Written answers
Thursday, 30 November 2017
- Department of Finance
- Corporation Tax Regime
10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the future of Ireland's corporation tax rate; if it has been discussed at recent EU Council meetings. [50539/17]
- Banking Sector
11. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department’s work with the Department of Rural and Community Development on the public banking investigation; and if he will make a...
- US Tax Reform
13. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential effects of President Trump’s threatened big border tax on Irish companies in the United States if they expand manufacturing facilities...
- Motor Insurance Costs
15. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the second phase of the cost of insurance working group in relation to employer liability and public liability; when the working group will come...
- NAMA Staff Data
16. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of NAMA staff that have taken voluntary redundancy to date in 2017; the number of staff expected to take voluntary redundancy in 2018 and 2019; his...
- Property Tax Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cross departmental group that is reviewing the local property tax is considering including demographic changes following the publication of the census...
- Corporation Tax Regime
18. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the legislation change which allowed the deferring of tax assets against future profits by banks is having a negative impact on the...
- Universal Social Charge Application
19. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to correct the anomaly that sees pre-95 public sector pensioners pay the universal social charge on all their income while all other persons on the...
- Legal Proceedings
20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a date for an appeal (details supplied); if the appeal will be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50880/17]
- Economic Data
21. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which all economic indicators are positively aligned to maximum economic benefit for the State over the next five years; and if he will make a...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding being provided by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; his plans to review the aims of the Strategic Banking Corporation of...
- Motor Insurance Costs
24. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the rising cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50714/17]
- State Aid Investigations
25. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) provided some or all of the fines levied by the EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50717/17]
- EU Budget Contribution
26. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated likely higher contributions to the EU in view of the forecast increase in GNP over the next ten years; if he has studied the impact of our...
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
27. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50712/17]
- Credit Union Restructuring
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department’s work in respect of the restructuring of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50877/17]
- Insurance Coverage
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of negotiations with an organisation (details supplied) regarding flood cover particularly in Dublin 1 and 3 in which flood cover is extremely...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure that the film tax relief scheme is been properly administered and is not being abused by companies in relation to the use of...
- Departmental Functions
31. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to implement the actions attributed to his Department under the measures to enhance the States corporate, economic and regulatory...
- Paradise Papers.
33. To ask the Minister for Finance if wrongdoing occurred in relation to Irish persons or companies in view of the work undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners to determine the publication of...
- Motor Insurance Costs
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to address the substantial loadings being put on the insurance costs for both young and older persons and the refusal of some companies...
- Insurance Costs
37. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure the cost of insurance working group schedule does not slip further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50881/17]
- Financial Services Sector
38. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 24 October 2017, the progress of his examination; if an appropriate framework is in place, to allow persons a...
- EU Budget Contribution
39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report to Dáil Éireann on Ireland's contribution to the EU budget in 2017; the likely trends in this expenditure in each of the years 2018...
- Vehicle Registration
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for redesignation of vehicles for VRT purposes from category B (commercial) to category A (passenger) in the Finance Act 2017; and if he will...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of tracker mortgage complaints particularly for mortgage holders that have been waiting months for an update and a review; and if he...
- Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
42. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with the cross border smuggling of illicit products such as tobacco and diesel; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Costs
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of older persons that find themselves facing a choice between huge increases in premiums or a loss of...
- National Debt Servicing
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of expenditure on national debt interest payments in 2017; the projections for this expenditure in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the provision his...
- Electric Vehicles
45. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the BIK exemption for three years for electric cars to ensure confidence for persons deciding to purchase cars. [50722/17]
- Banking Sector
46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on developing a public banking model here similar to the model (details supplied) in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50799/17]
- Licensed Moneylenders
47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for legislation to set a cap on the interest rate that can be charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/17]
- Banking Sector
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the diminution of banking services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50715/17]
- Brexit Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department have identified and prepared for the economic impact of Brexit; his plans to put in place measures to offset the most...
- Stamp Duty
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the grounds on which the increase in commercial stamp duty will be sustainable; the expected revenue achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tracker Mortgage Examination Data
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of accounts affected by the tracker mortgage scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/17]
- Rental Sector
52. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.123 of 14 November 2017, the measures he is taking to address this difference; and if he will make a statement on the...
- European Banking Authority
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department had in Ireland's bid for the European Banking Authority and his engagements with other European leaders on Ireland's bid. [50203/17]
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank is sufficiently empowered to identify all persons affected by the tracker mortgage scandal as part of its...
- European Court of Justice Rulings
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in setting up the escrow account for the money owed by a company (details supplied); when it will be established; when the Commission's...
- Brexit Issues
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of discussions his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland and Britain in relation to the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has satisfied himself that sufficient personnel and resources have been provided by the State to the Irish Auditing and...
- Intellectual Property Management
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in ratifying the Beijing Treaty which would provide economic rights in respect of intellectual property rights...
- Department of Finance
- State Aid Investigations
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his dealings to date with the EU director general for competition with regard to a State aid complaint regarding the use of NAMA funding for residential and...
- Stability and Growth Pact
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise the State's policy of adhering to EU fiscal rules under the stability and growth pact due to the urgent need for infrastructure investment...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed HBFI fund of €750 million announced in budget 2018; and when it will open to persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department has put in place appropriate measures to minimise the impact of Brexit on the financial services here and the economy in...
- Economic Growth
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that this economy remains competitive in all aspects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51311/17]
- Mortgage Interest Rates
69. To ask the Minister for Finance when mortgage interest rates here might be aligned with those throughout Europe; the reason this has not been possible to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which adequate working capital remains available to small and medium enterprises with particular reference to the need to ensure the protection...
- Financial Services Regulation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor the activities of unregulated third parties that have acquired distressed loans and mortgages from banks and...
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps likely to be taken to address the increasingly aggressive attitude of primary and secondary lenders that have consistently met their payments to the...
- National Debt Servicing
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the EU to support the State's strategy in relation to the repayment of debt and loans outstanding from the economic crisis; and...
- Fiscal Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected figures for net fiscal space in each of the years 2019 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51339/17]
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of increasing the year limit for the special assignee relief programme from five to ten years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Universal Social Charge Data
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year costs of decreasing the non-PAYE USC surcharge from 3% to 2%, to 1%, to nil, respectively; the estimated number of persons affected by...
- Tax Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of self employed persons that will benefit from an increase in the earned income tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51344/17]
- Deposit Interest Rates
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing exit tax on life assurance policies from 41% to 39%; the estimated cost each year of linking the exit tax to DIRT reductions...
- Tax Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of creating a childcare support tax credit for parents of €2,000, €4,000, €6,000 and €8,000 respectively; and if...
- Fiscal Data
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost that is included in the fiscal space for mortgage interest relief in each year to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51349/17]
- Universal Social Charge Data
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing USC for each person earning under €60,000, €70,000, €80,000, €90,000 and €100,000,...
- Tax Reliefs Data
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of increasing the lifetime limit for the capital gains tax entrepreneurial relief from €1 million to €15 million;...
- VAT Rate Increases
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of increasing the farmers' flat rate addition from 5.4% to 6%, to 6.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51353/17]
- Tax Data
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of increasing the group A CAT threshold from €310,000 to €320,000, €330,000, €340,000 and...
- Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Central Bank's invigilation of the management of mortgage arrears by sub-prime lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of restoring pensions in full for retired public sector workers by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of pay equalisation for new entrants in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51360/17]
- Public Service Stability Agreement
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the public service stability agreement; the cost each year; the impact on the fiscal space in each year covered by...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the scheduled meeting of the community sector high level forum took place on 23 November 2017; the progress made at this meeting to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51285/17]
- Ministerial Functions
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times he has been requested to act in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of the Education Act 1998 at the request of a...
- School Management
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that must be followed when a complaint is made in relation to an individual board member by a school board of management to a...
- School Transport
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself that the location of a school transport pick-up-drop-off point (details supplied) provides no health and safety risk...
- School Transport Eligibility
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51327/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51331/17]
- School Management
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if another mechanism exists for the removal of an individual member of a board of management of a primary school aside from the provisions set...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ministerial Meetings
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had engagement with the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland recently. [49003/17]
- Brexit Negotiations
105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received briefings on the Brexit negotiations from Michel Barnier or his officials recently. [49292/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Direct Provision System
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to serious issues at a direct provision centre (details supplied); and the steps he will take...
- Magdalen Laundries Report
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will accept the criticisms and recommendations of the Ombudsman report opportunity lost into the Magdalen...
- Immigration Policy
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when changes were made last to the conditions of eligibility for a class 3 visa; the changes made to these conditions; the...
- Garda Operations
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda HGV checkpoints that have been carried out on Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 to date in 2017; the...
- Garda Commissioner Appointment
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements being made to recruit a new commissioner of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the announcement in November 2017 by the acting Garda Commissioner that no person is to be held accountable for...
- Residency Permits
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) that wishes to have the appropriate residency...
- Immigration Status
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached in the case of a person (details supplied) whose case is being considered under section 3(6) of...
- Naturalisation Applications
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Immigration Status
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to regularisation of their status; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Immigration Status
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to recent correspondence that issued in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will confirm receipt of...
- Residency Permits
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of residency in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Sites
128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the historic Ivy Market building on Frances Street, Dublin 8 is a listed building; if it is a protected structure; the owner of...
- Heritage Projects
129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding has been committed to progress the installation and construction of a sea wall and associated coastal defences at...
- Creative Ireland Programme
131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has examined a report by an organisation (details supplied); the extent to which she expects to address the issues raised...
- Broadcasting Sector
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she has been consulted by RTÉ in relation to the review of RTÉ’s orchestral provision 2018 to...
- Arts Council Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Arts Council is giving consideration to policies that would link the awarding of grant funding to the implementation of...
- Broadcasting Sector
134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consideration that has been given to the inclusion of the RTÉ concert orchestra and RTÉ national symphony orchestra...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Contracts
135. To ask the Minister for Health the changes he is considering regrading the reversal of FEMPI based cuts to general practitioner funding. [51410/17]
- Occupational Therapy Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapist assessment for a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51249/17]
- Nursing Home Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of long term residential care at a facility (details supplied); if bed capacity reductions are being considered as part of these...
- Hospital Appointments Status
140. 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. [51259/17]
- Stroke Care
141. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 9 November 2017, the details of the working group set up by the national stroke programme to develop guidelines in...
- HSE Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a person (details supplied) ceased employment as the Health Service Executive's assistant national director for older persons. [51263/17]
- Stroke Care
143. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the working group set up by the national stroke programme to develop guidelines in relation to mood in stroke; the timeframe for the completion...
- Health Screening Programmes
146. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to introduce a national screening programme for atrial fibrillation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51267/17]
- General Practitioner Contracts
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions as part of the negotiation of the new general practitioner contract to introduce opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation in...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
150. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on recruitment for early supported discharge staff in line with increasing capacity in the three operational locations; the further progression on...
- Stroke Care
152. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration being given to the expansion of thrombectomy in the national service plan; the actions being taken to advance the recommendations of the...
- Hospital Services
153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address infrastructural and equipment issues in relation to the provision of thrombectomy services in Beaumont Hospital; the level of capital...
- Health Service Capacity Review
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health service capacity review; the timeframe for publication of the review and its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Administration
157. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51284/17]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
158. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation for a person (details supplied) in St James's hospital will be scheduled. [51286/17]
- Disability Support Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in opening a care association (details supplied); the timeframe for its occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Care Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy position has now been agreed in respect of the status of the loco parentis policy in relation to the current HSE review of care services and...
- Respite Care Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health if the operational appraisal into the Ballyshannon campus site in County Donegal to examine respite service provision options within CHO1 and as requested by...
- Health Services Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists appointments an elderly person is entitled to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51337/17]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
164. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of restoring section 39 grants to pre-2008 levels in order to account for pay restoration in section 39 health organisations; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Health the savings from cutting the grants to section 39 organisations since 2008; the amount by which these grants have been restored; the estimated cost of...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
166. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring nursing and midwifery allowances by July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51361/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
167. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE recently met with the company that manufactures the drug respreeza; if arrangements have now been put in place with the company and the HSE to...
- Medicinal Products Supply
168. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE quota of the dispensary of medical stockings can be raised from two to four in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to free glasses from an optician. [51376/17]
- Emergency Departments Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for trauma care in the emergency departments of hospitals in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51379/17]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the filling of a vacancy in a community hospital (detailed supplied) in view of the difficulties being experienced by those that avail...
- Departmental Properties
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of domestic properties purchased by his Department in County Wexford: the amount paid for the properties; the current usage of each; the purpose for...
- Hospitals Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.971 of 17 January 2017, the status of the provision of promised funding for St. James's Hospital narcolepsy service; when...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
174. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent media programme (details supplied) which reported on a number of consultants that were found not to be in compliance with their contacts,...
- Nursing Home Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health the year, name and location of the public nursing homes that have closed each year from 2005 to 2013, respectively, in tabular form [51411/17]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) which is being withheld due to a departmental error; and if he will...
- Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the hen harrier scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/17]
- Horse Racing Ireland Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 354 and 359 of 14 November 2017, his views on the fact that public funds are channelled to...
- Common Fisheries Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the practice of pair trawling will cease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51371/17]
- Aquaculture Licences
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the recommendations of the review of the aquaculture licence will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has not achieved the targets set out in Food Harvest 2020 and has seen a decline of 6.3%; and if he will...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the full sheep welfare payment; when the payment will be issued; and if he...
- Traveller Projects Funding
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated for Traveller horse projects nationally; the funding that was provided for Traveller horse projects in County...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fishing Industry
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to change the regulations that ban diving for scallops as a method of harvesting them, as opposed to dredging...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to allow outdoor staff working in an organisation (details supplied) to continue working until they are 66...
- Environmental Protection Agency Staff
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the term of office of the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency; the recruitment process when the...
- Broadband Service Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 16 November 2017, the interim solutions he will put in place to ensure...
- Broadcasting Sector
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the review of RTÉ’s orchestral provision 2018 to 2023 which is underway; his further views on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Harbours and Piers Maintenance
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources his Department dedicates to the removal of old boats, specifically at a harbour (details supplied); the powers local...
- Road Projects
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an underground path for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51260/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme grants will be allocated; and the criteria that will be adopted to determine the allocation and...
- Bus Éireann Services
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann plans to withdraw bus services from a number of national routes. [51279/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a club (details supplied) will be awarded sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51280/17]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the development of the N4 at Cloncoose, Longford in view of the fact that farm owners have had land frozen for a number of...
- Dublin Airport Authority
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a tender for car valeting awarded by the DAA in August 2016; the criteria outlined for the tender; the...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve infrastructure for cyclists using the route from Ashtown, Dublin 15 into the city centre in which widening work and...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a club (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected under...
- Road Improvement Schemes
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on pedestrian infrastructure in each year since 2011. [51363/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that his Department has spent on sports capital grants since 2011. [51364/17]
- Public Transport
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to tackle the lack of public transport options for school students in the Clonskeagh and Goatstown area of Dublin, particularly...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's capital expenditure in each year since 2011. [51365/17]
- Child Care Services Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on non-contact hours, by service type in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [51366/17]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Insurance
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the self employed PRSI that would be due for 2016 from a person that was on a rural social scheme during that year and that...
- Disability Allowance Applications
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51252/17]
- Carer's Allowance Payments
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of care's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the incident of Intreo personnel sending an official letter to a person (details supplied) placing an onus on...
- Social Welfare Complaints Procedures
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which the social welfare investigative officer in undated correspondence to a person (details supplied) made a...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benifit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Widow's Pension Appeals
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 19 October 2017, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in...
- Disability Allowance Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if fuel allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) are being paid as two single persons and not as a married couple; if she will review...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Electoral Reform
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations for Dáil Éireann constituencies in the...
- Water Services
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been reached in relation to the implementation of measures to ensure equitable treatment of persons and...
