Written answers

Thursday, 14 December 2017

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Private Partnerships
      2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a report from the IMF (details supplied) that makes a range of recommendations regarding PPPs,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve the gender balance on each of the State boards under his remit. [53246/17]
    • Expenditure Reviews
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rolling selective spending review process which will take place in his Department between 2017 and 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pay
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address pay inequality within the public sector. [53243/17]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding for the flood relief works that are needed in Mountmellick and Portarlington, County Laois will be committed to once a final...
    • Coastal Protection
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to develop a coordinated national coastal plan to prioritise the most at risk inhabited and to develop a unified approach to...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by Department and public body and the total cost of public relations services in the past ten years; and if he will make...
    • Coastal Erosion
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the steps being taken to prevent further damage to dunes at Portrane, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the existing public sector pay agreements are helping to address staff shortages in front-line public services; and if...
    • Road Projects Status
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the commitment in respect of the completion of the A5 motorway to Derry and Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood defence construction works will advance in the upper Lee for areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Service Renewal Plan
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed outcomes under the third progress report on the implementation of the Civil Service renewal plan and, in particular, on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pension and public pay restoration to be carried out under FEMPI by Department and public body; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the key actions to improve public services under the our public service 2020 plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if studies have taken place to determine the number of persons displaced by the retirement age, impacting on those 65 to 70 years of age;...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans arising from a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53433/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €788 million below profile announced in the fiscal monitor will be returned to the central fund or if the funds will be...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Data
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish embassies worldwide which have enterprise attachés stationed; and the number of such attachés stationed in each such...
    • Human Rights Cases
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the trial of a person (details supplied) in Turkey that began on 7 December 2017; if his attention has...
    • Legislative Programme
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement...
    • European Council Meetings
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the EU-British agreement on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53915/17]
    • EU Directives
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans in respect of the implementation of the European Union work life balance directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since May 2016; the names of the reports in tabular form; the...
    • Passport Data
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued by his department in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Applications Data
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons from Great Britain and Northern Ireland that have applied for an Irish passport in each of the years, 2012 to 2017, in...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target date set by his Department for reaching the 0.7% ODA GNP target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53972/17]
    • Human Rights
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent events in Venezuela including the banning of opposition parties from the 2018 election there; and if he will make...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated number of Irish persons living in the United States of America without documentation; the recent efforts that have been made to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a budget has been allocated to the person in the role of US special envoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53975/17]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities of Ireland for phase two of Brexit negotiations as they relate to individual sectors of the economy; and if he will make a...
    • EU Issues
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the EU Ombudsman report on unpaid internships in the European External Action Service with his EU colleagues; if he will...
    • Ministerial Travel
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria in respect of the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53947/17]
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the VRT rebate for electric vehicle purchase until 2019 to 2023, respectively. [54080/17]
    • Community Banking
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has provided a report on the Sparkassen public banking model; and his views on whether there could be a role for such a public banking system...
    • VAT Rate Application
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which VAT is calculated on unredeemed gift vouchers; if a calculation has been done on VAT foregone; if so, the amount for 2016; and if he will make...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that have been received to date under the help-to-buy incentive scheme; and the number of applications that have been successful....
    • Legislative Programme
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of each; and if he...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 5 December 2017, if the help-to-buy scheme applies in this instance (details supplied). [53577/17]
    • Legal Proceedings
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of legal proceedings in which he and the Attorney General are cited as the defendants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Stamp Duty
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to compensate private pension holders that had a pension levy imposed on their pension funds for a number of years as part of the jobs initiative of...
    • Fiscal Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 30 November 2017, if the figures given for net fiscal space for 2019, 2020 and 2021 include the changes announced...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of claims paid out by the State Claims Agency in each the past five years; the number and value of claims that were settled out of court;...
    • State Banking Sector
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategies for returning each of the State supported banks fully to the private sector; the timeframe for the full privatisation of each of the banks; the...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of entities availing of the EIIS; the number of which are private investors, SMEs and microenterprises; the average annual relief for each private...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders availing of mortgage interest relief, MIR; the number of mortgages availing of MIR; the cost in 2017 of MIR; and if he will make...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual return from ISIF in each of the years since its creation including 2017; the annual return from the global portfolio, domestic portfolio and...
    • Tax Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the research and development tax credit in each year since 2012, including 2017; the number of multinationals claiming the credit in each of...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount invested by Activate Capital in 2017; the average interest charged on the finance provided; the number of homes completed in each of the years since...
    • Tax Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the shortfall in income tax compared with target as outlined in the November 2017 fiscal monitor; if he will provide an outturn versus target...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies availing of the knowledge development box; the cost of the programme in 2016; the number of MNEs obtaining the relief in 2016; the cost...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the planned wind up of NAMA; the details of the portfolio that is remaining; the current estimate of the timeframe and the financial outturn from...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact Brexit will have on Ireland's annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53752/17]
    • IBRC Expenditure
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to barristers, senior and junior counsel by IBRC since the appointment of the special liquidators; the name and amount paid to each...
    • Banking Sector Data
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether bank ATM machines should dispense €10 notes to persons; the practice of retail banks here in dispensing...
    • Mortgage Data
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unregulated loan owners in the Irish mortgage market for PDHs and BTLs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53756/17]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SME loans owned by unregulated loan owners; the number of unregulated loan owners in the market here that own SME loans; the number of SME loans...
    • Mortality Data
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders currently operating in the market; the value of sub...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Central Bank has a record of the number of commercial loans that have been sold on by the original underwriter; if so, the details of same; if...
    • Credit Register Establishment
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will be fully operational; the steps that have been taken to date in its implementation; if personal contract plans and hire...
    • Personal Contract Plans
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal contract plan providers, PCPs, here; the number and value of PCPs currently in existence; the number and value of PCPs that are behind...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of payday loan providers here; the number and value of loans outstanding to payday loan providers; the number and value of payday loans in arrears;...
    • Legislative Programme
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a second Finance Bill; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53763/17]
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount owed by businesses to the Revenue Commissioners under each tax heading; the age profile of the arrears; and the steps the Revenue Commissioners are...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contract outsourced staff employed at the Central Bank; the roles they perform; the daily salary of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of small and medium enterprise debt outstanding from the latest available data; the amount which is in arrears; the amount classified as...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the fines greater than €100,000 imposed by the Central Bank on financial institutions over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels in his Department by division; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by division; the length of time these...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels in the Revenue Commissioners by functional area; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by functional area; the...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Staff
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels currently in the NTMA by functional area; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by functional area; the length of...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels in the Central Bank by functional area; the staffing levels in 2015 and 2016; the number of vacancies by functional area; the length of...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and overall value of IBRC PDH residential mortgages sold by the special liquidator; the details of each transaction including the identity of the...
    • IBRC Loans
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and overall value of IBRC commercial loans sold by the special liquidator; the details of each transaction including the identity of the purchaser;...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received to date in respect of fees for the 2008 bank guarantee scheme and the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme; the proceeds received from...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has issued guidance to financial institutions in terms of assessing loan applications on the issue of considering evidence of gambling...
    • IBRC Loans
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if following their appointment the special liquidator of IBRC changed the interest rates being charged by the bank on commercial loans; and if he will make a...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the special liquidation of IBRC; the details of the portfolio that is remaining; the estimated timeframe; the financial outturn from the...
    • Mortgage Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of rent receivers appointed to date in respect of buy-to-let properties for each of the State-supported banks; the number of buy-to-let properties...
    • Corporation Tax
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross amount of corporation tax paid in 2017 by the top ten multinational groups as measured by corporation tax paid; the proportion this represents of...
    • NAMA Loan Book Value
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the book value and estimated market value of the loan assets held by NAMA; the details by geographic area, for example, Ireland, the UK and so on; if a...
    • Credit Union Lending
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and purpose of public funding that has been required to date by the credit union sector; the amount collected from credit unions by way of the...
    • Insurance Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made and accepted, respectively, for declined insurance in each month of 2017 and each year since 2014 in tabular form; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent reduced income tax receipts to November 2017; the way in which these tally with recent gains in employment; and if he will make a...
    • State Aid Investigations
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the escrow account for the tax liability of a company (details supplied) to be in operation; when the full payment will be received; the...
    • Tax Collection
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can arrange for a deferral of payment in respect of income tax owed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households in negative equity; his views on the implications of this for the wider economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54016/17]
    • Tax Yield
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of increasing the lifetime limit for CGT entrepreneur relief to €1 million, €5 million, €10 million and €15...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the average Irish SME loan lending rate; the average EU rate; and the rate for each EU 27 member state based on available data in tabular form. [54131/17]
    • NAMA Operations
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the spending commitments or paying down of debt the Government has entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the staff numbers in the Central Bank in each of the years 2008 to 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54146/17]
    • European Central Bank
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Central Bank and his Department's staff seconded to the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54147/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of closed Garda stations that have been sold since 2011, by county; the revenue raised; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Station Expenditure
      145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of security and maintenance on closed Garda stations that have not been sold, by county; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the legislation to extend the mandatory retirement age in the public sector to 70 years of age; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53610/17]
    • Insurance Coverage
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has reached agreement with the insurance industry regarding the use of demountable flood defences; if the insurance industry...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding budgeted in 2017 for flood relief works; the amount actually spent to date; the budget for such works in 2018; and...
    • Public Expenditure Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments or bodies under their aegis that are deemed to be best performing in terms of public expenditure and reform with respect...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he expects reform throughout the public sector to impact on economic performance in the future; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which public procurement and reform thereto continues to be part of Government policy with particular reference to the...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the recruitment embargo throughout the public sector has been lifted with particular reference to the need to ensure...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in the Office of the Government Chief Information Office in each of the years from 2013 to 2017; and if he will make...
    • Office of Public Works Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief capital allocation and the drawdown in each of the years from 2011 to 2017, by local authority, in tabular form; and if...
    • Flood Risk Management
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group in each of the years from 2011 to 2017; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participating schools implementing a healthy schools action plan. [53797/17]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for new accommodation by a school (details supplied). [53510/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of departmental staff, by departmental premises, and within statutory bodies within his remit, and their grades, employed in Drogheda....
    • Teacher Discipline
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the procedures set out in Circular 0059/2009 are underpinned by legislation; and if so, the relevant Act. [53540/17]
    • Teacher Fee Refund Scheme
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that availed of the fee refund scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; the average amount paid to teachers in fee...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department is providing for the creative youth programme in 2017; the allocation it will receive in 2018; and, if his Department...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of...
    • Public Sector Pay
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53595/17]
    • Third Level Expenditure
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the provision of counselling services at third level in each of the years from 2013 to 2017; and the amount that has...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of students to teaching staff in each of the years from 2013 to 2017 at third level. [53614/17]
    • Higher Education Schemes
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a housing estate (details supplied) is geographically split in two for the purposes of deprivation indices used for qualification for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension for a school (details supplied) will go to construction; if every effort will be made to expedite this project in view of...
    • Departmental Schemes
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); if the financial assistance to the school will be increased in order to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the evaluation of new design options in respect of a school (details supplied). [53731/17]
    • School Accommodation
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will select and approve a suitable long-term site within a local community for a school (details supplied) in time for it to...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision is made in his Department's Estimate for 2018 for a minor works grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/17]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the details of the 2018-2019 higher education grant scheme will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54119/17]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exclude students' part-time earnings in the assessment of means for the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate time it takes to make new consortia-led apprenticeships operational to apprentices from call for proposals stage to validation by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography,...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Commercial Rates
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private early years services providing full day ECCE, free preschool, are...
    • EU Directives
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Government is seeking to delay the implementation of European Union...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of departmental staff by departmental premises and within statutory bodies within his remit and their grades...
    • Immigration Status
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of permission to work and attend college for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Prison Service
      200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the criticisms made of the Prison Service in a report (details supplied) concerning the transfer of a certain...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a hearing will take place in relation to an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (details supplied);...
    • Traveller Community
      202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a court ruling (details supplied) will be examined to determine if recognition of Traveller ethnicity will require a...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that there will be accountability for the estimated two million fake breath tests; if he will...
    • Immigration Status
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency options available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Policy
      207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) with particular...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 30 November 2017, if on the basis of current circumstances they are likely to be...
    • Leave to Remain
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an application for stamp 4 leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Status
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider on humanitarian grounds the serious health condition of a person (details supplied) in relation to their...
    • Residency Permits
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 28 September 2017, the current and or expected entitlement to temporary permanent...
    • Garda Data
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, the number of Garda Reserve, the number of community gardaí and the number of civilian staff...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54008/17]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of spending by his Department on external public relations in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prisoner Data
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 5 December 2017, if he will clarify that while the absolute numbers of prisoners...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 14 November 2017, if the reports that the Legal Service Regulatory Authority...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the cross-Border crime agency; the number of staff involved and agencies engaged; the annual budget; and if he...
    • Gender Equality
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce gender quotas for the boards of publicly listed companies here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Transport Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars assigned to each Garda station in counties Laois and Offaly in each of the years 2010 to 2017. [54161/17]
    • Disability Statistics
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to recent research which found two-thirds of disabled persons were out of work; the steps he is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved;...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information...
    • Departmental Agencies Expenditure
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Ddepartment from 1 January 2017 to date in...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Documents
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name of all internal reports and research studies conducted or commissioned by her Department and the agencies under her aegis...
    • Trade Missions Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the trade missions that are scheduled for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53967/17]
    • Agrifood Sector
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to designating Naas, County Kildare and surrounding areas as a food hub, in view of the strong...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within her area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress to date by the CCPC regarding enforcement of the grocery goods regulations and monitoring compliance; the...
    • Farm Safety
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 allocation by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives. [53652/17]
    • Health and Safety Inspections
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the sanctioned recruitment of six inspector posts for the farm inspection programme for the HSA that have been filled to...
    • IDA Ireland Offices
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each international IDA office abroad; the location of each; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed in...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of international Enterprise Ireland offices abroad; the location of each; number of full-time and part-time staff employed...
    • Brexit Documents
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have completed the Brexit scorecard to date since it was established, by company size (details supplied),...
    • Brexit Staff
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff in the dedicated Brexit unit within her Department broken down by staff grade; and if she...
    • EU Meetings
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers meeting in which she or her predecessors made the case for the need...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff hired since 1 January 2017 under the budget allocation (details supplied) to each State...
    • Brexit Issues
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of Be Prepared grants to date, by county, in tabular...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of annual budget expended on staff salaries and remuneration since the CCPC was established in euro and in percentage...
    • EU Directives
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated timetable for the Irish national transposition of the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is possible to adapt the current regulatory regime and empower the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant IDA Ireland properties in each county from the latest data available; the name and location of each such vacant...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendation of the first report of the personal injuries commission that the Quebec task force whiplash associated disorder...
    • Job Initiatives
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for the independent review of the Succeed-in-Ireland programme which her department has commissioned; if her department...
    • Departmental Reviews
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of Enterprise 2025 in view of Brexit and potential policy changes under the new US Administration; and when...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the rescue and restructuring scheme will be operationalised and ready to be availed of by SMEs; if a supplementary Estimate will...
    • Third Level Funding
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in 2018. [53685/17]
    • Science Foundation Ireland Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Exchequer funding allocated to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis since it was established up to 2017; and the 2018...
    • Health and Safety Authority Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff employed in the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years from 2010 to 2017 by...
    • Trade Agreements
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the process for ratifying CETA; and when the CETA trade agreement will be voted on by Dáil Éireann in 2018....
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); and the steps that are...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her ministerial briefing has been published and is downloadable on her Department's website. [54130/17]
    • Unified Patent Court
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe for holding a referendum on the implementation of the Unified Patent Court; the impact Brexit will have on its...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the photography costs for her Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of expenditure by her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application under the nursing home support scheme by a person (details supplied). [53534/17]
    • Hospitals Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding proposal for a long awaited new endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital has been considered under the national capital plan due shortly; and if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided in 2018 home help, home support and home care packages; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53513/17]
    • Health Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/17]
    • Outreach Clinics
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a request from a group (details supplied) in relation to outreach services; the funds available to the group in relation to the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if a commitment will be made to secure funds for the Louth Meath branch of an...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reforms of the fair deal scheme relating to small businesses and farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53528/17]
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the public health nurse to call to reassess a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires additional home help hours [53535/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53539/17]
    • Respite Care Services
      326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for respite care across the country in an attempt to eliminate the pressures families are under particularly in view of the post...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to remove lidocaine patches from the approved GMS list for chronic pain sufferers; if he will review the case of a person (details...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of each; and if he...
    • Disability Services Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources which are being provided in 2018 for homecare and respite services in view of deficiencies revealed by a recent RTÉ...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has discretion inthe application of a certain rule (details supplied) under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the calculation of the contribution to cost of care assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the nursing home support scheme [53579/17]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of a drug (details supplied) for inclusion in the HSE's reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53580/17]
    • HSE Staff Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons, including nurses, home help assistants and so on paid by the HSE that have received correspondence in recent months informing them that...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 933 of 11 September 2017, the progress in securing a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      335. To ask the Minister for Health when the provisions of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 will be made fully applicable to all counsellors including abortion counsellors; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      337. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered for a MRI scan as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53603/17]
    • Hospital Charges
      339. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end charges for venesections for those with haemochromatosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53612/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional critical care beds that have been provided at Cork university hospital in 2017. [53615/17]
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age will be met in 2017; and the...
    • National Maternity Strategy Implementation
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of national standards to improve access to antenatal anomaly screening in all maternity units as set out in the national...
    • Bereavement Care
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of a range of improvement actions based on the national standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital and University of Limerick Maternity Hospital. [53619/17]
    • Patient Safety
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of monthly hospital safety statements; and the hospitals that provide them, in tabular form. [53620/17]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the model of care of hereditary haemochromatosis and the model of care for therapeutic phlebotomy in association with primary...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new health facilities (details supplied); when these projects will proceed to the next stage; if specific funding will be...
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy in relation to the operation of car parks within hospital grounds; the amount of revenue collected by hospital in respect of those car parks...
    • Health Strategies
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital groups and CHOs that have completed Healthy Ireland implementation plans. [53796/17]
    • Health Promotion
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if an implementation plan for the Healthy Ireland framework for brief intervention and health behaviour change has been developed; and if it has been...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if each newly diagnosed person with diabetes is now being offered a place on the next available structured patient education course. [53799/17]
    • Health Strategies
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if a self-management support framework for diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease has been developed; and when the implementation plan will...
    • Health Reports
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if a needs assessment for cardiac rehabilitation has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53801/17]
    • Disease Management
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the standardised chronic disease pathway. [53802/17]
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the standardised chronic disease pathway. [53802/17]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tobacco sales to minors test purchase inspections carried out in 2017. [53803/17]
    • Hospital Food
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that have and have not calorie posting in place, respectively, in tabular form. [53807/17]
    • Nursing Education
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that have received training on the nutrition reference pack for infants aged zero to 12 months. [53810/17]
    • Alcohol Treatment Programmes
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional area alcohol action plans developed in 2017. [53811/17]
    • Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the national implementation plan to promote positive ageing. [53812/17]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eligible women aged 50 to 64 years of age screened under BreastCheck to date in 2017. [53813/17]
    • Health Services Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively, respectively, at the first public health nurse visit and the three month public health nurse...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that have had one or more cervical check smear tests in a primary care setting to date in 2017. [53819/17]
    • Health Services Staff
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of self-management support co-ordinators appointed at CHO level. [53821/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local and national partnership plans developed and agreed under the dementia understand together campaign. [53822/17]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of urgent cases in 2017 offered a colonoscopy appointment within two weeks of receipt of a letter in the clinic. [53823/17]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons checked under the BowelScreen programme in 2017. [53824/17]
    • Infectious Disease Incidence
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of infectious disease outbreaks notified under the national infectious disease reporting schedule in 2017. [53826/17]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the national primary childhood immunisation uptake rates for conditions (details supplied) in 2017 for each CHO in tabular form. [53828/17]
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland Inspections
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of official food control planned and planned surveillance inspections of food businesses in 2017. [53832/17]
    • Water Quality
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drinking water samples taken to assess fluoride parameter compliance in 2017. [53833/17]
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage to date in 2017 of environmental health complaints from the public risk-assessed within one working day. [53834/17]
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluation of the 2016 asthma and COPD advice line service in collaboration with organisations (details supplied). [53835/17]
    • Hospitals Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultrasounds provided to date in 2017 across care sites (details supplied). [53836/17]
    • Health Services Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the care support packages for children discharged from hospital with complex medical conditions to date in 2017. [53837/17]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional primary care speech and language assessment and therapy appointments provided to date in 2017. [53838/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychology posts recruited in 2017 to deliver rapid access low-intensity psychological interventions for young persons. [53839/17]
    • Health Services Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy programme for young persons has been provided. [53841/17]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting more than three years for orthodontic services. [53842/17]
    • Substance Misuse
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who have received training in 2017 on SAOR screening and brief intervention for problem alcohol and substance use. [53843/17]
    • Human Trafficking
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE plan has been developed to provided supports and appropriate health services for victims of human trafficking. [53845/17]
    • Palliative Care Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of each of the ten recommendations from the palliative care support beds review, in tabular form. [53846/17]
    • Minor Ailments Scheme
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluation of the 2016 pharmacy based minor ailment scheme pilot project; and if the project will be extended further. [53847/17]
    • Medical Card Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards on 1 December 2017. [53848/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have attended a CAMHS service in 2017. [53850/17]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure both current and capital will be brought forward. [53851/17]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      401. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish a five-year service plan. [53852/17]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of the €15 million in 2017 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently address waiting lists for those...
    • Mental Health Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is honouring the commitment to fully implement A Vision for Change. [53854/17]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicines that have had their price reduced as of 1 December 2017 further to the framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines; the...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if online primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, processing has now been extended to dentists and clinical dental technicians. [53857/17]
    • Medical Card Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Health when the web based paperless medical card application process to reduce the number of paper based applications will be introduced. [53858/17]
    • Health Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on considering the further recommendations of the clinical advisory group including conclusions on the assessment of the burden...
    • Medicinal Products
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been provided to ensure that the assessment process for new medicines is implemented effectively. [53861/17]
    • General Practitioner Training
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if new arrangements for management of general practitioners training involving the Irish College of General Practitioners have been finalised and implemented;...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if regulations to allow for the introduction of buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products have been agreed and introduced. [53866/17]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside prisons. [53873/17]
    • Home Help Service Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area monthly in 2017 to date; and the way in which this compares against target in tabular...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the...
    • Home Help Service Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53878/17]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 8 December 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of November 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which...
    • Organ Donation Data
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets...
    • Health Services Reports
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital in 2017. [53886/17]
    • Patient Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with haemodialysis treated in acute hospitals in 2017. [53887/17]
    • Hospitals Discharges
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in 2017. [53890/17]
    • Stroke Care
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with acute stroke who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit in 2017. [53891/17]
    • Patient Data
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke that received thrombolysis in 2017. [53892/17]
    • Hospital Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the acute hospitals which have a COPD outreach programme. [53893/17]
    • Patient Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres in 2017. [53894/17]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the...
    • Voluntary Sector Remuneration
      446. To ask the Minister for Health when a full restoration of salaries to health workers in section 39 organisations will take place in view of a recent Labour Court ruling on the issue; and if...
    • EU Directives
      447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to the HSE cross-border directive under which patients accepted onto the scheme who cannot afford the cost of surgery up-front are...
    • Disability Services Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new residential emergency places provided by disability services in 2017. [53948/17]
    • Community Care Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons transferred to community living to date in 2017 under time to move on from congregated settings [53950/17]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the finalisation and implementation of the framework for neuro-rehabilitation strategy. [53955/17]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day-only respite sessions accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2017. [53959/17]
    • Disability Services Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for assessments under the Disability Act 2005 received to date in 2017 in each LHO area; the number assessed within the statutory...
    • Primary Care Centres
      463. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new primary care centre in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal; his plans to carry out repairs to the existing centre in the intervening period; and if...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available to persons to appeal a generic prescription when they are instructed that they have no choice but to take a generic medication...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS referrals seen by mental health services in 2017. [54020/17]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults seen by counselling services in primary care services in 2017. [54025/17]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals seen by community forensic teams in 2017. [54027/17]
    • Prisoner Health
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient mental health reviews by prison in-reach services in 2017. [54028/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 €35 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three months, three...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017; the additional or new services being provided in 2017; the...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017 will provide; and the number of positions in...
    • Disability Services Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional posts recruited and appointed in 2017 for the development of the DeafHear national service. [54035/17]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for ADHD. [54036/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for dual diagnosis. [54037/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the embedding of the existing ten Jigsaw sites to full capacity and the development of new sites in counties Cork, Dublin and Limerick....
    • Counselling Services Provision
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cross-divisional governance arrangements in place for the development of counselling services for those under 18 years of age in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the capacity expansion that has taken place in high observation units in Galway, Limerick and Drogheda in 2017. [54040/17]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care for a specialist rehab unit has been agreed; if a cohort of population for a specialist rehab unit has been identified; and if so, the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new Central Mental Hospital beds for those admitted under section 21(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 that have opened in 2017. [54043/17]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff appointed in 2017 to support the National Forensic Service. [54044/17]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the provision of mental health services for persons experiencing homelessness has been expanded in 2017. [54046/17]
    • Mental Health Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if an agreed ARI contract with each CHO on delivery of programme of education and capacity building to support development of recovery oriented services is now...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54059/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      496. To ask the Minister for Health when parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the transition arrangements which were put in place in 2015; the...
    • Hospital Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54106/17]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home care packages in each LHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting zero to three months, three to six...
    • Hospitals Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transitional care beds being provided to all acute hospitals to support older persons moving to long stay care or requiring convalescence. [54109/17]
    • National Carers' Strategy Status
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the multi-divisional group to progress the implementation of the national carers’ strategy. [54110/17]
    • Care Services Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the carers' need assessment tool tested for implementation in 2017 through the SAT project. [54111/17]
    • Respite Care Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the HSE multi-divisional review group to review respite services to determine the requirements for respite care and identify...
    • Home Care Packages
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE multi-divisional group review of the progress of the recommendations of the home solutions report on Telecare services; and the...
    • Public Health Policy
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE policy and guidelines for the early identification of carers. [54114/17]
    • HSE Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the CHOs that have established residents' councils, family forums, service user panels or equivalent in social care, in tabular form. [54116/17]
    • Hospitals Policy
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the policy changes undertaken by St Columcille's Hospital with regard to the number of inquiries to private and voluntary nursing homes (details supplied); and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the details for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital of the number of spinal...
    • EU Investigations
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the results of the state of health in the EU report; his views on its criticism of the two-tier model of care and the high...
    • Ministerial Travel
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54198/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the photography costs for his department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the use of external public relations firms employed by his department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will permit the funding of dental implants in the cases of reconstructive surgery post-oncological treatment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a person (detail supplied) has their BPS payment issued without further delay; and if he will...
    • TAMS Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the persons are entitled to 40% or 60% grant aid in this case; when a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • GLAS Payments
      525. 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;...
    • TAMS Payments
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an over-claim being applied to a TAMS grant will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff working in the dedicated international markets focus section; and the yearly cost of...
    • Brexit Staff
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff assigned to the dedicated Brexit unit within his Department by staff grade; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times, including dates and locations, that the Brexit consultative committee has met since the UK Brexit referendum in...
    • Bord Bia Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff recruited on an annual basis in Bord Bia since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, between new staff hires and...
    • Brexit Staff
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff recruited on an annual basis since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, between new staff hires and replacement...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Irish Embassies worldwide which have agricultural attachés stationed; and the number of such attachés stationed in each...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the 2016 programme for Government commitment to propose a lowering of the cap on basic payments; and the timeframe for...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of approved persons that have applied to the knowledge transfer group, KTG, scheme in the beef, sheep, dairy, tillage,...
    • TAMS Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Beef Industry
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the beef forum is due to meet next; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established in tabular form. [53638/17]
    • Dairy Sector
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dairy forum is due to meet next; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [53639/17]
    • Legislative Reviews
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001; and if there is farmer representation on the review committee. [53640/17]
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for entry into category 1, 2 and 3 under the newly opened hen harrier scheme; when the first payments will issue for the...
    • GLAS Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons enrolled in GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have submitted their nutrient management plans to date; and the number per...
    • Rural Development Programme
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make an amendment to the 2014-20 rural development programme to enable grant aid to the installation of anaerobic...
    • Fodder Crisis
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a voucher scheme for farmers who are running very low on fodder stocks; and his further plans to draw up a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the individual allocation to AEOS, GLAS and organics under the €233.8 million announced for agri-environmental schemes in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Exchequer funding given to the world food programme over the period 2010 to 2017; and the amount allocated in 2018. [53647/17]
    • Forestry Sector
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions with the European Commission to seek approval to revise the 20% rule under the forestry programme 2014-20....
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied to the 2017 national reserve without having completed a green cert by the May 2017 deadline. [53649/17]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2018 ANC scheme will open for applications; the estimated payment rates in view of the fact additional Exchequer funding has...
    • Livestock Issues
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average number of livestock units per hectare on land by category (details supplied). [53654/17]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average number of livestock units, excluding tillage farmers, that receive a basic payment scheme, BPS, payment per hectare, by...
    • GLAS Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 223 and 224 of 26 October 2017, if the requested information has been compiled by county, in...
    • Departmental Reports
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name of all internal reports and research studies conducted or commissioned by his Department and the agencies under his aegis...
    • Aquaculture Development
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns regarding the potential conflict of interest inherent in the fisheries division of his Department which...
    • Marine Institute
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has confidence in the Marine Institute after it issued a statement on 8 December 2017 in relation to the viral disease he...
    • Animal Diseases
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases (details supplied); and if he...
    • Island Communities
      563. 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 Oireachtas joint...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on issuing heritage licences by his Department for rural costal and island communities as recommended in the report on...
    • Fish Quotas
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the final 2018 Irish quotas agreed in tonnage for each fishing species at the EU fishing Ministers meeting; the value in euro if...
    • Statutory Instruments
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new the new statutory instrument he is planning to publish regarding fishing points in the fishing industry. [53977/17]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bilateral meetings he has had with his other European ministerial colleagues regarding fishing quotas and safeguarding...
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of progress towards the programme for Government commitment that the green cert will be reviewed to ensure it is fit for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ANC payment for 2017 due to a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54010/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in facilities for public use; if such investment will be made in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to upgrade or provide new facilities in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54061/17]
    • Fodder Crisis
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give further consideration to the introduction of a fodder aid scheme following the Fianna Fáil Private Members'...
    • Ministerial Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Air Pollution
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the use of smoky coals will still be allowed for certain types of engine for example vintage tractor engines and...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay...
    • Waste Management
      588. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that been made between his Department and private waste collectors in providing waivers or extra...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      589. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband will be extended to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Climate Change Advisory Council
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full-time and part-time staff working directly in the Climate Change Advisory Council; the yearly running...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of amber premises for the State intervention area; the number of blue and light blue premises to be covered...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      593. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the SEAI grant for electric vehicle purchase until 2019 to 2023, respectively. [54078/17]
    • Climate Change Policy
      595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been contributed to the green climate fund in 2017; and the amount that is pledged for 2018. [54082/17]
    • Broadcasting Charge
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the licence fee receipts collected in 2017 to date; the level of evasion that is currently estimated to occur; and if...
    • Energy Efficiency
      597. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been allocated to residential energy efficiency programmes for 2018, by programme. [54084/17]
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been budgeted for journalism bursaries for 2018; the number of bursaries that will be provided with...
    • EU Directives
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce measures to deal with the large volumes of packaging resulting from persons purchasing goods...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since coming into office, in tabular...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the photography costs per annum for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      606. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on €100 million capital investment in the Wild Atlantic Way and...
    • Regional Airports
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on €10 million in additional funding for regional airports; the...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on review of the western rail corridor phase two between Athenry and...
    • EU Funding
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on TEN-T transport funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Transport Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on capital budget for local and regional roads and the commitment to increase...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on rural transport and the commitment that a report will be provided to the...
    • Sports Events
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions were held between his Department and the FAI regarding the possibility of bidding for the extra games in Euro 2020 after...
    • Sport Ireland
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if officials from his Department have studied the Australian Institute of Sport; his plans to fund something similar to exceed the...
    • Bus Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus stop. [53557/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Ports Facilities
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include two fishing ports (details supplied) in the list of merchant shipping registry of ports here; and if he will make a...
    • Railway Stations
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Castlebar train station is to become an unmanned station; and if so, the date of same. [53606/17]
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend a scheme to include a new category (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53623/17]
    • Road Safety
      624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to develop a vision zero policy toward road traffic fatalities and serious injuries and to meet the target...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to launch a new sports capital programme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54063/17]
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase funding available to the local improvement scheme programme; and the cost of restoring the programme to pre-2012...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of persons that avail of parking at park and ride facilities at all rail stations on a daily basis. [54093/17]
    • Departmental Funding
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been allocated by his Department in 2018 for the introduction of variable speed limits on the M50. [54094/17]
    • Coast Guard Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been provided to the Coast Guard each year since 2000. [54095/17]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding his Department has spent on external consultancy contracts in 2017. [54097/17]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total photography costs per annum for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Driver Test
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the 2014 Road Safety Authority review of the driver test; the steps that have been taken to implement it; and if he will...
    • Road Projects Status
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the available options for the completion of the Narrow Water bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54150/17]
    • Ministerial Travel
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
      643. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Ireland will ratify the second optional protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the legal reason...
    • Education Welfare Service Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that each educational welfare officer is assigned to an average of 50 schools; her plans to...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
      645. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children,...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      646. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within her area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her long-term plans with regard to the ECCE scheme; if a decision on the over age exemption from the early childhood care and education...
    • Domestic Violence
      648. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve services and provide additional facilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if she...
    • Child Care Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions between her Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding the disparity of...
    • School Completion Programme
      650. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the school completion programme in 2017; and the amount budgeted for 2018. [54064/17]
    • Family Resource Centres
      652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the family resource centre network in 2017; and the amount budgeted for 2018. [54066/17]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of hiring an additional social care worker. [54070/17]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the 300 additional Tusla staff who are being recruited to handle mandatory reporting, by job title and pay grade. [54071/17]
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the use of external public relations firms employed per annum by her Department since coming into office, in tabular form; the external...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the photography costs per annum for her Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time that children in each county are waiting to be allocated a social worker in cases, including high-priority cases of child...
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      662. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services, by provider. [54076/17]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of weeks provided under ECCE by 1 to 8 weeks, respectively. [54077/17]
    • Ministerial Travel
      664. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the photography costs for her Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance;...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of expenditure by her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Commencement of Legislation
      671. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      672. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €28 million prepaid to local authorities at the end of 2016 that has not been spent to date on the projects...
    • Departmental Budgets
      673. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has sought permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over unspent capital to 2018; if...
    • Local Authority Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if permission has been sought or granted to his Department to pre-pay local authorities or other bodies for works sanctioned but not...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      676. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress as provided under the programme for Government on the development of a new Atlantic economic corridor; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Briefing
      677. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his ministerial briefing has been published and is downloadable on his Department's new website. [53729/17]
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      678. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to town centre health checks per annum; the number of checks undertaken by county; and the number planned. [54144/17]
    • Ministerial Travel
      679. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      681. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from the use of the ministerial...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      682. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      683. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      684. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      685. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of if-and-when contracts in the labour market as defined by the UL study into low-hours contracts; and the number...
    • Social Welfare Code
      687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the fish assist scheme in recognition of the...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of farm assist payments are eligible to pay PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53511/17]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of departmental staff, by departmental premises, and within statutory bodies under her remit and their grades who...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason self-employed persons who became disabled and as a result were unable to work in the past number of years are not...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements of persons qualifying for the long-term illness scheme; her plans to make provision for persons within this...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will be paid to a person (details supplied). [53558/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within her area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in...
    • Unemployment Levels
      695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of progress on the programme for Government commitment to implement the pathways to work five-year strategy which...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a State pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of progress on pathways to work 2016-2020 to reduce the ratio between youth and overall unemployment from 2.2:1 to...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider refusal of an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker’s allowance application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to previous parliamentary questions in the case of a person (details supplied), if an exceptional needs payment will...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to previous parliamentary questions in respect of a preferential claim against a person (details supplied), if this...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if managers of local community employment schemes are permitted to request financial contributions from community groups to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the in-work training and upskilling schemes funded by her Department, in tabular form; the number of persons in each such...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the labour market activation measures and schemes by her Department that are being deployed to reduce long-term unemployment,...
    • National Internship Scheme Data
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in nationally accredited internships; the number of internships in the public and private sectors; the...
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; the way in which this compares with the EU average, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Unemployment Levels
      709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of unemployment for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares with the EU average in tabular...
    • Child Poverty
      710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Government's child poverty target; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will...
    • Poverty Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the national social target for poverty reduction; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in the years 2012 to 2017 in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households in...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years and over in receipt of a jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the photography costs for her Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved;...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of expenditure by her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in...
    • Maternity Benefit
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Question No. 490 of 5 December 2017, if a reduced benefit will be made available to premature babies born prior to...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Irish Water Administration
      723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the net cost to Ervia and Irish Water from administering domestic water charges including the recent administration cost of...
    • Land Availability
      724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to dispose of the land at a location which is under the ownership of the State for the use of housing by a group...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Question No. 520 of 14 November 2017, if he will consider amending section 239 of the Planning and Development Act...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fire Service
      728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding given to fire services in each county in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Housing Estates
      729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if specific funding will be allocated to a local authority to carry out necessary improvement works in a housing estate...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions that have been fully completed to date by lender, local authority and approved...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation, statutory instruments or departmental guidelines that permitted the use of rooms in hotels, guest houses and...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families and children housed in emergency accommodation in rooms at hotels, guest houses and hostels in each of...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of the use of hotels and guest houses for emergency accommodation in each of the years 2009 to 2017; and if he will...
    • Planning Investigations
      736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the senior counsel investigation into certain planning matters in County Donegal; the timeframe involved; and if...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of NAMA units offered to local authorities; the number accepted; and the number transferred in each of the years...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a study by a group (details supplied) which found over 90% of properties available for rent...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration has been given to the introduction of an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved;...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Applications
      745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time it has taken for HAP applications to be processed and approved from date of application to date of...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turf Cutting
      746. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure the protection of turf cutting for domestic use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53596/17]
    • Irish Museum of Modern Art
      747. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a new director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53514/17]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      750. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within her area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      751. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of the capital carry over from 2016 of €13 million that has not been spent to date; the subheads under which the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      754. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital and current budget allocations for Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Brexit Issues
      756. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of engagement between her Department and the agencies under its remit with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in the...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      757. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding provided in her Department's Estimates for 2018 for Creative Ireland; the level of funding that will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      758. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided by her Department for 2017; the estimated expenditure under each major subhead by year end; and if she will...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      759. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department on external public relations in 2017; and if she will make a...
    • Heritage Council
      760. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the initiatives her Department can take to recognise the...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Administration
      761. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to remove the cap in the percentage for the art scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54134/17]
    • Departmental Functions
      762. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has assessed or had contact with her EU colleagues in relation to the potential relocation of the European Union...
    • Ministerial Travel
      763. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the use her Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      765. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the photography costs for her Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      767. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      768. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure by her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      769. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      770. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if director medical branch instruction number 52 amendment number 1 of 24 August 2016 is still relied upon by the Defence Forces for...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      771. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      772. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      773. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      776. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Defence Forces disposal unit has dealt with in 2017, by county, in tabular from. [54054/17]
    • Naval Service Operations
      777. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve in 2016 and 2017. [54055/17]
    • Ministerial Travel
      778. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      780. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      781. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      782. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      783. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published...

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