Written answers
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
- Department of Education and Skills
- Irish Language
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a similar programme at primary school level to improve the spoken Irish language (details supplied) further to the launch...
- Access to Higher Education
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow greater access for those in direct provision to access higher and further education. [44945/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department has taken to date and will take to address the lack of space at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if his...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction by Caranua of new guidelines pertaining to obtaining support for funeral expenses, in particular, the requirement...
- Schools Building Projects
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate a second level school in the general Duleek and east County Meath area. [44943/17]
- Junior Cycle Reform
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on and timeline for the implementation of junior certificate reforms. [45031/17]
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the current system for assessing student grant requests in place by SUSI; if his attention has been drawn to the number of...
- School Accommodation Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy his Department is adopting to address the deficit of primary school places in west Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site is expected to be purchased to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeframe of works to ensure that...
- Teachers' Remuneration
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the financial hardship, immense stress and poor morale that is caused to teachers who continue to experience...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills report on positive mental health in schools;...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the criteria for awarding student grants to postgraduate students completing degrees who have chosen to do their course on a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the development of a new campus for a school (details supplied). [44946/17]
- School Accommodation
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will reconsider its refusal to fund a new space at a school (details supplied) for resource teaching; and if his officials will...
- Aitheantas Scoileanna
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil meastóireacht déanta ag a roinn ar an iarratas ó Bhord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin ar...
- Third Level Funding
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on increasing public funding of third level colleges to reverse the cuts that have taken place since 2008 and to end reliance on private...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the criteria into Caranua will be completed; and when the results of that review will be made available to the Houses of the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance grant for postgraduate students will be restored. [44856/17]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have completed an apprenticeship programme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans for an...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address difficulties being experienced by parents of eight school children (details supplied) in south County Kildare...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore pay equality for young persons in the public sector in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/17]
- Schools Property
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to protect playing fields owned by the religious orders but used by publicly funded schools to ensure their use by current and...
- Scoileanna Oileáin
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aithníonn sé go bhfuil dúshlán faoi leith le sárú ag na meánscoileanna atá ag feidhmiú ar na...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for and make changes to the SUSI grant to deliver increases in grants for students in view of the rise in the costs...
- Teacher Training Provision
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the education of teachers is becoming too expensive and lengthy. [44944/17]
- Teachers' Remuneration
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with pay equalisation in view of the rejection of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 by certain individual trade...
- School Curriculum
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to promote the physical sciences such as physics and chemistry at leaving certificate level, including gender bias that may...
- Teacher Training Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reinstate support for student primary school teachers that are attending mandatory Gaeltacht courses; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Regulations
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools being audited or investigated for fire safety or building regulation breach issues; the number of these built by a company...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the anomalies within SUSI regarding the 45 km rule which is creating unfair outcomes for persons who should be...
- Schools Building Projects Data
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools to be commenced in 2016 and 2017, by county under the school building programme; the number school buildings that were commenced to...
- School Accommodation
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will advance plans for the school; if he...
- Schools Building Projects Status
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review being undertaken by his Department on the demographics for a potential new second level school for south County Kildare...
- School Transport Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking with regard to the current school bus transport crisis in which the applications for concessionary seats is far exceeding...
- Teachers' Remuneration
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two-tier pay system in place for teachers will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44857/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with actual and potential school place shortages in Ashbourne and Dunshaughlin, County Meath. [44942/17]
- Schools Relocation
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress and expected timeframe for the works to be completed on the former site of a school to facilitate the relocation of a school (details...
- School Transport Applications Data
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of eligible students who applied for the 2017/2018 school transport scheme that did not receive a seat; if he is satisfied that the...
- National Training Fund
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the projected yield in the budget for a 0.1% increase in the national training levy was significantly higher than that provided in...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Film Industry
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which the sale of a site (details supplied) is at; her plans regarding the State's shares in the site; and if she will...
- European Council Meetings
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there was a discussion at the October 2017 European Council opening with regard to increasing EU market presence in China and other...
- Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been recipients of Horizon 2020 funding in each year since the programme became operational by county in...
- Central Bank of Ireland Reports
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest Central Bank paper, the Labour Market and Wage Growth after a Crisis, which shows around one in ten persons...
- Competition Law
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested the new Attorney General appointed in June 2017 to provide his advice regarding empowering the Competition and...
- International Bodies Membership
103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has formally applied to join CERN; the process for joining; and the timeframe for same. [45328/17]
- Work Permits Eligibility
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on permitting employment permits to be extended for agriculture workers from non-EEA countries as put forward by farming...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Agreements
105. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest European Commission reforms of the sales tax VAT system and potential unintended consequence for Ireland’s export industry....
- Tax Code
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason pensioners who were formerly civil servants, gardaí and members of the Defence Forces are excluded from NHR tax exemption in Portugal; and if...
- EU Budget Contribution
107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 17 October 2017, the precise formula used in the calculation of the contribution to the EU budget; and if the...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
108. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the case of a person (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure that banks do not apply higher interest rates than they should to...
- Tax Avoidance
109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the rules on mandatory tax avoidance disclosure similar to the disclosure of tax avoidance scheme rules introduced by the British tax...
- Tax Data
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the €233,896,324 million of PAYE tax liability which is under appeal by quantum; the number of employees affected in...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
112. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 18 October 2017, the classification of a first time buyer that is seeking to avail of the lower loan to value rate...
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff allocated to overseeing the mandatory disclosure regime in the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
- Stamp Duty
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who started to purchase a plot of agricultural land 12 months ago and has signed contracts agreeing to the sale price will be subject to the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the key employee engagement programme for SMEs will operate; when SMEs will be able to avail of this; if all SME business structures will be...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of participants in the employment and investment incentive scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [45326/17]
- Tax Credits
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of the research and development tax credit in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by firm size, in tabular...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a proposal (details supplied) for the key employee engagement programme in order to attract and retain employees in...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Community Sector High Level Forum
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the high level forum established to examine the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors;...
- Office of the Ombudsman
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of the judicial reviews against the Ombudsman have been settled on terms...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Data
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 18 October 2017, if the HSE holds data on the number of children turned down annually for speech and...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on persons (details supplied) being denied a SUSI grant to a private college. [45106/17]
- State Examinations
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45107/17]
- DEIS Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on awarding DEIS status to island schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45108/17]
- School Funding
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on an increase in funding (details supplied) to reflect the real costs in running post-primary island schools; and if he will make a...
- Schools Designation
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on officially designating all-island schools as small schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45110/17]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications of and training given to all Caranua staff, in particular to all application advisors in view of their particular role to...
- Apprenticeship Data
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos 266 of 23 May 2017 and 99 of 18 October 2017, the reason for the €13.3 million budget cut in funding...
- School Services Staff
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will issue a clear and unambiguous statement by way of a circular to the board of management of schools clarifying as to the...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be reached on an emergency works application appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of home tuition for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45236/17]
- Third Level Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the issue of higher education grants can be resolved in order to ensure that all those wishing to avail of a third level...
- Education Costs
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased over the past number of years; the extent to which the proportion of the national...
- Education Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains confident that investment in education and the sciences at all levels will continue to be available in the future...
- Education Policy
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the concerns of the fourth level education sector in view of the increasing importance of achieving the highest level of...
- Teacher Recruitment
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the number of extra teachers likely to become available at primary and second level in 2017 will beneficially impact on pupil...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs places remain available at primary and second level in all schools throughout the country; the areas most under...
- Schools Building Projects
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate provision is being made to meet the full extent of primary and second level school requirements in Celbridge, County...
- Higher Education Institutions
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects NUI Maynooth and the other universities to develop over the next five years with specific reference to catering...
- Education Policy
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the future of smaller urban and rural schools with particular reference to the need to honour long standing denominational...
- School Accommodation Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to replace unfit classroom accommodation at primary and second level throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Health and Safety
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has examined the danger posed at a school (details supplied) in which a gas tank is located close to a fire hazard; and if he...
- Apprenticeship Data
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new apprenticeship programmes that have been developed by the Apprenticeship Council to date; the new apprenticeships that are operational;...
- Skills Shortages
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a deficit of construction skills is holding back construction activity especially on the residential side; and his further...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Election Monitoring Missions
163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary statements issued by two election observation research missions that were in attendance...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the system of tax free allowances paid to Irish officials at embassies outside this State; the way in which they are...
- Consular Services Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there is recourse available regarding their property; if...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Crime Data
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detection rate across the range of offences as presented to joint policing committees in the four Dublin local authorities;...
- Advertising Regulation
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to force Internet companies to disclose the persons purchasing online political advertising; and if he will make a...
- Garda Data
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took sick leave in the period between 15 November and 22 November 2014 in the Dublin metropolitan...
- Garda Deployment
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new garda recruits who will be allocated to the Wicklow district; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a...
- Sexual Offences Data
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he refuses to fund a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland survey in view of the fact that it has the support...
- Drugs in Prisons
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 227 and 229 of 17 October 2017, if the keeping drugs out of prison policy is under...
- Deportation Orders
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that asylum seekers with diagnosed mental illnesses are being or are about to be...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if contact can be made with the authorities in Turkey with a view to possible repatriation of a person (details supplied) who...
- Refugee Status Applications Data
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection deemed inadmissible under section 21(2) of the International Protection...
- Interdepartmental Working Groups
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to give the opportunity to organisations and persons to present to the interdepartmental task force considering the...
- Refugee Status Applications Data
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under section 15(3)(c) of the International Protection Act 2015; and the provision made for...
- Garda Station Expenditure
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs incurred by An Garda Síochána and his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017 in respect of the examination...
- Court Sittings
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it was an error that there was no provision for Circuit Court sittings in Athlone court house for 2018; if so, the reason...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Archives
191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that will be allocated to the general expenses of the National Archives and National Archives advisory council in 2018;...
- Departmental Budgets
192. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the budget 2018 Estimates of her Department are due to be released. [45297/17]
- Department of Health
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in north County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
194. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Government's proposed legislation on the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45115/17]
- Respite Care Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive respite for one to two nights per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45116/17]
- Mental Health Services Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of HSE mental health division funding for 2017 that is expected to be used to cover agency staff and external placements; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health if there is still a difficulty in recruitment of mental health professionals to the HSE; the status of the difficultly; the way in which the HSE will address...
- Health Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pilot scheme COSTMS continued for four practice sites in view of the fact it was to be stopped after nine months in 2004 and that there were no...
- Health Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health the person or group that authorised that some of ophthalmologists in practices were able to open second practices and employ locum ophthalmologists to run...
- Health Services Funding
201. To ask the Minister for Health the person or a group that authorised the funds for practices while doctors left on the COSS scheme were only allowed to carry out an eye examination after...
- Hospital Appointments Status
202. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a re-evaluation will be carried out on the drug Kuvan for persons suffering with PKU under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Research and Training (1 comment)
204. To ask the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis forms part of the studies of student doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45138/17]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement general practitioner has been identified to replace the existing retiring general practitioners in Waterville, County Kerry, in view of the...
- Fire Service
206. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for multiple delays in calling out the fire service for significant road accidents. [45141/17]
- Special Educational Needs Data
207. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 95 of 18 October 2017, if the HSE holds data on the number of children with specific speech and language disorder by...
- Home Care Packages Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €37 million provided for home care packages and transitional care beds in budget 2018 that will be allocated to provide...
- Medicinal Products Prices
212. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment outlined in the programme for partnership Government to lower the cost of medicines and to examine opportunities to leverage the...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) will expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45156/17]
- Paediatric Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce paediatric interventional radiology prior to the establishment of the national children's hospital; if so, the location of same; if...
- Disability Activation Projects
215. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the job shadow initiative for persons with mental health difficulties is succeeding; the current initiative and plans for the future; and...
- Ambulance Service Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Health when he will release funds owed to Dublin City Council totalling €4 million and overdue to ambulance services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments
219. To ask the Minister for Health the national criteria and the process and procedures involved in respect of examination of emergency departments in hospitals throughout the country in which...
- Services for People with Disabilities
220. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will re-examine the decision by the committee for physical and sensory disability to reduce the hours of a personal assistant for a person (details...
- Health Care Reimbursement Agreements
221. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the claim for medical expenses incurred by a person (details supplied); the person or body the HSE has been corresponding with in the Bulgarian...
- Hospital Appointments Status
222. 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. [45281/17]
- Hospital Facilities
223. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 10 October 2017, the position regarding cancelled surgery for persons resulting from repairs being carried out at...
- HSE Investigations
224. To ask the Minister for Health if a report (details supplied) has been completed; if he has received it; when it will be made available to the complainant; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Administration
225. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to new 2012 procedures for the awarding of the renewal and awarding of medical cards (details supplied) and the impact of these...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ANC, GLAS and headage payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45130/17]
- Agrifood Sector
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for Government commitment to support the creation of a further 23,000 jobs in the agrifood sector; and if...
- Rural Development Programme Data
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding spent under the rural development programme 2014 to 2020, in tabular form; the underspend to date; and if he will make a...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if unspent funding under the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 can be allocated to the young farmers scheme and national...
- Farm Safety Scheme
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value in euro received by Teagasc, either nationally or through the EU, for farm safety initiatives in each of the years 2010 to...
- Nitrates Usage
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers from the north west who miss the deadline for spreading slurry due to the wetter weather conditions in this region and...
- Teagasc Courses
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to propose changes to the length of time it takes to complete the green cert course (details supplied); if so, the nature...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a basic farm payment by a person (detail supplied) under the first round of payments has been approved. [45315/17]
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, by county; and if...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 18 May 2017, if the requested information has been compiled. [45337/17]
- Farmers Charter
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on putting the farmers charter on a statutory basis with respect to ensuring payments are paid on time to farmers under the...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the €25 million will be allocated to the ANC scheme in 2018 with regard to the current land types. [45339/17]
- Afforestation Programme
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 12 October 2017, the exact amendment process involved with the European Commission for...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Schemes Data
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of increase in the energy efficiency measures allocation for 2018 compared to the allocation for 2017 that...
- Recycling Policy
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce legislation to ensure producers of plastic packaging for food goods use recyclable packaging...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make it compulsory for walkers to wear high visibility vests when walking at times of reduced visibility such as during bad...
- Road Projects Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been allocated in budget 2018 for the construction of the N22 Macroom bypass. [45174/17]
- Road Safety Strategy
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress between the RSA and his Department on action 107 of the road safety strategy 2013 to 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Roadworthiness Testing
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding road testing of tractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/17]
- Insurance Costs
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the continuing rise of taxi insurance; and his further views on proposals in this regard (details supplied). [45324/17]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services
248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking to ensure that a centre (details supplied) does not close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45131/17]
- Family Resource Centres
249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided to each of the existing 109 family resource centres in 2018; and if she will make a statement...
- School Completion Programme
251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided to the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45200/17]
- Child and Family Agency Services
252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was provided to the three existing out-of-hours social work services in 2017 by service. [45201/17]
- Community Childcare Subvention Programme
253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children enrolled under band D of the more affordable child care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45343/17]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Dog Breeding Industry
255. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions he plans to take to address the situation in puppy farms in view of the perceived ignoring of the Dog Breeding...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Services Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reinstate funding to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45114/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will retain a fuel allowance and household benefits package if they move to a community...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be given to a community group (details supplied) to maintain its current staffing arrangements through Tus...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a disability allowance appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement the 2008 Labour Court recommendation on the provision of pensions for community employment...
- State Pension (Contributory)
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the saving limit for a person on a qualified adult allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45157/17]
- JobPath Programme
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance that can be offered to a person with an open application for a disability allowance and conditions such as...
- Free Travel Scheme Data
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 and to date in 2017 for the free travel pass scheme. [45187/17]
- Illness Benefit Data
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a long-term illness payment. [45188/17]
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45189/17]
- Social Insurance Payments
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which an employer's pay related social insurance contribution is calculated in the context of when a paid...
- Live Register Data
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person taking up an unpaid internship forms part of the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Support Grant
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's support grant application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Services Programme
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons a company (details supplied) ceased to provide services in June 2017 despite the fact that they had a contract...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Nitrates Action Programme Review
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the deadline for farmyard manure spreading in the north west region to accommodate farmers working on the...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the likely explanation for the failure to find pyrite in the underfloor fill in housing estates in which...
- Citizens Assembly
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Citizens Assembly's recommendation on the right to housing; and if this is being examined by one of...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to increase the take up of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exceptions to a first time buyer condition in relation to a home choice loan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pyrite Resolution Board
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that has been allocated in budget 2018 to the Pyrite Remediation Board for the direct remediation of...
- National Emergency Plan
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the national emergency co-ordination meetings that he attended prior to and during Storm Ophelia. [44681/17]
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enable persons avail of the tenant purchase scheme that may not have a weekly income apart from a social welfare...
- Student Accommodation
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to appoint a regulator for student housing due to the considerable increase in student housing built or planned; and...
- Housing Provision
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Rebuilding Ireland strategy in view of the increase in entrants to emergency accommodation and the view...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Vessels
286. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason existing Naval Service ships were not refurbished for a fraction of the purchase cost of new ships, including multi-role vessels, the...
- Departmental Expenditure
287. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ratio of his Department's expenditure to the Air Corps, Army and Naval Service respectively in each of the years 2011 2016 and to date in...
- Defence Forces Reserve
288. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Defence Forces Reserve lieutenant to captain fixed promotion scheme in view of the fact that 37 reserve officers considered...
- Defence Forces Strength
289. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the serving strength stationed at Custume barracks Athlone; the way in which this compares to the strength at the time Custume barracks served...
- Industrial Relations
290. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce parity in industrial relations with members of An Garda Síochána with regard to national level, internal and a...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of special posts that remain unfilled. [45332/17]
- Defence Forces Personnel
292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he is taking to ensure the retention of key military skill sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45333/17]
- Defence Forces Expenditure
293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the payroll costs for the Defence Forces in each of the years since 2009, in tabular form. [45334/17]
