered into by the HSE before the engagement of an organisation (details supplied); the requirements for qualification, duration of...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the medicines that have been removed by the MMP from the community drugs scheme; the amount the medicine cost the State before it was removed; the amount saved...
    • Medical Card Applications
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the timeframe for a decision to issue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if an earlier appointment could be provided for a person (details supplied). [43938/17]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessment process to include a device (details supplied) for testing blood glucose levels for listing under reimbursable items for persons with...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce suboxone for the treatment of narcotic addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43952/17]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of funding that each of the local drugs and alcohol task forces received, in tabular form. [43953/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeries scheduled for Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, that have been cancelled from 1 January 2017 to date due to problems...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthopaedic surgeries in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; the number of persons on this waiting list from...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons affected by the cancellation of orthopaedic surgeries in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, due to the closure of the theatre who...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a new appointment from the Mater hospital for surgery; the reason the original appointment was...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Kuvan sapropterin will be approved for reimbursement for those diagnosed with the genetic condition phenylketonuria; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are...
    • Rural Development Programme
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend membership of the monitoring committee for Ireland’s rural development programme 2014 to 2020 to an...
    • Property Registration
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43511/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS balancing payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a GLAS penalty appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Herd Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef suckler cows and dairy cows, respectively, based on latest data, in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 and to...
    • Forestry Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planting targets, in hectares, per year on an annual basis in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the overpayments made to a person (details supplied) under the AEOS 2 scheme 2011 will be examined with a view to minimising the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43618/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an increase in funding of at least €25 million for the beef data and genomics programme, to bring it to...
    • EU State Aid Negotiations
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek an increase in EU state aid and to decrease the limits beyond the existing €15,000 to allow greater scope...
    • GLAS Payments
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43672/17]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received farm payments for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43677/17]
    • Fish Farming
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the number of salmon farm inspections conducted by his Department's marine engineers to date in 2017; the...
    • Fishing Industry
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the overstocking reported in the 2015 to 2016 fin fish inspection reports by the marine engineering division, by site and number of...
    • Fish Farming
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide data when requested on fish farm stocking, losses, diseases and mortalities in numbers of fish and...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 166 of 4 October 2017, the reason he is of the view that extreme weather conditions prevented the operators...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an aquaculture licence for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum penalties available for convictions for animal cruelty; his plans to raise them; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Industry
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons directly and indirectly involved in agriculture and agriculture related employment in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Research and Development Funding
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of the annual agriculture budget which is allocated for research and development; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on removing the restrictions on planting productive marginal land to ensure greater regional spread; and if he will make a...
    • Afforestation Programme
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the reintroduction of farm forest premium differentials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43927/17]
    • Forest Roads Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce red tape in the forest road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43929/17]
    • Afforestation Programme
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to fund the establishment of a national network of forest producer groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available to assist farmers in County Donegal located near a river (details supplied) to clear it in view of the fact...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the publicjobs.ie recruitment campaign for technical agricultural officers; the number of candidates who have been...
    • Shared Services
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a P45 for a person (details supplied); if it will be issued as a priority; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports and schemes available to a person setting up their own milk processing unit based on local suppliers for tillage and...
    • Tillage Sector
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined ways to limit reliance on imported genetically modified crops to support tillage farming here; and if he will make...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Media Mergers
      449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department's officials have a role in media ownership and diversity policy formation. [43638/17]
    • Climate Change Policy
      450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provision has been made for expected fines in 2021 owing to Ireland not meeting its EU climate change and carbon...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is likely to miss its EU 2020 targets to reduce emissions; if...
    • Waste Management
      453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has examined the effect of six pack plastic can rings on the environment; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in connecting a person (details supplied) to the fibre to the home broadband network in view...
    • Illegal Dumping
      455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of cleaning up illegal dumping in County Wexford; his plans to strengthen sanctions on illegal...
    • Bord na Móna
      456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the acreage of land under the control of Bord na Móna within the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be included in the roll-out of broadband in the area. [43819/17]
    • Electricity Generation
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and planned measures his Department is undertaking to allow private persons and small-scale businesses to...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Disabled Parking Permits
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether an organisation (details supplied) is randomly selecting elderly persons as part of the selection for renewal of...
    • Rail Network
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of upgrading signalling centres on the rail network; his plans to replace signalling centres in 2017 and 2018; and if...
    • State Bodies Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the expansion and amalgamation of services of the rural transport programme; the funding increases and other changes that...
    • Road Safety Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 3 October 2017, if he will provide the information received from European countries with the...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a report (details supplied) submitted to his Department in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the 2017 sports capital grant allocations. [43453/17]
    • Vehicle Clamping
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the regulations being introduced under the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; the degree to which these regulations differ from...
    • Public Transport
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce an incentive for persons to use public transport in order to ease traffic congestion in cities; and if he will...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for road repair works (details supplied) will be assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43549/17]
    • Driver Licences
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter relating to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43581/17]
    • Public Transport Review
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a detailed study of the subventions to public transport and public bus services in European cities comparable to Dublin will be...
    • Ports Facilities
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the traffic volumes (details supplied) at Rosslare Europort in each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding upgrading the N24 Limerick to Waterford road to motorway standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made to extend the number of jurisdictions with which a reciprocal agreement is in place for the purpose of...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the positions of safety officer and safety adviser have been filled by Cork County Council in relation to the clearance of the route...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the schedule and destination points of the 109 Bus Éireann route will be reviewed; if reverting to the previous schedule and...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to a road (details supplied) in east County Galway. [43820/17]
    • Railway Stations
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of a new train station at Pelletstown; if delays in the provision of funding could see planning...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is being provided for enhancing cycling routes along the Navan road from the Ashtown roundabout to the quays; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the appointment of consultants to oversee the design of the new bridge at Ballina-Killaloe, if the CPOs connected to the...
    • Driver Licences
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the right to drive D class vehicles will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Irish Rail to provide a motorised buggy service to bring persons with limited mobility from the station hall down the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last formally met with the CEO of Íarnrod Éireann; the issues discussed; when the next meeting will take place; and if...
    • Tourism Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the net worth of tourism to Ireland in economic terms in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Tourism Policy
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of the annual tourism budget which is spent on research and development of the tourism product; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Employment Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed directly and indirectly in tourism related industry in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify reports that Bus Éireann is requiring passengers with disabilities to inform the company by 3 p.m. on the Friday...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • National Youth Work Advisory Committee
      494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the establishment of the national youth work advisory committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board that are not...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some child care providers are only offering sessional rates for parents in excess of the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of a centre (details supplied). [43517/17]
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review a matter (details supplied); if she will address the concerns of the person; the steps she is taking to assist on these...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a protocol for Tusla to follow relative to its communication with its clients, foster families and so on; if the organisation...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      502. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the appointment of members to fill the vacancies on the council of Gaisce, the President’s award, in view of the fact...
    • Child Care Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to initiate a national discussion on a long-term strategy to transform the childcare sector into a public service. [43647/17]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      504. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding per annum a charity (details supplied) received for 2016 or the nearest available year; and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 21 September 2017, the proportion of the €14,569,718.70 expenditure on legal fees by...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Eligibility
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if flexibility will be given in circumstances in which a family have a child in a creche and it has signed up to the affordable child...
    • Youth Services Funding
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) which saw a funding reduction of 20% from 2010 to 2017 while at the same...
    • Family Resource Centres
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the announcement in budget 2018 of €40 million additional funding for Tusla, the amount the additional funding to be...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      514. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the takeup of the affordable childcare scheme rolled out in September 2017 by area and cost of subsidies; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the €35 million allocated to her Department for childcare schemes in budget 2017; the schemes it funded; if...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 27 September 2017, if further information has been received by Tusla; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a sectoral employment order for workers in the early years preschool sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she plans to spend the additional €1.5 million allocated to the youth services sector in budget 2018; and if she...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding correspondence that was submitted to her Department in July 2017 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to directly liaise with youth organisations with particular reference to the identification of...
    • Youth Services Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding made available to various youth and youth support organisations in the course of 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Child Safety
      522. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints in respect of children at risk received in the relevant sections of her Department in the past 12 months; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      523. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate staff remain available to the various sections of her Department with a view to ensuring the smooth and...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which sufficient and appropriately qualified staff remain available to the various offices under her aegis in view of the...
    • Child Safety
      525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services are being made available to children who may be at risk as a result of being undocumented...
    • Departmental Functions
      526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the investigative structures within her Department or bodies under her aegis are deemed adequate to meet current and...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services exist to rehabilitate and educate or upskill first-time juvenile offenders with specific reference to...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling services for children at risk and their families; and if she will make a statement...
    • Children in Care
      529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential or foster care; the extent to which adequate resources remain available to meet the demand in both...
    • Youth Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to support County Kildare youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      532. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding per annum a charity (details supplied) received for 2016 or the nearest available year; and if he will make a...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      533. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria, selection processes and scoring mechanisms used to decide awards under the 2017 town and village grants by application,...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      535. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to introduce a home alarm monitoring system for the elderly in partnership with a service provider as part of budget 2018....
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      536. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the statutory review of the disbursement scheme for the dormant accounts fund due in December 2016; and if he will make...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of increase in the Leader allocation for 2018 compared to the allocation for 2017 that was announced in budget 2017; and if...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the detail of the €1.8 million increase to the rural and community affairs programme expenditure line in budget 2018; and the...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      543. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the dormant accounts funding scheme for social enterprises will reopen to applicants for 2018-19; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43425/17]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the illness benefit of a person (details supplied) was suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was previously employed in County Donegal was not paid jobseeker's benefit; and if...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a passenger survey on public transport will be commissioned to assess the true costs of the free travel scheme to...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the position of those social welfare recipients who attend a training course with the national learning...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43399/17]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43432/17]
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a lump sum for fuel allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of providing all persons in receipt of a long-term illness payment with a free travel pass....
    • Rural Social Scheme Assessments
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on the rural social scheme are being called repeatedly for assessments particularly in rural County Kerry...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding a request for information pertaining to a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Leave
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the recent changes to maternity leave regarding mothers whose babies are delivered prematurely will be extended to include...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can buy stamps to allow them receive full rate in their contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rural Social Scheme Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants on the rural social scheme and community employment scheme in County Donegal on either a municipal...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a case in which a person (details supplied) was awarded disability allowance but had the contributions to...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of a debt her Department is seeking a person (details supplied) to repay. [43597/17]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the policy of not awarding FIS to otherwise qualified persons whose renewal date coincides with a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a contributory State pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the new youth employment support scheme announced in budget 2018; the funding provided to this scheme; the...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is no longer planning on introducing a working family payment as committed to in the programme for Government in view...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the enhanced JobsPlus recruitment incentive announced in budget 2018; the moneys allocated to same; the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person must be in receipt of both the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance in order to qualify for the newly...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be carried out of the application for the old age non-contributory pension for a person (details...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare entitlements for which a person (details supplied) qualifies. [43816/17]
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the humanitarian assistance scheme in County Donegal to ensure that affected families who lost items such...
    • Community Services Programme
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the funding removed from a company (details supplied) by Pobal is still available for other interested parties or...
    • Pensions Legislation
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine the situation whereby women who were in the workforce and left in earlier years for family duties are...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to consider a pension scheme for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance and a living alone allowance increase will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a case in which a person (details supplied) was awarded an increase for a qualified adult; if the fact...
    • Family Income Supplement
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for those who are self employed regarding family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance Fund
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of contact between her Department, in respect of trading businesses in which employers owe a debt to the Social...
    • State Pensions
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1,554 of 26 July 2017, her plans to amend the legislation and regulations in regard to...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of Youth Guarantee funding spent to date; and the amount drawn down from 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Motor Tax
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason motor tax cannot be transferred from one vehicle to another when a person sells their taxed car and purchases an...
    • Environmental Investigations
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the attention of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, has been drawn to the frequent closure of beaches by the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43561/17]
    • Water Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide compensation for private well owners, group water schemes or those who have financed their own water...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the move-ons by tenure type (details supplied) in view of his Department's press statement accompanying the August 2017...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 21 September 2017, the average monthly rent paid to landlords under the HAP...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board...
    • Planning Issues
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason elected members who have the authority to adopt the county development plan and bring it into effect do not have...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 430 housing estates that remain unfinished, by county; the estimated number of occupied houses or persons living in these...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 3 October 2017, the details of the affordable rental scheme, including the...
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the views of the Cork public regarding proposed changes in the boundaries of Cork city and county...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are circumstances in which a landlord's payment from the local authority in respect of rent due can be withheld,...
    • Departmental Schemes
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's new HAP tenancy targets for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively, in tabular form. [43833/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delivery of and targets for delivery of social housing owned by local authorities and approved housing bodies, properties...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses to be delivered in each of the 18 sites for which LIHAF contracts have been signed; and the number of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mechanisms available to local authorities to ensure the provision of affordable homes on public or private lands including...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected draw down of LIHAF funds in 2017; the expected carryover of unspent LIHAF funds from 2017 to 2018; the LIHAF...
    • Housing Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V units purchased with funding from his Department in the past 12 months by local authority area; the...
    • Planning Issues
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the limits of the exempted development area for roof mounted solar panels, including photovoltaics, will be raised in order...
    • Budget Measures
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €15 million allocation in budget 2018 for infrastructure and services on local authority owned...
    • Departmental Surveys
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the publication date for the residential land availability survey 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43872/17]
    • Housing Policy
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings of the Rebuilding Ireland project oversight group he has held since coming into office. [43932/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units delivered through SHCEP in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the target number to be...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the suspension of the Residential Tenancies Board’s allocations to local authorities for inspections of rental...
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if SI 17 of 2017 Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) applies to management companies of apartment blocks; the standard...
    • Motor Tax
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the authority or organisation that makes the decision on the classification with regard to motor tax (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Promotions
      627. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the case made by an organisation (details supplied) to have a suitably qualified member of the Naval Service Reserve commissioned to...
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      633. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there will be a general service recruitment campaign for the Air Corps launched before the year end; and if he will make a statement on the...

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