Written answers
Thursday, 23 November 2017
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Local Enterprise Offices
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if enhanced resources will be provided to LEOs of Border counties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Ticket Touting
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to combat ticket touting; and her views on the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill...
- Brexit Issues
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if studies (details supplied) are on target to be completed before the end of 2017; the timeframe for the findings to be made...
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017 - 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Arms Trade
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date for the publication of the annual report on export licensing activity undertaken under the Control of Exports Act 2008 for the...
- Brexit Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the effects that Brexit will have on SMEs along the Border region; and if plans have been made to protect them. [49455/17]
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views regarding the CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada in respect of the possibility of undermining regulatory...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives her Department is putting in place to help support and grow current businesses and attract new enterprises to the areas...
- Brexit Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all planning and research work under way on the impact of Brexit on businesses and small and medium enterprises in...
- Industrial Development
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address the fact that the south-east region returns just 45% of the PAYE income tax per head (details supplied) as per the...
- Research Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of PRTLI funding will occur; if the PRTLI funding programme is not confirmed her plans to provide a successor...
- Job Creation Targets
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if areas continually affected by low income and deprivation are targeted in strategic planning and promotion of job creation; and if...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address the fact that, even though the south east has the highest unemployment figures in the country, only 31 site visits...
- Industrial Development
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to expand her Department's efforts and resources in terms of creating investment and business in the north County Meath...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for small and medium enterprises in view of the fact that the 2018 to 2020 expenditure report states the...
- Economic Competitiveness
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the negative reports internationally of Ireland's housing and rental market are impacting on the work of bringing...
- Economic Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to foster opportunities for indigenous and foreign direct investment here; the...
- Departmental Agencies
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to increase the staffing and budget allocations for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Irish...
- Regional Aid
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the EU regional aid status of Kells and north Meath granted in 2014 has had a positive impact in terms of local...
- IDA Ireland Jobs Data
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of newly created IDA supported jobs in County Wexford in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number of IDA site visits made...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on a trial (details supplied) will be published. [49594/17]
- Job Creation Targets
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the envisioned breakdown of the 35,000 planned new jobs by those coming from foreign direct investment, indigenous enterprises and...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the investor courts system contained in the CETA agreement between the EU and Canada with regard to the advantageous...
- Ministerial Travel
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on her recent trade and investment mission to the United Arab Emirates; the groups she met; the issues discussed;...
- Brexit Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans her Department is putting in place for businesses for the possibility of a no deal Brexit. [49573/17]
- Brexit Staff
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons in her Department and agencies under its aegis who are solely working on Brexit related matters; if she will...
- Brexit Documents
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication of all external reports commissioned by her Department since...
- Industrial Development
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targeted and strategic plan she has to attract the high value data management industry here in view of the attraction of Ireland to...
- Trade Strategy
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if officials in her Department have a role in monitoring developments on the concentrated effort of China opening its markets and...
- Gambling Legislation
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures taken under gambling legislation to monitor excessive in-game purchases for children under 18 years of age. [49687/17]
- Brexit Expenditure
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the spend on social media campaigns by her Department and the agencies under its aegis on issues related to Brexit; the spend by...
- Foreign Direct Investment
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she remains confident of this country’s ability to attract foreign direct investment here notwithstanding...
- Brexit Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she has put in place, or is putting in place, measures to offset the impact of Brexit here with particular...
- Industrial Development
49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which innovation remains an integral part of this country’s campaign to maximise its industrial impact in terms of...
- Trade Missions
50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which new trade deals have been entered into following recent promotional tours by herself and bodies under the aegis of...
- Trade Promotion
51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects innovation to continue to become a primary issue in the course of trade discussions, negotiations and...
- Job Creation
52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to encourage an even distribution of job creating investment throughout the regions with particular reference...
- Jobs Data
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created in 2016 in the indigenous sector; the number of such jobs created through foreign direct investment in the...
- Job Creation
55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which technology, education and the availability of suitable business and housing accommodation continue to be an issue...
- Enterprise Data
56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small job creating enterprises set up in the past 12 months; the number of jobs involved; the degree to which this...
- Economic Competitiveness
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied that this country continues to be an active location for indigenous and foreign direct...
- Knowledge Development Box
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the knowledge development box continues to be an asset in securing investment in jobs here; and if she will make a...
- Brexit Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to engage with investment and job creation interests in Northern Ireland with a view to maintaining...
- Economic Competitiveness
61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which this jurisdiction remains competitive and attractive for jobs in both the manufacturing and services sectors; and...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the staffing levels at the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority; if she is satisfied with the levels of staffing; if the...
- Legislative Programme
63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Second Stage of the Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill as referenced in the autumn legislative programme for 2017 is due...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA collates feedback from prospective clients following site visits; if commonalities in feedback regarding site visits are...
- IDA Ireland Expenditure
65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of spending from the IDA's capital budget spent on market analysis of property solutions in each of the years 2012 to 2016...
- Brexit Documents
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the research study commissioned by her Department, Sectoral Implications Arising from Brexit: Most Exposed Sectors, is due to be...
- Trade Agreements
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the latest Mercosur trade talks; and her plans to ensure that Irish farmers are protected and that beef does not form...
- Brexit Issues
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the plan for a rescue and restructure scheme for businesses here impacted by Brexit submitted to the Directorate General...
- Departmental Reports
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the titles of reports that her Department received in 2016 that have yet to be made public; and the reason each has not been published,...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on an investigation (details supplied) will be published....
- Department of Finance
- Interest Rates
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the costs of credit here compare with such costs throughout Europe, with particular reference to the need to ensure that industry here is able...
- Sovereign Debt
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to repay bilateral and other sovereign loans at an earlier date than scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49651/17]
- VAT Exemptions
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which an academy (details supplied) can get recognised in order not to charge VAT on its courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Rebates
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax deducted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49772/17]
- Tax Collection
77. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 16 November 2017, the penalties that will now apply to persons who come forward with a declaration after the 4 May...
- State Aid Investigations
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact with a company (details supplied) including details of meetings held and correspondence exchanged since 1 September 2017 in respect of the...
- Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the Central Bank's role in monitoring the methodology used by bank lenders, non-bank lenders and unregulated lenders to calculate mortgage arrears; the...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has undertaken reviews or investigations relating to the miscalculation of mortgage arrears in individual lenders or in the industry as a...
- Financial Services Ombudsman Data
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases taken to the Financial Services Ombudsman in each of the past four years regarding the miscalculation of mortgage arrears, the number that...
- Mortgage Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if legal proceedings have been taken place against the borrowers involved in the apparent miscalculation of mortgage arrears; if the borrowers have lost homes;...
- Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has authority to investigate and impose a fine on an unregulated loan owner in the event that the loan owner has miscalculated the amount...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
85. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish the actuarial report on the liquidation of a company (detail supplied); the estimate of the number of former policyholders of the company...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the partners from the commercial sector of the economy that are involved with the Office of Public Works in the...
- Garda Station Closures
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the tender process to prepare Stepaside Garda station for reopening will commence; the reason this process has been delayed; if...
- State Properties
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding lands at a location (details supplied) for which Fingal County Council sought a deed of waiver in order to...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement the Labour Court recommendation on the issue of pension rights for community employment supervisors; and if he...
- Office of Public Works Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a project (details supplied) will proceed to tender stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49804/17]
- Flood Relief Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if assistance for a person (details supplied) will be provided; if the OPW has visited the property; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Review
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that have taken place in his Department since June 2016 on restructuring the school transport scheme; his plans to reform the scheme;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49659/17]
- School Transport Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason appropriate school transport cannot be provided to persons (details supplied) in line with their health needs; and if he will make a...
- Minor Works Scheme
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will start issuing to schools. [49678/17]
- Education Policy
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the lack of STEM subjects available to female students in secondary schools; the barriers to entry for female...
- Departmental Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are streams of funding available through his Department that would deal with the eradication of Japanese knotweed on DEIS school...
- Site Acquisitions
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by pupils attending a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 ; if the site...
- School Accommodation Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/17]
- Legislative Process
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of drafting amendments to the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016; the timeframe for the completion of same; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects Status
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected commencement date for the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Capitation Grants
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 7 November 2017, if he has reviewed the level of disparity in funding arrangements between the three...
- Schools Building Projects Status
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49793/17]
- Broadband Service Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the roll-out of broadband to all schools has been completed; if not, the timeframe for all schools to be included; the percentage that have...
- Apprenticeship Data
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding process for the full duration of all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships; the breakdown of each separate funding stream...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Arms Trade
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 16 November 2017, if Ireland is in breach of the 2014 Arms Trade Treaty by continuing to permit...
- Brexit Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the spend on social media campaigns by his Department and the agencies under its aegis on issues related to Brexit; the spend by campaign...
- European Council Meetings
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent EU Council meeting on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49822/17]
- Northern Ireland
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have discussions resumed between the Irish and British Governments and the political parties in Stormont on the need to have...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Programme
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the concerns articulated by the IDA regarding the effect that the interception of postal packets and...
- Prisoner Releases
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the State for the day release of prisoners from the State's prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Policing Authority Administration
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Policing Authority has the necessary staffing resources and expertise in place to fully carry out...
- Garda Deployment
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 12 July 2017, if additional gardaí will be assigned to this division in view...
- Legislative Programme
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Succession Act 1965; his views on the entitlements of beneficiaries of wills here; the position...
- Wards of Court
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a system exists whereby a personal and dedicated advocate for the welfare and needs of a ward of court whose committee is...
- Immigration Status
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49712/17]
- Ministerial Meetings
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the United Kingdom, including the devolved administrations of Scotland and...
- Family Reunification Policy
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the parameters of the family reunification humanitarian programme; if Syrians living here for a number of...
- Property Registration Authority Administration
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 36 of 30 March 2017 and 83 of 22 February 2017, the backlog of land registry...
- Garda Resources
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of doubling the number of dogs available in the Garda dog unit; the estimated cost of doubling the number of...
- Deportation Orders
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis for the conclusion that it would be conducive to the common good to issue a deportation order in the case of a person...
- Immigration Status
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be clarified and resolved without delay; and if he...
- Naturalisation Applications
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new application for naturalisation will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Family Reunification Applications
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be...
- Residency Permits
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Support Services
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects asylum seekers will be granted the right to work; his plans to have restrictions on those who would qualify for...
- Courts Service Data
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that have come before the courts against persons for providing false or misleading evidence as part of an...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Waterways Ireland Remit
135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the flooding of Binn Bridge by Waterways Ireland in order to prevent homeless persons from...
- Ulster Canal Restoration Project
136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated in her Department's Estimates for 2017 for the restoration of the Ulster Canal; the expenditure to date in...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
138. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for hip surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49654/17]
- Medicinal Products Availability
139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to intervene to resolve the ongoing stand off between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in which 21 persons have the drug Respreeza available...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49657/17]
- Hospital Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dermatology services in Sligo University Hospital; if the service is still in operation; if not, the alternative arrangements that have been put...
- Hospital Appointments Status
142. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HSE equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49661/17]
- Diabetes Strategy
143. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the model of care for adults with type 1 diabetes which was due to be published in June 2016; when he expects the publication to be...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/17]
- Health Services Staff
145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being forced to retire when no contract of employment exists for them within the HSE. [49689/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a wheelchair in County Cork; and the waiting time for the provision of a wheelchair to a child under 16 years of age on medical...
- Hospital Appointments Status
148. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49696/17]
- Disability Services Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a new facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49699/17]
- Disability Support Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49700/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
153. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49709/17]
- Health Services Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding medical treatment for a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49727/17]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
155. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of a paediatric endocrinologist at University Hospital Waterford has been offered to a suitable person following recent advertising, interview...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
156. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49733/17]
- Disability Services Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between six and 18 years of age with disabilities, including autism, waiting in the Waterford area for child psychology services...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
158. To ask the Minister for Health if back surgery will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49748/17]
- Hospital Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a club (details supplied) in Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/17]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, since its establishment; the expenditure on patient care; the administration costs; the number...
- Disability Services Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to meet the needs of persons with intellectual disabilities as they get older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49794/17]
- General Medical Services Scheme
162. To ask the Minister for Health if dental services such as teeth cleaning are available under the medical card scheme. [49795/17]
- Health Services Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health when essential services will be restored in view of the ongoing needs of persons who have availed of a service (details supplied) up to recently; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for the procedure. [49803/17]
- Hospital Procedures
165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an independent review of the use of mesh implants; his further plans to hold a formal investigation into the concerns attributed to the use of...
- Departmental Strategies
168. To ask the Minister for Health the schedule for full implementation of the eHealth programme; the proposed funding allocation to ensure this happens; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
169. To ask the Minister for Health the systems in place for the oversight of the hospital consultant contracts; the accountability structures which exist to ensure compliance with this contract;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that are operating a single waiting list in public hospitals as provided for under the consultant contract; the reason hospital management is...
- Hospital Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of long-term residential beds at St. Joseph's Hospital in Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49820/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ANC and BPS payments will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if he will make...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on the TAMS tranche 8 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49679/17]
- Harbours and Piers
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources his Department dedicates to the removal of old boats; the powers local authorities possess in compelling the removal of...
- Pesticide Use
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the safety of the use of a product (details supplied) as a weedkiller in view of the recent controversy in renewing...
- Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to compensate persons impacted by the hen harrier designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/17]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a disadvantaged area payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49745/17]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fisheries Protection
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the compensation scheme for eel fisherman; if he will confirm that ESB management is engaging positively...
- Departmental Meetings
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he or officials in his Department have been in contact with mobile telephone providers; and the...
- Ministerial Meetings
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the United Kingdom in the past six months. [49714/17]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parking Regulations
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the persons entitled to a disabled person's parking permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49759/17]
- Rail Services
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the rail fare structures for fares from Newbridge and Kildare will be reviewed in view of the fact that they are significantly higher...
- Driver Test
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); the reason for the delay; his plans to reduce same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fáilte Ireland Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the level of funding allocated through Fáilte Ireland to County Longford for the purpose of promoting tourism within the county...
- Road Improvement Schemes
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Coughlanstown Road, Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, will be considered for national funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rugby World Cup 2023
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the bid for the Rugby World Cup has cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49672/17]
- Driver Licences
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by returned persons in exchanging their foreign driving licence for an...
- Road Projects
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49734/17]
- Appointments to State Boards
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the position of chair of a company (details supplied); the number of persons interviewed for this...
- National Car Test
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49796/17]
- Light Rail Projects Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which €100 million has been budgeted for the Luas green line projects; the purpose for which this additional funding...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the youth services that are available in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49729/17]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
209. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to review the need for a 20% drawdown of town and village scheme moneys before the end of 2017 due to delays with tenders;...
- Community Banking
210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress as committed to under the programme for Government to investigate the German Sparkassen model for the development of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a...
- Social Insurance Data
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the PRSI record of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49736/17]
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement the Labour Court recommendation on the issue of pension rights for community employment supervisors;...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review regarding the payment of rent allowance in respect of a property (details supplied); the reason...
- Free Travel Scheme
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will grant free travel passes to all children who are in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance and have to travel...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Schemes
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if teeth cleaning performed by a dental hygienist as distinct from a dentist is covered under the dental benefit scheme....
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Data
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units directly built and expected to be built in each local authority area in each of the years 2015 to...
- Planning Guidelines
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the wording has changed in the national planning guidelines 2020 to 2040; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016 is now complete; his plans to introduce changes to the scheme; if...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the anomaly whereby the maximum HAP allocation is between 23% and 47% less than the average rental price...
- Local Authority Housing
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 7 November 2017, the criteria used to classify voids. [49710/17]
- Seaweed Harvesting Licences
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the licensing of mechanical harvesting of seaweed and kelp in the Bantry Bay area; and the policy in...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 15 November 2017, the meaning of his statement with regard to advance funding in...
