Written answers
Thursday, 9 November 2017
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Erosion
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to ensure that Fingal County Council using available funds is acting to prevent further damage to dunes at...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that have been taken or need to be taken to change the mandatory retirement age in the public sector; the cost benefit analysis...
- Budget 2018
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional expenditure that is being undertaken the end of 2017 and in 2018 to ensure that all measures in budget 2018 are fully...
- Brexit Negotiations
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has held discussions with the European Commission regarding the allocation of additional funding for the Border region in view of...
- Flood Prevention Measures
19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies put in place to deal with increased water levels in rivers and waterways; the extra measures that have been established...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department plans to incorporate further reforms throughout the civil and public service with a view to achieving...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public and civil servants earning the minimum wage and the living wage; his plans to ensure that all public and civil...
- Expenditure Reviews
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's priorities for the next spending review in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47230/17]
- Capital Expenditure Programme Implementation
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to make provision for the projects previously identified as being integral to crucial infrastructure investment in the context...
- Garda Stations
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the proposed works on Newcastle West Garda station are due to commence. [44076/17]
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of capital expenditure which will be allocated for infrastructure projects for County Donegal; the timeframe for these...
- Public Sector Pay
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to put it place to unwind the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 as applied to contract...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself with the current functioning of the freedom of information system under the 2014 Act; his plans to amend...
- Departmental Contracts Data
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of subcontractors that are engaged by State and semi-State agencies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself that section 27 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 is functioning properly; if all agencies that come...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Banking Sector
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the further steps she is taking to prevent anti-competitive collusion in the banking sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Design and Crafts Council
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding paid to the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, which was formerly the Crafts Council of Ireland, in 2015 and 2016; the...
- Economic Competitiveness
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of Ireland's ranking overall when compared with small economies in the latest World Bank Doing Business rankings available...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into a trial (details supplied) will be published. [47584/17]
- Legislative Programme
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when Second Stage of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017, which will transpose a 2014 EU directive, will take place in Dáil...
- Foreign Direct Investment
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a report (details supplied) on the way in which the housing crisis and the severe housing shortages could harm...
- Departmental Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 6 October 2017, the Exchequer funds given by her Department to the organisations to conduct...
- Planning Issues
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the confirmation by the IDA chief executive (details supplied) that over the past number of months there were concerns about...
- Brexit Issues
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a rescue and restructure scheme has been sent to the Directorate General for Competition; the details of the...
- Department of Finance
- Economic Growth
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which pay demands in the public and private sectors are likely to impact on the growing economy to a negative or positive extent in the future;...
- Stamp Duty
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if a farm transfer (details supplied) is subject to stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47605/17]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) qualify for the help-to-buy scheme for their self-build home. [47345/17]
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if details of the scheme of compensation for those wrongly denied tracker mortgages by the banks has been examined by him, his Department and the Central Bank;...
- NAMA Debtor Agreements
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which NAMA is managing the recovery of the funding of approximately €3.6 billion it advanced to debtors and receivers since 2010; if a large...
- Company Liquidations
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proceedings of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the number of persons affected by same; the amount owed to them; the funds...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage restructures by restructure type for both PDH and BTL mortgages in tabular form; the number under each restructure type restructured by...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Application
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the tax-relief-at-source history from the Revenue Commissioners shows the loan of persons was owned by a certain firm (details supplied) when the...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if the mortgage interest relief scheme will be extended for a period of five years and would then be subject to review (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the tax relief scheme for long term leases of agricultural land as it relates to inter family leases in order to consider if the allowance...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe and nature of changes to section 481; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47547/17]
- Tracker Mortgage Examination Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage accounts identified in each bank as part of the tracker mortgage examination that involve both current or former employees of that bank;...
- Banking Operations
59. To ask the Minister for Finance when offshore operations commenced in each of the State supported banks; when operations ceased in these institutions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector Data
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if offshore operations exist at present in the State supported banks; if so, the number of accounts involved; the amount of deposits held; and if he will make...
- Tax Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) acceded to requests from the Revenue Commissioners for data held in the Isle of Man and Jersey; the outcome of the Revenue...
- State Banking Sector Regulation
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if as a shareholder in State supported banks he or his predecessor's attention was drawn to offshore operations within these banks; the actions taken...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Monuments
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the damage done to the Donaghmore Souterrain was brought to the attention of An Garda Síochána by his Department or an...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent cross-party Topical Issue on community employment supervisors; the reason the meeting of...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Publication
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a draft version of the capital plan in advance of the plan being considered by the Cabinet. [47498/17]
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the south Ennis flood scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47382/17]
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent Topical Issue on community employment supervisors; the reason the meeting of the forum...
- Flood Relief Schemes
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason dredging has ceased on the river Shannon; if this will recommence; if so, the areas that will be dredged; and if he will make...
- Public Procurement Regulations
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public procurement procedures can achieve savings in the course of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether further reform or policy initiatives are now required to maintain a stable path towards economic recovery; and if he...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full extent to date of recruitment throughout the public sector in the context of economic recovery; the expectation in respect of...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied of being able to continue to meet the targets set by his Department in the context of spending...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Management
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional moneys will be made available for restoration of posts of responsibility within schools by September 2018 in view of the fact the...
- Departmental Correspondence
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received a report (details supplied); and if a meeting will be scheduled with his Department regarding same. [47342/17]
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for emergency summer works will be granted. [47348/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47359/17]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the search for a site for the proposed 1,000 pupil post-primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [47386/17]
- Schools Facilities
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the playing fields land at a college (details supplied) have been sold; if he has seen the contracts for such a sale;...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants (details supplied) employed at the start of a school year do not have hours reduced in the course of the school year;...
- School Accommodation Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the required extended temporary accommodation necessary to accommodate the intake of students in September 2018 in a school (details...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a permanent school site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47407/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put a defibrillator in each school in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47433/17]
- Teacher Exchange Scheme
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in discussions with the INTO regarding a permanent exchange scheme for primary school teachers; and if he will make a...
- Education Centre Network
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new regulations which state that a director of education can hold the role for five years were not debated before they were...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed to return to their former position as a special needs assistant teacher in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review SOLAS was to commission on pathways to participation in apprenticeship, including participation of persons with...
- Apprenticeship Data
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targeted apprentice registrations forecasted for all craft-based apprenticeships and registrations planned under new consortia led...
- Springboard Programme
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for expenditure on Springboard in each of the years 2011 to 2017; the allocation made for 2018; the number of persons...
- National Training Fund
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for expenditure on Skillnets in each of the years 2011 to 2017; the allocation made for 2018; the number of persons enrolled...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the immigrant investment programme and recent changes in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Strength
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare by station on 30 April 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Data
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Laois by station on 30 April 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Stardust Fire
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the ongoing review into the Stardust fire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47350/17]
- Residency Permits
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47380/17]
- Garda Commissioner Appointment
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to appoint a Garda Commissioner before the work of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is completed....
- Equality Issues
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are standard practices in place to ensure companies and semi-State bodies do not discriminate against persons that may...
- Immigration Policy
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when final arrangements to allow asylum seekers to work will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47465/17]
- Direct Provision System
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the lack of privacy in direct accommodation, particularly for young women and girls; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the position of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47492/17]
- Rural Crime
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will take to combat rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47507/17]
- Crime Data
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reported crime figures for Counties Laois and Offaly over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Stations
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the pilot project in respect of the reopening of Garda stations has commenced; the stations that have reopened; and if he...
- Visa Applications
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a visa was not granted to a person (details supplied); the alternative options the person has; and if he will make a...
- Garda Deployment
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 19 October 2017, the reason the Government has allowed such a divergence arise in...
- Road Safety
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of speed cameras operating on average in each county to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Leave to Remain
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 127 of 19 October 2017, if the matter will be investigated with a view to clarification; and if he will...
- Immigration Status
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a submission in respect of a wish to require residency status has been received in the relevant section of his Department...
- Naturalisation Applications
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have their case for naturalisation progressed, notwithstanding their inability to obtain a...
- Family Reunification Applications
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected status in respect of naturalisation or leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Visa Applications
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person's (details supplied) residency visa will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47570/17]
- Immigration Status
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a submission by a person (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47572/17]
- Leave to Remain
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 336 of 20 September 2017, if compassionate consideration will be given to offering leave to remain or...
- Naturalisation Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to granting naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Registration of Title
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the case of persons (details supplied) will be finalised with the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Transfers
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the prisoner transfer scheme following the Supreme Court judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turbary Rights
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location in which the turbary rights information for bogs is stored. [47347/17]
- Design and Crafts Council
133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role carried out by her Department in respect of crafts and persons that work in the craft area (details supplied); and if she...
- Departmental Funding
134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on further State funding for the event centre in Cork city. [47467/17]
- Special Areas of Conservation
135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent ESB actions on the walkways and hedgerows of the Gearagh SAC; the follow up actions she plans to ensure...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the changes she has sought to section 481; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47546/17]
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services
138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the Financial Emergency Measures in Public Interest cuts on general practices which has had a devastating...
- Fire Service
139. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Dublin Fire Brigade and ambulance situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47353/17]
- Hospital Overcrowding
140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the recent occurrence in Tallaght hospital in which 15 persons were waiting on trolleys for a hospital bed, some of them waiting over a day, in...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
141. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of individual procedures to date under the NTPF scheme. [47355/17]
- Medicinal Products Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health if a registry of the children affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome, also known as foetal valproate syndrome, during pregnancy will be established; and if...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
148. To ask the Minister for Health the views of the HSE and his Department when their attention was drawn to the fact that pregnant women were being prescribed sodium valproate without proper...
- Hospital Appointments Status
149. 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. [47365/17]
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47376/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
151. 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; and if he will make a...
- Occupational Therapy Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist assessment will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47378/17]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
153. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered for radiotherapy treatment at Altnagelvin area hospital, County Derry; and if he will make...
- Hospital Appointments Status
154. 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. [47381/17]
- Counselling Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health if counselling services are provided for persons that suffer a stroke, family members and carers in rehabilitation units which provide particular support for...
- Home Help Service Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home help hours will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); if the hours currently provided will be increased; and if he will make a...
- Patient Files
157. To ask the Minister for Health the correct procedure to be followed with regard to patient files; the category of person that can put information into such a file; the appropriate...
- Hospital Closures
158. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of Passage West health centre, County Cork [47403/17]
- Medical Card Data
161. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders are liable for charges for blood tests at their general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47409/17]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received information regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if his attention has been drawn to the urgency...
- Hospital Beds Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of beds in the stroke unit in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47420/17]
- Physiotherapy Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the physiotherapy deficit for stroke patients in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47421/17]
- Stroke Care
165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the early supported discharge for stroke patients in Beaumont hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47422/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
166. 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. [47427/17]
- Tobacco Control Measures
167. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to the recently published draft Implementing Acts with regard to the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40 EU track and trace articles 15...
- Hospital Appointments Status
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47432/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put a defibrillator in each school in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47434/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a CT scan in St James's hospital, Dublin 8. [47435/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. 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. [47436/17]
- Hospitals Building Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national forensic mental health service hospital at Portrane, County Dublin; when the construction of the hospital is due for...
- Disability Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the gold star disability project nationwide; his views on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47449/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, received from the mental health budget in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date...
- Home Help Service Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health if the allocated hours of home help service will be commenced for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/17]
- Disability Support Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age with severe physical disabilities that are living in their family home in which the family is in receipt of a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 3 October 2017 if a phased opening of closed beds at the inpatient unit at Linn Dara, Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10...
- Mental Health Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the way in which he will address the failures in reporting and managing incidents of sexualised behaviour within Roscommon mental health services;...
- Mental Health Services Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures in place to ensure that staff members within the HSE’s mental health services make decisions based on a clinical focus rather...
- Mental Health Services Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Health if a strategic plan or nursing strategy will be developed for mental health nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47484/17]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will delegate budget authority further down the structure of mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47485/17]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
183. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the options available to chemotherapy patients who request THC cannabis oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47486/17]
- Pharmacy Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a person's (details supplied) long-term illness card. [47488/17]
- Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47489/17]
- Nursing Home Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment can be rearranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person in...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
187. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can access a programme. [47495/17]
- Hospital Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health to describe the relationship between the report with his Department from the HSE on the future of accident and emergency services at the Midland Regional...
- Mental Health Services Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place for the regulation and oversight of community residences within the HSE’s mental health services; if he has satisfied himself that...
- Mental Health Services Report
192. To ask the Minister for Health when the first report on the progress of the implementation of the report into the Roscommon mental health services will be sent to the report’s...
- Home Help Service
193. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take in order to address the shortfall in home help hours in counties Laois and Offaly; the amount allocated under budget 2018 for home...
- HSE Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons on the waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy in counties Laois and Offaly; the waiting...
- Disability Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an assessment under the early intervention team in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of these that have been waiting over...
- Medicinal Products Availability
197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 July 2017, the status of the provision of the drug Spinraza to persons with muscular atrophy; and if he will...
- Disease Management
198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of smaller pieces of equipment and aids such as over bed tables which were previously supplied by the...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been on a waiting list for a long time without treatment. [47535/17]
- Medical Card Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47574/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
203. To ask the Minister for Health the changes introduced in budget 2018 with respect to the fair deal scheme; and the future treatment and possible discount on chargeable assets for farms and...
- HSE Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides funding for a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47607/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Grants
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the forestry applications with regard to an area (details supplied) in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; the size of each; and if he...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) under the knowledge transfer scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received the 75% advance of their 2016 single farm payment; if the payment issues...
- Agricultural Production Costs
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward at the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers on the need to reduce the cost of fertilisers; and if he...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons participating in the beef data genomics scheme who have completed a beef carbon navigator, by county; and if he...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of approved persons who have applied to the knowledge transfer group scheme under the rural development programme 2014 to...
- Laboratory Facilities
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the regional veterinary laboratories; and if all such laboratories will remain open. [47540/17]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly regarding GHG emissions in the agriculture sector. [47541/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest Exchequer returns for October 2017 showing that his Department’s spend to this point is €65...
- TAMS Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocation for TAMS II in 2017; and the expenditure realised to date. [47543/17]
- Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new hen harrier scheme; when details of the new scheme will be published and open for applications; when the first...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management Regulations
217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the current demarcation between a waste licence and a waste permit of 100,000 tonnes is due to be updated; if so,...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended to date on the energy refurbishment scheme for persons on fuel allowance that have respiratory...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when e-fibre broadband will be extended to an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Signage
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that Fáilte Ireland and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, adhere to an agreement reached with...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Invasive Plant Species
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to Kerry County Council to allow it to carry out treatment of Japanese knotweed along regional and local...
- Ports Traffic
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the volume of activity at Waterford Port in terms of goods in and out for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by year, in...
- Ports Development
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deepen the ports of Waterford or Rosslare; if a feasibility study has been done regarding costs and benefits; and if he will...
- Brexit Issues
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the ports of Rosslare and Waterford in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47418/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital funding application by a club (details supplied); when funding announcements will be made; and if he will...
- Rugby World Cup 2023
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the bid for the Rugby World Cup was weaker than other bids due to the lack of broadband...
- Road Safety
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Medical Bureau of Road Safety formally informed his predecessor regarding a matter (details supplied); if not, the reason...
- Rail Network
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47513/17]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services
235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the issues facing a centre (details supplied) with regard to funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Economic Growth Initiatives
236. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of proposals to establish the Atlantic economic corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47515/17]
- Leader Programmes Data
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts that have been signed under the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47522/17]
- Leader Programmes Administration
240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps undertaken by his Department to reduce the bureaucracy associated with the new Leader programme; the steps taken to monitor...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a charge of €100 for a community organisation in County Donegal that has a Tús participant working in the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
244. 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...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department and Tús do not inform employment support scheme participants of their entitlement to fuel...
- Family Income Supplement
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the detail of the family income supplement, FIS, scheme; and the families that are entitled to same. [47385/17]
- Social Insurance Data
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if contributions records requested by Deputies on behalf of persons who have no broadband or who are not familiar with...
- Social Welfare Appeals
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached in the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Driver Test
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the public services card is required as proof of identity to sit the driver theory test; if an in date passport...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the families and persons that are entitled to fuel allowance and the new telephone allowance. [47431/17]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies active on 31 December in each of the years since the payment was introduced to 2017,...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of applications for carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied). [47446/17]
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on farm assist would still qualify for the back to work enterprise allowance were they to participate on the...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when applications lodged for State pensions by persons (details supplied) will be processed; the reason for the non-granting...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of both domiciliary carer's allowance and a housing support payment (details supplied) in...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47476/17]
- Disability Allowance Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47477/17]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47478/17]
- Social Welfare Appeals
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47479/17]
- Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a conclusion was reached that a person (details supplied) is cohabiting; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been in receipt of a carer's allowance for some time to...
- JobPath Programme
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have received penalties in their social welfare payments as a result of non-compliance with the...
- State Pension (Contributory)
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the pensions report will be published (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47527/17]
- Citizen Information Services
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on consultations for MABS and Citizens Information Services in the context of restructuring plans by the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a social welfare appeal. [47551/17]
- Disability Allowance Payments
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualified for payment of disability allowance for six weeks after death with a view to meeting...
- Disability Allowance Applications
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for invalidity pension in view of their serious condition following a fire some...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the fact that they have submitted a reasonable...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a domiciliary care allowance declined at first instance; the number appealed; the outcome of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Sites Levy
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the increase to the vacant site levy from 3% to 7% announced on 10 October 2017 as part of the budget statement 2018 will...
- Housing Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer continued scope for recovery towards resolution of the housing...
- Housing Inspections
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on rental inspections in each of the years 2012 to 2016, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Accommodation Standards
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations or legislation to limit the number of persons permitted to occupy a bedroom or a property...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local authorities historically had or currently have interest rates on home loans that are linked to the ECB base rate...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation to underpin statutorily and regulate the work of housing voluntary bodies will be brought before the Houses...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average HAP payment issued by local authorities in 2017. [47389/17]
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing needs of persons on RAS are deemed to be met; if persons on RAS are still eligible for inclusion on local...
- Housing Data
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of RAS, HAP and privately owned SHCEP long-term lease tenancies inactive on 31 December or each year since each...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the income limits for eligibility for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Severe Weather Events Response
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the applications for storm relief funding that have been submitted by Cork County Council and Cork City Council; and the...
- Rent Controls
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to bring rents down to affordable levels for persons on low incomes, in particular in Dublin and...
- Mortgage Lending
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the anomaly whereby persons on certain social protection payments are excluded from...
- Homelessness Strategy
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken arising from recommendations of a review (details supplied) of homelessness services; and if he will...
- Land Availability
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the figures contained in the table 3 of the residential land availability survey 2014 for land owned by local...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
292. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to fill vacancies at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/17]
