Written answers

Tuesday, 5 December 2017

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Resources
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra investment being made in Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2018. [51704/17]
    • Garda Deployment
      50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to dedicated drugs units in each division; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to ring-fencing unspent funding from community CCTV to establishing Garda CCTV cameras on the...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the effectiveness of the community CCTV scheme in view of the fact that to date there have only been six...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from the legal team of a Garda whistleblower in the Athlone district; if his Department has...
    • Garda Overtime
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the decision to cancel Garda overtime in the Dublin metropolitan region for the remainder of 2017; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on anti-social and careless driving instances, including so-called "boy racing" and "joy-riding" around the...
    • Prison Service
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that services available to prisoners who have served their sentence and have been released are not made available to...
    • Restorative Justice
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the system of restorative justice which was piloted in areas of the State has been considered for expansion; and if he will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he is satisfied that the Charleton tribunal will receive all the documents, memos, emails, letters and other...
    • Garda Strength
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Tipperary as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí...
    • Departmental Reviews
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to deal with issues in his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Resources
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra funding is being allocated to Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda Division in 2018. [51705/17]
    • Garda Strength
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Limerick as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Traveller Community
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he plans to take further to the recommendations of the Ombudsman’s report on the Magdalen restorative justice...
    • Protected Disclosures
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the protection provided to persons making protected disclosures in An Garda Síochána; the...
    • Garda Strength
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Wexford as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Prisoner Releases
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration that has been given to the provision a transition centre for exonerated persons; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in north Cork as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the...
    • Garda Stations
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that agreement will be reached to reopen Rush Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Policing Authority
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the work of the Policing Authority to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51745/17]
    • Policing Issues
      73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which policing methods here are in line with best practice internationally, with particular reference to the need...
    • Community Alert Programme
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to support community alert schemes from a financial aspect regarding the costs of the text scheme. [51497/17]
    • Garda Investigations
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the internal Garda review into the Jobstown protest investigation; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Mayo as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the...
    • Garda Operations
      77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if disciplinary action will be taken against the 14 chief superintendents who did not respond to the then assistant...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department received a list of 107 women in the Galway Magdalen laundry in 1952 from the diocese of Galway in 2014 after...
    • Garda Strength
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Waterford as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department has not published the review of the immigrant investor programme; if he will publish this review; and...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an investigation into the non-transference of documents relevant to the disclosures tribunal; his views on...
    • Direct Provision System
      82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it regrettable that it is a Supreme Court challenge which is granting adults in direct provision the...
    • Garda Strength
      83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Kildare as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a system in which the victims of crime receive compensation from perpetrators; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Direct Provision System
      85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a recent review of direct provision as a model; his plan to review same in the near future; and if he will...
    • Garda Strength
      86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Clare as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Community Policing
      87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí in the service of An Garda Síochána, in each of the past seven years;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to allow groups of persons who have been wronged to take collective action cases in the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available to ensure education and rehabilitative training in respect of all...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that transcripts delivered to GSOC on its investigation into certain matters arising from the O'Higgins...
    • Garda Overtime
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the difficulties which have arisen in Dublin due to the overtime budget of the gardaí having been...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a recent review of the Garda youth diversion project as a model; if not, if he will examine same; if there is...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if some of the 500 civilian staff who will support the redeployment of gardaí to front-line policing in 2018 will be...
    • Proposed Legislation
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the right to work will be restricted for refugees in terms of the category of work and or timeframes; and the...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to the best form of study to establish the true level of sexual violence in the State; and if he...
    • Garda Strength
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in west Cork as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the...
    • Courts Staff Recruitment
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when county registrars will be appointed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon in view of the fact that the positions have...
    • Garda Strength
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim as of 1 November 2017; the number of community...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he, former Ministers in his Department, or senior Department staff had contact with the Director of Public Prosecutions or...
    • Garda Strength
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Louth as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for constitutional referenda in 2018. [47720/17]
    • Stardust Fire
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on when he and the Taoiseach will be meeting representatives from an organisation (details supplied); and if...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have gained employment as a result of the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the proposed new Macroom Garda station; when it will to go to tender; the timeframe for construction; and if he...
    • Garda Operations
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the contacts his Department has had with An Garda Síochána on Operation Mizen will be published; and if he will...
    • Garda Stations
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the acquisition and selection of a site for the new Garda regional headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the progress of the refugee programme and the work being carried out on the integration and welfare of...
    • Garda Data
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and position of gardaí and community gardaí stationed in the Dublin metropolitan region west in each of...
    • Wards of Court
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the ward of court system is operating effectively for the benefit of wards; the progress on reform of...
    • Garda Strength
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Kerry as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Garda Reserve
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves who have been recruited to date in 2017; the number of Garda Reserves and the number of Garda...
    • Immigration Data
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum and immigration cases that are being held up or pending approval while awaiting the judgment of the appeal...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach the number of active enterprises by size (details supplied); and the number of persons engaged in each such size category in each of the years 2005 to 2015 in tabular...
    • Departmental Functions
      118. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department has in respect of the Central Statistics Office. [51713/17]
    • European Council Meetings
      119. To ask the Taoiseach the agenda of the December 2017 European Council meeting. [51714/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied). [51444/17]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      121. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had recent contact with the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and other members of the European Council. [51767/17]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      122. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number that were...
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the submissions made by him to the British Government concerning the A5 project in particular the phase 1a section of the road project beyond Sion Mills which will...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings he has had with his counterparts regarding the need to conclude definitively all issues relating to the need to avoid a border...
    • Departmental Funding
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51438/17]
    • Passport Controls
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at Faro Airport in Portugal Irish tourists are required to go through separate passport...
    • Passport Applications
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria required for a UK citizen to obtain an Irish passport (details supplied). [51620/17]
    • Brexit Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent proposals outlined by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the establishment of a new customs arrangement...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted;...
    • EU Meetings
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to attend a planned meeting between EU foreign affairs ministers and the Israeli Prime Minister which is due to take place in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Funding
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51437/17]
    • State Pensions
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) applying for the contributory or non-contributory State pension are ineligible if their taxes to Revenue are not fully up to...
    • Credit Union Lending
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions operating under lending restrictions; the number of credit unions with restrictions on lending to persons; the aggregate monthly...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to revisit a penalty imposed on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51557/17]
    • Tax Avoidance
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the investigations he has undertaken or plans to take on the use by a company (details supplied) that has actively engaged in tax avoidance activities; and if...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the high rates of interest on variable mortgages in comparison with the rest of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Tax Assessments
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/17]
    • State Claims Agency
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if personnel employed by the State Claims Agency branch of the National Treasury Management Agency are eligible for bonus payments; and if so, the way in...
    • Brexit Issues
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent proposals outlined by a group (details supplied) on the establishment of a new customs arrangement between Britain and the EU; and if...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number of...
    • Public Private Partnerships Cost
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost profile of each public private partnership project; and the balance between construction and maintenance costs for each project in view of the...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes introduced to the criteria for qualification for tax relief in respect of third level fees in each of the years since 2004, in tabular form. [51921/17]
    • Personal Insolvency Arrangements
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are prepared to facilitate a suitable deferred payment arrangement in the case of a person (details supplied) whereby they...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if a property (details supplied) in County Cork qualifies under the help-to-buy scheme. [51983/17]
    • VAT Rate Application
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the VAT rate on a defibrillator in order to make this life saving piece of equipment more affordable for local voluntary groups to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a final response will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51827/17]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to publish the cost-benefit analysis of existing public private partnership projects; and the criteria used to select them as...
    • Public Spending Code
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to complete a review of the public spending code and introduce an infrastructure projects unit within his Department as...
    • National Investment Plan
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the proposed ten year national investment plan for 2018 to 2027 will be published; the main elements of infrastructural development...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the full surveys that have been carried out on ongoing flooding issues in Castleplunket, County Roscommon; and if he...
    • Public Sector Pay
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected cost of public sector pay for the two years after the new deal expires in 2020. [51462/17]
    • Public Sector Standards Commissioner
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the establishment and annual costs associated with the Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner. [51518/17]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the announcement of €10 million for the Crossmolina flood relief channel will be confirmed; the next steps for this project as...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time a property (details supplied) has been vacant for. [51759/17]
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time or equivalent personnel in the civil service, by grade (details supplied). [51780/17]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or...
    • Office of Public Works Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of outsourcing the collection of admission fees at Garnish Island, County Cork, to a private company; the savings this makes...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Costs
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost over four years of training each pre-registration direct-entry midwifery student to completion of their degree. [51483/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51435/17]
    • Minor Works Scheme
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51464/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if plans for the project are at planning permission stage; the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI grants apply to students attending Bray Institute of Further Education. [51504/17]
    • School Transport Provision
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied); the steps that have been taken to provide same. [51506/17]
    • Psychological Assessments
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments completed under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments for the academic year 2016-2017 for which...
    • DEIS Status
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Sligo was not included in the DEIS programme; the reason the school's appeal has never been...
    • State Examinations Appeals
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the independent appeals scrutineers have dealt with all of the appeals received in respect of leaving certificate points achieved in 2017; the...
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the professional development service for teachers to review the level of continuous professional development for teachers of...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale of appointing a primary school board of management as the main contractor in a Department-funded school refurbishment project and...
    • Cruinnithe an Aire
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuair sé comhfhreagras ó scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) ina bhfuil cruinniú á lorg...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place regarding proof of address for independent students applying for the SUSI grant in view of the predominance of precarious...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation in County Cork whereby children in special class placements are not entitled to access to transport with an escort...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of substitute teachers in guidance, modern languages, Irish and home economics specifically. [51596/17]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide cover for teachers taken out of the system to train for the new junior certificate. [51597/17]
    • Public Sector Allowances
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a rent allowance scheme similar to that of An Garda Síochána for teachers living in Dublin. [51598/17]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to incentivise rather than punish retired teachers who can help alleviate the substitute teacher shortage. [51599/17]
    • DEIS Applications
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) located in south-west County Donegal has failed to obtain DEIS status; the way in which each of the feeder...
    • Schools Establishment
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the provision of a new primary school for Swords, County Dublin, in view of the fact that the existing primary schools are at...
    • DEIS Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) does not qualify for DEIS status; the options available for the school to pursue DEIS status; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure SNA hours are maintained for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51761/17]
    • School Funding
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51774/17]
    • Institutes of Technology
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 28 November 2017, the exact date of publication of the GMIT working group's final report; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports or resources available for primary schools to address behavioural issues in a school setting in the absence of special needs...
    • Schools Administration
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance his Department gives to schools regarding uniform and bathroom policies for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Curriculum
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the public consultation on the SPHE curriculum; if it will be informed by equality based civic society groups, such as LGBT or...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51888/17]
    • Child Protection
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a complaint by a person (details supplied) submitted to his Department in 2014; the progress that has been made with regard to the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services in place through the residential institutions redress unit for spouses or family members of those who are victims of abuse; and if...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices at the end of November 2017. [51948/17]
    • School Catchment Areas
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas covered by each of the 314 school planning areas; the boundaries of each of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • SOLAS Expenditure
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's expenditure in the adult education sector over the past five years; the projected additional funding to be provided to the adult...
    • Site Acquisitions
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a post-primary school (details supplied); if the site acquisition been confirmed; the scheduled opening date; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify if there are outstanding issues or if further information is required regarding the progress and upgrade of a school (details...
    • Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Department of the Taoiseach's strategy statement and its commitment to meet the demographic challenges in higher...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an on-site meeting with the Office of Public Works to give further consideration to the report on the structure of...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified, in view of the fact that 3 December 2017...
    • Departmental Funding
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the remit of Operation Gull; the amount of Garda resources allocated to same; the number of persons that have been detained as...
    • Probate Applications
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects probate to be granted in a case (details supplied). [51458/17]
    • Garda Communications
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he did not inform the Taoiseach regarding the former Garda Commissioner's legal strategy in a case (details...
    • Coroners Service
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of coroners who are registered medical doctors. [51476/17]
    • Irish Prison Service
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 17 October 2017, the reason the person has not received payment for days (details...
    • Asylum Applications
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to a request for a transfer to individual accommodation for a person (details supplied) on...
    • Family Reunification Policy
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the more than 500 family reunification cases recently announced to be accepted will work with regard to the...
    • Wards of Court
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding for an office (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51541/17]
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are restrictions on a person naturalised through marriage who subsequently divorces and naturalises another person...
    • Visa Applications
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a visa will be reviewed and processed as appropriate in the case of a person (details supplied); the next...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 21 November 2017, the steps being taken to have CCTV cameras erected on motorways...
    • Immigration Controls
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further immigration control officers will be recruited due to the ongoing shortage at Dublin Airport; the number of...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department did not provide full disclosure of all relevant documentation and emails to the disclosures tribunal;...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full opinion from counsel, in addition to the ministerial letter, will be issued to the 320 persons who had complaints...
    • Garda Recruitment
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the process will begin for selecting and appointing a Garda inspector to Gort Garda station as part of the Loughrea...
    • Garda Retirements
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if superannuation deductions are payable in respect of serving members of An Garda Síochána who have completed the...
    • Garda Strength
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Galway as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in...
    • Housing Management Companies
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to introduce legislation to regulate private management companies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Releases
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the remit of services available for guilty prisoners on release to be made available to innocent persons on...
    • Miscarriages of Justice
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish an independent criminal cases review commission similar to that in operation in Norway to examine cases...
    • Garda Overtime
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason overtime for gardaí in Dublin has been rescinded for the rest of 2017; his plans to ensure that overtime is...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully...
    • Prison Drug Treatment Services
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts to introduce therapeutic communities and drug free service facilities to prisons here; if he will engage...
    • Garda Vetting
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have their spent convictions cleared by the Garda National Vetting Bureau; and if he will...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees resettled and relocated here in view of the fact that the former Minister for Justice and Equality in...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the operation of the Charleton liaison committee; his further views on whether it should continue to operate...
    • Garda Operations
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been an assessment or audit of the costs that the almost 2 million false breath tests have had on the Garda...
    • Ministerial Communications
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the email accounts of his predecessor and her special advisers were examined as part of the trawl for documents relevant to...
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the opinion from counsel on findings of the 320 cases that precipitated establishment of the independent review...
    • Departmental Reform
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or a previous Minster for Justice and Equality required the review group of the Toland report to assume this monitoring...
    • Prisoner Health
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in relation to health care in prisons with particular reference to the action taken by each prison following...
    • Inspector of Prisons Reports
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address points in the Inspector of Prisons Annual Report 2015 and 2016 in relation to concerns regarding the use...
    • Protected Disclosures
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an allegation of senior gardaí in Blanchardstown perverting the course of justice as a...
    • Garda Strength
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí available for duty throughout the country in each of the past seven years to date in 2017; the extent...
    • Garda Deployment
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he expects extra gardaí to be deployed to the various stations throughout County Kildare over the...
    • Garda Training
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Garda training here remains on par with best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Organised Crime
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which he remains satisfied that adequate resources continue to be made available for combatting organised crime...
    • Courts Service Administration
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the delays in the courts have been resolved or are under resolution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Data
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners incarcerated in all facilities throughout the country; the number on parole, special or day release,...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which first time offenders have early access to education and rehabilitative training in the various prisons...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which various Garda stations throughout the country require replacement, improvement or other upgrading; the...
    • Gangland Crime
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal gang members in prison, on parole or on bail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52043/17]
    • Garda Equipment
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate provision continues to be made to ensure the availability of the most sophisticated technology to...
    • Policing Authority Remit
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the statutory powers of the Policing Authority. [52049/17]
    • Garda Reserve
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of Garda reservists to police rural crime. [52050/17]
    • Departmental Functions
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific measures that have been undertaken to separate the security and intelligence provision of his Department from...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times he has met with officers of An Garda Síochána in the past six months in which divisions,...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department did not provide full disclosure of all relevant documentation and emails to the disclosures tribunal;...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Funding
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided by her Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Creation Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs created in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target numbers for each of the...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs created in each the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target numbers for...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office supported jobs created in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target...
    • Youth Enterprise Initiatives
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the Ireland’s best young entrepreneurs awards in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the amount of...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 budget allocation for each office and agency under the remit of her Department, in tabular form. [51566/17]
    • Gift Vouchers Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of gift vouchers sold on an annual basis in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or...
    • Workplace Safety
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to make changes in legislation that would give rights to employees in circumstances in which there is status red weather...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department is accessing supports for Irish SMEs through the European fund for strategic investment and the...
  • Department of Health
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the St James's Hospital national narcolepsy service has been included in the Estimates 2018 process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      301. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [51426/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51439/17]
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints to an organisation (details supplied) regarding workplace bullying that were lodged by nursing and midwifery staff working in the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide 24/7 mental health services in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51455/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken on foot of a report (details supplied) into the care of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51459/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51460/17]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when the new transport support scheme will be introduced for persons who require assistance in respect of the old motorised transport grant; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken by a family (details supplied) that have received a rejection from the HSE early intervention team to access support for a person....
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting almost six months for a scan in St James's Hospital. [51480/17]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the maternity unit, St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, on 26 to 28 March 2016, by categories (details supplied). [51481/17]
    • Medical Qualifications
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 128 doctors who do not have full specialist training but are currently working in consultant posts as consultants in the health service as...
    • Nursing Education
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students per year from each of the six institutions (details supplied) that run the pre-registration direct entry midwifery degree who did not...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the way an organisation (details supplied) is monitoring and documenting adherence to regulation by midwife registrants; and the penalties for midwife...
    • Dignity at Work
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times sanctions were applied for each of the years, 2012 to 2016, inclusive, by employers and related health care groups to midwives employed in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an educational information officer to help an organisation (details supplied) with its work; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for a person (details supplied) to attend routine appointments in St Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given approval for additional ANPs for Letterkenny University Hospital emergency department in 2017; if it had requested additional ANPs; if they...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available under the national drugs strategy to a group (details supplied) in order to allow its worker operate for four days...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a permanent speech and language therapist in place in the schools for the deaf in Dublin; and the reason a school (details supplied) does not have...
    • Primary Care Centres
      323. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care and mental health services centre in Ballymote, County Sligo, will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51533/17]
    • Health Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51536/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) that represents 80% of service providers is not represented on the steering committee to oversee pricing in the...
    • Disability Services Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that this organisation only receives €50,000 per annum...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the control of below cost selling of beer and spirits in the off licence and supermarket trade in efforts to change in the culture of...
    • Stroke Care
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to increase the number of stroke units; if so, the amount by which funding will be increased; the locations in which funding will be made available...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      329. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [51547/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home support package for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51551/17]
    • Stroke Care
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the development of a national stroke strategy with multi-annual funding; if and when preparatory work will be done on same;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      332. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 7 November 2017, the name, the capacity, the date on which they were established and the aegis under which all...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [51575/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in each HSE area in tabular form. [51584/17]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in each HSE area in tabular form. [51585/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for an appointment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; and if he will make...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need to determine severity of a condition or disability from the early intervention teams,...
    • Disability Services Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to the assessment of need office in north Dublin in view of the HSE acknowledgement that it receives the largest...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the persons who will be on the new drugs committee; the qualifications that make them experts in assessing medicines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 29 June 2017, the status of the review of a service (details supplied); the timeframe for the publication of this...
    • Orthodontic Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the provision of braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51614/17]
    • Legislative Process
      350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 21 November 2017, the enforcement issues that have been identified with amendments to the Public Health (Alcohol)...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Northern Ireland ambulance service attended to a call in the Border counties; the days on which it attended these incidents; the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 8 March 2017, the fully absorbed cost of 100 hospital beds over the course of a year, that is the number of...
    • HSE Expenditure
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE information technology budget for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51674/17]
    • Electronic Health Records
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on the roll-out of electronic health records to date; the spend by year to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of purchasing one air ambulance helicopter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51678/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      359. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [51757/17]
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the associated costs provided by his Department towards the funding one Housing First tenancy. [51772/17]
    • Ambulance Service
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the responsibility of ambulance crews on the transportation of persons to and from their homes, for example their access and egress from the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with haemochromatosis can be treated in outpatient departments when suitable in order to save the €80 charge being imposed on persons when...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of various drugs rehabilitation organisations, clinics and other organisations funded by the HSE in the Dublin north-east area; the roles and...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      364. To ask the Minister for Health his policy position on methadone; the number of organisations dispensing methadone; and the supports available and plans in place for those on methadone to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [51796/17]
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rare disease programme 2014 to 2018; and the details of the expected conclusion of same in 2018. [51797/17]
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if regulation 30 of Statutory Instrument 271 of 2016 allows retailers to stock electronic cigarettes and e-liquids that have the flavour labelled, for example...
    • Health Services Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide long-term full-time care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51824/17]
    • General Practitioner Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each LHO, in tabular form. [51825/17]
    • Disability Services Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a copy of a report of all assessments of nursing requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or partially granted; and the...
    • Health Services Funding
      373. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to the Health Service Executive for the provision of hearing aids (details supplied). [51880/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if children with Morquio syndrome who are in receipt of Vimizim will be able to remain on the drug into the future in view of the fact that they have been...
    • Sunbeds Regulation
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of non-compliance with the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 since its enactment; and the number of fixed payment notices served for...
    • Parking Charges
      377. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the high prices of the official car park for Wexford General Hospital; the number of car parking spaces available at Wexford General...
    • Health Services Reform
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if, in his review of Sláintecare, analysis of the longer term cost benefits of the ten-year plan to the health service is being conducted; if not, if the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision not to provide funding applied for by an organisation (details supplied) for an education and information officer; and the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue an updated medical card to a person (details supplied) following the person's change of general practitioner; and if he will make...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of funding for the drug Translarna for persons who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51930/17]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the medical devices provided for children with disabilities on a medical card (details supplied). [51933/17]
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if a revised plan for St Joseph's Community Hospital has been submitted to the HSE's national social care division for approval; if the revised plan provides...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre glucose sensor and scanner will be made available to persons with diabetes under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 15 November 2017, the full complement of beds in St. Finbar's ward at Galway University Hospital; the number of...
    • National Maternity Strategy
      389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 15 November 2017, the position regarding staffing and facilities at the maternity ultrasound department at Galway...
    • Vaccination Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing a mandatory schools vaccinations programme. [51952/17]
    • Psychological Assessments
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if children in second level education awaiting psychological assessment can avail of the cross-Border directive to access such an assessment; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      392. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment at the ENT unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a centre (details supplied) is classified as a section 39 employment in view of the fact that it appears to be much more aligned with being a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      394. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52021/17]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [52023/17]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [52024/17]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [52025/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [52026/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [52027/17]
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [52028/17]
    • Physiotherapy Staff
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 physiotherapists. [52029/17]
    • Dental Services Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [52030/17]
    • Ambulance Service Funding
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance fleet; and the full-year cost of additional personnel required for its staffing....
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [52032/17]
    • Hospital Transfers
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital transfer for a person (details supplied) will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52048/17]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Funding
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • TAMS Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available to persons to build a shed to store potatoes or grain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51546/17]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of foreshore licences his Department has issued for Lough Foyle in each year to date in 2017; the persons or bodies these...
    • Fodder Crisis
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the pending fodder crisis within the farming community; the details of same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent CAP reform proposals outlined by the new European agriculture Commissioner; and if he will make a statement...
    • TAMS Applications
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51773/17]
    • Animal Welfare
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance his Department can provide for the development of a wildlife rehabilitation hospital and visitor centre in Fingal in...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51794/17]
    • GLAS Administration
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the Teagasc portal is able to accept nutrient management plans for his Department from private practice GLAS...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) received €25 for ewes under the sheep welfare scheme in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially...
    • Animal Welfare
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions he has had on the need to protect the progress made in the development of an all-island animal health...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to expedite payments due to a person (details supplied) in respect of the single farm scheme and suckler cow...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedures that have been put in place to ensure that heavy medical waste is taken into consideration, so that...
    • Television Licence Fee Yield
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which revenue generated from the television licence fee is spent. [51423/17]
    • Radio Broadcasting
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of community radio stations operating during 2017; and the names of these stations. [51424/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 530 of 10 October 2017 and 626 of 13 October 2017, if a meeting with...
    • RTÉ Expenditure
      428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the proposed cuts to the RTÉ concert orchestra and RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; his...
    • Climate Change Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the position in his Department's strategy statement to focus on the implementation of Ireland's...
    • Bord na Móna
      431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the approximate cost to Bord na Móna for the closure of the Littleton plant in County Tipperary excluding...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number which were fully...
    • Energy Policy
      436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the disincentive to reducing energy consumption caused by the existence of standing charges and levies...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Property Ownership
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a proposal by a company (details supplied) that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a group to sell units...
    • Parking Regulations
      439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a legal restriction on Fingal County Council introducing a parking enforcement clamping service in its administrative area...
    • Ship Disposal
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources his Department has devoted to the removal of abandoned boats around the coast; the powers local authorities have to force...
    • Departmental Funding
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51445/17]
    • Public Transport Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date of providing a coach park in Dublin; the date on which the project was completed; the cost from completion date to date...
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full and final cost of the Moran inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51558/17]
    • Public Transport Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if modifications to the design of metro north are being contemplated; if platform lengths are part of such modifications; the future...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the waiting lists for driving tests for young persons, in particular persons that must take a repeat test; and if he...
    • Road Network
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to increase the speed limit in Rathcormac village, County Sligo from 50 km per hour to...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed M20 will follow the route previously planned or will the planning now being undertaken by TII assess alternative routes...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas which do not have access to Bus Éireann services by county. [51954/17]
    • Railway Stations
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the delivery of the Royal Canal Park train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51961/17]
    • Road Safety
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to secure the provision of a school warden for a school (details supplied) for the safety of schoolchildren crossing the Green...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the way in which families can access play therapy for their children through the public system; the criteria to access such a...
    • Departmental Funding
      457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the funding provided by her Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding an additional preschool year for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Paediatric Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if correspondence from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal in which a number of concerns are outlined with respect to paediatric...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 28 November 2017 to indicate the date on which she plans to publish the report; and if she will...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out in tabular form the net number of social workers hired each year since 2011 to date in 2017. [52059/17]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      465. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his plans for future local improvement scheme funding of lanes in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development Projects
      467. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided to County Laois for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51489/17]
    • Charities Regulation
      468. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the process to qualify for charitable status; the timeframe for such applications; the number of applications received in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      469. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the funding provided in his Department's Estimate for 2017 for the rural recreational scheme, the CLÁR programme, the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each local authority in 2017 under the rural recreational scheme, the CLÁR programme, the town and...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of these that were fully or...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) was not accepted for the school lunch scheme, in view of the fact that its sister...
    • Departmental Funding
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided by her Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a request by a person (details supplied) to backdate a payment will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to move from partial capacity benefit back to invalidity pension;...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [51503/17]
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of a family income supplement application by persons (details supplied); and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in determination of application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full advertising, print, broadcast media and other associated costs in 2017 for her Department's fraud campaign. [51519/17]
    • Disability Allowance
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been in receipt of disability allowance for...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of applications for disability allowance and supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied). [51537/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if full payment will be restored following a review of...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that county councillors who meet the financial criteria for family income...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing supplementary welfare allowance to a person (details supplied); if payment will issue in...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51569/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [51581/17]
    • Maternity Leave
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for choosing 1 October 2017 for the introduction of the reformed maternity leave entitlement scheme; the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance; and when a decision can be expected in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a half rate carer’s allowance payment; and when a...
    • Social Insurance
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has enough PRSI contributions to avail of a procedure. [51612/17]
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a widow's pension; the eligibility criteria in respect of which she would...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for domiciliary care allowance in 2015 and 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals the social welfare appeals office received for domiciliary care allowance in 2015 and 2016; the outcome...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors following last week's...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51782/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allowing those providing care to a disabled person the right to sign on for credits in...
    • Public Services Card Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services that require a public services card; if a public services card is required to open a post office account; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a invalidity pension review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will issue; and if she will...
    • State Pensions
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons born on or before January 1955 will qualify for a State pension at...
    • Maternity Benefit Administration
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit by one to seven weeks, respectively. [51889/17]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of illness benefit do not receive a Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with self-employed persons who have become ill before 2016 who are still ill and would otherwise qualify...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51931/17]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51932/17]
    • Back to Education Allowance Appeals
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the appeals process in place for a person who wishes to appeal a back-to-education allowance decision; and if she will make a...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason fuel allowance is not available to a person whose partner is in receipt of a supported employment scheme payment,...
    • Fuel Allowance Appeals
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an application by a person (details supplied) with a view to granting this application. [51959/17]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Funding
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that all persons sleeping rough are accommodated as a long-term measure rather than a...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number or percentage of HAP recipients' topping up that is being made in payments directly to their landlords beyond the...
    • Electoral Register
      515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that the persons who have been forced into homelessness are registered to vote. [51507/17]
    • Local Authority Boundaries Review
      516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the proposed local government and county council electoral boundary changes; the rationale for such...
    • Planning Issues
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a statutory time limit on the length the time for all applications to An Bord Pleanála and...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Expenditure
      518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the €2 million pro bono work that a company (details supplied) was to contribute to the Housing...
    • Water Services Funding
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 28 November 2017, the details of activities covered by the funding from his...
    • Housing Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the associated costs of funding one Housing First tenancy in tabular form. [51771/17]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of a new affordable housing scheme; when the scheme will be introduced; the criteria that will be used to...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or...
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fund the appointment by local authorities of additional staff in order that timely inspections of HAP properties...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the findings of a report (details supplied), the number of households that have relinquished their place on the...
    • Pyrite Panel Report Implementation
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will meet a group (details supplied); when a reply will issue to its letter on 18 October 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Data
      527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department has spent and the number of additional housing units delivered over the past 18 months in each...
    • Electoral Reform
      528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for directly elected mayors for Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway; if Dublin's first direct election will be...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the turnaround time for local authority housing when being refurbished for new tenants; if his...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Issues
      532. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that the structure that remains in the River Shannon in Tarmonbarry, County Roscommon, which inhibits the flow...
    • Departmental Funding
      533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided by her Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported businesses; and the number of employees in these businesses, by Gaeltacht...
    • Departmental Strategies
      536. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a national music strategy as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) following its recent report; and...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or...
  • Department of Defence
    • Commemorative Medals
      539. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason former members of the Defence Forces did not receive a centenary medal to commemorate the 1916 Rising; if the medal will be awarded...
    • Departmental Funding
      540. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51434/17]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      541. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the difficult financial situation members of the Defence Forces are in, in particular in circumstances in...
    • Military Records
      542. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to parliamentary question number 527 of 14 November 2017, the person that issued the certificate of service (details supplied); the date...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      543. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has signed decisions to grant Defence Forces disability pensions in which the applicant has applied on the basis of disability due to...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      545. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which that were fully or partially...

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