Written answers
Thursday, 19 October 2017
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Tribunals of Inquiry
5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the Charleton liaison committee should continue to be funded; and his further views on whether the liaison...
- Employment Rights
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the right to work for persons seeking asylum arising from the Supreme Court ruling (details supplied) will be...
- Organised Crime
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources continue to be made available to An Garda Síochána to combat organised crime;...
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda youth diversion project; the number of children admitted to the Garda youth diversion programme in 2016...
- Community Policing
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí in the service of An Garda Síochána for each of the past seven years;...
- Garda Operations
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the Cork divisions who had been trained and in a position to test for drug driving when the...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make provision for family members over 18 years of age and those in a more extended family to be included in family...
- Refugee Data
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been accepted here since the Irish refugee protection programme was announced in September 2015;...
- Garda Deployment
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to a substantial increase in resources for the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in view of the...
- Ministerial Meetings
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Home Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/17]
- Data Protection
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to direct all State agencies under his remit, in addition to issuing guidelines to all other State agencies not under...
- Road Safety Strategy
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the operation of the speed detection vehicles of a company (details supplied) since 2011; his plans to...
- Garda College
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take regarding the findings and recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts report on Templemore,...
- Garda Deployment
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork city division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports for persons here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; if he has had engagement with these refugees to...
- Asylum Support Services
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the implementation of the outstanding recommendations of the McMahon report; and if he will make a statement...
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the blocks preventing the immediate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;...
- Magdalen Laundries Data
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the redress scheme for the Magdalene survivors especially those living abroad; and if there has been progress...
- Drugs in Prisons
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives he has taken or the progress made on dealing with drugs entering prisons and drug treatment in prison; and if he...
- Policing Authority Reports
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Policing Authority’s third quarterly report on progress by An Garda Síochána in implementing...
- Immigration Policy
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on pursuing an amnesty for young persons who are undocumented and have been living here since childhood and who...
- Youth Justice Strategy
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strategy in place for minors who are deemed unsuitable to enter the youth diversion programme; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the additional gardaí and resources committed to north County Kildare will be deployed with particular reference to...
- Court Procedures
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent call by the Chief Justice for reform of the civil justice system in order to allow access to justice for...
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the professional standards unit of An Garda Síochána is carrying out a review of or a report on the juvenile...
- European Security Strategy
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the European travel information and authorisation system is having a negative effect on civil liberties and...
- UN Declarations
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to mark the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2017; and if he will make a...
- Data Protection
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend both the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 and the Interception of Postal Packets and...
- Court Judgments
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reserved judgments currently outstanding in the High Court over three months, one year and two years; and if he...
- Garda Deployment
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which extra Garda personnel are likely to be deployed throughout the country in accordance with demographic...
- Garda Commissioner Appointment
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the manner in which the Garda Commissioner will be replaced; and when the vacancy will be filled. [44242/17]
- Garda Station Refurbishment
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the planned new Garda station for Macroom is advancing; the milestones that have been achieved over the past year; when a new...
- Garda Retirements
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department will not award pensions to 19 of 20 gardaí who left the force before 1 October 1976 having...
- Garda Resources
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to streamline Garda resources in the south County Meath area in which county boundaries and divisional boundaries are...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints that were made to the CCPC in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 by industry sector; and the...
- Ministerial Meetings
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she has had with the CCPC. [44433/17]
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings her officials have had with the CCPC since 2015. [44434/17]
- Brexit Expenditure
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 will open for applications; the length of time the fund...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the individual allocation for each non-commercial State sponsored body under her Department’s aegis (details supplied) announced...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if individual taxpayers foregoing tax cuts and cuts to the USC in order that this money can be ring-fenced for specific purposes such as homelessness will be...
- Property Tax Yield
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the local property tax revenue that is expected to accrue to local authorities on the basis of the phasing out of the exemptions in 2019 for properties...
- Budget Measures
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, ISIF or another body under its aegis has received an ex-ante position from EUROSTAT on its plans to invest in the home building finance...
- NAMA Operations
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA will charge a service fee to home building finance Ireland for use of its expertise in residential development funding. [44376/17]
- Stamp Duty
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the rise in stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44406/17]
- Bank Debt Restructuring
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the projects to sell loans currently in operation in each of the State supported banks; the name of each project; if the loans are performing or...
- NAMA Loan Offers
69. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 3 October 2017, the average interest rate on the loans advanced by NAMA to developers; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the situation of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin that is not being sanctioned for an extra two or three teachers...
- School Accommodation Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received a report (details supplied); and if he will be scheduling a meeting with his Department regarding same. [44299/17]
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines in place in respect of substitution or replacement cover for local authority members who are also primary and post-primary school...
- Education and Training Boards Administration
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of Tipperary ETB audit committee minutes in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [44329/17]
- Education and Training Boards Data
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 3 October 2017, the costs involved in running the Clonmel office outside of rent of €50,000 in...
- SOLAS Administration
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 3 October 2017, if he will provide a copy of the SOLAS board minutes in which SOLAS agreed to fund...
- Education and Training Boards Data
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 3 October 2017, if he will provide a breakdown of costs in each year; and the person who approved and...
- Education and Training Boards Establishment
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 154 and 167 of 3 October 2017, the number of legacy issues involved; the way in which different leave...
- Education and Training Boards Data
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Tipperary ETB. [44340/17]
- Education and Training Boards Expenditure
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that have been made by Tipperary ETB since the merger of south Tipperary VEC and north Tipperary VEC. [44342/17]
- Departmental Circulars
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of all circulars sent to ETBs in relation to expenses policy since 2013. [44343/17]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) which requires an extension due to overcrowding; and if he will make...
- State Examinations
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the junior certificate examination papers, submission envelopes and submission labels for junior certificate visual art will be distributed...
- Junior Cycle Reform
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of art teachers who have attended meetings and training for the new junior cycle visual art course; the number of teachers still in...
- State Examinations
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when marking schemes and marking guidelines for the new leaving certificate art examinations and course work projects will be made available to...
- School Enrolments
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44355/17]
- Site Acquisitions
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his Department and the relevant bodies to come to a timely agreement on the location of a secondary school (details supplied)...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate an exceptional circumstances case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in which all documentation...
- DEIS Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the lack of DEIS status for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44417/17]
- School Staff
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of supply of substitute teachers in primary level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emergency Works Scheme
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide emergency funding for schools damaged by storm Ophelia; and the action his Department plans to take to support such schools....
- Schools Amalgamation
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed special school for County Louth that will merge schools (details supplied); the details of the announced preferred...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Emigrant Support Services
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the cut to expenditure on a programme (details supplied); and the elements of this programme that will be affected by these...
- Consular Services Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reopen the Irish consulate general office in Cardiff; the estimated cost of reopening the office; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Direct Provision System
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the planned changes to direct provision; and the timeframe for their implementation. [44535/17]
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if the board of appeal in respect of same can be reconstituted in...
- Child Custody and Access
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44356/17]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a provision whereby some time is waived with regard to the period after a person has been granted subsidiary...
- Visa Applications
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a working visa will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Deployment
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda per capita figure for each county. [44470/17]
- Gangland Crime
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána has succeeded in disarming criminal gangs, with particular reference to the...
- Garda Strength
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate numbers of trainee gardaí are available in Templemore now and over the next two years to meet...
- Court Procedures
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which delays in gaining access to the courts have been alleviated in the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Recidivism Rate
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which recidivism has been dealt with in the past five years; the degree to which the number of repeat offenders...
- Crime Data
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed by prisoners while on bail in each of the past three years; if this has fluctuated on an...
- Garda Reorganisation
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he expects reorganisation of An Garda Síochána to take place, with particular reference to the...
- Garda Resources
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which Garda training and upgrading of facilities such as information technology and other forms of technology...
- Garda Stations
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to upgrade facilities at various Garda stations throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which progress continues in respect of the various cold cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Missing Persons Data
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported as missing over the past four years; the number located; the number whose whereabouts are still...
- Gangland Crime
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the legislation to date is sufficient to adequately combat the activities of criminal gangs; and if he...
- Prisoner Data
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners known to have absconded from prison or evaded capture or imprisonment in each of the past three years...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which educational and rehabilitation facilities are offered in every instance to first time offenders while in...
- Prison Accommodation
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison spaces available throughout the service; the extent to which cells are occupied by two or more prisoners;...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the assets of major criminal gangs are confiscated on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44489/17]
- Naturalisation Certificates
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a duplicate certificate of naturalisation is required or can be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Residency Permits
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of the processing of a stamp 4 application, leave to remain eligibility for naturalisation in...
- Immigration Status
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of permission to remain, stamp 4 eligibility or otherwise in the case of a person...
- Garda Transport Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that came into the fleet in 2016 and to date in 2017; the number that...
- Prisoner Releases
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of known members of criminal gangs who have been released from prison in the past five years on completion of their...
- Garda Station Closures
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it is expected particular Garda stations are likely to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda National Immigration Bureau
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if construction works have commenced for the new immigration facilities for the Garda National Immigration Bureau at Dublin...
- Garda Equipment
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to supply additional funding to the Garda air support unit; the Garda helicopters that An Garda Síochána...
- Garda Resources
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the same criteria including census data and crime statistics will influence the redistribution of resources to ensure...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth, faoi na tairiscintí nua don tseirbhís farantóireachta chuig na hoileáin, ar féidir...
- Scoileanna Oileáin
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici líon na scoláireachtaí atá ar fáil do na meánscoileanna ar Oileáin...
- Creimeadh Cósta
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici airgead a chur ar fáil d’oibreacha creimthe cósta ar Inis Meáin an bhliain seo...
- Arts Council Grants
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the fact that the Arts Council will significantly cut the amount of funding provided to regularly funded...
- Department of Health
- Legislative Programme
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Department of Justice and Equality on introducing legislation to provide safeguarding officers with access to private settings in...
- Transport Support Scheme
142. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44300/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
143. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who requires a bone scan cannot receive the scan due to the fact the DXA machine which carries this out in St. Vincent's...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
145. To ask the Minister for Health if his designation of two distinct professions, that of counsellor and psychotherapist, in his proposals to regulate counsellors and psychotherapists under the...
- HSE Properties
146. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 28 September 2017, if the building will not be replaced pending that review; if so, if the insurance money will...
- Dental Services Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the children's dental services based in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, has been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44312/17]
- Dental Services Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's dental health services that have closed in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/17]
- Dental Services Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open or reopen children's dental health services in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44314/17]
- Dental Services Data
150. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of funding to children's dental services he has at his disposal; the amount of funding which was allocated to these services in the past five...
- Dental Services Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health the dental services covered by the HSE in the Limerick area for primary school children; if this includes deciduous teeth in addition to permanent teeth; and...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
153. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment to see a consultant in the Mater hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Programme
154. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the assisted human reproduction Bill to be published and brought before either House of the Oireachtas for a Second Stage debate. [44328/17]
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure a person should go through if they require surgery in another country; the way in which they receive a referral for the surgery; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card or general practitioner visit card holders are exempt from charges arising from blood tests performed at general practices; and if he will make...
- Health Insurance Regulation
157. To ask the Minister for Health if the regulations on health insurance require that a health insurance company here must take into account the number of years that a person returning here has...
- Health Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a general mix of a paediatrics allied health services, for example, general practitioner, occupational therapy, speech and language...
- Minor Ailments Scheme
159. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 10 October 2017, when the additional trials will take place; the person or body that will conduct the trials;...
- Health Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intestinal failure syndrome patients who are in the care of the HSE or who were in the care of the HSE at the end of 2016; his views on the...
- Mental Health Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a newly built mental health unit (details supplied) can now be found to have radon levels exceeding the recommended 200 becquerels per cubic...
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused repayment for hospital services availed of in May and June 2017 in Northern Ireland under the cross...
- General Practitioner Training
163. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a continuing medical education tutor post for north County Dublin, which is currently vacant, will be approved in view of the fact that general...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been told that they will be waiting almost a year before treatment can be accessed in the Mater hospital after a...
- Medicinal Products Availability
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person and a group (details supplied). [44435/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter concerning the case of a person (details supplied). [44463/17]
- Medical Card Eligibility
167. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which women suffering breast cancer have ready access to a medical card and access to free prosthesis afterwards; and if he will make a statement...
- Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
168. To ask the Minister for Health the origins and genesis of the radiological study published by his Department in November 2016 in the Harding Clark report on the symphysiotomy payment...
- Hospital Appointments Status
172. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44518/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an application for the AEOS 2 plan by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of single farm payments following inspection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) in view of the fact that a decision is required; and if he will make a statement on...
- Brexit Expenditure
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 which has 40% ring fenced for food businesses will open...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the individual allocation to AEOS, GLAS and organics under the €233.8 million announced for agri-environmental schemes in...
- Budget Measures
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the individual allocation for each non-commercial State sponsored body under his Department’s aegis (details supplied)...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Radon Gas Levels
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding radon gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Energy Efficiency
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department plans to spend the additional €35 million allocated in budget 2018 to energy...
- Renewable Heat Incentive
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the deadline by which the renewable heat incentive scheme will be launched. [44324/17]
- Trading Online Voucher Scheme
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that his Department plans to allocate to the trading online voucher scheme in 2018. [44325/17]
- Environmental Protection Agency Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of additional funding that has been provided to the EPA in budget 2018; and the breakdown of this funding...
- Waste Management
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of new funding that will be allocated to waste prevention and recycling in 2018; the programmes that this...
- Waste Management Regulations
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to regulate the waste collection industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44420/17]
- Fisheries Protection
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangement that will be put in place for an eel hardship fund further to budget 2018; and if he will make a...
- Waste Disposal Charges
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waste companies are unilaterally changing the terms and conditions of...
- Television Licence Fee Collection
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding the television licence fee collection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44499/17]
- Broadcast Advertising Standards Regulation
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of the impact of opt out advertising on the broadcasting sector. [44500/17]
- Renewable Energy Generation
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of RES-E capacity that has been installed to date in 2017. [44501/17]
- Energy Schemes Data
198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been covered by energy efficiency measures since 2010, in tabular form. [44502/17]
- Angling Sector
199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of inspections of recreational anglers for licences that have taken place each year since 2010, in tabular...
- Inland Fisheries Regulation
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prosecutions of inland fisheries related offences that have taken place to date in 2017. [44504/17]
- Legislative Programme
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Aarhus Convention Bill. [44506/17]
- Broadband Service Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be available to residents and businesses in the Piercetown area of Fordstown, County Meath. [44523/17]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Legislation
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44307/17]
- Disabled Drivers Permits
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to waive the fee for disabled parking permits for renewal and subsequent permits after the first two year permit expiries; and...
- Road Network
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of his Department regarding the development of the road transport links linking Waterford and Limerick and Tuam and...
- Swimming Pool Programme
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for the local authority swimming pool grant fund for 2018. [44360/17]
- Sports Capital Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for the sports capital grant for 2018. [44361/17]
- Swimming Pool Programme Status
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to finalise the completion of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44362/17]
- Ports Development
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual steady State funding requirement to maintain each national and regional port on an annual or periodic basis. [44389/17]
- Ports Policy
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is a risk that some regional ports could be building up significant infrastructure deficits due to the...
- Public Transport Subsidies
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount by which he will increase the PSO to each of the CIÉ companies in view of his allocation under budget 2018. [44391/17]
- Rail Network Expansion
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the electrification of both the northern rail line to Balbriggan and the Maynooth line; when he anticipates this...
- Light Rail Projects
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will complete the business case appraisal for the revised metro north; and if funding for the project will be contingent on...
- Transport Policy
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and the NTA will reconsider the Clongriffin spur to Dublin Airport or another heavy rail connection to the airport, in view of the...
- Ports Policy
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or a body under its aegis has explored proposals to relocate services, facilities and capacities from Dublin Port to...
- Road Network
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options his Department and-or TII are considering to achieve the objective of key future growth enablers for County Cork under the...
- Public Transport Expenditure
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on public transport projects (details supplied) to date. [44401/17]
- Road Projects Expenditure
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been spent on road projects (details supplied) to date. [44402/17]
- Road Projects Status
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the realignment of the N73 at Clogher Cross to Waterdyke, Shanballymore, Mallow, County Cork; when the ground...
- Rail Services
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the frequent unannounced cancellation of trains on the Waterford to Limerick line will be stopped in view of the fact this is...
- Rail Network Maintenance
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the residents along the railway line near Ashtown (details supplied) will be given adequate notice of works being done at weekends and...
- Road Projects
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has informed him of the projects on national primary and secondary routes that will be going to...
- Tourism Promotion
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the level of funding allocated through Fáilte Ireland to County Longford for the purpose of promoting tourism...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children enrolled in the ECCE programme in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [44516/17]
- Child Care Services Administration
235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the communication procedures for the opening and closing of crèches, child care and Montessori facilities in extreme weather...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Initiatives
236. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department provides funding for community groups to develop town and village plans. [44308/17]
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received from County Limerick for the town and village renewal scheme; the number of persons who received...
- Local Improvement Scheme Administration
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason it is his plan to pre-pay local authorities for work on LIS roads, as per Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 12 October...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Benefit Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Services Programme
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent decision by the community sports and services directorate of Pobal to discontinue funding for...
- Registration of Births
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow mothers that have lost their sons or daughters before 24 weeks gestation to have their children's names...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case a person (details supplied); and if...
- Maternity Leave
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extension of maternity leave for premature births will only apply to those births after 1 October 2017; her plans for...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 714 of 29 September 2017, if the matter could now be further investigated in view of...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) who was deemed to be in receipt of jobseeker's...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) would be entitled to a State pension, either contributory or non-contributory, or a widow's...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessment procedure for jobseeker's allowance in terms of capital savings which a person can have in a financial...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding refusal of a carer's allowance; and if...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if in the case of a person's (details supplied) application for a State pension, an effort was made to allow contributory...
- Redundancy Payments
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which it is expected that a person (details supplied), previously a director of their company whose business has...
- Illness Benefit Costs
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost in a full year of reducing the number of waiting days for entitlement to illness benefit from six to four days; and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 10 October 2017, when a jobseeker's allowance payment will resume in the case of...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is currently in receipt of the State pension, contributory, did...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Fire Safety Regulations
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding assistance to owners of houses that do not comply with fire safety standards; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department received a request from Sligo County Council in 2017 to increase staffing levels in the council's housing...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 17 January 2017, if his Department has completed the framework for a...
- Local Authority Housing
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a prohibition on local authorities purchasing houses on the open market that are vacant and bought on the open...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) applied for the mortgage to rent scheme; if they were refused; if so, the reason therefor; the...
- Planning Data
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications that have been processed to date via the strategic housing development planning...
- National Planning Framework
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the national policy objective 3b from the national planning framework; if this means that...
- Development Contributions
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are now taking into consideration benefits from the metro north when determining development levies; and...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken reviews of the potential to broaden the applicability of compulsory purchase legislation in...
- Housing Data
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected residential population to be developed in each of the SDZs in the country. [44386/17]
- State Properties
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide estimates by local authority in terms of hectares and as a percentage of total development land, from State...
- National Planning Framework
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the inclusion of national policy objective 18b in the national planning framework in view of the concerns over...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork County Council is in breach of housing policy by not advertising a...
- Irish Water Administration
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact the decision of Irish Water, which seeks to end the service level agreement with local authorities, will have on...
- Vacant Properties
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking in collaboration with Dublin City Council and the three county councils to get the 40,000...
- Traveller Accommodation
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make a State wide assessment of damage done to Traveller accommodation due to storm Ophelia; and if he will make...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available through the LIHAF from budget 2018 to progress the port access northern cross route project...
- Housing Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed housing developments in the Drogheda and environs area that his Department is in active discussions on; the...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps Equipment
282. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to fund the replacement of Cessna 172H aircraft for the Air Corps which are over 45 years old; and if he will make a statement on the...
