Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Costs
6. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by livestock marts as a result of hikes in insurance premiums; if he has discussed...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
14. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the serious issues in regard to the regulation and oversight of mortgage providers brought to light by the tracker mortgage scandal; and...
- Budget Measures
16. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the recent budgetary measures will reduce levels of poverty. [44700/17]
- Financial Services Regulation
17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the avenues of complaint available to mortgage customers who may have been overcharged on their mortgages, including, for example,...
- Mortgage Data
18. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders who have entered into a restructuring arrangement that included lengthening the term of the loan in an attempt to deal with...
- Insurance Coverage
19. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that will be taken to ensure the attention of all persons is drawn to their rights regarding insurance claims arising from Storm Ophelia; his plans...
- NAMA Staff Data
20. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of current and former NAMA staff who listed previous employment in an investment fund or property company either foreign or Irish in their statement...
- Tax Code
22. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a report (details supplied) shows that nine out of ten persons would favour a wealth tax; and if he will make...
- Tax Exemptions
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the dividend withholding tax exemption that international investors can benefit from if they hold property for five years or more. [44714/17]
- Tax Credits
24. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no changes have been made to the research and development credit in view of concerns regarding its runaway nature and its concentration among very...
- Insurance Costs
25. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the second phase of the cost of insurance working group on employer liability and public liability; the timeframe for the working group to come...
- Tax Collection Forecasts
26. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the additional €100 million he plans to raise in compliance activity in 2018 as per budget 2018 documentation; the reason this revenue was...
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
27. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the lending institutions are compliant with a code of conduct in respect of mortgage arrears that recognises the efforts made by...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Data
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in mortgage arrears and negative equity who will be affected by the phasing out of mortgage interest relief; and the impact assessment...
- Universal Social Charge Application
29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will correct the anomaly that sees pre-1995 public sector pensioners pay the universal social charge on all their income, while all other recipients of...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
30. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a legal pause in cases related to a company (details supplied) due to the fact solicitors and...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
31. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to launch a public inquiry into the tracker mortgage scandal; the actions he plans to take to ensure persons who lost their homes and paid too much...
- Tax Settlements
32. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeal cases worth more than €1 million in appeal or dispute; the amount outstanding; the amount expected to be realised in 2018; and...
- Tax Code
33. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend his proposal to cap the write-off of intangible assets to 80% to include all assets which claim annual write downs; and his views on whether...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to protect a person (details supplied) who was fully insured when they were involved in a road traffic accident and are now...
- Tax Code
35. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce measures to level the playing field in the property market that would stop investors using tax efficient structures, including IREFs and...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support
36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for not repaying the €3.5 billion UK bailout loan early; the net refinancing position of the national debt in each of the years 2018 to 2021...
- Property Tax Administration
37. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent dramatic increases in the local property tax in 2019. [44718/17]
- Corporation Tax Regime
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of deductions, allowances and reliefs allowing corporations to reduce their tax liability under headings such as intra-agency transfers, research...
- Insurance Coverage
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents in a housing estate (details supplied) are being refused home insurance by two major insurance...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the key employee engagement programme up to the end of 2023; if it will be subject to the high-income earner restriction; and if he will...
- Insurance Costs
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken regarding the rising cost of insurance in view of the fact that the insurance companies now available to the market are keeping prices...
- VAT Rate Application
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have investigated allegations of certain practices in the poultry sector that led to a systematic excess of flat rate addition...
- European Banking Authority
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding Ireland’s bid to host the European Banking Authority. [44897/17]
- Housing Loans
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the conditionality there will be regarding affordability of houses that will result from the new, Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, initiative; and if he...
- Property Tax Administration
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the aspects of the local property tax that are being considered by the cross-departmental group; if it involves a fundamental review of local government...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
53. To ask the Taoiseach if funding given to approved housing bodies for building social housing is counted towards general government fixed capital formation estimated by the CSO for EUROSTAT....
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Social Insurance Payments
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is ensuring that all construction companies pay PRSI and social insurance contributions for all construction...
- Department of Finance
- Mortgage Lending
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact analysis conducted on the effect of the 20% minimum deposit rule in respect of potential non first-time home buyers who are trapped in crowded...
- Departmental Meetings
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the parties that he or his officials met with to discuss issues relevant to budget 2018; the names of all attendees; the issues discussed; and if he will make...
- Money Laundering
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State is not fully implementing EU anti-money laundering directive four in relation to the beneficial ownership of trusts; and if it will be...
- Tax Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that self-employed persons had for the purposes of their self-employed activities including trade and professional in each of the years...
- EU Budget Contribution
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the EU budgetary contribution expected from the State for 2018 and 2019; the modelling that has been carried out to determine the State's estimated...
- Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to European Commission President's, Jean-Claude Juncker, state of the union address and in particular his comments regarding the CCTB, the implications...
- Credit Ratings
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he plans to take to address situations whereby when financial institutions and their customers are negotiating on the warehousing of debt the...
- Credit Unions
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures that exist to support credit unions, including those which the tax strategy group referenced in its 2009 recommendation that tax exemption...
- Budget Measures
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made with regards to the €130 million identified from compliance measures in budget 2017 (details supplied); the outcomes to date for each...
- State Banking Sector
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell additional stakes in a bank (details supplied); his further plans to fast track the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Issues
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is proposing to help SMEs tackle the challenges they face in view of Brexit in particular providing credit for SMEs; and if he will...
- Credit Unions
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department is to take on foot of the CUAC report published by his Department, Viability and Irish Credit Unions, on 19 May 2017; and if he will...
- Community Banking
70. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s engagement with the public banking investigation being conducted by the Department of Rural and Community Development; and if he will...
- Tax Avoidance
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of income to the Exchequer in respect of bogus self-employment which forces low income workers to register as self-employed causing a loss...
- Stability and Growth Pact
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he has made in the reform of EU fiscal rules in respect of allowing capital investment and the ongoing review of the capital plan; and if he will...
- Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues on the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has taken in the interests of protecting Ireland's tax...
- Economic Data
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied regarding the ongoing progress of economic recovery; if he has identified particular issues requiring further attention; if he has further...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
76. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the help-to-buy scheme is contributing to rising house prices (details supplied). [33438/17]
- National Debt
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the national debt level as calculated in GDP and GNI; the schedule for the repayment of debt due in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Meetings
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the UK Chancellor, Philip Hammond, on 31 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44544/17]
- Stamp Duty
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if contracts signed on or before 10 October 2017 will be subject to the increased stamp duty rate of 6% on farmland sales; and if he will make a statement on...
- Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of assets held in Irish collective asset management vehicles, ICAVs; the average value of such assets; the tax contribution that has been realised or...
- Budget 2018
84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ESRI analysis of budget 2018 by a person (details supplied) that all households have lost income due to the lack of indexation of budget...
- Stamp Duty
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue anticipated from the increase in stamp duty in 2017 and each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Budget 2018
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the advice he received from the tax strategy group in advance of budget 2018; if he will publish the advice he received; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Stamp Duty
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of commercial property transactions for stamp duty as increased in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44791/17]
- Insurance Industry Regulation
89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review household insurance policies in view of the losses suffered by businesses and households as a consequence of Storm Ophelia; and if he will...
- Fiscal Data
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated fiscal space available in 2019 to 2021 following budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44806/17]
- Corporation Tax Regime
92. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 27 June 2017, if progress has been made in discussions with Brazil on its decision in September 2016 to add...
- Tax Credits
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the tax credit to all households in view of the fact that the home carer tax credit is not paid to those earning under...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the ODCE or the Financial Services Ombudsman is examining the possibility of criminal sanctions being applied to those in Irish banks which wrongfully...
- General Government Debt
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the debt-to-GDP targets in each of the years 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45013/17]
- Fiscal Data
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net fiscal space less budget 2018 carryover costs and Public Service Stability Agreement costs per annum in 2019 to 2021, inclusive, in tabular...
- EU Budget Contribution
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the EU budget contribution Ireland has made in each of the years 2011 to 2017; the estimated contributions for each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will...
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional personnel and resources, including the purchase of two additional mobile X-ray scanners, for the Revenue Commissioners after budget 2018; and if...
- Stamp Duty
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the family home will be treated for stamp duty when being transferred to a son or daughter to be used as the recipient's primary residence;...
- Tax Agreements
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to rebut the suggestions from persons in the European Commission to the effect that Ireland has a responsibility...
- Motor Insurance
103. To ask the Minister for Finance when the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45070/17]
- Inflation Rate
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified specific inflationary tendencies within the economy; if so, his plans to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to encourage the banking sector to meet the requirements of small and medium-sized industry and the retail or commercial...
- Credit Availability
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which overdraft facilities continue to be restored to the business and farming sectors with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
- Home Repossessions
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department can address the situation arising from potential large-scale repossession of family homes directly or indirectly...
- Housing Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home are not priced out of the market in the future; and...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which variable mortgage interest rate charges can be brought into line with those applicable in adjoining jurisdictions, eurozone and otherwise;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Planning Framework
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultations he plans for the national planning framework and the national investment plan. [44730/17]
- Budget 2018
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full estimated year cost in 2019 of spending measures announced in budget 2018; the impact on the fiscal space available for budget...
- Election Expenditure
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of non-voted expenditure allocated for elections in each of the years 2014 to 2017; the election postal charges under the...
- Heritage Sites
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 10 October 2017, the cost of the apartment located at Kilkenny Castle. [44591/17]
- Disability Act Employment Targets
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the quotas for employment of persons with a disability within the Civil Service; if these targets are met; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 10 October 2017, if the OPW retains the remaining percentage of income from moneys derived...
- Departmental Bodies Data
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff allocated to the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
- Public Procurement Contracts
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingency plan in place to build, own and operate a State-owned national digital radio services network upon the cessation of the...
- Garda Stations
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a submission made by a person (details supplied) seeking consideration by the OPW of a specific site the person wished to...
- State Properties
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose and origin of the State property miscellaneous deposits account; the balance in the account; the areas from which the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Management
124. 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...
- Transport Costs
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the remote area grant for school children living in remote areas of the country in order to increase the payment rates and...
- DEIS Data
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals in DEIS schools in the Limerick city and county catchment area; the supports and resources that are available...
- School Staff
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to staff replacement issues regrading primary schools in Dublin 15; if he has received correspondence from...
- Broadband Service Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that broadband is being rolled out in an area and that a school (details supplied) is not benefitting...
- School Transport Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a school transport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44585/17]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location or body a person (details supplied) can apply to in order to set up construction apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Status
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the development of a building project by a school (details supplied); and the timeframe regarding same. [44654/17]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in securing a site for a school (details supplied); the location of the site now under active consideration for the new...
- School Expulsions
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals to his Department on expulsions which occurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive; and the outcome of...
- National Educational Psychological Service
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if educational and learning supports are being put in place for a person (details supplied); and if the person will benefit from a NEPS...
- Cóiríocht Scoile
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ar sheomra acmhainní (sonraí tugtha). [44776/17]
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to implement the findings of a report (details supplied) into the operation and organisation of Quality and Qualifications...
- School Transport
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44853/17]
- Technological Universities
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he has taken to ensure that the name Tallaght will remain in the name of the Institute of Technology, Tallaght under the...
- School Accommodation Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the funding being provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44882/17]
- Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the costs and timeframe of new projects that have been announced recently relating to an educational institute (details supplied); and...
- School Expulsions
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's policy and procedure when a student has been expelled from a particular school and no other school in the catchment...
- Institutes of Technology Funding
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the project for GMIT Galway campus in view of his recent announcement of €200 million for 11 major...
- Teacher Secondment
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to change the provisions with regard to director’s tenure under regulation 11(6) of SI No. 394 of 2017, which states...
- School Accommodation
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the emergency health and safety issues at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Examinations
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding leaving certificate results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44953/17]
- Data Retention
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons must provide their PPSN when taking part in workshops that are part funded by an education and training board; if this...
- Cyber Security Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to enhance knowledge of cyber-security risks and protection measures among students in the education system at...
- Schools Building Projects Status
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) as part of the successful planning process pursuant to the timeline information issued...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland
162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Brokenshire, at the House of Commons Select Committee on...
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action which has been taken at an international level to raise the plight of the Rohingya people who have been fleeing Myanmar in large...
- Human Rights Cases
164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Azerbaijan is refusing to release a person (details supplied) from an Azerbaijani prison;...
- Foreign Conflicts
165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government is taking along with the international community to de-escalate tension between the United States and North Korea;...
- Middle East Issues
168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts at Government, EU and international level to bring about a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; and if he...
- Passport Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who received a passport in May 2017 and to whom the documentation...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45046/17]
- UN Resolutions
171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government is considering making resources available, be it financial, staffing or otherwise, to the investigation team in view of...
- Iraqi Conflict
172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken at national, EU and international level to protect the Yazidi people in northern Iraq; the supports that are being...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Courts Service
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/17]
- Paternity Leave
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to paternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44851/17]
- Garda Training
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the possibility of involving Tusla in aspects of Garda training to ensure An Garda Síochána is best...
- Courts Service Administration
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process regarding the way in which four judges are appointed to the Courts Service investment committee; the level of...
- Wards of Court
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the deficit in terms of transparency and accountability with the wards of court system and in particular...
- Immigration Policy
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is regulation of immigration consultants; and if his attention has been drawn to such persons operating here and...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconvene the citizenship ceremonies which were due to take place on 16 October 2017 but were cancelled due to Storm...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the stage at which refurbishment plans are at for Wicklow courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44625/17]
- Law Reform Commission Reports
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken regarding multi-party actions on foot of the Law Reform Commission Report, LRC 76-2005. [44626/17]
- Garda Strength
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda in the Henry Street district and the Roxboro Road district of Limerick in each of the years 2006 to 2016...
- Garda Vetting
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44852/17]
- Crime Data
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles stolen in the Dublin area to date in 2017; the number of bicycles that have been reclaimed by persons;...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide the necessary funding to the Courts Service in Tralee, County Kerry, to carry out the refurbishment and...
- Stardust Fire
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a report (details supplied) on the Stardust tragedy submitted to his Department on 17 October 2017 will be laid before the...
- Data Protection
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to include specific provisions in the Data Protection Bill 2017 to acknowledge a child's right to be forgotten...
- Garda Operations
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra regular Garda patrols will be allocated to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Deployment
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the additional gardaí and resources committed to Newbridge and Rathangan in south County Kildare will be deployed....
- Employment Rights
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the right to work for persons seeking asylum arising from the recent Supreme Court ruling will be implemented; and if he...
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will...
- Refugee Data
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees accepted here in 2016 under the Irish refugee protection programme; if this number is deemed adequate by...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeals to the court regarding the rejection of an insolvency proposal by a creditor submitted to date in 2017...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Archaeological Sites
198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the statutory protection for archaeological and historical sites that post-date 1700; if this protection has been changed in the...
- Departmental Schemes
199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the arts and cultural enhancement support scheme will open in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44924/17]
- Departmental Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if ACCESS II funding allocated to a centre (details supplied) is still available to the project. [44954/17]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 25 full-time conservation rangers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service;...
- Department of Health
- Emergency Departments Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health the accident and emergency departments in hospitals throughout the country in respect of which reports or plans have been drafted regarding changing the...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) obtaining an appointment to see a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44558/17]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Health Service Executive overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44569/17]
- National Children's Hospital
206. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of services and treatments that will be available to children on an all-island basis in the new national children's hospital; the way in which it is...
- Hospital Appointments Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. [44575/17]
- General Practitioner Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 10 October 2017, the status of routine blood tests, for example, as part of a general look-up or as part of a...
- Mental Health Services Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive mental health division funding for 2017 expected to be used to cover agency staff and external placements. [44579/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive mental health division programme for Government funding that has been delayed in 2017 in order to meet the need to...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
211. To ask the Minister for Health if there is there still a difficulty in recruitment of mental health professionals to the HSE; the status of that difficulty; and the way in which the HSE...
- Pharmacy Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists and other self-employed persons will have their pay restored in view of the fact that FEMPI has been unwound in many sectors; and if he will...
- Community Care Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provided funding to the HSE in order to enhance the ophthalmic services in County Kerry regarding the community ophthalmic services...
- Occupational Therapy Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional resources to the early intervention occupational therapy services in the HSE west area; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Occupational Therapy Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with occupational therapy services in County Longford to ensure a specialised chair is provided to a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
216. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for early intervention; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if he...
- Abortion Services Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations on Ireland on the decriminalisation of abortion; and if he will...
- Pharmacy Services
219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 4 May 2017, the reason no reply has been issued; and if a reply will issue forthwith [44624/17]
- Disability Services Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of supported accommodation placements for full-time residential care specifically for adults with special needs that are operational in each county,...
- Health Services Funding
226. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation provided to an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of community and residential neuro-rehabilitation services for persons...
- Mental Health Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding activity at a facility (details supplied); the status of admissions and future plans for specialism in dementia care; and if he will...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date regarding the provision of a new health centre on Inishbofin Island, County Galway; his policy in respect of health services on...
- HIQA Inspections
231. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to ensure HIQA compliance at a service (details supplied) for persons with disabilities in County Louth further to a recently...
- Hospital Staff
232. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 912 of 11 September 2017, if the two whole-time equivalent ENT consultants called for in the business case for additional...
- Obesity Strategy
233. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 378 to 381, inclusive, of 17 October 2017, the membership of the obesity policy implementation group for the national...
- Dental Services Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the children's dental services in Elphin, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/17]
- Hospital Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dignity at work complaint submitted by a person (details supplied) working at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin; the detail of the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
239. To ask the Minister for Health when therapy services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the plan received regarding the continued operation of the cottage hospital beyond June 2018; the HSE's long-term plans to maintain the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
242. To ask the Minister for Health if it is proposed in the review of the fair deal scheme to take into account the costs of private health insurance; and whether, if this was allowed, it would,...
- Health Services Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application by a person (details supplied) for a package for physical and sensory support, in view of the...
- Hospitals Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- HIQA Standards
254. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to ensure HIQA compliance at a facility (details supplied) for persons with disabilities in County Louth further to a...
- Dental Services Provision
258. To ask the Minister for Health the system for the provision of dental care in primary schools; the person or group that persons (details supplied) should contact regarding concerns of a lack...
- Hospital Services
259. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the satellite children's hospital building to be located at Tallaght hospital; the facilities that will be provided there; if parents will be...
- HIQA Standards
260. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been undertaken to ensure HIQA compliance at a facility (details supplied) in County Louth further to a published HIQA dementia care...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
264. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are ongoing to recruit paediatric occupational therapists for primary health care services in County Louth. [44906/17]
- Health Services Provision
266. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an eye test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44934/17]
- Health Insurance Cover
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44955/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44960/17]
- Mental Health Services Funding
269. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget adjusted for population growth and increase in demand by year in tabular form (details supplied). [44962/17]
- Respite Care Services Funding
270. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be allocated to provide respite services in County Louth from the €15 million announced in budget 2018 for the provision of...
- Disability Services Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €15 million announced in budget 2018 for the provision of disability services will be allocated; the amount of funding...
- Hospital Appointments Status
272. 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. [44974/17]
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
273. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 5 July 2017, the additional services that will be provided in 2018 in relation to the provision of community...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include anti-coagulation strips in the long-term illness scheme or the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44983/17]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
275. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist families with IVF; if those plans will be brought forward to 2018; if not, the plans in place for those that will need IVF assistance in...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
278. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to recruit an additional full-time consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma for St Vincent's Hospital; and...
- Health Services Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of section 38 and section 39 agencies in receipt of annual State funding in excess of €500,000; the cumulative amount of this funding; and if...
- Services for People with Disabilities
280. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dieticians are not available in the Dublin region to work with children diagnosed with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45054/17]
- Maternal Mortality
281. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 10 October 2017, the procedures in place to record and review maternal deaths; the reason age and nation of origin...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in County Tipperary under headings (details supplied) that were available at all HSE facilities within the county for each of the years 2010...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Reports
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report (details supplied) into the harness racing sector will be published; the reason for the six-month delay in its...
- Sports Funding
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) will receive financial support as part of budget 2018 given that Horse Racing Ireland will...
- Stamp Duty
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding stamp duty on farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44623/17]
- Sugar Industry
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44649/17]
- Harbour Fees
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the cost of renting moorings by fishermen varies (details supplied). [44653/17]
- GLAS Payments
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for GLAS 2016 payments due to inadequacies in his Department's software system; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44803/17]
- Greyhound Industry
292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that will be spent on welfare related issues in view of the fact that €16 million was provided to the Irish...
- Agriculture Schemes
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding land designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44904/17]
- Fish Farming
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the organic label awarded to salmon farms has been damaged in view of ongoing investigations by his Department...
- Aquaculture Licence Appeals
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his attention was drawn to a major disease outbreak at a site (details supplied) in Bantry Bay, County Cork; and the reason this...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 26 September 2017, his views on whether the number of licence approvals by his...
- Origin Green Programme
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 26 September 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that salmon farms which...
- Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the young farmer entitlements and benefits and additional entitlements; and...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal to an agriculture scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Coillte Teoranta Activities
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of Coillte walking and cycling trails in the Clydagh Valley and in the south County Kerry area; and if...
- Fishing Industry Data
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishing boats decommissioned from 2008 to 2014; the reasons for the decommissioning; the length and tonnage of each...
- Flood Relief Schemes
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is compensation available for a person who spent €17,000 on remedial work on their land following damages caused by...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that broadband is being rolled out in an area and that a school (details...
- Waste Disposal Charges
304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the proposed annual support of €75 for life long and long-term medical incontinence will be introduced in...
- National Mitigation Plan Publication
305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national mitigation plan is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/17]
- North-South Interconnector
306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report will be published on the costing to the under grounding of the proposed EirGrid North-South...
- Ministerial Meetings
307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 10 October 2017, if the formal request was to meet officials or him; if it...
- Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group
308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the pricing watchdog monitoring unit has been established; the make up of the unit; the number of times it has met;...
- Renewable Heat Incentive
309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the renewable heat incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44829/17]
- Bioenergy Strategy
310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined the sustainability of repeated biomass removals on soil; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electricity Generation
311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the phasing out of coal burning at Moneypoint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/17]
- Renewable Energy Generation
312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the State to directly supply infrastructure for renewable energies, namely solar, wind and wave and tidal...
- Brexit Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence or had discussions with his EU counterpart with regard to the UK's decision to exit...
- Post Office Closures
314. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has recently met the CEO of An Post to discuss media reports that 400 post offices could be set to close; and if...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Irish Aviation Authority
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that the views and findings of the IAA should be deemed permissible to be considered by the new...
- Bus Éireann Staff
316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus drivers who have left Bus Éireann in 2016 and to date in 2017. [44554/17]
- Road Safety
317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding options available to local authorities to formally apply for moneys to construct dedicated pedestrian infrastructure projects...
- Driver Licence Renewals
318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 3 October 2017, the date on which the RSA commenced the review of the way in which a place...
- Road Traffic Legislation
319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring forward an amendment to section 96 of the Road Traffic Act 2016 to provide that traffic wardens can be provided not...
- Road Network
320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tunnels on the N71; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44587/17]
- Sports Events
321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 11 October 2017, the safeguards, protections and considerations that have been built in as...
- Rail Network Expansion
322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding in the capital budget 2018 earmarked for metro north; the way in which these funds will be spent in 2018; and if he will make...
- Sports Organisations
323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage a suitably qualified independent sports mediator to arbitrate in the ongoing dispute between the board of directors and...
- Harbour Authorities Staff
324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 39 of the Harbours Act 2015 to enable an employee director to serve in excess of two five-year terms. [44651/17]
- Rail Network Expansion
325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the electrification of the Maynooth commuter rail service; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Projects Status
326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planning work which has been carried out on a new orbital motorway for Dublin to relieve the growing congestion on the M50; and if he...
- Road Safety
327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 11 October 2017, when this amendment will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Programmes
328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital projects to be advanced in 2018, 2019 and 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44733/17]
- National Transport Authority
330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus service will be provided through the NTA (details supplied). [44773/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the additional capital spend allocated to his Department in budget 2018 will be spent. [44826/17]
- Public Transport Data
332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in the CIE fleet that run on fossil fuels; the number that run on electricity; the number of hybrid buses; the number...
- Swimming Pool Programme
333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the position regarding remedial works that need to be undertaken at swimming pools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Driver Licences
334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the driving licence for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network Expansion
336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to construct DART underground; if the €3 billion in funding will be allocated in the upcoming mid term capital...
- Bus Services
337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the operation of a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44884/17]
- Dublin Bus Services
338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the linkages between Dublin Airport and Dublin Bus are sufficiently strong, in view of the lack of presence by...
- Traffic Management
340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recent changes in lane alignment and reduced priority status for traffic approaching the Red Cow interchange from County Kildare into...
- Vehicle Registration
341. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the criteria of measuring modified category N1 vehicles in view of the fact the current measurement method is causing...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation of funding from his Department to local authorities specifically for roads over the past three years to date in 2017, by...
- Regional Road Network
344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received applications in 2017 and or for 2018 from Louth County Council for funding for the port access northern...
- Vehicle Clamping
345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes the recent enactment of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2017, SI 211/2017, will bring to motorists that...
- National Car Test
346. 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. [44982/17]
- Light Rail Projects
347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans with regard to the proposed connection that would allow metro north and the Luas green line south of St. Stephen's Green to run...
- Severe Weather Events Response
348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has investigated the apparent failure by a company (details supplied) to maintain a back-up emergency control room...
- Road Network
349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of proper access for emergency services to the Great Island and Cobh during Storm Ophelia;...
- Bus Services
350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding in budget 2018 in order to improve Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus services, respectively, for their customers; and...
- Sports Events
352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contribution his Department will be making to Dublin City Council in preparation for the Euro 2020 competition; and if he will make a...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Commencement of Legislation
353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 will be commenced; when the section that provides for the adoption of a child by their step parent...
- Departmental Reports
354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); her plans to implement same nationwide; and if she will make a statement on...
- Family Resource Centres
355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the funding application for a centre (details supplied). [44606/17]
- Children and Family Services Provision
356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the expansion of contact centre services to facilitate access and similar services for families. [44607/17]
- Child and Family Agency Services
357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services available for access and contact centres for families in Munster; and the services available both in circumstances in which a...
- Children in Care
361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under full care orders and interim care orders respectively with Tusla; and the number of these that have supervised...
- School Expulsions
364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the 727 students in a school (details supplied) who have been suspended and expelled during the 2016/2017 academic year....
- School Discipline
365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the 322 second level students suspended in County Louth during the academic year 2016/2017 who attend schools based in...
- School Expulsions
366. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the 140 second level students expelled in County Louth during the academic year 2016/2017 that attended schools based in...
- School Discipline
367. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the differential percentages of the suspension rate for a school (details supplied) in 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic years. [44688/17]
- Child Care Services
369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason early years education and child care providers were not included on the closure list as part of the precautionary closure of...
- Child Care Services Provision
370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review a case (details supplied); the options available to this provider to accommodate the numbers approaching their centre in...
- Child Abuse
371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla’s draft policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Ombudsman...
- Child Care Services Provision
373. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44923/17]
- Child Abuse
374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with respect to the issue of mandatory reporting in view of the fact that abuse victims may not feel able to access...
- Internet Safety
375. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the establishment of a statutory digital safety commissioner in line with the recommendation by the Law Reform Commission to...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Resettlement Scheme
377. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to introduce as a pilot scheme a new rural resettlement office in north County Leitrim which would act as a point of contact...
- Recreational Facilities Provision
378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application (details supplied) is still under consideration in his Department; if so, when a decision will be made; if not, when...
- Local Improvement Scheme
379. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to amend the rules for the local improvement scheme for 2018 to facilitate the upgrading of roads, in circumstances in which...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Rates
380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for reforms to improve household incomes to ensure indexation of budget changes in welfare changes in future...
- Disability Services Funding
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding will be allocated to programme (details supplied) in County Louth from the budget 2018 disabilities allocation;...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was approved as qualified for disability allowance was subsequently disqualified....
- Dental Services
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons with PRSI contributions will be entitled to avail of the previously announced free dental scale and polish...
- JobPath Programme
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) dealing with Turas Nua cannot accept an offer of employment from north Tipperary...
- Budget Measures
385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the criteria around the new working family payment; if the criteria will remain the same as it was under...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those in receipt of the non-contributory State pension will receive the full €5 increase in March 2018. [44637/17]
- Maternity Benefit
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend new provisions announced for mothers of premature babies to mothers who were on leave having had their...
- School Meals Programme
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €54 million announced in budget 2018 for the school meals programme will enable schools to be able to provide...
- One-Parent Family Payment
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions her Department is taking in response to a report (details supplied) into the impact that changes to the...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a date will be assigned by a medical assessor to meet a person (details supplied) who applied for invalidity pension in...
- State Pension (Contributory)
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is receiving the maximum rate qualified adult allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Citizen Information Services
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the statement of the former Secretary General of her Department addressing the Committee...
- JobPath Programme
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) signed up with Turas Nua cannot avail of funding to undertake a course that will help...
- Departmental Staff
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's procedure regarding the allocation of permanent positions (details supplied). [44835/17]
- Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is an anomaly that the back to work enterprise allowance is not included in the qualifying schemes for the back to work...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 31 May 2016, the position regarding extending this allowance to the European...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding claims arrears in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the entitlement to invalidity pension for the self employed will become operational; and if she will make a statement on...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding a back to school allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Irish Water Funding
401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of current and capital funding being made available for Irish Water in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Credit Unions
402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress his Department has made with EUROSTAT in respect of allowing credit union investment of surplus funds in social...
- Planning Issues
403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of wind turbines that have been granted planning permission throughout the country but are not yet installed...
- Local Authority Housing Data
404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of capital funded local authority housing units approved in May 2015 and January 2016, by local authority, in...
- Local Government Reform
407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the introduction of planned changes in the payment of allowances in respect of expenses incurred by members...
- Youth Homelessness Strategy
408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to end child homelessness, in view of the fact that there are more than 3,000 homeless children and...
- Local Authority Housing Data
409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of land plots and-or sites that local authorities have purchased in the past 20 years that were bought with the...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons are being asked to show proof of paying their water charges to allow them to complete the purchase of their...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down to date under the local infrastructure housing activation fund; the further funds he expects...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes in each local authority that he is targeting to meet the target of 3,800 newly built social houses in 2018; and if...
- Local Authority Housing Data
414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built and occupied in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44740/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid-build houses that have been built and occupied to date; the further schemes that are expected to be...
- Planning Issues
417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the strategic development and management plans for the use of local authority lands requested from all...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rents payable under the HAP scheme have been reviewed since being set in July 2016 in view of the fact that many local...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds available to local authorities via the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and cost of Part V units purchased with funding from his Department for each year from 2008 to 2016 and to date in...
- Local Authority Housing Data
422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department collects annual statistics from local authorities on the number of joint tenancies in local authority and...
- Derelict Sites Data
423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which an unfinished building is added to his Department's list of officially listed derelict sites (details...
- Meteorological Services
424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the official storm level categorisation given to Storm Ophelia by Met Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the units delivered through SHCEP, the social housing current expenditure programme, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when group water scheme subsidy funding will be made available to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Proposed Legislation
430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commercial rates Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44876/17]
- Planning Guidelines
431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for departmental guidance on short-term letting planning permission and regulation requirements; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- National Emergency Plan
432. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual funding allocated to the national Emergency co-ordination group in each of the years the 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; and the...
- European Union Military Committee
433. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the nomination of the chief of staff of the Defence Forces to the position of chair of the European Union Military...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
434. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to address significant pay issues arising in respect of Defence Forces personnel (details supplied); his...
- Defence Forces Reserve
435. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 23 May 2017, the progress that has been made in relation to the holding of a competition for...
- Commemorative Medals
436. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the circumstances and the criteria of the persons issued with a 1916 centenary commemorative medal during the centenary commemorations; if...
- State Claims Agency
437. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of years the State Claims Agency has been auditing the Defence Forces. [44987/17]
- Defence Forces Deployment
438. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces have been deployed to the Baltic states in the past year; and his plans to dispatch military personnel to the...
- Air Corps Equipment
439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funding necessary to replace or upgrade aircraft within the Air Corps; if new aircraft will be purchased in 2018; the number of...
