Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2017
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Data
13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of expected new housing starts anticipated by the end of 2017; the number of such houses for families on local...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme; the changes he plans to make to the scheme; and...
- Housing Data
15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of real social houses delivered to date in 2017 by scheme including council new build, council acquisition, council...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies created to date in 2017 throughout the country; the number of HAP tenancies created to date in 2017...
- Approved Housing Bodies
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the possible redesignation of approved housing bodies by EUROSTAT and the CSO; the contingency plans in place to...
- Housing Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which Rebuilding Ireland plans to address the commodification and financialisation of housing; and his view on...
- Defective Building Materials
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a previous commitment (details supplied) to implement emergency measures to rehouse home owners affected...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that will be taken to reduce the number of stages of approval that local authority housing schemes must go through...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria he plans to establish regarding affordability in local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, funded...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties acquired by the 31 local authorities to date in 2017; the number that are vacant at present; the...
- Private Rented Accommodation
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward changes to the law on ending a tenancy or increasing rent on the grounds of refurbishment; and if he...
- Local Government Reform
24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans have been drawn up or considered to reinstate certain former borough and town councils; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a pilot scheme using the cost rental model developed by an organisation (details supplied) on one or...
- Housing Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a policy of using public land to build public housing as opposed to private development on public land will be supported;...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the local authority in County Wexford will only directly build three social houses in 2017; if he is...
- Departmental Bodies
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will appoint a director for Housing First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52068/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with Fingal County Council on the delivery of public housing. [52261/17]
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to resolve the difficulties brought to his attention regrading the manner in which in-fill testing is being conducted...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given direction to Dublin City Council as to which arrangements could be considered optimal in the provision of...
- Fire Safety Regulations
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that local government is sufficiently monitoring fire safety in buildings around the country to ensure they...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has proposals to bring forward and accelerate the construction of local authority housing. [52071/17]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52196/17]
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the HAP scheme in its current form; if so, the details of the...
- Defective Building Materials
36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to prepare and publish a plan or nationwide scheme to assist home owners in the carrying out of remedial works to...
- Local Authority Funding
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on expressions of concern by a group (details supplied) at a hearing of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing,...
- Planning Investigations
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his Department's inquiry into allegations of planning corruption in County Donegal. [52161/17]
- National Planning Framework
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the national planning framework; the way in which towns and regions will be selected for development; and if he...
- Rent Pressure Zones
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, a year after it was introduced in Dáil Éireann, he will review the legislative base for rent pressure zones, in...
- Housing Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of his Department’s engagement with the EUROSTAT investigation in respect of the credit union investments...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the opening of emergency winter beds for persons that are on street homeless; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the proposal to fast-track planning for data centres. [50381/17]
- Local Authority Housing
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local authority housing construction programme will be made more transparent; if he will include expected completion...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the low number of properties being offered across the four Dublin local authority areas for the repair and...
- Departmental Properties
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has included lands currently administered by the Department of Defence in his review of publicly owned land that could be...
- Local Authority Housing Data
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 7 November 2017, if he will reconcile the data on voids contained therein and in...
- Defective Building Materials
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to a commitment given by an Taoiseach on 21 November 2017 that the report on defective blocks will be discussed at...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the findings of the 2013 departmental review into shared ownership schemes; the reason the report was never published; the...
- Housing Provision
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects to be in a position to meet the most urgent and pressing housing needs in the shortest possible...
- Vacant Properties
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to take vacant properties into public ownership in view of the worsening homeless emergency; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Good Friday Agreement
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether legislation being enacted or proposed by the British Government will not impact on aspects of the Good Friday Agreement;...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax liabilities accruing from the renting out of a family home in the case of a person (details supplied) can be offset against the rent paid for an...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks insert into all mortgage-to-rent agreements that the bank or financial institution can come back to the...
- Tax Appeals Commission
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeals before the Tax Appeals Commission; the value of tax these disputes amount to; the appeals by the number below €10,000, between...
- VAT Rate Application
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the European VAT rules for newspapers and print media; if it is possible under the current or proposed rules to move the industry to...
- Stamp Duty
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty that applies to a site of less than one acre which is intended for one off housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52382/17]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Estimates Publication
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Supplementary Estimates for public services for 2017 published to date; the EU and national rules regarding the provision of funding...
- Flood Prevention Measures
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood defence measures for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52424/17]
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 29 November 2017, the process by which external members of TLAC are appointed; the...
- Flood Prevention Measures
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional drainage schemes will be put in place in counties Laois and Offaly in view of recent floods; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the OPW recently advertised in the national press for guides and sought information on age and marital status on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the report compiled by Dublin City University regarding the BA course run by a college (details supplied); the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
73. 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 for each year since its...
- Higher Education Authority Expenditure
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 28 November 2017, if his attention has been drawn to Circuit Court Record No. 2006/07275 (details...
- Minor Works Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be awarded a minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52356/17]
- School Transport Provision
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the operation of school bus transport with particular regard to children using the system on a concessionary basis will be reviewed; if he will...
- Special Educational Needs (1 comment)
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review his Department's approach to applied behaviour analysis schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52385/17]
- Home Tuition Scheme
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism spectrum disorder and similar conditions who have been granted home tuition; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Status
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed major building project at a school (details supplied). [52406/17]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the HSE to take over a former health clinic (details supplied) to facilitate a school expansion; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 21 November 2017, when his Department will correspond with the school in question; if the status of...
- Legislative Process
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to complete the passage of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016. [52477/17]
- Summer Works Scheme Administration
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to opening the summer works scheme on an annual basis. [52588/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Property Registration Authority Administration
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to that which constitutes exceptional circumstances as detailed in an application for sight of...
- Departmental Reviews
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his departmental review on defamation that was scheduled to conclude in September 2017; and if he will make a...
- Stardust Fire
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the McCartan report into the Stardust fire failed to accept evidence from witnesses, including 35 external witnesses,...
- Direct Provision System
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the conditions in which persons resident in a building (details supplied) are trying to...
- Wards of Court
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the annual report of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice does not contain information regarding the financial...
- Residency Permits
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a visa application (details supplied) for residency has not been processed in over eight years. [52409/17]
- Garda Data
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991 was invoked in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 by...
- Pension Provisions
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when personal superannuation fund statements for 2015 and 2016, as provided for under the Public Service Pensions (Single...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees admitted here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; if the target of accepting 4,000...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Data
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 102(1) referrals to GSOC from Garda headquarters in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of...
- Departmental Investigations
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which the tender process to secure the membership of two academics for the scoping group to consider the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has written to each applicant to the Magdalen restorative justice scheme that was rejected and asserted a...
- Garda Strength
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel attached to the three districts in County Longford in the past seven years; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 23 November 2017 regarding the case of a person (details supplied), if his...
- Residency Permits
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if regularisation of residency status can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Asylum Applications
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the result of a refugee appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52523/17]
- Asylum Applications
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position with regard to the determination of permission to remain and eligibility for stamp 4 in the case of a person...
- Deportation Orders
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52526/17]
- Legislative Measures
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times section 81 of the International Protection Act 2015 has been used by An Garda Síochána or...
- Garda Operations
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual breakdown of the staffing commitment of An Garda Síochána and the immigration services to Operation Gull...
- Prisoner Data
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and nationality of persons detained in prisons here for breaches or suspected breaches of immigration regulations...
- Immigration Data
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and nationality of persons detained here due to the fact that they have been deemed illegal immigrants, face...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Regional Development Initiatives
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to establish an IDA taskforce in the midlands in order to improve job creation in the region; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Agencies Data
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have had with each of the EU27 in 2016 and to date in 2017; the value of imports...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
130. To ask the Minister for Health if a transport grant will be provided for a person (details supplied). [52335/17]
- Mental Health Services Data
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times section 12 of the Mental Health Act 2001 was invoked in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 by An Garda Síochána,...
- Community Care Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52501/17]
- Hospital Appointments Status
134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52331/17]
- Disability Services Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to a group (details supplied) in 2016 and 2017; the reason a recent application for additional funding which would provide...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
138. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 29 November 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the staff of most section 39 organisations had...
- HSE Staff
139. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on whether a person (details supplied) has to submit orders online or not; the assistance that will be given to them to comply...
- Hospital Appointments Status
140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52376/17]
- Disability Services Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding for a charity (details supplied) will be allocated for an education officer and information officer which will enable it to provide services...
- Narcolepsy Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the narcolepsy unit at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; the number of staff employed in the unit; the funding available to the unit for 2017 and...
- Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
143. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to those who were affected by side effects of the swine flu, H1N1, vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52392/17]
- HSE Staff Recruitment
144. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be appointed to University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52397/17]
- Autism Support Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is nobody appointed within the HSE who can assess children for autism in counties Sligo and Leitrim...
- Dental Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding dental care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/17]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
147. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52402/17]
- Mental Health Services Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the amount of €71.2 million in funding for mental health services was distributed in CHO 1 in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in child and adolescent mental health services, in tabular form; the way in which this compares to recommended levels; and if he will make...
- Home Help Service Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Health if all of the appropriate home support services will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52416/17]
- Health Services Staff
152. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for ill health retirement based on the person's medical reports. [52417/17]
- HSE Properties
153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a former HSE clinic (details supplied); his views on a proposal for its alternative use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52427/17]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
154. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an MRI scan at Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52442/17]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be available for persons with diabetes on the long-term illness scheme; the reason this treatment is not available on the scheme; and...
- Departmental Strategies
157. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and his Department have developed a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding building a community nursing home and the prevention of displacement of existing private providers that live in close proximity thereto...
- National Maternity Hospital Status
159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity hospital on the St. Vincent's hospital campus; his plans for the final agreement to include a lien or a licence; the body...
- Mental Health Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for each HSE psychological service, by age and length of time on the list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for a podiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52510/17]
- Medical Card Delays
162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a generic medical card to persons living in temporary emergency accommodation, such as at a facility (details supplied)....
- Hospital Appointments Status
163. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52515/17]
- Medical Card Applications
164. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52519/17]
- Hospital Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with community hospitals and other health advocacy groups (details supplied) in County Donegal to address ongoing concerns regarding community...
- Hospitals Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE community health care organisation, CHO, 1 has submitted information and an application for additional funding for community hospitals as part of...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
169. To ask the Minister for Health the projects in County Donegal that will receive additional funding as a result of the mid-term review of the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Insurance Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which data are collected on the level of benefits covered by medical insurance policies; and the way in which this varies over time. [52558/17]
- Suicide Prevention
171. To ask the Minister for Health the services available and the way in which they are accessed for a person (details supplied) presenting as a suicide risk who cannot be seen by child and...
- Mental Health Services Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the roadmap for out-of-hours access to mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52579/17]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
173. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE to fund pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, in view of the announcement on 1 December 2017 that the drug will become available for...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishing Licences
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to issue permits for the harvesting of cockles on the Backstrand in Tramore, County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Transfer of Entitlements Application
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52425/17]
- Fishing Industry Development
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a single boat payment to provide income support for sea fishermen related to their fishing...
- Fishing Industry Data
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea fishermen; and the number of Irish-registered sea fishing boats in tabular form. [52430/17]
- Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be provided to farmers in counties Laois and Offaly who have had their farms damaged in recent flooding; and if...
- Fodder Crisis
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward to the European agriculture Commissioner for funding to be provided under the crisis reserve fund to...
- Fish Farming
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 14 November 2017, the full title and specific section of the legislation on which he is...
- Aquaculture Development
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 14 November 2017, his views on whether the location of the divisions and agencies he has...
- Aquaculture Licence Appeals
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 14 November 2017, his views on whether the Marine Institute acted appropriately in...
- Origin Green Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 14 November 2017, the reason his Department accepts as a policy the self-certification...
- Sea Lice Controls
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe to review sea lice control protocols in view of the serious sea lice problems in Scotland and elsewhere. [52565/17]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Ministerial Responsibilities
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if newspaper and print media are covered in his brief; if not, the Minister responsible for the area; and if he will...
- Broadband Service Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the planned roll-out of fibre optic broadband will commence in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Service Obligation Levy Increase
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the justification for the increase in the PSO on electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional current and capital funding needed per the 2016 rail review report is accurate; his plans for future years in this regard...
- Bus Éireann
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the management of Bus Éireann's assessment that the company needs an additional €30 million in current funding to maintain...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the organisations in County Louth that applied for support under the recent capital sports grant programme; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for the N62 Kilbeggan to Tullamore link road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52438/17]
- Road Projects Status
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will provide funding for the inner relief road for Edenderry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52440/17]
- Greenways Funding
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will authorise the use of moneys sanctioned for the development of the greenway from Galway to Clifden to purchase the necessary...
- Road Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a survey of the motorway close to Shankill, Paulstown, County Kilkenny, in order to determine the works required to reduce...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to correspondence received from a person (details supplied) regarding the sports grant allocation for County Louth;...
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of payments drawn down by an organisation (details supplied); and when the final payment is due to be made to the organisation....
- Tourism Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget for tourism spending since 2011; the funding that has been provided to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland; and if he will...
- Tourism Promotion
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategy that has been put in place by the tourism agencies under his remit to promote Dublin in competition with other European...
- Fáilte Ireland
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Fáilte Ireland's development of a ten-year strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52568/17]
- Tourism Data
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations from which tourists to Dublin predominantly come; the categories of tourists, such as business, leisure, sport, walking and...
- Driver Licence Data
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52572/17]
- Penalty Points System Data
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed drivers who have zero penalty points as of 30 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52573/17]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which an application by a club (details supplied) for the sports capital grant was refused. [52590/17]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the ECCE scheme can be extended in special circumstances for children with disabilities who are not ready to start school at five years...
- Child Protection
214. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of units operated by charities (details supplied); the number of permanent staff; the number of volunteers, by county, in...
- Child and Family Agency Data
217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care without a social care worker. [52344/17]
- Children in Care
227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to reduce the number of children in foster care who are subject to a voluntary care order as compared to a care...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to conduct an archaeological survey at the site of the former mother and baby home at St. Patrick's on the Navan Road, Dublin;...
- Children in Care (1 comment)
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent statement by an organisation (details supplied) that vulnerable children are being left in neglectful homes until...
- Youth Services Funding
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount received by each club and group under the local youth club equipment scheme 2017 by ETB in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the overage exemption has been removed from the ECCE scheme from September 2018; if her attention has been drawn to the negative...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide specific funding to local authorities for the local improvement scheme in the road works programme for 2018; and...
- Mountain Rescue Service
234. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support being given by his Department to mountain rescue; if this work is being co-ordinated through Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if...
- Departmental Budgets
235. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital allocated to his Department in the 2017 Estimate by subhead; the amount spent to date by subhead; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the moneys paid to local authorities to date for work that is not already completed and suitable verification provided to his...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
- Local Authority Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the moneys paid to local authorities to date for work that is not already completed and suitable verification provided to his...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the person who requested legal advice (details supplied); the basis of the request; the reason there was a different approach taken to...
- Rural Recreation Policy
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the development of rural recreation in 2018; the schemes he plans to expand; the new schemes being considered; and if he...
- Ministerial Meetings
239. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of meetings of Comhairle na Tuaithe held since 6 May 2016; the number of these meetings he attended; and if he will make a...
- Leader Programmes Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount approved for projects by each local action group, LAG, under the present Leader programme; the amount expended to date by...
- Local Improvement Scheme Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of expenditure that has been incurred to date under the moneys sanctioned by him recently by each local authority on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Family Income Supplement Data
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families receiving family income supplement by their numbers of children as at 31 December 2016 and 31 October...
- Family Income Supplement Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the family income supplement income limits by 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively; and if she will...
- Departmental Contracts
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons employed by a company (details supplied) are refusing to talk to...
- Community Services Programme
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 480 and 481 of 14 November 2017, if the treasurer of a company (details supplied)...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision regarding an invalidity pension application will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for the humanitarian assistance scheme as a result of recent flooding in counties...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those who are self-employed prior to applying for and being awarded the...
- Carer's Allowance Review
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a request for review of a decision to refuse carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in the context of notice to attend JobPath appointment; if their...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Revised European Social Charter
253. 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...
- Social Welfare Benefits
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given consideration to exempting persons in receipt of the household benefits package, fuel allowance and-or...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Property Tax
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local property tax which is to be assigned to roads by each local authority in tabular form. [52436/17]
- Commercial Rates
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revaluation Bill will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [52514/17]
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the cold weather initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52434/17]
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to assist a person who has a house which is vacant for seven years and wishes to renovate it and bring...
- Housing Data
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 50 to 100 commenced housing projects referred to by him in the Dáil Éireann on 13 July 2017 during the Second...
- Building Control Management System
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of for completion certificates registered with the building control management system by local authorities to...
- EU Regulations
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the enactment of the European Union (Licensing of Large-Scale Extraction of Peat) Regulations 2016; his...
- Departmental Data
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the difference between the figures provided to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local...
- Vacant Properties
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria by which a housing unit is deemed to be a void unit for the purposes of the National Oversight and Audit...
- Motor Tax Yield
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected in motor tax receipts by each local authority in 2016 and to date in 2017. [52454/17]
- Planning Guidelines
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new section 28 guidelines for apartment developments will be published; his views on whether it was a mistake to...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of the review of HAP rates and maximum rent levels undertaken in summer 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
- Homelessness Strategy
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a statistical analysis has been carried out on the number of occasions adults are presenting to support organisations...
- Housing Issues
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has undertaken to assess the inter-county movement barriers between counties assessed as being in tier 1, 2 and 3; the...
- Homeless Persons Supports
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made since 2014 to implement a fully functioning homeless persons unit in counties Kildare, Wicklow...
- Approved Housing Bodies
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and value of properties purchased by approved housing bodies on behalf of the State to address the housing crisis;...
- Local Authority Housing Data
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of void county council stock in the past number of months (details supplied) with no occupancy, by county, in...
- Approved Housing Bodies
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria to become an approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52488/17]
- Local Authority Housing Funding
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each of the Dublin local authorities for each of the past three years for refurbishing voids,...
- Homelessness Strategy
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the degree to which he can directly, and through the aegis of the various local authorities in the greater Dublin...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the extent to which the actual housing need can be determined by reference to the number of families currently on...
- Housing Data
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the extent to which each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area can indicate the likely number of new...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if subsidised serviced sites will be made available to families on local authority housing waiting lists in the greater Dublin...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the funding available to each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area for housing purposes in 2016 and...
- Vacant Properties
295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the number of vacant local authority housing units that have been identified by the local authorities in the...
- Homelessness Strategy
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the context of the present housing emergency, he plans emergency measures to address the issue in view of the number of...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which planning procedures can be expedited to facilitate the building of extra local authority houses with...
- Homeless Persons Data
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the number of families deemed homeless in County Kildare are likely to obtain accommodation in the near...
- Housing Provision
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population by way of ensuring...
- Rent Pressure Zones
303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the variation between the annual rate of rent inflation for the Greystones and Drogheda local electoral areas...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contingency plans in place to protect persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless as temperatures drop; when...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta
305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a ainmneofar comhaltaí ar Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta ag tógáil san áireamh an...
- Deontais faoi Údarás na Gaeltachta
306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil deontais ar fáil ó Údarás na Gaeltachta chun caoi a chur ar bháid thraidisiúnta; má...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the rangers' report for the coursing meeting at Edenderry, County Offaly, on 20,...
- EU Directives
309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a derogation from the EU birds directive will be granted to Fingal County Council to allow for the removal of nests and eggs of...
- National Monuments
310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions under the National Monuments Acts for destruction of protected ring forts and hill forts that have been...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Administration
311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the length of time it is taking to process applications for cessation of turf cutting compensation schemes (details supplied); the...
- Architectural Heritage
312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given consideration to the motion passed at Birr municipal district to take a building (details supplied) into State...
- Arts Centres
313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the €2 million funding will be available for the arts centre in Tullamore, County Offaly; and if she will make a...
