Written answers

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • European Council Meetings
      18. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he is planning to raise at the next European Council meeting. [50598/17]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      31. To ask the Taoiseach the process by which the strategic communications unit identifies items for publication and promotion; if all Departments and State agencies are potentially eligible; and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Vessels
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the business case put forward in favour of the purchase by the Naval Service of three new ships, with a fourth ship on order at a cost of...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that 335 members of the Defence Forces have left voluntarily to date in 2017; if he has satisfied himself that the pay and...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the work ongoing within his Department on the proposed review of allowances for Defence Forces personnel under the conciliation and arbitration...
    • Legislative Programme
      56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has prepared legislation to accord enhanced rights for PDFORRA and RACO in anticipation of the outcome of the European...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken further to the Dáil Éireann motion prohibiting the use of Lariam as a drug of first choice for soldiers...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to have available to them the equipment, training and personnel to meet all...
    • Departmental Reports
      61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the chemical exposure report 1994 to 2005 produced in 2014 by a person (details supplied); if a copy of that...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the benefits for Ireland of the decision to sign up for PESCO; the impact this will have for members of the Defence Forces in County Kildare and...
    • Defence Forces
      63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on strategies within the Defence Forces to combat mental health challenges of personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Overseas Missions
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of Defence Forces activities as part of operation Sophia to date. [52737/17]
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of commitments if Ireland signs up to the PESCO agreement in view of that agreement's requirement to regularly increase the defence...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring forward new measures to bolster the retention of serving members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Data
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the age profile of former members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years that have had to avail of supports provided by an...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action being taken in the Defence Forces to address the findings in the recent climate survey regarding the stress experienced by personnel;...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the effective strength of the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/17]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the services and supports available to former members of the Defence Forces that find themselves homeless or in financial difficulty; if these...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the RACO conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/17]
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process by which the Government decided to join PESCO. [51717/17]
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the six monthly progress report on the use of Lariam for military personnel issued by the House of Commons...
    • Air Corps Operations
      76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps taken by his Department to increase the capacity of the Air Corps to provide priority air transfers for medical treatment in view of...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers to date serving in the Permanent Defence Forces; the expected recruitment level in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the considerations and planning his Department has taken with regard to Ireland's imminent joining of PESCO; if the defence budget for 2018, 2019...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's Estimates for each year since 2008; the percentage of GDP and GNP it was annually; if he has had communications with the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged with members of a group (details supplied) on 30 November 2017 during their 24-hour protest outside Dáil Éireann; and...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when the State Claims Agency interviewed Air Corps personnel in Baldonnel in 2013 that its...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the role of his Department and officials in PESCO; and if he will report on his discussions with his EU counterparts on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Trade Data
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the value of trade in goods between Ireland and Britain in 2016; and the estimated amount for 2017. [52861/17]
    • Cabinet Committee Discussions
      92. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on Cabinet Committee B (Social Policy and Public Services). [52951/17]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      94. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to Prime Minister May on 4 December 2017 regarding Brexit. [52607/17]
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      97. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's policy on dealing with whistleblower complaints. [52610/17]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Communications
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke with Mr. Michel Barnier on 4 December 2017 regarding Brexit. [52606/17]
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the areas of North-South co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52685/17]
    • European Council Meetings
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the ongoing war in Syria will be discussed at the December 2017 European Council. [52911/17]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recent declaration by President Trump of the United States on Jerusalem being the capital of Israel will be discussed at the December...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the regulatory alignment proposed in the latest draft of the EU-UK deal; if this will result in the exact same rules...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the definition of the all-Ireland economy as used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52684/17]
    • Middle East Issues
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council; his further views on the announcement of a new political and military...
    • Ukrainian Conflict
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52819/17]
    • International Election Monitoring
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent presidential election in Honduras, the specific measures that will be taken by the EU and international community...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the use of Shannon Airport by the US military in view of the supporting role played by the United States in the war in...
    • Human Rights
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to make his views known to the Saudi Arabian authorities in view of the human rights violations being committed by Saudi Arabia in...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding maintaining full alignment; and the way in which he and his officials are of the view this will be applied in any...
    • International Relations
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Irish-British relations have been strained for the past two years; and the actions that will be taken to correct this....
    • Israeli Settlements
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has had raising the issue of the Israeli settlement in the Golan at the EU Foreign Affairs Council, including the lack of EU...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the status of the Good Friday Agreement and on the next north south Ministerial Council meeting; and if he will make a...
    • International Relations
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he has had with the administration of the United States. [52958/17]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that legislation being enacted at present or proposed by the British Government in relation to its decision to exit the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Compensation Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 17 November 2017, if his department has received legal clarification with regard to the issue (details supplied);...
    • Credit Availability
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sale of legal hemp products such as clothing, bags and cannabidiol, CBD, oil is being hampered by banks'...
    • Property Tax
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce an allowance as an expense towards property tax for landlords who may have two or more properties and are providing tenancy; and if he...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the cap on €60,000 savings within a credit union to assist persons saving for deposits for properties; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the insurance firms licensed to sell motor insurance here in which their prudential regulation is in another EU country and they are regulated here for...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that developers or landlords involved in State contracts for housing are not engaged in offshore tax avoidance; and if he will make a...
    • Stamp Duty
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost in 2018 of the proposed exemption for stamp duty for commercial properties that are made up of 25% residential property;...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52999/17]
    • State Claims Agency
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 14 November 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State Claims Agency commissioned a...
    • Tax Code
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the person or body that is the liable party in respect of income tax relating income being paid to a receiver in the form of rental income on residential and...
    • Property Tax Application
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the person or body that is the liable party in respect of the local property tax in circumstances in which a receiver has been appointed to a property; if the...
    • Tax Code
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make amendments to inheritance tax rules to allow single persons with no children to nominate a beneficiary that would receive the same...
    • Excise Duties Collection
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the profile of goods seized by the Revenue Commissioner at each port for non-compliance with excise obligations; the quantity, nature and estimated market...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the funding and commencement of the flood relief scheme for Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay...
    • Flood Risk Management
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a river at a location (details supplied) will be cleaned out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52806/17]
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rate of salary that would apply to Deputies, Senators, Ministers, Junior Ministers and An Taoiseach if in each case the Civil...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works completed to date on addressing the flooding of the River Shannon; the schedule of works that are planned; and the timeframe...
    • Flooding Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of farmers that have signed up to the resettlement programme; if the number is on target; the measures being introduced for...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is eligible for support from a State agency in view of the fact that they have not been able to secure payment or...
    • Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé beartaithe ag a Roinn beartas cuimsitheach Stáit ar an nGaeloideachas a fhorbairt; agus má tá, cathain a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork . [52605/17]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52620/17]
    • Minor Works Scheme
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grants for 2017/2018 will be paid to all national schools; the amount of the payment; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Minor Works Scheme Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payments provided to each national school in County Mayo under the minor works grant in the past three years; the date on which each year's...
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant for 2017/2018 will issue to a school (details supplied); the amount that will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • School Management
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 30 November 2017, the validity of a decision by the board of management of a primary school to...
    • Third Level Staff Remuneration
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions in which incremental credit for prior experience is given to assistant lecturers in Institutes of Technology; the differences in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new and permanent building for a school (details supplied) in view of the traffic and safety concerns being...
    • Minor Works Scheme Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have received funding under the minor works grant in 2016, and to date in 2017. [52667/17]
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive funding under the minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52668/17]
    • School Enrolments Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children from Navan town and its catchment area attending secondary schools in other towns; the number of children in County Meath...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the building of a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52690/17]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if issues raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52710/17]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation. [52724/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for an extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for pay restoration for primary teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52766/17]
    • School Curriculum
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the English curriculum in the primary level education cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52767/17]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all wages paid to persons enrolled in craft based and consortia led apprenticeships are fully funded via the Exchequer and the National...
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet received its minor works grant; when the payment will issue; the way in which...
    • Institutes of Technology
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the GMIT working group report will be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52795/17]
    • Legislative Measures
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the Education (Admission To Schools) Bill 2016 to be brought before Dáil Éireann; the proposed wording of an...
    • School Enrolments
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 that does not automatically accept students...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allocated the necessary SNA resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52825/17]
    • Capitation Grants
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will receive the next capitation grant in January 2018; and if not, when schools will receive the grants in view of the fact that...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme application submitted by school (details supplied) to assist with the cost of window repairs; and if he...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if first aid training will become compulsory for all physically capable teachers and SNAs (details supplied) through Government funding; and if...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be re-opened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52847/17]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the refusal by Caranua to provide funeral expenses for a person (details supplied) who was a survivor of a residential institution...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays in progressing a school building project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to construction phase; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the design and planning stages of the school building project for a school (details supplied); if this school is being prioritised...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé ar intinn ag a roinn beartas forbartha don Ghaeloideachas lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht a chruthú; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be considered for an application for summer works scheme 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been acquired for a new school (details supplied); the arrangements that have been made for temporary accommodation for the school...
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to formalise and regularise the minor works grant; his further plans to introduce a defined timeframe for these payments in order to...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the teaching registration of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Facilities
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application submitted under the emergency works grant scheme by a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered in view of the urgent need...
    • Schools Building Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new primary school for children with disabilities who are attending a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [53025/17]
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason education and training boards are communicating with Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools in English only; the reason administration...
    • School Enrolments
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the enrolment policy for secondary schools; his views on the fact that enrolment is decided after all applications are received in...
    • School Transport Provision
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus (details supplied) will either be repaired or replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53050/17]
    • Protected Disclosures
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position with regard to protected disclosures made by persons employed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment....
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of students per year from each of the six institutions (details supplied) that run the pre-registration direct entry...
    • School Funding
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the statutory obligations he must comply with in respect of funding primary and secondary schools. [53078/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date and the expected progress in the near future in the case of a building project at a school (details supplied);...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the estimated cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees for 2018. [53098/17]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 7 November 2017 to outline the way in which the cost of an apprentice per annum is calculated. [53099/17]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department provides funding for outdoor shelters and the expansion of playgrounds in national schools; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the retirement benefit scheme on medical grounds will be considered to allow persons to take on rehabilitative work similar to his...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) who has been diagnosed with behavioural disorder and has been without a school...
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exemption for a leaving certificate exam subject for a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Review
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the school transport review recommendation to reduce the minimum number of students needed for a route; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53206/17]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Rights of Way Registration
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for registering a right of way; the changes to the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52660/17]
    • Family Law Cases
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status within law of the 2007 Hague Convention on the international recovery of child support and other forms of...
    • Anti-Terrorism Measures
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the increased violent attacks on civilians will be discussed at the December EU Council meeting. [53226/17]
    • Garda Oversight
      207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to specify the body responsible for investigating a complaint against the Garda Commissioner, GSOC and the Policing Authority;...
    • Garda Expenditure
      208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overtime budget for the Limerick and Tipperary Garda divisions for 2015 to 2018; the allocation and spend of this budget by...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Data
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian employees of An Garda Síochána that are provided with an unmarked Garda car as part of their...
    • Garda Data
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí allocated to each Garda division in 2017. [52669/17]
    • Irish Prison Service
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a final decision has been taken on the use of the former Mountjoy prison training unit as a facility for older prisoners;...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the reason for the delay...
    • Domestic Violence Incidence
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported cases of domestic violence in each of the six regions of the Dublin metropolitan region for 2016, and to...
    • Garda Resources
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda resources allocated in each division in County Cork and Cork city; the resources requested in each division in the...
    • Data Retention
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Data Retention Bill 2017, in view of the fact that the Murray report states that the data retention...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for refugee status; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016 to be enacted; and if he will make a statement...
    • Crime Data
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 7 November 2017, when the information requested will be provided; and if he will...
    • Garda Operations
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a detailed report on Garda Operation C-Point will be provided; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the...
    • Witness Protection Programme
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda witness protection programme for 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Provision Data
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults over 18 years of age and children under 18 years of age that are in direct provision. [52960/17]
    • Direct Provision Payments
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided to operators and owners of direct provision accommodation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to the State of providing ancillary services to direct provision centres, including catering, in each of the...
    • Traveller Culture
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 5 December 2017, the steps he is taking to address actions 98, 112, and 117 in the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be considered for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52998/17]
    • Private Security Authority
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statutory role and powers of the Private Security Authority in the event that a device, alarm or security system apparatus...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) was included in his Department's internal review mechanism process; if a letter...
    • Prisoners Treatment
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the implementation of therapeutic communities in the prison system; if his statement in this regard will be...
    • Customs and Excise Protocols
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine correspondence (details supplied) brought to the attention of his Department regarding a customs matter; and...
    • Drugs Crime
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 45 of 23 May 2017 and 286 of 27 June 2017, when the statistics requested will be made...
    • Disabilities Data
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of persons with disabilities in public service employment in view of the commitment made in the comprehensive...
    • Garda Remuneration
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to end the discrimination in eligibility for pensions in respect of the 19 surviving ex-members of An...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Good Friday Agreement
      233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the trade matters contained within the Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52686/17]
    • Trade Union Recognition
      234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will raise with a company (details supplied) which is engaged by the HSE on State contracts the reason it does not recognise a...
    • Land Ownership
      235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the process by which land at a location (details supplied) was advertised and sold; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Agreements
      236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will be supporting a final agreement with Mercosur countries in which beef is a component of such a deal. [52780/17]
    • Jobs Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the national and regional job targets under the programme for Government and Enterprise 2025 in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been inquiries from prospective investors regarding a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied)...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grant aid awarded by the IDA in each of the years 2013 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017. [53096/17]
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
      241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 21 November 2017, the specific powers she lacks or the legal obstacle preventing the...
    • Trade Agreements
      243. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the EU Mercosur deal; if same is being deferred pending the human rights impact assessment being part of the...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Health when funding that an organisation (details supplied) has been requesting for the past five years to source new buildings and upgrade current buildings will be...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      247. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide funding for transport for persons attending a service (details supplied) who are unable to use public transport. [52870/17]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      248. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if so, if his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department is taking action on...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      249. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) in County Waterford and the fact that the project offers support to older persons in their own...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      250. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that a drug (details supplied) prescribed to women during pregnancy in both New Zealand and Britain has been linked...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of overnight respite for children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny through the purchase of suitable property...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      252. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for St. James's Hospital national narcolepsy service has been included in the estimates 2018 process; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      253. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the level of product inconsistency and trade confusion at retail level regarding sales of e-cigarettes and refill liquids,...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Health if the refund due to a person (details supplied) under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive will be issued [52634/17]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      255. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made in relation to the libre continuous glucose monitoring system being made widely available to persons with type 1 diabetes here; and...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      256. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of a consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52639/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      257. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent assistance can be supplied by CAMHS Celbridge or an appropriate body in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      258. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with an endocrinologist; the length of time the waiting list for an appointment with the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels and staffing rota details in respect of the radiology department at Letterkenny University Hospital; the vacancies which have yet to be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons awaiting an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital's radiology department for three months, six months, nine months, 12...
    • Emergency Departments Closures
      261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fatalities that have occurred in ambulances or hospitals of persons who live within 20 miles of an accident and emergency department that has...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      262. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) on a waiting list for over a year will have eye surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52658/17]
    • Health Services Access
      265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transgender persons on waiting lists for HRT that have been waiting for zero to three months, three to six months, six to none months, nine to 12...
    • Civil Registration Service
      267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a marriage licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52679/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be provided for a person (details suplied) without a specialist's recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52680/17]
    • Nursing Home Beds Data
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds in County Meath; the number of persons on waiting lists for nursing home beds in County Meath; and the average waiting times...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the board members of the Ireland east group and Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [52687/17]
    • HIQA Inspections
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 2012 recommendations by HIQA in regard to the quality, safety and governance of care provided to acute patients at Tallaght Hospital that...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 21 November 2017, his views on whether the question asked was answered; and his further views on whether this is...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving an appointment; when they will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health training provided for first responders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52712/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward amendments to the Health Act 2004 to delegate budget authority further down the structure of mental health services in view of the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of services at a residential care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52723/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of changes to the fair deal scheme; the way in which a cap on farm land reduction will be implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the hyperbaric oxygen therapy centre at University Hospital Galway; the location, opening times and designated person in charge thereof; the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for theFreeStyle Libre to be available on the HSE's long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      282. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled at the paediatric unit in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      283. 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. [52757/17]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of financial support under the nursing homes support scheme as of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to advance evaluation of best practice for teleconsultations in primary and other care settings and develop guidance and clinical protocols for such...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE to fund PrEP in view of the announcement on 1 November 2017 that the drugs will become available for prescription from 4 December 2017;...
    • Hospital Charges
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with haemochromatosis that have attended venesection clinics by clinic in 2015, 2016, and to date in 2017; the names of the venesection...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if the four-month target for persons with scoliosis for 2017 has been discontinued and does not appear in the programme for 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the yearly data on waiting times for when psychiatric patients presented at accident and emergency departments and when they are either admitted for treatment...
    • Hospitals Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the yearly number of psychiatric patients presented at accident and emergency departments, by hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017,...
    • Hospitals Funding
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the annual funding provided for the psychiatry and psychology departments, by hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to psychiatric inpatient beds from the accident and emergency departments; the amount spent annually on these admissions by...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the cost by quarter of the little things mental health campaign. [52813/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents of self harm, suicide attempts and suicides that were recorded in each inpatient psychiatric unit in each of the years 2014 to 2016,...
    • Hospitals Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of return patients for each inpatient psychiatric unit in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      299. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be made available to fund an outreach team for a project (details supplied) in County Louth to deal with the increase in the area of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for a person to see a gastroenterologist in Tallaght hospital; the number of persons on this waiting list; the longest waiting time on the...
    • HSE Records
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received files relating to a relative, as promised; when this information will be released; and if he will make...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of substance use education and-or prevention workers in each of the regional task force areas; the project promoter for each area, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Services
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if enzyme replacement therapy is approved by a committee; if so, the reason therefor; the persons who sit on that committee; the frequency with which the...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      305. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that the HSE does not track the time taken for medicines to be reimbursed against their initial submission date for...
    • Medical Products
      306. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a QALY-based health technology assessment is an appropriate mechanism for assessing the cost and clinical effectiveness of an orphan...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      307. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent expert to review the appropriateness, transparency and timeliness of the HSE's reimbursement process for orphan medicinal drugs will be...
    • Health Strategies
      308. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal in the report of the Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group strategy group to downgrade 24-hour accident and emergency cover in Portlaoise...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if the 60% grant cut by the HSE to the early intervention therapy programmes for children with Down's syndrome in counties Meath and Louth will be reversed;...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of consistent respite for persons at a location (details supplied) and the lack of houses available in the community. [52845/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for paediatric orthodontic treatment in Louth county hospital for priority cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52848/17]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to local addiction outreach services under the HSE's remit in the CHO 8 area, in each of the years 2015 and 2016, and to date in 2017, in...
    • Dental Services Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of dental services provided to elderly medical card holders in long-term care; the services and accommodations in place to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      315. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have eye surgery carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/17]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a requirement for registered practitioners, under the upcoming implementation of statutory registration for the counselling and psychotherapy...
    • Mobility Allowance
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if grants are offered by his Department that pay for a taxi service for elderly and immobile persons who live alone and cannot avail of public transport; and...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of respite care offered to families of children with disabilities in the first 11 months of 2017 as compared to the first 11 months of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited as a matter of urgency. [52934/17]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if direct funding or the HSE treatment abroad scheme will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52936/17]
    • Air Ambulance Service Operations
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the frequency of helicopter transports arriving at Beaumont Hospital at a location (details supplied); his plans for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      325. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [52972/17]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      326. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52975/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [52982/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to a person (details supplied) for a placement at a service; and when the placement will commence. [52985/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the documents the HSE claim were not submitted with an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an Alzheimer's unit at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the matter has been discussed at local level; and...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      331. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed in St. Patrick's Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • HSE Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community occupational therapists operating in County Kildare and west County Wicklow; the towns they cover; if there are vacancies; if so, the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that one tenth of the national waiting list for gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures is at Naas General Hospital;...
    • Respite Care Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite services for persons with disabilities in County Louth. [53024/17]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for occupational therapy in north County Cork has been cut; and if occupational therapy services will...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new general practitioner for Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53033/17]
    • Hospital Records
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if information will be provided to a person (details supplied) regarding an operation in 1990. [53044/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53049/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists and psychologists with functional Irish that are working in the educational sector; the number of these professionals working...
    • Community Care Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied) which suggests that 168,438 adult bed days per year equivalent to 460 beds per day could...
    • Respite Care Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to address staff shortages at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay in recruiting the three vacant...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in alleviating waiting lists for day respite for parents of children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in centres...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      351. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the significant number of parents of children with special needs that have had to take cases to the High Court due to failure in the provision of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision was made to no longer cover medical and adhesive tape on the medical card; and if alternative funding arrangements have been made to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      353. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53110/17]
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide urgent and immediate emergency funding for respite service proposals that are currently in the HSE's possession, specifically to provide...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that respite care is urgently provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the exceptional circumstances that now...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be seen as an outpatient at the national rehabilitation hospital, Dun Laoghaire; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the gaps and service disruptions within the care package being made available to a person (details supplied) with complex...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when prescriptions dispensed by a person (details supplied) will be paid; the status of the claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53123/17]
    • Health Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions Nos. 1309 of 20 June 2017 and 410 of 21 November 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing conditions in the GMHS clinic in the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 279 of 29 November 2017, if this figure includes persons under 18 years of age entitled to access free general practitioner care by...
    • General Practitioner Data
      363. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's estimate of the number of persons under six years of age who will be entitled to free general practitioner care in 2018 to 2021 respectively;...
    • Trade Union Recognition
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise with a company (details supplied) that is engaged by the HSE on State contracts the reason it does not recognise a union which represents its...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Brexit Negotiations
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an exemption in the Brexit agreement regarding transport of approved rescue dogs from both jurisdictions; and if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 170 of 16 November 2017, if he plans to alter the regulations that will allow the landowner to replace...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52619/17]
    • GLAS Payments
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS 1 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following the successful review of their application;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under a specific scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [52659/17]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approximate additional annual increase in Exchequer funding needed for the beef data and genomics programme if compensation were...
    • Equine Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses impounded, euthanised and re-homed in each year since 2010; and the costs involved, by county, in tabular form....
    • GLAS Payments
      377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 14 November 2017, if farmers and planners will be paid before Christmas 2017 for the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Review
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the suggestion following the publication of the CAP communication of the future of food and farming on degressive...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measure agreed following the recent agreement at EU level of omnibus CAP regulations regarding simplification; when the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that the November 2017 Exchequer returns show that his Department was running €129 million behind...
    • Tillage Sector
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendations of the report on the tillage sector by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the...
    • Fishing Communities
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recommendations of the 2014 report on promoting sustainable rural coastal and island communities by the Joint Sub-Committee on...
    • Beef Exports
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State has applied for beef export access to Iran following the recent EU agrifood trade mission to that country; and the other...
    • Trade Agreements
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be supporting a final agreement with Mercosur countries in which beef is a component of such a deal. [52779/17]
    • Pesticide Use
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent reauthorisation of glyphosate; and his further views on the way in which countries that traditionally aligned...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff working directly on the environmental sustainability committee in his Department; the...
    • EU Funding
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which funds will be used that the European Commission is returning to member states from unused crisis reserve funds; and...
    • GLAS Administration
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to agricultural advisers and consultants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Welfare
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials have carried out inspections at a location (details supplied); if reports of these inspections will be published;...
    • Control of Horses
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement legislation regulating sulky driving and improve the management of horses and ponies in view of an incident...
    • Greyhound Industry
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been informed of the fate of greyhounds once they leave the country; when the greyhound industry (amendment) Bill will be...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person's (details supplied) eligibility for an ANC payment from 2015 will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TAMS Administration
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to raise the limit for investments for TAMS, currently at €80,000, to allow greater scope for farmers to develop...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal process is available to farmers in respect of the minimum of 3 ha of forage land which a person owns and farms to...
    • Agrifood Sector
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 960 of 7 November 2017, his plans to develop satellite food innovation hubs throughout the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of cross-compliance and non-compliance fines collected by his Department in 2015 and 2016; the value of such fines...
    • Greyhound Industry
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to appoint the members of the control committee and appeals committee as recommended by a company (details supplied) in...
    • Greyhound Industry Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds in the national racing pool by track; and the years in which they were whelped, in tabular form. [53092/17]
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a veterinary surgeon is present at official and unofficial trials at Irish Greyhound Board trialing sessions. [53095/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding unpaid farm payments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Service Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Carbury, County Kildare, will have access to fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52604/17]
    • Fisheries Protection
      408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his recent discussions with the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, regarding the review of pike...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 18 October 2016, the final percentage of the 310 MW of renewable energy...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a location (details supplied) will be supplied with fibre broadband. [52748/17]
    • Post Office Closures
      412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the post offices which closed in County Clare in each of the years 2002 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre optic high-speed broadband will be provided to a person (details supplied) who is 100 m from connection to...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the procurement process for the national broadband plan; the status and timeframe of the work carried out...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to include the replacement of windows under SEAI grants; if the replacement of windows to improve BER rating...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects Status
      419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if repair works will be carried out at a bridge (details supplied). [53202/17]
    • Rail Services Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the problem of overcrowding of rail carriages on the Dublin Connolly to Maynooth line; if this issue will be...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the boards and agencies within his Department's remit; the current number of vacancies on these boards or agencies; the duration of each...
    • Public Transport Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52601/17]
    • Driver Test Regulations
      423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance available for persons with learning difficulties who are sitting their driving theory test; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52677/17]
    • Road Projects Status
      425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for an inner orbit road from Whitemill, Clonard to Coolcotts in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus stops on the Dublin Bus network; the number of bus stops that have a shelter facility; his plans to provide shelter at...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appeal mechanism available under the sports capital grant scheme to clubs that were not allocated funding due to minor errors in...
    • Road Safety
      430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to prioritise the need for a safer speed...
    • Fishing Vessel Safety
      431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a fishing vessel other than a vessel (detail supplied) has been required to be lengthened due to stability failings; and if he will...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a new class of public service vehicle which would cater for the specific needs of ceremonial cars and limousines...
    • Road Projects
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the decision to opt for the green option on the route selection for the Foynes to Adare road project; and if he will make...
    • National Car Test
      437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason National Car Testing, NCT services are not open to the tendering process as is the case other in European countries; and the...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if design plans for the electrification of the Maynooth rail line in 2018 will be completed in order to have the project in a state of...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grants are offered by his Department that pay for a taxi service for elderly and immobile persons who live alone and cannot avail of...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support by way of funding, the plans for a cycle path and a footbridge over the N40 in Cork which will link the Grange area...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement and administer a 2018 sports capital grant fund; and when applications will be open. [52892/17]
    • Traffic Management
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 23 November 2017, the programmes he plans to implement to address congestion in the greater...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be progress on the expansion of the DART to the Kildare line in view of the mid-term capital review 2018 to 2021; if not,...
    • Transport Policy
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the public transport system away from fossil fuels; the funding allocated for the provision of converting public...
    • Private Bus Operators
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the correct action a private bus company must take to operate a public service; and the considerations taken when a decision is being...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the matter of regulating rickshaws, in view of the fact that he has refused to implement section 31 of the Road Traffic Act...
    • Driver Test
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter relating to a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to switch the designated cycling lane and pedestrian lanes in the Phoenix Park following recommendations by the Coroner's Court...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 67 Dublin Bus service has capacity issues and is failing to meet demand for...
    • Bus Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bus connect network review report; when the report will be published; and when it will be open to public consultation....
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club's application (details supplied) was deemed ineligible for sports capital funding. [53179/17]
    • Road Safety
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was consulted by the NTA before a decision was taken not to insert rubber inserts on tram lines on new Luas city cross over to...
    • Cycling Facilities Data
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cyclists in the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53214/17]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the over age exemption to the ECCE scheme has been abolished in view of the potentially harmful effects of this abolition, in...
    • Child Safety
      460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if allegations of inappropriate behaviour with the children of a person (details supplied) have been investigated; if a related agreement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that were made under the over age exemption in each year since 2016. [52701/17]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the independent review of the cost of delivering quality childcare; the date by which she anticipates this review...
    • Child Care Services Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made on the sectoral employment order for the early years sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52706/17]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      469. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the extra year of ECCE for children with special needs will be reinstated; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that until now,...
    • Child Care Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff within the county child care committees who have been trained to deliver the diversity equality and inclusion training;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      474. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the payroll costs, overhead costs, travel and subsistence costs and management costs for the better start aim programme; the outputs from...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      475. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of access and inclusion staff in place within Pobal's better start; the structure of same within Pobal; and if she will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      476. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ECCE; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Standards
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has adjudicated on the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to their qualifications; if this person can...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of senior practitioner social workers employed by Tusla; the number planned to be appointed in 2018; the estimated extra cost to...
    • Aftercare Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons engaging with aftercare services from either Tusla or a voluntary agency, by age and area. [53127/17]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the consultation process which she plans to hold with parents of children with disabilities ahead of the proposed changes to the over age...
    • School Completion Programme
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for changes to the management of school completion programmes, particularly those that relate to voluntary secondary schools; if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will raise with a company (details supplied) that are engaged by the HSE on State contracts the reason they do not recognise a union...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      488. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on funding safety items, such as alarms, censor lights, carbon monoxide alarms and so on (details supplied); and if he will...
    • CLÁR Programme
      489. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available under the CLÁR capital investment programme in 2018; if so, when it will be announced; and if...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Child Benefit Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of expanding the child benefit payment to include 18 year olds that are still in full time secondary education; and...
    • School Meals Programme
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 22 November 2017, if she will review correspondence received in response to...
    • Direct Provision System
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of providing living allowance to adults and children in direct provision by category, in tabular form. [52961/17]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance . [52592/17]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52602/17]
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the further review of a maternity benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision taken by her Department relative to an application for DCA by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed;...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide a pension for community employment scheme supervisors in line with a Labour Court recommendation; and if...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to address the inequality within differing levels of pension payments between persons retiring...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the allowable period for persons to work under the community employment scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) may be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments that are excluded from benefitting from the Christmas bonus; the way in which her Department advises persons...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52789/17]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52790/17]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria of the yearly bonus payment for those on a long term payment is classed at 15 months or 455 days as opposed...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of an overpayment to a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare supports and options that are in place for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to fuel allowance. [52913/17]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make an additional Christmas payment to persons in emergency accommodation in view of the increase in numbers in...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disability allowance being paid to a person (details supplied) was cut to €160.50 per week. [52931/17]
    • Citizen Information Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes being put in place by CIBs relative to the structure of MABS; the details of these changes to date and projected...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance; the reason the previous application was...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding will be provided to a company (details supplied) for the provision of a community employment scheme or an...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Christmas bonus is not being paid in the case of a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the refusal rates for applications for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53012/17]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason rent supplement has been suspended in the case of a person (details supplied) who has not received payment for...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); if she will request that every...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount provided under the humanitarian assistance scheme; and the amount that has been administered to date in 2017 under...
    • Social Insurance
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the benefits that accrue from the contribution of K stamp PRSI payments; if they are counted for pension purposes; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the audits have not been done for a number of community employment schemes in County Tipperary (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Reports
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which Ireland's 15th report on the implementation of the European Social Charter for the period 2013 to 2016 was...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who were previously self-employed and who moved to carer's allowance can acquire credited contributions for...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the overhaul of the PRSI contribution assessment for pension entitlement, including averaging of contributions, will be...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Nitrates Action Programme Review
      531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the nitrates derogation for farmers and the revised nitrates action programme post-2021. [52778/17]
    • Local Authority Funding
      532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assistantsSecretary in his Department gave a commitment later in the first quarter of 2015 when they met with the chief...
    • Electoral Register
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52596/17]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a landlord is obliged at the request of an existing tenant to sign up to the housing assistance payment scheme in respect...
    • Local Government Reform
      537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to conduct a review or plans revisions to the local government boundaries or distribution of seats within existing...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated from the local infrastructure housing activation fund to County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Estates
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the taking in charge of an estate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52741/17]
    • Planning Issues
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review regulations whereby the proposed layout of houses submitted for planning are published online and in...
    • Housing Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 5 December 2017, the number of housing first tenancies in existence prior to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that are operating the choice based letting, CBL, system for housing allocations; the number of persons...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish Water refunds are being issued in cheques from a bank (details...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding fire regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53090/17]
    • Local Authority Members
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a statutory requirement for local authorities to provide timely and substantive responses to...
    • Valuation Office
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the claims by Sligo County Council that it submitted details of a wind farm (details...
    • Local Authority Housing Repossessions
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of shared ownership loans that have resulted in repossession and the owner losing his or her home in each of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sanctions that will be placed on a coursing club (details supplied) for allegedly contravening the terms of its licence by...
    • Hare Coursing Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares dying at coursing clubs, per club, in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; if post mortems...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for improving the monitoring and invigilation of coursing clubs in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a request for additional funding for a project (details supplied) in County Cork in addition to the €12...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the checks and measures in place to prevent production companies from abusing financial incentives, namely the section 481 tax...
    • Film Industry
      558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultations and correspondence between her Department, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
      559. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the scheme of compensation for turf cutters to include the owners of turf banks who may not have cut turf for...
    • National Museum
      560. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish an independent external investigation into the alleged bullying and sexual harassment being reported...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      561. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the pay scales of all ranks in the Defence Forces in an easy to understand format will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      562. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of investigations and hearings that have occurred since 2010 in the Defence Forces that relate to allegations of sexual assault and...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      564. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for expenditure in his Department over the coming years if Ireland joins PESCO; his plans to ensure a full public debate on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      565. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the Permanent Defence Force who are attending courses at third level institutions...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      566. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if steps will be taken to ensure that members of the Permanent Defence Force who undertake courses in Carlow IT and other such colleges of...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      567. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the discharge papers for a Reserve Defence Forces staff member (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      569. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the strength of the Defence Forces having particular regard to a recent indication of...
    • Defence Forces Training
      571. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to be equipped and trained to international standards; and if...
    • Overseas Missions Data
      574. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force members serving overseas on peacekeeping or other missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53186/17]
    • Air Corps Equipment
      575. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the aircraft throughout the Air Corps are constantly assessed for upgrading or replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Funding
      576. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the EU currently contributes towards the cost of maintaining air and sea surveillance along the Irish coast with particular...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      578. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women serving in the Defence Forces at all ranks in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps has fluctuated over...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      579. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces Reserve at all levels; the degree to which these numbers have fluctuated in the past six years; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      580. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the use of the various military installations decommissioned over the past 25 years; the number that have been disposed of; the current use of...
    • Emergency Planning
      581. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains satisfied that equipment, aircraft, and ancillary requirements are upgraded and updated on a regular basis...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      583. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which modern sophisticated technology is available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps with particular reference to radar and...

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