Written answers
Thursday, 26 October 2017
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated figures of Part V housing for 2018 and 2019; the estimated cost of this housing; and if he will make a statement...
- Nitrates Usage
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading closing date of 15 October for a further two weeks in view of the very challenging...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the midlands region receives a disproportionate homeless allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the process that homeless persons must go through when there is no placement available for them from the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an affordable housing scheme to guide councils in providing affordable homes and to ensure that affordable homes will remain...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to conduct a review of the terms and conditions of the housing grant scheme to allow local authorities to use...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost per day of rent supplementation in the private housing sector across all housing assistance schemes (details...
- Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department has implemented to help homeowners affected by the Mica issue; his plans to set up a redress scheme;...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plan to end the use of hotels, bed and breakfasts and similar accommodation for homeless persons; if his...
- Housing Data
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the system of assessing building completions used by his Department; his plans to develop a more accurate system...
- Land Availability
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to tackle the problem of land banking and hoarding; if he is satisfied that these steps will be...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when infrastructural funding will be available to open up the proposed development road on the Ardmore Road, Mullingar, County...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if greater discretion will be provided to local authorities in regard to the construction of new social housing schemes and to...
- Private Rented Accommodation
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the workability of the policy proposal in the strategy for the rental sector to move towards tenancies of...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing PPPs; the timeframe for their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/17]
- Traveller Accommodation
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the findings of the independent review of funding for Traveller specific accommodation and the implementation of...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the rules of the mortgage to rent scheme in view of the small number of persons who were able to avail of...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of income eligibility limits for social housing has commenced; if so, the likely timeframe for completion; and if...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the social housing waiting list problems for county councils; and if he will make a statement...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amounts paid by his Department in grants and supports for those operating private or group water schemes in each of the...
- Homeless Persons Data
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45285/17]
- Land Availability
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the work of the State lands management group announced in Rebuilding Ireland in July 2016; the number of...
- Planning Guidelines
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on remarks by the chief executive officer of Dublin City Council regarding the use of Dublin’s green spaces to...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the terms of the incremental purchase scheme and the tenant incremental purchase scheme for local authority...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if instructions can be given to the local authorities to reintroduce the provision of specific isolated housing in rural areas...
- Housing Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the roll-out of a fully staffed full-time place finder service for those looking for a home; when it will be...
- Cabinet Committees
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which housing will be managed in view of the ending of the Cabinet committee on housing. [39676/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing targets for 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45251/17]
- Land Availability
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all public land zoned for housing will remain public land into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he envisages the affordability requirement of LIHAF funding being delivered across the country and in Dublin...
- Irish Water Staff
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the original service level agreements between local authorities and Irish Water that would have retained the...
- Traveller Accommodation
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if emergency measures will be put in place to properly accommodate Travellers in Spring Lane, County Cork, and other sites that...
- Homelessness Strategy
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if each family in family hubs has received a Leap card for the 2017/2018 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the lack of affordable housing being supplied; if the affordable housing scheme which was abolished in 2011 will...
- Septic Tank Grants
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the low take-up of the domestic septic tank grant; and his plans for broadening the...
- Approved Housing Bodies
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that AHBs have secured sites and funding to enable them to meet their revised new build targets for 2018 to...
- Nitrates Usage
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason farmers in Northern Ireland can spread slurry for the entire year depending on ground conditions and weather in view...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Data
56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of reports that the IDA has commissioned an analysis into advance planning permission for future data centres; the name of...
- State Aid
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the development of a longer term business development loan scheme which would assist firms in long term investing for a...
- Workplace Relations Services Data
60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the workplace relations bodies on a county basis in each month in each of the years 2014 to...
- Brexit Issues
61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions at EU level on the need to implement specific measures to assist businesses and enterprise in the Border...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been inquiries from prospective investors about a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied); the...
- Departmental Schemes
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to assist in increasing the viability of the second-hand car market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45424/17]
- Enterprise Ireland
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in County Mayo; the number in the Ballina area in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in quarter 1, 2 and 3 of 2017, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Carbon Tax Implementation
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's study of the impacts of carbon taxes. [45400/17]
- Stamp Duty
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of stamp duty collected at the 2% rate in 2016 related to the sale of working farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45421/17]
- Tax Forms
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if an allowance is being made on behalf of accountants who are facing the income tax filing deadline on 14 November 2017 due to loss of ESB supply and...
- Central Bank of Ireland Data
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the non-payment of water charges by a household will be reflected in the central credit register; and if he will make a statement on the...
- VAT Rate Application
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the VAT rate for the entertainment industry is 23% (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45436/17]
- Knowledge Development Box
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size (details supplied) that have applied for the knowledge development box scheme for SMEs since being established in tabular form....
- Tax Credits
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size (details supplied) that have applied for the research and development tax credit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new KEEP share options scheme for SMEs has the same threshold for granting share options up a level similar to the UK's enterprise incentives scheme....
- Vehicle Registration
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) which was furnished to his Department; and if he will address the position as outlined therein....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service Staff Data
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants for each service grade who applied to the service wide mobility scheme to date in 2017, under action 15 of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Curriculum
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of religious instruction in schools in which he is the patron or in which a public body is the patron; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects Status
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tenders will be invited for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45375/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has concluded its examination of options for accommodation for a new school (details supplied)...
- Schools Building Projects Status
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his officials have not yet communicated with the board of management of a school (details supplied) if the school is to be a new build...
- Special Educational Needs Data
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time children from four to 18 years of age are waiting for places in ASD units in each county; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) will be granted. [45423/17]
- Apprenticeship Data
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of construction-related apprenticeships registered in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by apprenticeship type and numbers in a specific...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the all-party committee will be implemented to allow all full time low-income QQI degree students receive their SUSI...
- Departmental Funding
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formal role his Department has with an organisation (details supplied); if public funds are provided to it; the organisation through which it...
- School Transport Eligibility
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 10 October 2017, if a medical card will cover payment for concessionary school transport offered in...
- School Transport Administration
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann will consider changing the existing pick-up point at Inch Church car park of students from Annascaul, County Kerry, that are...
- School Accommodation Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that its pupil numbers are rising and it urgently needs...
- Capitation Grants
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for transition year will be increased in view of the fact that more pupils are opting to partake in transition year (details supplied);...
- Garda Vetting
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the system of Garda vetting of special needs assistants to allow for one garda vetting disclosure to be sufficient for all...
- Cóiríocht Scoile
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar maoiniú le síneadh a chur le scoil (sonraí tugtha), a bhfuil fíorghá leis; agus an...
- Broadband Service Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether families and children living in rural areas are becoming increasingly disadvantaged in their education due to lack of...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the allocation of special needs assistants is done in a timely manner to facilitate school planning; the actions...
- Teacher Training Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that all art teachers are trained in both the new junior certificate visual art course and the new leaving...
- Commencement of Legislation
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to commence section 10 of the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004. [45515/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his powers with regard to a child with disabilities, particularly in cases in which mobility is limited, to ensure that the child has a place in a...
- Education and Training Boards Staff
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the chief executive officer of a training board (details supplied) is retiring early; if it was necessary to sanction it at Department level;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed timeframe for development of a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford once the tender process is closed; and if he will...
- Technological Universities
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to use national capital investment to create a south eastern university drawing upon existing institute of technology campuses; and if...
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which implementation of the national guidelines on promoting positive mental health and suicide prevention in post-primary schools...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has an interest in the site of a school (details supplied); if he envisages future use by his Department for the site; and if...
- Teacher Training Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that in-service training is provided for teachers before the new junior cycle begins (details supplied); if there are issues...
- Third Level Data
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time and part-time students from County Wexford that attend third level education; the number of full-time and part-time...
- Schools Building Projects Status
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed new post-primary school on the existing or alternative site in respect of a school (details supplied) is likely to be...
- Education and Training Boards Administration
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish guidelines for ETB, comprehensive and community school students that wish to opt out of religious studies; and if he will...
- State Examinations
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a reader in school: and if this decision will be reconsidered [45627/17]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Regulations
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all EU standards and regulations are required for compliance before the movement of goods and services are permitted across the dividing...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the authorities in the United States of America on immigration reform; if he has put forward new...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the State plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities; the reason for the...
- Commercial Rates Exemptions
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is in order that permit holders should not have commercial rates applied to their premises (details...
- Immigration Controls
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that racial profiling is not taking place at immigration controls in the airports and ports; the guidelines...
- Domestic Violence Services Funding
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2017 to organisations supporting victims of domestic...
- Victim Support Services
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated by his Department to County Louth in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the victim support organisations...
- Garda Operations
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being put in place by An Garda Síochána to combat a series of recent burglaries (details supplied); and...
- Law Reform Commission Reports
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Law Reform Commission's 2005 report on multi party litigation; his further views on the recommendations of the...
- International Bodies Membership
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the persons from his Department who are attending the chiefs of police conference 2017 in Philadelphia; his views on whether...
- Garda Stations
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the acquisition of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of the immigration investor programmes as outlined in the justice sector Estimates 2017; if...
- Family Reunification Applications
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a family reunification will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45582/17]
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 20 September 2017, which failed to address the questions raised in the case of a...
- Naturalisation Applications
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which consideration has been given to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Garda Strength
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full strength of An Garda Síochána across all ranks as of 1 October 2017. [45626/17]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is specific grant assistance available towards the necessary upgrade of an old dwelling house which would be regarded as...
- Archaeological Sites
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process for designation of the recently discovered human remains from the Iron Age period at a site (details supplied) as a...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) who is the successor of the owner of a bog in a natural heritage area has not been paid...
- Department of Health
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
142. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible to have hip replacement surgery performed under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [45351/17]
- Health Services Funding
143. To ask the Minister for Health the public non-capital expenditure on health in each of the budget years 2007 to 2018, in tabular form. [45352/17]
- Hospitals Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the provision of capital funding for the new endoscopy unit and other ancillary services at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 11 September 2017, the length of time the 1,647 persons on the waiting list for cataract surgeries at the Mater...
- Vaccination Programme
151. To ask the Minister for Health if claims that the symptoms of the 650 persons who have received the HPV vaccine fit in with a recently described phenomenon known as autoimmune and...
- Health Services Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be operated on to treat their scoliosis and will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward legislation making it mandatory to make a defibrillator available in each public building; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to reduce the long waiting times being experienced by children in counties Cavan and Monaghan who are in need of an assessment for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
156. 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. [45420/17]
- Primary Medical Certificates
157. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be furnished to their parents; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Equipment
158. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff and resources required to operate the genomic sequencing equipment at the Mater hospital will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
159. 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. [45442/17]
- Vaccination Programme
160. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will have access to special services as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45445/17]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Health when the review in respect of the reimbursement of long-term illness medical expenses for a person (details supplied) will be completed; if there is an onus on...
- Home Help Service Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health when home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be allocated, in view of their medical needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45449/17]
- General Medical Services Scheme Payments
163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of general practitioners charging medical card holders excessive sums of money for blood tests and ear syringing; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Reports
164. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45451/17]
- Medicinal Products Regulation
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the manufacturers of statins sold here to make available the essential underlying research data used by each of the manufacturers...
- Medicinal Products Prices
167. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of statins purchased from the various manufacturers; the amount paid by the HSE; and the names of the manufacturers of same for each of the past five...
- Health Strategies
168. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and by the HSE on educating persons to change lifestyle as a preventive measure against chronic disease in tabular form....
- Radon Gas Levels
169. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a newly built €13 million mental health unit (details supplied) can now be found to have radon levels exceeding the recommended 200...
- Dental Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow for dental screening and treatment of persons under 16 years of age through the medical card scheme (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Health Services Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred to a more suitable HSE area in view of the fact that the area they are in does not provide the required level...
- Hospitals Building Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of refurbishments to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45473/17]
- Medical Card Applications Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1201 of 11 September 2017, if the central medical card unit collate figures for applications received, processed, refused...
- Home Care Packages Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form. [45497/17]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this...
- Health Services Staff Data
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is,...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45512/17]
- Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a database (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45519/17]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
186. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical card scheme covers the cost of general practitioners completing application forms for persons who hold a medical card, such as driving licence...
- Proposed Legislation
187. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of the Regulation of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 1999; the work ongoing towards its enactment; and when it will come before Dáil...
- Hospital Investigations
188. To ask the Minister for Health if the Ireland east hospital group insisted that a full internal report on the death of a person (details supplied) be carried out before an inquest could be...
- HSE Investigations
190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on and the reason for the conflict of interest for a member of the UCC maternal death inquiry team (details supplied) being involved in providing...
- General Practitioner Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering charging a nominal fee of €5 per visit for free general practitioner care for those under 12 years of age. [45535/17]
- Medicinal Products Availability
192. To ask the Minister for Health the date he plans to make a drug (details supplied) available to phenylketonuria sufferers under the long-term illness scheme. [45536/17]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
193. To ask the Minister for Health the work of the expert reference group established to draft guidelines to facilitate the use of cannabis treatments under an access programme; when the...
- Hospitals Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 20 October 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
- Hospitals Discharges
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of September 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which...
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
196. To ask the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and if so, the hospital in which...
- Hospital Beds Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be provided during winter 2017 to help ease hospital overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45545/17]
- Health Strategies
198. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place for health services to cope with a greater 'flu outbreak than is normally experienced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
199. To ask the Minister for Health the reason tryptophan is banned here; and the number of other countries in which it is banned. [45548/17]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the pay inequality that arises when public sector employees receive pay increases while employees section 39 organisations, such as an...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of response calls by the ambulance service for the Killarney area that took over 45 minutes to respond to, by month, in each of the years 2014 to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by their consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45581/17]
- Disease Incidence
204. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a higher instance of persons with haemochromatosis in specific parts of the country; if so, the variation between the different HSE regions; if...
- Respite Care Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that will be made in 2018 in providing additional respite services (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concern...
- Services for People with Disabilities
206. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to deal with anomalies in the provision of services for persons with a disability (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Hospitals Patronage
207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised review of the religious patronage and ownership of hospitals and associated facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Facilities
208. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the upgrade of hospital systems to facilitate the MedLIS project for 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electronic Health Records
210. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the roll-out of the new national information technology systems for maternity hospitals; the expected date for this system to...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Afforestation Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the GPC 1 grant and premium to reflect the cost of establishment and the agricultural income foregone on land...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45443/17]
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45472/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting areas of natural constraint scheme payments by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Compensation Schemes
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce the process and support funding model that operated previously in 2014, for the loss of fishing gear...
- Coillte Teoranta Activities
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request Coillte to treat the independent growers and suppliers to it fairly in accepting the first and second thinnings...
- Brexit Issues
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had specific engagement with farming and agrifood interests in Northern Ireland on the difficulties that will arise for...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of areas of natural constraint payments made to date in County Cavan; when the remaining payments will issue; and if...
- GLAS Data
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage farmers by county in tabular form; the number of commonage farmers who have applied to GLAS 1, 2 and 3; the...
- Commonage Framework Plans
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the 31 October 2017 deadline for submission of commonage management plans as required under GLAS (details...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Data
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in the REPS scheme at its peak under the rural development programme. [45613/17]
- Statutory Instruments
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he consulted with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in advance of SI No. 413 of 2017 issuing on road testing of...
- TAMS Data
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the findings of the spending review carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the TAMS II...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Budgets
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that has been allocated to programmes (details supplied) in 2018. [45398/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's expenditure in 2017 by subhead. [45399/17]
- Energy Prices
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures he is planning on taking in 2018 to reduce energy costs for consumers. [45401/17]
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that are in the light blue areas of the national broadband plan map that have been connected since...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the fibre roll-out programme in rural townlands that are outside fibre serviced towns, specifically...
- Energy Policy
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45520/17]
- Committee of Public Accounts
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to have a company (details supplied) subjected to the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts; and if he...
- North-South Interconnector
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Litter Pollution Legislation
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce legislation to compel election candidates to remove plastic ties that hold election posters in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Employment Rights
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the pay terms and working conditions of crew and staff at an organisation (details supplied); if his Department has been...
- Swimming Pool Programme Funding
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of additional funding allocated to sport from the allocation of €1,258 million under the mid-term capital review up to...
- Travel Trade Sector
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company (details supplied) was underbonded in view of the fact the company had a turnover of €20 million per annum...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a club (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected under...
- Tourism Promotion
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultation process undertaken regarding the establishment of a new Lakelands brand with the stakeholders; and the timeframe and...
- Bus Éireann Services
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be implemented to ensure improvements on routes operated by Bus Éireann in which concerns have been brought...
- Road Improvement Schemes
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement measures in order that upgrades will be carried out to ensure the safe and constant access to Cobh, County Cork;...
- Statutory Instruments
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he consulted farming organisations in advance of issuing SI No. 413 of 2017 on road testing of tractors and the impact this would have...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant a second preschool year under the ECCE scheme for a person (details supplied) who is only marginally over the age limit;...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Leader Programmes Data
250. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure on projects under the Leader programme in each of the years 2014 to 2020 as of 30 September 2017; the approvals for...
- Grant Payments
251. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is grant assistance available towards the provision of electricity supply to an outlying shed or farm building; and if he...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Rural Social Scheme Data
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of positions filled to date in 2017 out of the 500 additional places provided for the rural social scheme in 2017...
- Fuel Allowance Applications
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for fuel allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Pension Provisions
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected publication date of the report on pension inequities agreed to by the former Minister for Social Protection...
- Maternity Benefit Data
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the additional maternity leave and benefit for mothers of premature babies who are currently on...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide a pension scheme to supervisors and assistant supervisors in community employment schemes as recommended...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive fuel allowance. [45446/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Payments
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) whose payment has been...
- Social Insurance Data
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed in a full calendar year and permitting such persons to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- National Planning Framework
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns regarding aspects of the national framework plan that are creating uncertainty for local authority...
- Local Government Reform
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the review of local government constituencies and a review of local government structures as outlined in the...
- Commercial Property
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the level of commercial property vacancies in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Nitrates Usage
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the regulations regarding slurry spreading to introduce greater flexibility as to when this practice is...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when invitations will be extended from local authorities for the second tranche of LIHAF following the allocation of a further...
- Local Authority Housing Data
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of unoccupied houses awaiting acceptance of offer that each county council has on its stock book in tabular form....
- Traveller Accommodation
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional public Traveller accommodation units provided in 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of house loans approved by local authorities, by county, in the past three years; the number drawn down; and if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing scheme will be introduced; if work is being done on a cost rental model in order that mixed tenure...
- Departmental Reviews
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an examination of the effect of short-term lettings on the availability of housing for rent is being carried out under the...
- Vacant Properties
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the empty homes strategy as committed to under Rebuilding Ireland will be published; if consideration is being given to...
- Local Authority Housing Data
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing starts recorded on a monthly basis over the course of the past two years; and if he will...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties repossessed by financial institutions that have come into public ownership on a mortgage-to-rent...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects extra local authority houses to become available in the course of the next 12 months; and if he...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which emergency housing accommodation is available to Kildare County Council to accommodate the increasing...
- Urban Development
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress over the past six months in respect of the town centre, Naas, County Kildare, with particular reference to the...
- Local Authority Housing Data
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past two years to date in 2017, excluding the use of...
- Water Services Provision
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will undertake a review of responsibility for the maintenance of the public sewerage system in view of the fact that the...
- Fire Stations Provision
294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposal to provide a new fire station in Ballybay, County Monaghan, will be progressed during 2018; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recent figures for the strength in whole-time equivalent terms of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all...
