Written answers

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Bliain na Gaeilge
      77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá ag an Roinn do Bhliain na Gaeilge. [3085/18]
    • Cultural Policy
      79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in the publication of the final Culture 2025 policy document; when it is expected to be published; and if...
    • Museum Projects
      80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise with the various historical societies in County Meath and Meath County Council as the lead authority towards the...
    • Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
      81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta go mbeidh dóthain airgid ar fáil d’Údarás na Gaeltachta agus do na...
    • Arts Funding
      82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s review of the cap in the percentage for the art scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in appointing a new director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views as to the role she and her Department will play in relation to sexual harassment in the arts; and if she will make a...
    • Commemorative Events
      85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of her Department’s programme to commemorate the 1918 election and the election of Countess Markievicz; and if...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the progress of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3095/18]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an méid cuairteanna a thug an tÚdarás ar shuíomhanna sa Ghaeltacht le linn na bliana 2017; agus an...
    • National Monuments
      89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the agreement to cap visitors to Skellig Michael at 11,100 annually under terms agreed with UNESCO and An Taisce's...
    • Film Industry
      90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to boost the domestic and international film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadcasting Sector
      91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to support orchestras; if her attention has been drawn to the publicity regarding the shortages...
    • Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study
      93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 27 September 2017, if Waterways Ireland has studies underway or plans to carry out...
    • European Year of Cultural Heritage
      94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3069/18]
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí léiriú ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh na gcuspóirí atá...
    • Irish Coursing Club
      97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure all coursing meetings are adequately monitored; the details of correspondence she received in 2017 regarding...
    • Legislative Measures
      98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration has been given to the development of a separate standalone canals Bill to address the complex issues pertaining to...
    • National Monuments
      99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for all stakeholders, including the developer of the Moore Street battlefield site to participate in the ministerial...
    • Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta
      100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist go ndéanfar leasaithe ar Acht na Gaeltachta maidir le struchtúr Bhord Údarás na...
    • Traveller Culture
      102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding and future plans her Department has to fund specific projects in arts and heritage for the Traveller...
    • Heritage Council
      103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to halt the demise in construction of traditional Slaney cots, in addition to the demise of traditional cot fishing...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding her Department’s response to recent revelations regarding sexual harassment in the arts. [3101/18]
    • European Year of Cultural Heritage
      106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage...
    • Hare Coursing
      107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of coursing clubs that have been sanctioned for coursing sick hares in the 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018 seasons. [2999/18]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the decision to allocate €0.9 million of the Creative Ireland Programme budget to initiatives under the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Tourism Employment Data
      110. To ask the Taoiseach the categories of those employed in tourism directly and indirectly here, in tabular form. [2918/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      112. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [3006/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since the appointment of a new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. [3008/18]
    • Exports Data
      114. To ask the Taoiseach the volume and value of exports in euro terms based on the most recent data on a percentage basis in each of the years 2015 to 2017, by county, in tabular form. [2751/18]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach the number of SMEs that account for total exports of goods and services on a percentage basis by country in 2016 and 2017; and the number of persons employed in such...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      118. To ask the Taoiseach if he met non-governmental organisations or members of civil society on his recent trip to Hungary; if so, the names of each; the issues he discussed; and if not, the...
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      119. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a campaign manager employed in the strategic communications unit within his Department; and if so, the responsibilities for same. [2847/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department in each division in the past three years. [2849/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if he has written or spoken to President Macron regarding his proposals on the digital economy. [2114/18]
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      124. To ask the Taoiseach if there have been bullying or sexual harassment claims lodged within his Department in each year since 2011; if so, the number of either complaints on an annual basis,...
    • Employment Data
      125. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in the retail industry nationally by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2423/18]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the key priorities of his Department in terms of the forthcoming capital review; the projects it has submitted for priority inclusion in the review; and the status of...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; and the contingency plans that may now be...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      131. To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in each of the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Neutrality
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland’s triple lock will apply to all joint military development or procurement initiatives which Ireland undertakes with other...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland purchases weapons from Israel; and if so, the amount of money spent in the past five years. [2760/18]
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when personal superannuation fund statements for 2015 and 2016, as provided for under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if military equipment developed or procured as part a joint initiative between Ireland and other countries under PESCO will only be used under...
    • Naval Service Operations
      138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of lives saved in the Mediterranean Sea during each of the Irish naval missions in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [2934/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency...
    • Air Corps Strength
      140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel stationed at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel in each of the years 1980 to 2015; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      141. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the report of the lariam working group as referenced by him in a Private Memberss debate on the matter in Dáil Éireann on 28 June...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the benefits for Ireland of the decision to sign up to PESCO; the impact this will have for members of the Defence Forces in County Kildare and...
    • Defence Forces Funding
      143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the capital investment plan for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3295/18]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason bestowing on the Defence Forces the rights contained in the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 has not been progressed over the...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position in relation to Israel and Palestine. [2759/18]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with Honduran officials regarding the disputed election results which took place recently in the country and the...
    • Foreign Policy
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on plans to prohibit certain economic activity including the import and sale of goods with settlements in territories deemed...
    • Human Rights Cases
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he and his Department have taken in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced to death due to his Baha'i...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications of Ireland’s recent endorsement of PESCO with its binding commitment to yearly increases in defence spending for...
    • Citizenship Status
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision has been reached on the legal status of a child born here to a mother with subsidiary protection (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department organised a briefing for a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade in advance of travel to...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid out and the number of personal injury claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in each...
    • Human Rights
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if is attention has been drawn to the threats to the life of a person (details supplied) in Argentina and the ongoing repression,...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tástáil Náisiúnta Carranna
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance cad é a thuairim i dtaca le comhfhreagras a bhaineann leis an Tástáil Náisiúnta Carranna agus cás duine áirithe...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to widen the criteria to allow a person (details supplied) suffering from a rare syndrome to qualify for the primary medical certificate; and if he...
    • Property Tax Administration
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is collected; if arrangements for collection are under review; the way these funds are dispersed nationally; the amount of...
    • Property Tax
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the areas and-or elements of the local property tax on which the cross-departmental group on the review of the local property tax is focused; and if he will...
    • Motor Tax
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the moneys collected in respect of motor tax are dispersed; the amount and the areas funds are allocated to that are collected in respect of...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance when he is next scheduled to meet with the banks regarding the tracker mortgage scandal; and the position regarding the matter in view of the fact a bank...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made with regard to tackling the cost of motor insurance; the steps that have been implemented to date; the future steps that will be taken in...
    • Credit Card Interest Rates
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid by consumers on credit cards in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2856/18]
    • Tax Code
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide tax incentives or State support for persons or couples wishing to downsize to a smaller property; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Corporation Tax
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective rate of corporation tax on oil and gas exploration and production in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Lending
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person goes through the bankruptcy process in the UK, the way in which this affects their credit rating and future chances of being approved for a...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is being asked to repay a sum of money that was paid to them in relation to section 22 tax relief; and if he will make...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that in order for a person to withdraw their savings and close their State savings account, they must provide a PPS number even if the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may...
    • Tax Code
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the situation in which the cap introduced in 2009 which applied to banks that had transferred assets into NAMA restricting their use of...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tax concessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3292/18]
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/18]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in...
    • Pension Levy
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to reverse the lifetime reduction in pension benefits for workers in the private and commercial semi-State sector that were...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Exchequer Returns
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent moneys received back into the Exchequer from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in each of the...
    • Garda Compensation
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will be notified of a hearing date in relation to their application for compensation; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors that availed of guided tours of Maynooth Castle, County Kildare in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will...
    • Flood Risk Management
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood risk management plans including the eastern CFRAM have been finalised; if the Minister of State with responsibility for the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the benefits contained in the new public service pay agreement for existing public service pensioners; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 16 January 2018, the amount of legal fees incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints and judicial review cases, respectively, taken on by his Department relating to allegations of unfair and or...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of judicial review cases not taken due to the practice by Departments to seek security for costs, thus preventing a judicial...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been waiting for an engineer to inspect the proposed new site for the purpose of building a new school...
    • School Transport Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a transfer of school by a person (details supplied) will be decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe of proposed development for a school building project (details supplied) to solve an inadequacy of facilities; and if he will make...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with the Department of Health regarding a possible transfer of lands from the old health centre at Grogan’s...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new sports hall in view of the fact that physical education is to be part of...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications for the public private partnership contract in place for school bundle five with the liquidation of a company (details...
    • Teacher Retirements
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who was formerly a teacher in receipt of the occupational retirement pension on medical grounds can be transferred to an occupational...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide financial support to the board of management of a school (details supplied) to enable it to repair the damage done...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to visit County Donegal and meet the board of Donegal Education and Training Board and a delegation of parents and teachers regarding...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays in progressing the extension works at a school (details supplied); and if these delays will be addressed by his...
    • Fire Safety
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received legal advice in relation to significant breaches of fire regulations in schools; his plans to take legal action against the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to an application for an additional ASD class in a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [3044/18]
    • Teaching Contracts
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, under his new proposal to allow teachers who are on career breaks to do substitute work, the substitute days will go towards their pension...
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when minor works grant funding will be received by a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason the funding for 2017 was delayed; and...
    • School Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out details of the funding that is provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3137/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out details of the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit have with a company (details supplied); the status of these...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason for the lack of apprenticeships in areas such as mechanics and HGV; if he will provide a list of the 26 apprenticeship...
    • Capitation Grants
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been received from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in which the board expressed a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for the renovation of a school (details supplied) will be considered; the reason for the reluctance of his Department to proceed with...
    • School Enrolments
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which adequate provision is being made for the high numbers of primary school places required in Naas, County Kildare,...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin on a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3208/18]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if partial capacity benefit will be included as an eligible payment for the purposes of a SUSI special rate grant award in circumstances in which...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a preferred site for a school (details supplied) has been chosen in view of the fact that the building occupied by the school is now up for...
    • School Patronage
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a report from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will schedule a meeting with the organisation regarding same. [3261/18]
    • School Curriculum
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress to date of his Department's steering group that was set up to develop and oversee an implementation plan for...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the schools nationally that run voluntary coding programmes through initiatives such as an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined introducing computer science as a junior certificate subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/18]
    • School Curriculum
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on whether the science curriculum is sufficient at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason the back-to-work family dividend cannot be regarded as a qualifying payment for the special rate of postgraduate grant as...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide replacement or new schools in Clongriffin, Dublin 13; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school...
    • School Patronage
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for his Department's decision to limit the intake of a school (details supplied) to 13 students per annum; if this decision is in...
    • Combatting Cyberbullying
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in app purchases in video games with a PEGI...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the collapse of a company (details supplied) on the opening of schools in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts with subcontractors and service level agreements impacted by the collapse of a company (details supplied) working on projects, by...
    • Migrant Integration
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the research contained in 'Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment' (details supplied) regarding the Roma...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools across the country will be notified of their allocations due pursuant to the minor works grant scheme in order that they can...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed in respect of illegally parking in a disabled parking bay in each of the past five years by...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights for Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when personal superannuation fund statements for 2015 and 2016 as provided for under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and names of Garda stations that are opened on a 24 hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2781/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a report into the circumstances surrounding the transfer of a garda to County Donegal following the arrest of an employee of...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit; and if he will...
    • Courts Service Properties
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a formal request from a community based organisation (details supplied) regarding proposals to occupy and...
    • Abbey Theatre
    • Asylum Applications Data
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers given leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2817/18]
    • Asylum Applications Data
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers granted international protection status in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Prison Service
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests made by the Prison Service for an armed garda escort for prison transfers in 2017; the number of those...
    • Human Trafficking
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to ensure that modern slave labour or human trafficking does not form part of the supply chain of a...
    • Garda Compensation
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have a decision in regard to their application for compensation in view of the time that...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [2888/18]
    • Irish Prison Service
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children born to women in custody in prisons in 2017. [3013/18]
    • Asylum Applications
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to an Afghan refugee who is also an unaccompanied minor, and is currently in Greece and cannot return to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the length of residency affects the cost of applying for citizenship; if there are fee waiver schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of immigrant investor programme applications for social housing investment and nursing home investment in...
    • Visa Applications
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a holiday visa can be extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Money Laundering
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken on foot of EU directive EU 2015/849. [2587/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts;...
    • Garda Expenditure
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to Garda information and communication technology under the capital plan 2016 to 2021; the...
    • Irish Prison Service
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to the Prison Service under the capital plan 2016 to 2021; the amount spent in 2016 and 2017...
    • Courts Service
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to the Courts Service under the capital plan 2016 to 2021; the breakdown of the amount spent in...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding provided under the capital plan 2016 to 2021 for construction of the divisional headquarters at Kevin...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding provided under the capital plan 2016 to 2021 for the construction of the forensic science laboratory in...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 138 of 21 March 2017, 469 of 26 July 2017, 556 of 7 November 2017 and 115 of 13 December...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of information in the recent Crowe Horwath report in which it stated that 6,881 manual summonses for court...
    • Garda Operations
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the control measures which have been put in place by An Garda Síochána to ensure that the practice of non-issuance of...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 86 and 87 of 17 May 2017, 528 of 26 July 2017, 559 of 7 November 2017 and 116 of 13...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 713 of 20 June 2017, 548 of 26 July 2017, 562 of 7 November 2017 and 118 of 13 December...
    • Garda Reports
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 577 of 26 July 2017, 567 of 7 November 2017 and 119 of 13 December 2017, if the...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver that died in road traffic collisions (RTCs) in each...
    • Garda Data
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda forensic traffic investigations team nationally and by district in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request a report from An Garda Síochána on the forensic collision investigation of each fatal collision...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the body to which a member of the public can go with a complaint against An Garda Síochána when the complaint has...
    • Irish Prison Service
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent in 2017 on transferring prisoners on remand to courts for the purpose of attending for mention dates; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he met with persons (details supplied) to discuss their campaign for legislative reform; the outcome of the meeting; and if...
    • Combatting Cyberbullying
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in app purchases in video...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid out and the number of claims the pay-outs related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in...
    • Departmental Reports
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the report Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment (details supplied); and the action he will take following the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the citizenship status of a person involved in a scenario (details supplied). [3465/18]
    • Policing Issues
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the experience of An Garda Síochána in the use of or trial of policing models (details...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 23 November 2017, the locations of the three IDA sites and one private finance facility...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the work to market counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon as jobs locations; the number of IDA site visits that...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts her Department or agencies under her remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount paid out and the number of claims the pay-outs related to by each agency under the aegis of her Department in respect of...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the governance structures underpinning the operation of the CAMHS throughout the State is satisfactory and fully transparent. [2775/18]
    • Health Insurance
      301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further review health insurance policies in circumstances in which certain policies carry a Government levy of almost 50% of the overall cost of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the completion of building improvement works at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3046/18]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Taoiseach's reply to Leader’s Questions on 16 January 2018, if the two thirds of persons who attend an emergency department and exit...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      304. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put ambulance service staff on the same footing as other uniformed services from the point of view of pay, conditions and pensions; and if he will...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      305. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to add the medication freestyle libre to the long term illness reimbursement scheme; the timeframe of this application; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      306. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that no representatives from organisations (details supplied) or a parent representative will be present at an upcoming meeting of the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      307. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE’s primary care reimbursement service ​will make a decision on the inclusion of the freestyle libre glucose monitor on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      308. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can avail of care services. [2782/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care for a person (details supplied) will proceed. [2789/18]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to allow IVF treatment be made available to persons with a medical card that are unable to afford it; when this treatment will be...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2796/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialities at Louth County Hospital. [2797/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in Louth County Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [2798/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons seeking consultation with geriatric consultants at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [2801/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an intake assessment to the north Dublin early intervention team; the number of children waiting more than a year; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for persons seeking access to the COPD clinic at Louth hospital, Dundalk, County Louth. [2815/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the minor injuries unit, Louth hospital, Dundalk, County Louth in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018,...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for access to acute mental health support services and acute psychiatry services while patients are in a hospital on an inpatient basis...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions of children to adult psychiatric units here; the number of days children spent in adult psychiatric units in each of the years 2015,...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health services will be administered at the new Wexford town primary care centre; if so, the type of mental health services that will be administered...
    • Health Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the existing new extension to the north east of the old health centre at Grogan’s Road, Wexford, County Wexford cost to construct; and if he...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      335. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre will be available under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2845/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons are experiencing delays in the outpatient appointment system at Tallaght hospital (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      337. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug menotonian will be covered under the medical card. [2857/18]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting from zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2863/18]
    • Hospital Services
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the reason consultant radiologists in University Hospital Kerry are carrying out radiographers' work at night; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      342. To ask the Minister for Health his views on updating the travel policy regarding the treatment abroad scheme implemented in 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person whose fair deal contribution plus their prescription charges exceed their weekly pension sum received; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the fair deal scheme to home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2886/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) was used here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2889/18]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment....
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if a physiotherapist assessment will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2894/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nights persons have slept on the floor of or in a chair at hospitals in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to build purpose-built assisted or independent living villages for persons with mental illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2896/18]
    • Hospital Procedures
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if a routine procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2898/18]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe agreed to publish the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy in view of the fact that the plan was not published by...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that can be made to ensure that the extra two hours home help awarded to a person (details supplied) can be provided in line with the ongoing...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered an appointment at the ophthalmology clinic in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin; and if he will...
    • Hospital Transfers
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred from Monaghan General Hospital to either Drogheda or NRH, Dún Laoghaire, to continue their treatment....
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 28 September 2017, the status of each of the primary care centres, in tabular form; if building has commenced; the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds in each hospital that have now opened or are due to open, further to his recent press statement that additional beds in a number...
    • Medical Card Applications
      361. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision in respect of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/18]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's expenditure on 'flu vaccines for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [2927/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on subsidising the cost of implanted contraceptives, such as the IUD, which at present can cost up to €300 for insertion a price which is out...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if a device can be made available on discretionary terms to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2932/18]
    • HSE Reports
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide or publish a 2006 report by a person (details supplied) on behalf of the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing impact the closure of the swimming pool at a facility (details supplied) is having on persons with disabilities...
    • Hospital Facilities
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to requests to re-open mortuary services at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant in the department of respiratory medicine, University Hospital Limerick; and if...
    • Emergency Departments
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which each of the recommendations of the emergency department task force report has been implemented, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with physical and sensory disabilities that are on waiting lists for a personal assistance service; the number of hours it will take to...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be made to include a glucodrate drink on the medical card scheme; if this treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the drug Ocrevus to the reimbursement scheme; if a date for introduction has been established; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the policy and process for recruitment of hospital CEOs. [2959/18]
    • Protected Disclosures
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to complaints from whistleblowers regarding being penalised after making a complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014;...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      377. To ask the Minister for Health when capital funding will be allocated for the new endoscopy unit, oncology unit, physical medicine unit, physical therapy unit and day procedure department at...
    • Hospital Admissions
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of involuntary admissions of persons to hospitals in which members of An Garda Síochána have been involved in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2997/18]
    • Dental Services Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental operations for each individual acute hospital or dental facility for each of the past two years, by hospital and facility; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when an MRI in University Hospital Limerick will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in order for their surgery to proceed. [3022/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide supports for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [3029/18]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list position of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a long-term bed at a residential facility in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for haemochromatosis will be considered for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3045/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may...
    • HSE Donations
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in donations received by the HSE by hospital or service for each of the past five years through the HSE donation fund form process; and if he will...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitian posts in a hospital (details supplied) in tabular form; if this is the full complement available to the hospital; if not, the reason...
    • Disability Services Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if a business case (details supplied) has been sanctioned; when the post will be advertised; the expected commencement date of the post; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists for adults, children, children with an intellectual disability or ASD and adults with and intellectual disability...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further develop the relationship between Altnagelvin hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Suicide Incidence
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if research or investigations have been undertaken or commissioned into the occurrence of murder suicide or familicide here; his views on whether it is...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      399. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed in St Patrick's hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was assessed on a discretionary basis for a medical card; the reason this person was only issued with a general practitioner...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); if an appointment will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments at the urology outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford from 2015 to 2017 in excess of six, 12, 18...
    • HSE Funding
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided in 2018 for home help, home support and home care packages; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused...
    • Hospitals Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding proposal for a new endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital has been considered under the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Charges
      406. 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 in respect of those car parks nationally,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for scoliosis surgery at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Funding
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if as part of the 2018 capital plan the HSE has made funding available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3278/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which was allocated to each drugs task force in 2017; the level of funding to be provided to each drugs task force in 2018 in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendees and return attendees in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and St. James's Hospital, in 2017, in tabular...
    • Hospitals Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the operational budget and actual spend for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and St. James's Hospital, in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to access the early intervention team covering Dublin 11; if he will put plans in place to increase the capacity of the early intervention...
    • Health Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting time for treatment by the school-age team for a person (details supplied) will not be adjusted to take into account their successful...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the process for transporting persons in wheelchairs, particularly specially modified and designed wheelchairs, to and from hospitals; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if travel reimbursement for home support workers is deducted when calculating income for the purpose of medical card assessments; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Records
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain their medical records from a Dublin hospital. [3367/18]
    • Combatting Cyberbullying
      423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out and the number of claims related to those payouts by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances serving Dublin; the average call-out time for ambulances to reach the location of the emergency; his plans to increase the...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects in the health area that have undergone design stage or nearly undergone design stage and are awaiting further funding to be...
    • Community Care Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding accessing community health-care facilities for a person who has had an operation in a private hospital and also has a medical card; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have an appointment for gallstone surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/18]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to account for the quality of care they provided to a person (details supplied). [3483/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Control of Horses
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to ensure that section 37 of the Control of Horses Act 1996 is being properly...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals and reviews with his Department by year in which the appeal or review was lodged and the scheme to which it...
    • Nitrates Usage
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if persons who have the low-emission slurry spreading, LESS, scheme as one of their actions in the GLAS programme and who have...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments under the basic payment scheme and GLAS for a person (details supplied) have not been issued; his plans to ensure...
    • GLAS Payments
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2996/18]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3000/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3002/18]
    • GLAS Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applications that were scheduled for payment in 2017 that have not issued; the number of these applications which...
    • GLAS Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3028/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3124/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit have with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • GLAS Payments
      449. 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. [3168/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amendments proposed or being considered to the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006; the efforts being made to ensure...
    • Origin Green Programme
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether his Department has brought the organic food label into disrepute in view of the findings of the 2017 EU audit of...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission research on Irish shellfish sites in view of research findings in the UK and elsewhere showing the presence of...
    • Organic Farming
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 December 2017, if his Department is unable to cite legislation or a legal basis for...
    • Aquaculture Development
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 7 December 2017, his views on the public perception that maintaining control of both the...
    • Origin Green Programme
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 7 December 2017, if he will commission an independent review of the operation of An Bord...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will cease the licensing of shellfish production on Braade Strand, County Donegal, pending the outcome of appeals against...
    • Single Payment Scheme Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of area aid and subsidy payments issued in respect of lands (details supplied) at Carbury, County Kildare in the past six...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of...
    • Equine Identification Scheme
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to enforce proactively existing laws on the microchipping and passporting of horses in order that...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • North-South Interconnector
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the stage the report to examine the undergrounding of the North-South interconnector is at; when it will be...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review on solar farms as part of the renewable energy policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Post Office Network
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the conditions of the €30 million granted to An Post in 2017, in particular the conditions regarding the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which production pace forms part of Ireland's licensing regime for gas and oil production; the extent to...
    • Waste Management
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is on target to meet EU waste recycling, recovery and diversion targets; and if he is satisfied that systems...
    • Waste Disposal
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all household residual waste throughout the State that is exported for recovery abroad is accounted for and disposed...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to devise a mechanism once a preferred bidder is chosen by his Department for the roll-out of broadband under...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the costs of domestic waste for households with persons with special needs (details supplied)....
    • Broadband Service Provision
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the formal procurement process to select a company or companies that will roll out a new high-speed broadband...
    • EU Bodies
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a request for applications (details supplied) was published on his Department's website or on another Government...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the properties and areas in South Dublin County Council to be included in a project (details supplied); the timeframe...
    • National Planning Framework
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the roles the three regional spatial economic strategies under the national planning framework will play...
    • Environmental Policy
      479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department explored the necessary steps needed to encourage coffee vendors to incentivise customers to...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps and timeframes he plans to undertake in order to establish a system of micro-generation of renewable...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work, findings and reports of the recently established household waste collection price monitoring...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to the extension to the licence that has recently been granted to a company (details supplied) to drill at the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      484. 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 rollout to a location...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps Inland Fisheries Ireland is taking to enhance and protect trout fishing here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations
      486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish a report (details supplied) commissioned by Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of revenue brought in each of the years 2014 to 2017 from the midlands permit for the old Shannon region;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of standard charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3316/18]
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded by his Department over the past four years, by county and programme; and if he will make...
    • Illegal Dumping
      491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding given to each local authority for the express purpose of cleaning up illegally dumped materials,...
    • Departmental Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bodies or organisations that are scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's vote of...
    • Air Quality
      493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location and operational status of each air quality monitoring station. [3322/18]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken to ensure that commercial operators follow through on their commitments to deliver high speed...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that were awarded online trading vouchers in 2017, by county. [3333/18]
    • Illegal Dumping
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in 2017 and to date in 2018 on illegal dumping and fly tipping by each of the four local...
    • Child Protection
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Tax Collection
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax paid online; the amount paid in person at a local authority office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding support for a business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2773/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regime for roadside testing of drivers in respect of cannabis; the way in which the legal limit or driving under the influence is...
    • Road Projects Status
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date for delivering the new M20 Cork to Limerick road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2963/18]
    • Motor Tax
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3172/18]
    • Coast Guard Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the principal response agency the Irish Coast Guard falls under for the purposes of emergency planning. [3207/18]
    • Motor Tax
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will exempt the Blood Bikes Ireland scheme from motor taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3325/18]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 broken down by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the number of...
    • Motor Tax
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of implementing a disc free motor tax regime as in certain other countries; the potential law enforcement issues that...
    • EU Directives
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a delay in the State passing the necessary legislation in relation to the EU package travel directive 2015/2302 into...
    • Road Projects Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road projects that are being assessed by An Bord Pleanála by county, in tabular form; the date on which each project...
    • Regional Airports
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding discussions with a company (details supplied) in relation to long-term funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Airports
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the airports he has visited here since taking up office; the airport management or boards he has met since taking up office; and if he...
    • Road Projects Status
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2792/18]
    • Rail Services Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the confirmed arrival and departure times for commuter trains to and from Mullingar rail station in the morning and evening over weekdays...
    • Road Network
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times the Limerick tunnel was closed in 2016 and 2017 respectively due to over height vehicles. [2826/18]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the mid-term review of the capital programme will be completed; the manner in which priority road infrastructure projects for...
    • Traffic Management
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the daily traffic delays at the Rath Cross to Kilmoon section of the N2; his plans to prioritise the...
    • Parking Regulations
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update legislation in order that drivers parking without a permit in disabled parking bays in supermarket car parks and...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of clubs and organisations that received the maximum grant level under the sports capital grant scheme in 2017; and the number...
    • Road Network
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the €25,000 that was recently announced in grant allocations from Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the N2 road...
    • Tourism Revenue
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual worth to the economy on an individual basis by sector of the various sectors directly and indirectly associated with tourism...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to publish the promised review of national sports policy; his plans to reintroduce the local authority swimming pool...
    • Road Network
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reverse SI 54/2012 as it relates to the N4 from Con Colbert road to the M50 in order to enable the junction of the N4 and...
    • Road Projects
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N20 Mallow relief road will be built independently of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway from both an infrastructural and financial...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an appeals process for persons that recently were unsuccessful in the latest round of sports capital grants; and if he will...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department receives copies of reports of the Garda forensic traffic investigations team following fatal traffic collisions...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available in 2018 for the restoration of Coughlanstown Road, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Services Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and timeframe of proposals to electrify the Kildare train line from Hazelhatch to provide increased frequency of trains and...
    • Road Safety Authority
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [3374/18]
    • Road Projects
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he considered an application for funding for the northern cross route in Drogheda from Louth County Council. [3380/18]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of...
    • Road Projects
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his comments on 17 January 2018 regarding the N11, if the impact on housing and specifically the development at old Fassaroe...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meetings he has held with representatives of specific counties since taking office; the projects discussed, in tabular form; and if...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Aftercare Services Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children awaiting an aftercare social worker as of 1 January 2018. [2776/18]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      543. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers here; the average career length of same; and the rate of turnover since 2000. [2778/18]
    • Child Care Costs
      545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some creches have increased their fees after the roll-out of a new subsidy which was...
    • After-School Support Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide supports for children who have a disability to attend after-school clubs and avail of the community childcare...
    • Community Services Programme
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of community services resource centre programme applications received; when it is expected a decision will be made; the decision...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has satisfied herself with the welfare of a person (details supplied). [2978/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made in relation to the reinstatement of the original promise of an extra preschool year for children with disabilities;...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts her Department or agencies under her remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address issues (details supplied) in relation to capital funding for child care; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a person (details supplied) whose playschool placement in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, was ended with one...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016 and 2017, by county. [3307/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of registered early years services in each county, as of January 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to youth services in each county in 2017, in tabular form. [3310/18]
    • Child Care Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child care providers who have been trained as LINC workers on the new AIMS model launched in June 2016, by county, in tabular...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding her Department provided to each community child care committee in each year since 2008; and the various functions for which...
    • Education and Training Boards Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the educational and training boards in which there is a full-time youth officer in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Combatting Cyberbullying
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of her Department in respect of personal...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Services Programme
      566. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will reverse the decision to cut funding from Pobal and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection CSP wage...
    • Local Authority Staff
      567. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local authorities that have a FTE broadband officer. [3321/18]
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      568. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the grants for refurbishing old buildings in rural communities that were announced in the Action Plan for Rural Development will...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • Charities Regulation
      570. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason Pobal is categorised as not-for-profit and having a charitable status; if discussions have taken place regarding the...
    • Community Banking
      571. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3340/18]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of bodies under the remit of his Department that have not yet published audited accounts and their annual report for 2016;...
    • Western Development Commission Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of moneys held by the Western Development Commission in the western investment fund or another fund it has for the...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      576. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount each local authority has returned to his Department in January 2018 as a result of allocations made in 2017 for various...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [2788/18]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension (non-contributory) by a person (details supplied). [2813/18]
    • Pension Provisions
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which Limerick city and county council exclude part of contributions when calculating pension payments in...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has applied for illness benefit and is one contribution short will qualify; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused family income supplement when their employer has provided numerous...
    • Tús Programme
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for Tús and community employment schemes in view of the fact that many community groups are finding it...
    • Public Services Card
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which the public services card was first introduced. [2954/18]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2977/18]
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding a disability allowance to a person (details supplied). [2991/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding a State pension to a person (details supplied). [2992/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a fuel allowance payment; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of welfare payments by scheme type; the number of related qualified child increases by scheme type,...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appropriate rent support payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the future of the social welfare officer based in a town (details supplied) is secure. [3122/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts her Department or agencies under her remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Property Tax Administration
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has changed the method or the calculation for persons who are receiving a social welfare payment and have...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all social insurance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20 and...
    • Maternity Benefit Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity benefit by one to six weeks, respectively, taking into account increases announced...
    • Paternity Benefit
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing paternity benefit by one to six weeks, respectively, taking into account increases announced...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the spouse of a person can use the income thresholds for FIS as the means test figures to grant the spouse carer's...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for supplementary welfare allowance by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has repaid the €15,000 overpayment she received during her term as Government Whip; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend access to additional social welfare payments for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined in which the person was refused disability allowance based on...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decision by the Citizens Information Board to cease funding the MABS national management forum with...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to compile, analyse and implement a cross-departmental action plan to address the evidence of the reports produced...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific targets and supporting actions of the new national anti-poverty strategy to reduce poverty rates in one parent...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement recipients, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3338/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason credits earned after 65 years of age in the case in which a person is signing on could not be counted towards the...
    • Pension Provisions
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1,660 of 16 January 2018, her plans to amend the law to exempt ARF income from PRSI...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of her Department in...
    • Citizen Information Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the representative body for supporting CIS services namely NACIS, will continue to be funded by CIS going forward; if the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stage of the process of departmental intervention with a family identified as having no permanent address that the family...
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency examined HTC carbonisation plants in view of a report (details supplied) recommending...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the establishment of a referendum commission for a referendum on the eighth amendment; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Assets
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of undeveloped land owned by each local authority; the amount of land that is zoned residential in each local...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional emergency accommodation beds made available in the emergency accommodation system in Dublin city and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable and social houses provided in the Cork city and county area; the number on the waiting list for each;...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families being accommodated in hotels in the Cork city and county area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 2,245 social houses built in 2017 that were delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies, rapid...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 910 RAS contracts signed in 2017 that were renewed contracts and new contracts, respectively, for existing...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 17,916 HAP tenancies signed in 2017 that are still in existence and the number broken by landlords,...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all voids brought back into use in 2017; the length of time the homes were void by local authority; and if he...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when applications will be invited from local authorities for the second tranche of LIHAF; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Mullingar may be considered a rent pressure zone in the future; the criteria for a town to be designated a rent pressure...
    • Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to persons whose rent has increased by 68% in one year in a non-rent pressure zone; the role the...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authority spending is monitored in a satisfactory manner, including spending on infrastructural...
    • Water Services
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Water Services Act 2007 to allow environmental health officers in local authorities to intervene with...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the outstanding €1,104,708 which is owed to the Sligo County Council housing department for projects (details...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of water charges repayments due; the amount repaid to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional supports available through the rural water programme arising from recommendations of the joint Oireachtas...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3117/18]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sales under the tenant purchase scheme since 2011, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 26 October 2017, if he will address the anomaly between housing targets and the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the indication by the Central Statistics Office that it will reclassify approved housing bodies as being...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contracts his Department, or agencies under his remit, have with a company (details supplied); the status of these...
    • Local Authority Staff
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by local authority CEOs in designating vacant home officers in each of their authorities as per his...
    • Vacant Properties
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the vacant homes strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3181/18]
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the bodies which will be responsible for the drafting of metropolitan area strategic plans for the five cities. [3203/18]
    • Emergency Planning
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation that designates each of the three principal response agencies here, that is, the Health Service Executive, the...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the per annum target and delivery of the repair and lease scheme in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Planning Framework
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the roles the three regional spatial economic strategies under the national planning framework will play...
    • Land Availability
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the strategic development plans for the use of local authority lands requested from all local authorities by the end of...
    • Vacant Sites Data
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites registered for the vacant site levy; the number of those currently under appeal with An Bord Pleanála...
    • Statutory Retirement Age
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3290/18]
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there have been applications for a foreshore licence from a company (details supplied) to allow for an exploratory rig on...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an appeal lodged by Longford County Council in respect of a person (details supplied) will be allowed. [3326/18]
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change eligibility for housing assistance payment recipients on the social housing waiting list; and if he will...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS recipients respectively by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Funding
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to local authorities in each year since 2010 by way of the annual block grant from the local government...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out by each local authority in respect of personal injury claims for each of the years 2010 to 2017; and if he...
    • Vacant Properties
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made by county councils in acquiring abandoned or boarded up houses by CPO or otherwise on the same...
    • Departmental Bodies
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out and the number of claims the pay-outs related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names and relevant expertise of each member of the marine licence vetting committee involved in both the statutory...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research contained in Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment (details supplied) regarding...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built directly by local authorities in 2017, by county, in tabular form; the percentage of each that have...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the lack of artists' studio spaces here. [2899/18]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      676. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure by her Department on legal proceedings in each of the years 2012 to 2017, by case name and record number; and if...
    • Legal Costs
      677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legal costs incurred to date in the legal proceedings relating to Moore Street; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies in each State board under the aegis of her Department, in tabular form; the length of time each of the...
    • Heritage Sites
      679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to enhance and protect the site of the Battle of Vinegar Hill (details supplied); her further plans to increase the...
    • Heritage Projects (1 comment)
      680. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the future and funding of the crematorium chapel project in Glasnevin cemetery; and if she will make a...
    • Commemorative Events
      681. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting of the famine commemoration committee is due to take place; if a decision will be made at that meeting in...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      682. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there is no chairperson of the high-level implementation group for the arts in education charter; when this position...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      683. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Creative Ireland culture and creativity plans for each local authority; the cost of each culture and creativity item in each...
    • Enterprise Ireland Properties
      684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the sale of a studio (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3108/18]
    • National Library
      685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support her Department has provided for the digitalisation of the archives at the National Library; and if she will...
    • Waterways Ireland Funding
      686. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding her Department is to provide to Waterways Ireland to maintain and enhance canals as a tourist amenity; and if she will...
    • Arts Centres
      687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Cork events centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3111/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      688. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts her Department or agencies under her remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to prospective restructuring proposals in relation to an entity under her remit (details...
    • Departmental Bodies Reports
      690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bodies under the remit of her Department that have not yet published audited accounts and their annual report for...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      692. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of her Department in respect of...
    • Archaeological Sites
      693. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action being taken to address the desecration of historical sites throughout the country with particular reference to recent...
    • Arts Funding
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has been in a position in 2018 to date to respond to various applications from community groups towards...
    • Turf Cutting
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which full and final agreement has been reached with traditional turf cutters in respect of SACs and NHAs; the...
    • Film Industry
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to support and encourage the film industry including the use of the island of Ireland...
    • EU Funding
      697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which EU grant aid has been sought and remains available or is likely to become available to support various...
    • Departmental Funding
      698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department can assist various local musical and dramatic societies in respect of annual...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      700. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts and heritage sectors continue to generate employment throughout the country; and if she will make a...
    • Arts Promotion
      702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to enhance the promotion and development of an awareness of...
    • Heritage Sites
      703. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans to secure UNESCO recognition for the transtlantic cable station at Valentia Island; and if she will make a...