Written answers
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Communications
14. To ask the Taoiseach the details of his recent phone call with the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May. [45034/17]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with President Macron of France and his proposals regarding further European integration. [44691/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Severe Weather Events
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a fodder aid scheme to assist persons in the north west in view of the adverse weather in autumn 2017; and if...
- Fisheries Protection
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 18 October 2017, if previous to 21 September 2017, the company complied with SI 261 of...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the context of CAP reform the Government sought a reduction in the amounts of the basic payment scheme; if so, the level to...
- Climate Change Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the input his Department had into Cabinet discussions on Ireland's role in and contribution to global climate...
- Forestry Management
52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a special task force to liaise and co-ordinate between his Department and the Departments of Communications,...
- Beef Industry
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to block the Mercosur deal as it currently stands to protect Irish farm livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a public consultation in the allocation of the additional funding for the ANC scheme in 2018; and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made or will make revisions to its policies in regard to the management of methane emissions from enteric...
- Brexit Issues
57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he proposes to limit the impact of Brexit on farmers in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Exports
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of exploration to date of alternative markets for Irish food and food products throughout the EU and globally with...
- Animal Welfare
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input his Department will have into the European Court of Auditors audit on animal welfare measures; and if he will make a...
- Animal Identification Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules for the movement of animals to bed and breakfast accommodation; the protections in place for the owner of the animals if the...
- Forestry Sector
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support wholesale tree nurseries that experienced damage from Storm Ophelia; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nitrates Usage
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding attempts by the Government at EU level to ensure the reauthorising of glyphosate for Irish farmers. [47097/17]
- Ministerial Meetings
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding exceptional cases being examined for...
- Noxious Weeds Act Enforcement
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work of his Department in implementing the law on noxious weeds, including ragwort, on both public and private land;...
- Forestry Management
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has not been a specific move to target the 500,000 acres of non-commercially viable Coillte lands identified by the...
- Fodder Crisis
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is a looming fodder shortage in the west and north west of the country; the steps his Department is taking...
- TAMS Expenditure
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the amount of unspent funding in TAMS indicates scope for the inclusion of standby generators for dairy farmers affected by power...
- Animal Welfare
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will write to the European Court of Auditors and request it to extend its upcoming audit on animal welfare measures to include...
- Forestry Management
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is not adopting the full suite of agroforestry measures that are funded and provided for within the rural...
- Veterinary Regimes Harmonisation
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the findings of the review of regional veterinary laboratories; if the Sligo laboratory will remain functioning; and if...
- Brexit Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department has been in contact with the various producers throughout the country that have been affected by...
- Basic Payment Scheme
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to propose a lowering of the cap on basic payments. [47096/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the additional €25 million of ANC funding; the way in which it will be allocated; and the rationale behind the...
- GLAS Administration
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the GLAS scheme for new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46930/17]
- Beef Industry
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the latest Mercosur talks at EU level; and the steps he is taking to protect Irish beef farmers by ensuring...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Data
78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in locating in Drogheda or have met the IDA regarding same in the...
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Irish companies that had stands at the defence and security equipment international exhibition in London from 12 to 15 September...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to address identified shortcomings within the ODCE while the process of establishing a new corporate...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data
83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of requests for additional funding, staff resources or expertise that have been made by the Office of the Director of...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and nature of posts, by head count and in whole time equivalent terms in the ODCE in each of the past four years; the number...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Expenditure
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on payroll in the ODCE in each of the past four years; the amount spent on temporary staff in each of the past four...
- Department of Finance
- Housing Data
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new housing units that will be built by Home Building Finance Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47246/17]
- State Savings Schemes Administration
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some State savings that matured in October 2017 were delayed; if the NTMA suffered an information technology issue which caused a delay; the extent...
- Alcohol Pricing
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT and excise. [47168/17]
- Banking Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach with a draft copy of the report being completed by...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if the staff members of a bank (details supplied) that had their tracker mortgage removed will be covered by the Central Bank's examination process and by the...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who buys a newly built house as a first-time buyer from a company under a NAMA-approved receiver and the company is not on the Revenues...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Remit
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if financial institutions are legally obliged to comply with the Office of the Financial Ombudsman when a request is made of them. [47209/17]
- Financial Services Ombudsman Staff
93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Office of the Financial Ombudsman is adequately staffed; and the staffing levels and budget allocation of the office for the past five...
- Stamp Duty
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether ATM machines should dispense €10 notes to persons; the position regarding the practice of retail banks in...
- Tax Agreements
96. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Questions Nos. 123 to 125, inclusive, of 17 October 2017, the analysis of cases settled by way of mutual agreement procedures, MAPs; the year and...
- Tax Settlements
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that with the current rate of progress at the Tax Appeals Commission it will take approximately 17 years to hear...
- Tax Appeals Commission
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to offer alternative methods of settlement such as arbitration to persons in view of the fact that a prompt...
- Exchequer Returns
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the appropriate annual percentage multiplier for increases in general government tax revenue relative to GDP, GNP and GNI growth, for example, the amount...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who have applied for the help-to-buy scheme can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Refurbishment
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason contracts have not been signed in relation to necessary upgrading works at Ballinasloe Garda station which were due to begin...
- Ministerial Meetings
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the meeting scheduled between his Department and representatives of various Departments with trade unions representing...
- Garda Station Closures
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of reopening a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if plans for these refurbishments have been finalised;...
- Flood Prevention Measures
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies in place to deal with increased water levels in rivers and waterways; the extra measures that have been established to...
- Brexit Issues
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department has noted negative or positive impacts from Brexit; the steps required to address such issues; and if...
- State Properties Data
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in the implementation of the property asset management delivery plan; if a database has been compiled detailing all...
- Flood Prevention Measures
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional financial measures he will employ in 2018 to develop flood defences across the State; and if he will make a statement on...
- Brexit Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that spending priorities are sufficiently focused in view of the threat to the economy of Brexit; and...
- Labour Court Recommendations
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his Department’s discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the...
- National Botanic Gardens
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided to the National Botanic Gardens o carry out restoration works to the two historic greenhouses, the cactus...
- Flood Prevention Measures
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if discretionary funding was allocated by the Office of Public Works to Clare County Council after Storm Darwin in 2014 for repair works...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Ministerial Meetings
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request to meet with a person (details supplied); if so, if he will meet with the person; and when the meeting will take...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that the SUSI appeals body expedites an appeal by a person (details supplied) who has appealed against a refusal...
- Schools Building Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to facilitate an extension at a school (details supplied); if required funding can be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised by a school (details supplied) in relation to the number of teachers provided to it; if an...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason depreciation of interest on borrowings is taken as means rather than outgoings in the consideration of SUSI grant applications; if the...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the reduction in hours for a person (details supplied) at a school; if this reduction is a breach of contract; the reason this...
- Statutory Instruments
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to postpone the implementation of SI No. 394 of 2017, Education Support Centres (Appointment and Secondment of Directors)...
- School Accommodation
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a school extension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47211/17]
- Third Level Scholarships
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scholarship fund exists for Irish nationals accepted to study at a university (details supplied) for one year; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he has taken to replace two prefabs by the construction of a new building in the context of the school numbers at a school...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Cross-Border Co-operation
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Centre for Cross-Border Studies will receive its budgetary allocation under the temporary arrangement for budgetary allocations while...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Station Refurbishment
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the estimated cost of reopening a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if plans for these refurbishments...
- Residency Permits
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Vetting Applications
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the status of a person’s (details supplied) Garda vetting application; and when the person can expect a...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to ensure the funding that has been allocated for the necessary upgrading of Ballinasloe Garda station is ring-fenced for 2018;...
- Departmental Expenditure
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department officials ever dined in a restaurant (details supplied) with a member of An Garda Síochána...
- Community Policing
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if management in An Garda Síochána is of the view that community policing in the greater Sligo urban area is...
- Naturalisation Applications
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); when...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available from her Department for a person to re-roof an old forge. [47215/17]
- National Monuments
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Meath County Council is awaiting a response from the National Monuments Service...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to claims that a club (details supplied) held trials clandestinely on 24 September 2017; if she...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
141. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the length of the waiting times for school age team services and the lack of staffing in this area; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
142. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [47158/17]
- Stroke Care
143. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the hospitals that can provide rehabilitation and early supported discharge of stroke sufferers; his views on whether there is an...
- Home Care Packages Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited in view of the person's impending discharge...
- Health Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services that are available to persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome to help them to manage their condition and ongoing care that is required;...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
148. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or part-funding will be provided for an upright MRI neuro imaging of the craniocervical junction and cervical spine in flexion and extension for a...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
149. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo...
- Services for People with Disabilities
150. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to providing an allowance to polio survivors for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47185/17]
- Health Services Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for children diagnosed with Irlen syndrome to offset the cost of assessment for and purchase of special lenses; and if he...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
152. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Crohn's disease is not covered under the long-term illness scheme; and the steps he is taking to address same. [47195/17]
- Hospital Acquired Infections
153. To ask the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to combat the increased incidents of hospital acquired infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47200/17]
- Stroke Care
154. To ask the Minister for Health the status of stroke unit services available in Dundalk and Drogheda, County Louth, due to the higher volumes of stroke patients in these areas; and if he will...
- Hospital Procedures
155. To ask the Minister for Health when transvaginal mesh (details supplied) was first used by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47236/17]
- Hospital Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 20 persons in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, (details supplied) are clinically discharged but due to blocked treatment pathways are...
- Hospital Appointments Status
157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47248/17]
- Emergency Departments
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request by Letterkenny University Hospital to reopen its short-stay ward and 20 beds to alleviate the pressure on the accident and emergency...
- Services for People with Disabilities
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing services at a centre (details supplied); the range of services provided; his plans to extend such services; and if he will make...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
161. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to consider funding the drug Kuvan for persons suffering from phenylketonuria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47270/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
162. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47272/17]
- Eating Disorders
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young children and teenagers currently being treated for anorexia as inpatients in paediatric hospitals. [47296/17]
- Health Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health if all the beds in HSE units (details supplied) are fully utilised; and if not, if some are lying empty due to staff shortages. [47299/17]
- Eating Disorders
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young children and teenagers who have died in the past five years as a result of eating disorders. [47300/17]
- Mental Health Services Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, units that have staff with specialist eating disorder experience. [47301/17]
- Mental Health Services Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Health the optimum specialist staff numbers for the 20-bed unit in the planned new children’s hospital, of which eight will be dedicated for eating disorder...
- Health Strategies
170. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding each of the sexual health strategy's priority actions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47315/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the single farm payments entitlements that have been transferred from a person (details supplied) to another person; and if payments...
- European Fisheries Fund
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant aid provided through the European maritime fisheries fund programme or its equivalent programme in each of the...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce by statutory instrument a penalty points system for fishing vessel licence holders; the way in which the...
- Fodder Crisis
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being put in place in view of the concerns, particularly in the north west, about a possible fodder shortage in early...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects all agricultural support payments to be made on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Beef Imports
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which beef or other meat imports from third countries have been evaluated with particular reference their impact on...
- Agrifood Sector
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that standards in the agrifood sector relating to husbandry, production, processing and traceability as applicable...
- Brexit Issues
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the future of families depending on the fishing industry will not be jeopardised, post Brexit, and that adequate...
- Fishing Industry
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the growth and development of the fish processing sector, including landings, over the past ten years; the extent to which...
- Food Safety Standards
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the European Union in general continues to uphold the highest quality, hygiene and health standards in the...
- Agriculture Industry
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has had discussions with the farming sector with a view to identifying issues that have caused concern in the...
- Agrifood Sector
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the targets set in Food Harvest 2020 and Foodwise 2025 continue to be met; the areas which have raised concern;...
- Dairy Sector
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which growth in the dairy sector can continue; the extent to which new markets are being identified and or are...
- Agriculture Industry
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the cost of farm inputs with a view to maintaining a livelihood for farm...
- Cereal Sector
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has had discussions with the cereal growing sector with a view to possible alleviation of difficulties arising...
- Farm Enterprises
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department remains committed to the concept of support for the family farm enterprise, having particular...
- Animal Welfare
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department continues to monitor all aspects of animal welfare including canine and non-sporting equines; and...
- Mushroom Industry
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the mushroom industry can recover from the ongoing impact of Brexit; if the issue has been sufficiently...
- Artisan Food Sector
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which supports continue to be made available to the artisan food sector, with particular reference to the need to...
- Agrifood Sector
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has identified weaknesses arising from price fluctuations in the various segments of the food sector; if he...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to have basic payments and ANC payments due to a person (details supplied) issued; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Offshore Exploration
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the environmental impact assessment carried out prior to his approval in July 2017 for offshore drilling...
- Advertising Regulation
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that television service providers based and operating here are broadcasting...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rural Transport Services
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a community transport service (details supplied) in County Mayo is to cease operation by...
- Tourism Project Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants are available from his Department for a person to re-roof an old forge. [47192/17]
- Sports Capital Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme will be announced in view of the fact that the previously stated date for announcement has passed....
- Road Tolls
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly by which commercial vehicles that are privately taxed by their owners are charged...
- Tourism Project Funding
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if alternative funding will be provided for a group (details supplied). [47312/17]
- Transport Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria required to obtain a limousine licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47314/17]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Irish Language
203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will engage with all groups within the Gaeltacht in Irish. [47161/17]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons who are self-employed will be in a position to apply for an invalidity pension; if the contribution rule has...
- Pension Provisions
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pension entitlements will be introduced for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the payment of rent allowance in respect of a property (details supplied); the reason payment to the tenant was...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the national fuel allowance scheme will be reviewed in respect of persons who are in receipt of social welfare and reside...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will change from their current social welfare payment; and if she will make...
- Pensions Data
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension contributory, State pension non-contributory, widow's, widower's or surviving...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons investigated for social welfare fraud since the roll-out of the social welfare fraud campaign; the...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for a State pension contributory will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); her plans to...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be provided with a supplementary welfare payment as opposed to jobseeker's allowance; and...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Rates
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) which highlights the additional living costs for...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) has not been addressed; if the appeal will be...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeframe for the new national wind energy guidelines to be put on a statutory basis. [47193/17]
- Water Charges Administration
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which water charges will be dealt with for students paying the charge through property management companies...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make provision for affordable housing for young persons in employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing Standards
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the finding by the European Committee of Social Rights that the standard of some local authority housing here is...
- Commencement of Legislation
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he has not brought into effect Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 which places...
