Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the wait times for summary decisions in relation to appeal processing times are acceptable; the steps she...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the job placement types that will be encompassed under the youth employment support scheme proposed in Budget 2018. [2049/18]
- Pensions Reform
15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to reform the pension system which currently discriminates against persons, mainly women, that took time...
- Social Welfare Offices
16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of a new full-time social welfare office in Macroom; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have faced sanctions and deductions from their social welfare payments as a result of information...
- Citizen Information Services
20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date by the Citizens Information Board with regard to the restructuring of CIS and MABS services; the...
- Poverty Data
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action being taken to address the increase in at-risk and consistent poverty rates for persons with disabilities that was...
- Public Services Card
23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that make new claims for social welfare payments must have a public services card (PSC); if her attention has been...
- Mental Health Services Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce flexibility and support in the social welfare system for persons with mental health difficulties. [2015/18]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the rules for calculating means for social welfare payments regarding compensation paid for damage carried...
- Pensions Reform
26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for pension reform; her further plans on introducing auto-enrolment into pensions for employees; if so, the...
- Employment Rights
27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to solve the problems and issues surrounding seasonal and part time workers' rights in seasonal employment, in...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason fraud and error surveys are being carried out with older persons in receipt of the non-contributory State pension;...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the discriminatory nature of the eligibility rules for obtaining a State pension (contributory) and its affect in...
- State Pensions Reform
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to examine the pension anomaly which exists in which persons aged 65 years of age are being put on jobseeker's...
- Unemployment Levels
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she has taken to address the above average unemployment levels which persist in County Wexford; her plans to...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the directive given from her Department that the circumstances surrounding the need for an exceptional needs...
- Pension Provisions
34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the attempt by a company (details supplied) to unilaterally alter its workers' defined...
- Departmental Operations
35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the tender recently published by her Department seeking advice and support in relation to the SAFE programme...
- Poverty Data
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest SILC data which shows that 40.2% of lone parent households are at risk of poverty, 24.6% are in...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension and disability allowance applications received in 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number of refusals...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the likelihood of the national social target for poverty reduction being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pension (Contributory)
42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to remove the anomalies in the method of calculation of entitlements to the State contributory...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if extra staff are required to facilitate a more rapid process of appeals having particular regard to the hardship and stress...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her attention has been drawn to the impact of cessation of a means tested payment for any reason affecting...
- Employment Rights
45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the report into seasonal and part time workers' rights and entitlements to social welfare payments drafted by her...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that sufficient support exists for the development and growth of community employment schemes; and if she...
- Child Maintenance Payments
48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a child maintenance service such as in Northern Ireland to support and assist lone parents in seeking...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on appeal processing times for essential social protection payments in view of the fact that the average waiting...
- Department of Defence
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of negotiations...
- Departmental Data
51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either complaints on an...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of negotiations...
- Departmental Data
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either complaints on...
- Overseas Development Aid Data
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid funding his Department has provided to countries and territories (details supplied) since 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Finance
- Excise Duties Yield
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from the sale of petrol and white diesel in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2195/18]
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the previous employment record that staff at head of division and head of function level in the Central Bank held at Irish financial institutions, in tabular...
- Financial Services Regulation
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place regarding cross-jurisdictional reporting and sharing of information by financial institutions on matters of fraud; and if he will make...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number, nature and results of investigations carried out by the Central Bank into the mis-selling of hedge fund products by financial institutions here;...
- Tax Data
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the year one and full-year cost for every 1% reduction in capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Household Debt Statistics
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the figures available that measure the level of credit card debt to household income; if so, if he will provide same for each of the years 2011 to 2017, in...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the key priorities of his Department in regard to the forthcoming capital review; the projects it has submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the...
- Departmental Data
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of both complaints on an annual basis, in...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has had engagement with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement as part of the tracker mortgage scandal regarding possible...
- VAT Rebates
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have discretion to approve a refund of VAT beyond the existing four year time limit in respect of VAT refunds on aids and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's position on the provision of pension entitlements to employees such as community employment personnel who have their...
- Office of Public Works
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a location (details supplied) in County Cork falls within the remit of the Office of Public Works for funding of works to trees which...
- State Properties
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 23 November 2017, the position regarding lands at a location (details supplied) for which...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his key priorities in regard to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; and if he...
- Departmental Data
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Fees
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of third level education fees generated in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons registered on newly developed apprenticeship programmes at the end of 2017. [2168/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/18]
- Schools Building Contractors
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an updated report on the building programme at a school (details supplied) will be provided; the actions being taken in respect of issues of...
- Schools Refurbishment
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2236/18]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2239/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of negotiations with...
- Departmental Data
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either complaints on an...
- Schools Refurbishment
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment and provision of a permanent extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a request for a meeting. [2326/18]
- Garda Investigations
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been progress in relation to the need for a full and comprehensive investigation into the bombing in Belturbet in...
- Residency Permits
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the history of stamp 4 held by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/18]
- Crime Data
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to enable the resumption of publication by the CSO of quarterly crime...
- Commissions of Inquiry
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open a commission of investigation into matters surrounding a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that a...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 256 to 259, inclusive, and 284 of 5 December 2017, if he has received the full report he...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review;...
- Bullying in the Workplace
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within her Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of...
- Department of Health
- HIQA Reports
97. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the measures being taken by the HSE to address the issues at a service (details supplied) in particular the unit in a location identified by...
- Home Help Service Provision
98. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive home help supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2141/18]
- Civil Registration Documentation
99. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected by year and category in each of the years 2014 to 31 December 2017 for the issuing of birth, marriage and death certificates; the location...
- Home Help Service
100. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a name change for home help professionals which adequately reflects their qualifications and skills (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Home Help Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to provide a home help to a person (details supplied). [2157/18]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
102. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the freestyle libre diabetes monitoring system available under the long term illness scheme. [2162/18]
- Nursing Home Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will regulate for and ensure transparency regarding additional extra charges imposed by nursing homes on residents; the protections he will...
- Hospitals Building Programme
104. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new community hospital will be built in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2175/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
105. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery at University Hospital Galway; and the expected timeframe in view of the fact that this person has...
- Hospital Facilities
106. To ask the Minister for Health when an external clinical risk assessment will be carried out at Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway, to allow the re-opening of a number of theatres which...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
108. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the purchase of EpiPens, which are necessary for persons suffering from life-threatening allergies such as peanut allergies, under the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding being made available by his Department to the HSE under the fair deal scheme in respect of a hospital (details supplied) to put...
- Medical Card Eligibility
110. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the weekly medical card income limits for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2186/18]
- Hospital Beds Data
111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that remain closed in university hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2199/18]
- Hospital Facilities
112. To ask the Minister for Health the specific new initiatives, additional resources or extra capacity that was sanctioned for Letterkenny university hospital in advance of the winter period;...
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
115. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget to an organisation (details supplied); his plans to increase funding to ensure its essential services are maintained and increased; and if he...
- Home Help Service Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health if a review will be conducted of the allocation of home help hours to a person (details supplied) with a view to reinstating the additional three hours awarded...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding speech and language therapy services in south County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
120. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [2229/18]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the delivery of a general practitioner out-of-hours service for north County Wicklow in the HSE service plan; and if he will...
- Cancer Services Funding
122. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow in the HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Services
123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general practitioner service (details supplied) in Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2252/18]
- Hospital Services
124. To ask the Minister for Health if radiology and-or radiography services at University Hospital Kerry have been outsourced, either now or in the past five years; and if so, if the staff...
- Hospital Facilities
125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed development of a renal unit at Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2276/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
128. To ask the Minister for Health his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of negotiations with the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy on medical card holders over 70 years of age who have been bereaved where the resulting change in circumstances means they no longer qualify...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
130. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times faced by transgender persons to access public endocrinology services here; the steps he will take to...
- Health Services Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate to require transgender persons to seek a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria before they can seek endocrinology...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
133. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 8 November 2017, if the resources that are required have been identified in each hospital that does not have an...
- Medical Records
134. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital from which a person has chosen to disengage is entitled to request the person's files from the hospital in which the person is now attending; if...
- Hospital Beds Data
135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in use on 11 January 2018 in each hospital; the bed capacity of each hospital if all bed spaces were fully available; the reason all spaces...
- Hospital Beds Capacity
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials discussed the bed capacity review with the Minister for Finance or his officials in advance of budget 2018; the stage at which the bed...
- Vaccination Programme
137. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE only delivers flu vaccines to pharmacies on a fortnightly basis; his views on whether this is...
- Departmental Data
138. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either type of complaint on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2327/18]
- Mental Health Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health when a roadmap for out-of-hours access to mental health services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2356/18]
- Hospital Facilities
141. To ask the Minister for Health when the national review of the provision of catheterisation laboratories throughout the country, which was undertaken by the HSE, will be completed; when...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2139/18]
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if licences will be renewed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2150/18]
- Forestry Data
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of private forestry in each county that his Department is funding (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Forestry Grants
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of afforestation premium that was paid nationally in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2193/18]
- Forestry Data
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2194/18]
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cows with four and five star rating that were born during or before 2013 and are moved from one herd to another for winter feeding...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of complaints...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of applications under the beef data and genomics programme II that have been disqualified from the scheme to...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County...
- Sustainable Energy Communities Scheme
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a grant is available to assist a person (details supplied) to re-establish an independent electricity generating...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County...
- Air Pollution
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to geo-engineering activity, for example, stratospheric aerosol geo-engineering, being...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national broadband plan formal procurement process has now been completed in respect of roll-out to a location...
- Environmental Investigations
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for local authorities or other agencies to obviate the impact of traffic pollution along the M50 corridor in...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his key priorities in regard to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within his Department in each year since 2011; if so,...
- Bioenergy Strategy
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions abated by means of the biofuels obligations scheme; the source of this...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contribution electrified rail is expected to make to Ireland's 2020 RES-T target; and if he will make a statement...
- Broadband Service Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take in conjunction with the broadband task force to address gaps in the service...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2135/18]
- Vehicle Registration
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the decision to use IRL as an identification mark on car licence plates as compared to an equivalent abbreviation of...
- Traffic Calming Measures
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the requested speed reduction measures from Lissivigeen roundabout to the Pike Hill, Killarney, County Kerry, will be implemented in...
- Road Safety
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Lewis Road junction with the bypass N22 road in Killarney, County Kerry, will be rectified in order to prevent further...
- Traffic Calming Measures
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the requested speed reduction will be implemented at Glenflesk village, County Kerry, on the N22 (details supplied); and if he will...
- Bus Services
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions that have taken place between the National Transport Authority and a bus service (details supplied) in counties Longford...
- Light Rail Projects Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the service on the Luas green line extension is maximised; the additional funding his Department is providing in...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of...
- Departmental Data
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either...
- National Mitigation Plan Data
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions abated by measures to encourage a modal shift to cycling and walking; the source of this...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Data
193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the living arrangements of young persons in receipt of aftercare services as reported in the Tusla quarterly service performance and...
- Child Protection
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the parallel reporting obligations in respect of child protection concerns that have been created by the...
- Child and Family Agency Policy
195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla’s draft policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse entitled policy and procedures for responding to...
- HIQA Investigations
197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the investigation by HIQA into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern, by Tusla,...
- Adoption Legislation
198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to fully enact the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2185/18]
- Child and Family Agency Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the funding difficulties being faced by a centre (details supplied) and the difficulties the centre...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status...
- Bullying in the Workplace
201. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within her Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Banking
202. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the community banking report will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2241/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
203. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his key priorities of in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the...
- Bullying in the Workplace
204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance review will be completed for a person (details supplied); the length of time this matter has been...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the community employment scheme pension provision as per the Labour Court recommendation whereby community...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the increases being charged to community employment schemes by insurance companies and the impact that this is...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance payment for a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be conducted into the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Reports
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reports and reviews that have been commissioned since 14 June 2017; the publication date or expected...
- Unemployment Data
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of jobless households here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that applied for a social welfare payment in 2017; the percentage that were refused a payment; the...
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of the back to work enterprise allowance in 2017; the estimated full year cost of...
- Departmental Priorities
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her key priorities in relation to the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the...
- Departmental Staff Grievance Procedures
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within her Department in each year since 2011; if so, the...
- Living Alone Allowance
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ease the rules relating to the living alone and supplementary allowances to allow persons experiencing housing...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which efforts are being made to address long term youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pensions Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which efforts are being made to award State pensions to those persons whose contribution record was interrupted...
- State Pensions
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring State pension levels to those applicable previously; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons with insufficient insurance contributions to meet the requirements for State pension purposes; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average length of time taken to deal with appeals in respect of disallowance of jobseeker's allowance, carer's allowance,...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which a hardship clause has been invoked in the course of dealing with various circumstances in which persons...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her preferred options to resolve the issue whereby women and some men fail to qualify for an adequate level of contributory...
- Departmental Staff
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if adequate staff are available throughout the various sectors of her Department to ensure the expeditious of applications....
- Live Register Data
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she has identified specific trends arising from the study of the age profile of those on the live...
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the degree to which back to work and back to education supports will be reviewed with a view to maximising their...
- Social Welfare Fraud
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which anti-fraud initiatives have yielded revenue to the extent anticipated; if extra costs have been incurred...
- Family Support Services
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which FIS or other support payments continue to be made available to families living on uneconomic holdings;...
- Legislative Measures
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the provisions in the promised Bill to tackle insecure low-hour contracts and bogus self-employment. [2132/18]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the damage to upland landscapes by the construction of onshore industrial wind turbines; and if he will...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the criteria in respect of the local authority housing loan scheme in order to take into account the...
- Vacant Sites Data
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that have been entered in every city and council vacant sites register from 1 January 2017 to 1 January...
- Planning Issues
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request local authorities to make documentation in respect of planning applications available online in a timely...
- Local Authority Finances
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have received, or are in the process of receiving, debt write offs on loans they acquired under the land...
- Departmental Schemes
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the rural cottage scheme will re-open. [2279/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status...
- Departmental Data
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of...
- Social and Affordable Housing
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the policy of the removal of staged payments to small and medium sized developers of new social housing under Rebuilding...
- Housing Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed provision of €25 million over 2018 and 2019 to unlock local authority owned lands...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her key priorities in the forthcoming capital review; the projects submitted for priority inclusion in the review; the status of...
- Departmental Data
246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if bullying or sexual harassment claims have been lodged in her Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either...
