Written answers
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that the cost of increasing the number of the number of school special needs assistants to acceptable levels is a matter of...
- School Accommodation Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reconsider his Department's refusal to fund a new space at a school (details supplied) for resource teaching; and his further plans...
- Teacher Training Places
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recent reports that only six graduates are in training to be physics teachers. [51819/17]
- Schools Property
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to protect the playing pitches for the students of a school (details supplied) into the future in view of his...
- Disability Services Programme Review
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the recent review of the fund for students with disabilities; and the timeframe for same. [51822/17]
- Departmental Strategy Statements
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Department of the Taoiseach's strategy statement commitment on the Action Plan for Education; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Education
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in offering additional supports to the higher education sector, in view of the recent university rankings which saw Ireland...
- Education Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review his Department's policy on the provision of Irish language classes to children with an autism diagnosis in their main learning...
- Schools Building Projects
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of primary school and secondary school places for children in the County Wexford catchment area; and if he will...
- Junior Cycle Reform
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on to teachers’ claims that there is inadequate time to deliver the junior cycle syllabus to pupils. [51896/17]
- Residential Institutions
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to facilitate requests for consultation talks with survivors of residential industrial schools in order to develop a survivor lead...
- Schools Building Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the school building programme, with particular reference to the demographics...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site will be purchased to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeframe of works to ensure that this...
- Schools Building Projects Status
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52003/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reconsider the recent cuts in learning support and resource allocation to a school (details supplied) which has meant that the school...
- Protected Disclosures
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure an investigation takes place into bullying concerns raised by current and former staff members of the National Council for...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the memorandum of understanding between his Department and local authorities with regard to site acquisitions for new school builds includes...
- Gender Equality
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the scheme, as identified as necessary by NUIG's gender task force, to address the gender imbalance among administrative staff grades will be...
- Schools Building Projects Status
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the process surrounding the application made by a school (details supplied) for a proposed building project to be complete; and if...
- School Staff
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to put in place to address substitute teacher shortages. [51817/17]
- School Transport Review
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the school transport review; the actions he will take in implementing the review; and if he will make a...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase co-operation on a North-South basis in the further and higher education sectors. [51806/17]
- Teaching Council of Ireland
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with an organisation (details supplied) in view of the delays in registering teachers. [51977/17]
- Teacher Training Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage teachers training to teach STEM subjects and the difficulties in encouraging qualified graduates...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PLC education in Dublin 15 will be provided; his plans to make sufficient PLC places available to persons in Dublin 15 (details supplied); and...
- SOLAS Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of Solas funding for further education to be performance based in the future. [51899/17]
- Minor Works Scheme Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for his Department to advise schools that applied to the minor works grant scheme in 2017; when the grants will be issued in order...
- School Transport Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a new guarantee in order to ensure no child loses their place on board a school bus if they had been allocated a...
- School Accommodation Provision
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to locate a temporary premises for a school (details supplied); and if this issue will be addressed in time in...
- School Curriculum
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a module on animal welfare and responsible pet ownership to the primary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the fact that new apprenticeships registrations are running 67% behind target in 2017. [51901/17]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to introduce a new in school speech and language therapy service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51903/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of rebuilding works at a school (details supplied) that were due to commence in 2016 and have now been deferred; and if he will make a...
- School Admissions
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will progress plans to ensure equal access to education for all pupils independent of their religion; his views on whether the repeal of...
- Bullying in Schools
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to prevent school bullying with particular reference to the use of...
- School Transport Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the problems facing eligible children who were not allocated a seat on a school transport service due to...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students with dyspraxia development co-ordination disorder are supported in classrooms in primary, secondary and third level...
- School Accommodation
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the conveyancing process in the transfer of the land for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Examinations
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent claim that education authorities do not want to draw attention to the volume of upgrades in the leaving certificate in view...
- School Accommodation Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to have its school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52013/17]
- School Admissions
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he envisages ensuring equal access to education in view of the derogation in equality legislation that allows schools to offer a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval for stage 2B will issue for a project (details supplied); if funding is in place for this project in view of the fact that the brief...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Brexit Negotiations
86. To ask the Taoiseach if he has written to all of the EU 27 prime ministers seeking support in the Brexit negotiations. [51997/17]
- Departmental Strategy Statements
87. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the commitment in his Department's strategy statement to implement 25 actions in the Civil Service renewal plan including HR capability and...
- Programme for Government Priorities
88. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government regarding completing a core structural review of decision making arrangements across the common areas...
- Cabinet Committees
89. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which has responsibility for equality and inclusiveness. [52100/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
90. To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous expenditure...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department have given him an update on progressing improvements for the undocumented Irish in the United States of...
- Passport Data
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports and passport cards issued in each month to date in 2017; the amount raised from the issuing of these passports; and...
- Middle East Issues
93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances in which the Israeli Prime Minister invited himself to the upcoming European Summit and if the Palestinian representative...
- Departmental Expenditure
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and...
- Brexit Negotiations
95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date in Brexit talks in ensuring that there will be no diminution in the working or potential of the Good Friday...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
96. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs that will apply to the establishment of the infrastructure and specialist staff to manage the escrow fund which will hold the €13 billion...
- Tax Code
97. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the law in respect of the 25% maximum tax free lump sum drawdown of certain pension schemes before 75 years of age ; the rules in this...
- Departmental Expenditure
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company is permitted to scale up beyond the SME headcount level of 250 employees and remain eligible for the scheme under the criteria laid down by the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if borrowers are entitled to be informed if a transfer of a loan takes place; if a physical transfer paper trail in keeping with the Central Bank code of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is an offence under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 regarding terms and conditions of employment on the ground of...
- Departmental Expenditure
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 25 October 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the 2016 report of the appeals officer of...
- Minor Works Scheme Applications
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a minor works grant by a school (details supplied). [52074/17]
- Institutes of Technology
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the selection of a site for the new Wexford campus of IT Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52086/17]
- Teacher Recruitment
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the shortage of science and technology teachers will dilute the Government's ambition for Ireland to become a European...
- School Accommodation
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems experienced by parents dropping their children to a school (details supplied) regarding the lack...
- School Costs
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines or Department policy regarding the voluntary contributions that many schools now request from parents of students as a matter of...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to compensation after years of abuse in an industrial school. [52117/17]
- Schools Building Contractors
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department was notified that the preferred contractor was withdrawing its tender for a new school (details supplied); if a reason for...
- Residential Institutions Data
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have applied to Caranua for support; the number of applications that have been granted each year since its...
- Schools Building Projects Status
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) will begin construction; the timeframe for completion of the school; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure by his department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the...
- Schools Building Projects
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate primary school places exist or are required at Sallins, County Kildare; the proposed programme to address issues...
- Third Level Education
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the inadequate stream of third level graduates to meet the demands of the workplace with...
- Teacher Recruitment
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which an adequate supply of teachers can be found to fill temporary posts at primary and second level schools throughout the...
- Schools Building Projects
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare; the extent to which plans are proceeding as expected; and...
- Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funding will be provided under the summer works project or otherwise to deal with outstanding issues of upgrading or maintenance with...
- Schools Building Projects Status
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding to the provision of extra or replacement facilities on the present site or elsewhere in respect of a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs school places are readily available at primary and second level throughout the country at appropriate locations...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which class sizes and pupil teacher ratios continue to improve arising from the steps taken over the past four years; and if he...
- School Guidance Counsellors
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the career guidance service throughout second level education; if he anticipates...
- Schools Building Projects
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme at primary and second level in County Kildare continues to proceed as planned having particular...
- Skills Development
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to...
- Teacher Recruitment
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills indicate the extent to which he remains confident regarding the adequacy of provisions in respect of school places, teachers and academic staff...
- Schools Building Projects
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of the school building programme at primary and secondary level throughout the country with particular reference to the...
- Third Level Education
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which third level education requires ongoing assessment and updating in line with best practice internationally in order to ensure...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (details supplied); and if...
- Garda Deployment
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next Garda recruits will be assigned to Garda divisions; if the particular policing requirements of Border divisions...
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the public service pension reduction is payable by members of An Garda Síochána who have worked their full years...
- Pension Provisions
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an index linking to current pay rates for retired members of An Garda Síochána on pensions to recent...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has sworn an affidavit of discovery for the purpose of the disclosures tribunal; if so, if that affidavit...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce the local financial contribution that is needed to provide and maintain community-based CCTV schemes; and...
- Naturalisation Applications
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who has lived here since the age of nine and has a number of naturalised siblings is...
- Departmental Expenditure
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in...
- Independent Review Mechanism
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the families of 320 victims reviewed under the independent review mechanism that commenced in July 2014 will receive their...
- Garda Policing Plans
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the performance measures used by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52293/17]
- Garda Inspectorate Reports
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress report on each of the 81 recommendations made by the Garda Inspectorate in its 11th report, Changing Policing in...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in determination of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
162. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure by her Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form;...
- Ministerial Travel
163. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 16 November 2017, if the details requested have been compiled; and when this information...
- Company Law
164. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 is proportionate on small and micro sized businesses (details...
- Department of Health
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in north County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Motorised Transport Grant Closure
166. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 7 December 2016, if he plans to bring back the motorised transport grant following on from a review committee set...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Monaghan who are on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; the number...
- Hospital Appointments Status
169. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment with the pain clinic in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Reports
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the Roscommon service review’s 27 recommendations that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52080/17]
- Home Help Service Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to provide more home help hours for a person (details supplied). [52082/17]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter the fair deal scheme’s indefinite valuation of a farmer’s land in assessing the deal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
173. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [52112/17]
- Eating Disorders
174. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with an eating disorder, including residential care and emergency care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52113/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health if financial support is available for a person (details supplied) for the purchase of a mobility scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52114/17]
- General Practitioner Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a dispensing general practitioner (details supplied) who services over 470 persons on the GMS in a rural Sligo and Leitrim area;...
- Home Help Service Eligibility
177. To ask the Minister for Health if the practical home help and personal care service will continue to be available to persons aged under 65 years of age who suffer from chronic illnesses; and...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he received a petition requesting him to establish a general practitioner out-of-hours service for north Wicklow; if progress has been made on same; and if...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the supply of prosthetics for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52133/17]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the dangerous overcrowding levels in University Hospital Limerick; and his plans to open additional beds in Limerick city to...
- Mental Health Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Tipperary Jigsaw project which was offered support in the past 12 months by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52144/17]
- Hospice Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the final reports on the two audits of Our Lady's hospice, Harold's Cross carried out by the HSE in 2015 to be published. [52151/17]
- Medical Card Eligibility
183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason copy of a court maintenance order will not suffice as proof of maintenance agreement and a letter from ex partner is being pursued in the case of a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no formal procedures to ensure that decisions taken by the HSE drugs group are appropriately communicated to relevant stakeholders; his...
- Rare Diseases Strategy
185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a full review of the implementation of the national rare disease plan 2014 to 2018; if the reality that there is an increasing number of...
- Question Heading for question(s) 186
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52186/17]
- Question Heading for question(s) 187
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners that are providing a much needed dispensing service to elderly and marginalised persons in rural areas were not informed...
- Question Heading for question(s) 188,189,195,196,197,198
188. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question numbers 271 and 272 of 17 October 2017, if the one health approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) encompassing...
- Question Heading for question(s) 190
190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52190/17]
- Question Heading for question(s) 191
191. To ask the Minister for Health when the 96 bed extension to university hospital Limerick will be started and completed [52191/17]
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- Treatment Abroad Scheme
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52186/17]
- General Practitioner Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners who are providing a much needed dispensing service to elderly and marginalised persons in rural areas were not informed...
- Infectious Disease Epidemics
188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 271 and 272 of 17 October 2017, if the one health approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance, AMR, encompassing all...
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52190/17]
- Hospitals Building Programme
191. To ask the Minister for Health when the 96 bed extension to University Hospital Limerick will be started and completed. [52191/17]
- Eating Disorders
192. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 8 November 2017, the reason the three paediatric hospitals do not keep data on inpatients by category of...
- Departmental Expenditure
194. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fisheries Protection
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 14 November 2017, if his Department, the SFPA or the Naval Service intervened or gave...
- Trade Missions Participation
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his recent trade mission to the Far East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52128/17]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) for a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52210/17]
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that the BPS payments due to a person (details supplied) who transferred some of their entitlements...
- Departmental Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU auditor conducted inspections on lands here during 2017; if so, the county and land type audited, for example privately...
- Department of Health
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52186/17]
- General Practitioner Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners who are providing a much needed dispensing service to elderly and marginalised persons in rural areas were not informed...
- Infectious Disease Epidemics
188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 271 and 272 of 17 October 2017, if the one health approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance, AMR, encompassing all...
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52190/17]
- Hospitals Building Programme
191. To ask the Minister for Health when the 96 bed extension to University Hospital Limerick will be started and completed. [52191/17]
- Eating Disorders
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Post Office Closures
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of post office closures in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52091/17]
- Broadband Service Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the lack of fibre broadband connection for a school (details supplied); when he...
- Waste Management Regulations
210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the new guidelines for recycling household waste; if private waste collection firms are compelled to...
- Ministerial Meetings
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on when he last met the CEO and chairperson of a station (details supplied); the issues discussed;...
- Energy Schemes
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 16 December 2016, the uptake of the warmth and well being pilot scheme in...
- Energy Usage
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which costs will be borne for the new smart metering programme proposed for both gas and electricity supply;...
- RTÉ Staff
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to concerns by music lovers regarding the ongoing downgrading and shrinking of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011,...
- Broadband Service Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make funding available to groups whose applications were invalidated due to minor technicalities that can easily be...
- Traffic Calming Measures
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the funding for traffic calming at Kilcornan in County Limerick on the N69 will be approved; when the requested traffic calming...
- Road Improvement Schemes
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to address the safety concerns on the N2 road between Ardee and Castleblayney; the status of funding that was made...
- Parking Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of parking spaces available; the number of annual parking permits being made available for sale for each station; the carpark...
- Tourism Data
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department interacts with the private sector to obtain tourism statistics; if there is a continuous flow of...
- Tourism Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made in Dublin to ensure that tourism is seen as a positive and not a negative force as has been the case in some...
- Tourism Data
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the figures and statistics available by county for tourism; if there is a regular update of these statistics by county; and if he will...
- Tourism Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount by which tourism funding has been cut since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52179/17]
- Tourism Promotion
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to halt the decline of British tourism here which has increased with the onset of Brexit; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Policy
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to stop price gouging in the tourism industry especially with regard to hotel rooms; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club was unsuccessful in the 2017 sports capital scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52182/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form;...
- Civil Aviation Regulation
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 22 November 2017, if this makes it easier for a company (details supplied) to carry troops,...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to assess the possibility of allowing pre schools that are registered with her Department and that operate the early childhood...
- Homeless Persons Supports
235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 28 November 2017, if she will report to Dáil Éireann on the findings of the study...
- Child Care Services Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding support her Department can offer to a community organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure by her Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and...
- Early Years Sector
238. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52244/17]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Expenditure
239. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated daily cost of rent supplement payments in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52155/17]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52078/17]
- Information and Communications Technology
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department regularly carries out information technology security audits; and if so, the regularity with which they are...
- Departmental Communications
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 29 November 2017, the transmission and security protocols used to transmit data...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited in view of...
- Departmental Expenditure
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure by her Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which an overpayment of child benefit occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52248/17]
- EU Treaties
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the State has not to date ratified article 31 of the revised European Social Charter; if steps will now be taken...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to deal with an anomaly which arose in respect of career’s allowance in the case of a person...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Constitutional Amendments
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the examination on the right to housing which was referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public...
- Planning Guidelines
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to issue revised rural housing guidelines to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Judicial Reviews
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the judicial review of An Bord Pleanála decision RL2969. [52122/17]
- Turbary Rights
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal status of turbary rights; his views on whether they should be protected; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason RTB funding was not awarded to County Wicklow in 2015, 2016 and 2017; his views on the fact that such funding was...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the tenant purchase scheme in terms of the way in which it relates to rural cottages in cases which the...
- House Prices
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report that his Department has on house building costs will be published; if this report will be presented to Dáil...
- Local Authority Services
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will implement a local government direct contact email address for Members of the Oireachtas (details supplied) in view...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated daily cost of HAP and RAS payments in 2018; the equivalent daily investment being put into building permanent...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); if he is examining this model of providing affordable housing; his views on...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the remaining 690 families living in hotel rooms will be moved into secure and appropriate housing; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Traveller Culture
267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support Traveller culture and heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52129/17]
