Written answers
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Priorities
29. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s priorities for 2018. [3448/18]
- Taoiseach's Communications
31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his address to the European Parliament on 17 January 2018; the meetings he attended; and the issues that were discussed. [3054/18]
- Urban Renewal Schemes
42. To ask the Taoiseach the planned spending on north inner Dublin city projects conceived and initiated by his predecessor; the amount spent; and the projects this money has been spent on. [3053/18]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Data
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons joining local authority housing lists nationally in 2017; and when the volume of house building by public...
- Housing Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the lack of housing supply in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4483/18]
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, scheme; the way in which projects under tranche one are...
- Vacant Properties Data
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that certain Dublin local authorities have yet to list properties on their vacant site register; and if...
- Mayoral Election
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a plebiscite on directly elected mayors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4549/18]
- Housing Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider promoting schemes of private serviced sites in all areas nationally on which first-time persons seeking...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units built under Rebuilding Ireland per annum in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the...
- Deposit Protection Scheme Establishment
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the statutory provision to establish a deposit protection scheme will be implemented; his plans to ensure that the maximum...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which his Department proposes to review planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant commercial...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing assistance payment, HAP, recipients from June 2016 to July 2017; the status of each on the social...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish direct employment of construction workers by local authorities to ensure speedy delivery of secure homes...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to raise the income thresholds for eligibility for social housing; his further plans to review the way in which these...
- Local Authority Housing Data
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure from his overall budget which has been set aside to be provided to the 31 local authorities, excluding housing...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the moneys that have been made available to and drawn down by Galway City and County Councils to expedite the turnaround of...
- Housing Data
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential units that are under construction in a location (details supplied) in both Dublin City Council and...
- Approved Housing Bodies
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing body units nationally his Department is paying rent on at 92%; the number of approved housing...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allocate funding to local councils for the completion of unfinished estates in which the developer is no longer in...
- Traveller Accommodation
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in Cork city in accommodating 55 Traveller persons in emergency accommodation arising from the damage...
- National Planning Framework
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the issues raised in the submission by the Northern and Western Regional Assembly will be given consideration in the...
- Emergency Accommodation Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed national quality standards framework for emergency accommodation; the ongoing inspections of private...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate that those on the housing assistance payment HAP transfer list in local authorities are...
- Tenancy Protection Scheme
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to protect the interests of the households at a location (details supplied) that face the threat of...
- Local Authority Housing Data
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 1,757 voids returned to stock in 2017 that had a tenant at the beginning of 2017. [4583/18]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capacity for social housing development in the Howth, Malahide, Swords and Balbriggan areas, with specific reference to the...
- Election Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that those provisions in the Electoral Acts in regard to donations to third parties for political purposes...
- Local Authority Housing Data
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes it is planned to develop in conjunction with Meath County Council in the full and total land bank...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the demand for co-operative housing in Galway city and county; if so, the status of plans...
- Planning Issues
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the report held by his Department on allegations of planning corruption on County Donegal; when this report will...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be launched; the mortgage approval process associated with same; and if he will make...
- Local Authority Housing Data
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes that were completed in County Laois in 2017 by Laois County Council; and the target for same in the coming...
- Local Government Reform
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new municipal borough district model being proposed by him under plans announced in December 2017 will be afforded...
- Homelessness Strategy
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he is planning to reduce the flow of families and individuals into homelessness as a result of evictions and...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Ministerial Advisers Data
121. To ask the Taoiseach the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Taoiseach; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; the salaries of each; and...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 3,000 serving Army personnel and veterans who were prescribed Lariam have approached...
- Defence Forces Operations
123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the Defence Forces in counties Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal in view of Brexit and the possible reintroduction of a hard border; and...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Contracts Data
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the contract awarded for the supply of the passport card; the name of the contract; the company to which it was awarded; the...
- Brexit Negotiations
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to EU leaders at or since the last European Council meeting about the length of time for the transition phase for the UK...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each;...
- Tender Process
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of the recently announced Citizens' Dialogue on the Future of Europe meetings; the public tendering process that was put...
- Foreign Conflicts
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made recent diplomatic representations to the Saudi Arabian State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nizar bin Obaid Madani, regarding...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the new N1 vehicle category measurement method, in view of the fact it is excluding the majority of 4x4 commercial vehicles from installing...
- Corporate Tax Compliance
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have applied for section 110 status in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4705/18]
- Credit Union Lending
139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on requests from the credit union movement to change a bank's (details supplied) regulations governing the percentage of credit union loans that can...
- Excise Duties Reliefs
140. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from the granting of special exemption orders in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form. [4790/18]
- Ministerial Advisers Data
141. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; the salaries of...
- Pensions Legislation
142. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the law to exempt approved retirement funds income from PRSI similar to the way in which annuity income is exempt (details supplied); and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if persons who work in the public service and are due to retire in 2018 will be afforded the opportunity to continue in their employment...
- Flood Prevention Measures
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide a long-term solution to recurring flooding in County Sligo, in particular the Owenmore river; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding for a flood relief scheme (details supplied) will be approved in order to allow the project to proceed without delay; and if...
- Civil Service Staff Data
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants who applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster,...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all tenders for public private partnerships pending the implementation of a system that allows for a full cost-benefit analysis of...
- Public Private Partnerships
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional safeguards he will put in place following the collapse of a company (details supplied) with regard to PPP contracts to...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of PPPs awarded in each of the past ten years; the number of Irish companies that contracts were awarded to in each year; and...
- Drainage Schemes Applications
152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a drain (details supplied) will be cleaned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4934/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teachers' Remuneration
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/18]
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for emergency works by a school (details supplied); when it will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the admissions policy as adopted by his Department for special needs children wishing to access secondary education; if a universal admissions...
- Departmental Legal Cases
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all seven persons who received settlements from the State Claims Agency as part of the redress scheme set up following a judgment (details...
- School Accommodation
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason the school's application for...
- DEIS Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools profiled for DEIS designation in the most recent review; the details of DEIS designated schools, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- School Accommodation
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4761/18]
- Special Educational Needs Data
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in need of special educational and or ASD support in County Wexford, particularly in north County Wexford; and the numbers...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; the...
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Youth Strategy
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a directive will issue to schools regarding the facilitation of transgender pupils in the education system; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Admissions
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that under the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016 SENOs will be allowed to exercise their new authority...
- Schools Facilities
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (detailed supplied) and the enrolment limitations for students in the 2018/2019 academic year due to the lack of learning...
- Teacher Recruitment
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 5 December 2017, the progress he has made in reviewing proposals to incentivise persons to undertake...
- Teacher Career Breaks
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of job sharing and career break entitlements for primary teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4951/18]
- Teacher Recruitment
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the current and potential teacher shortages in STEM subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4952/18]
- School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of a properly structured national panel of substitute teachers to tackle the crisis in teacher substitution at primary...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Peace Commissioners Data
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names and districts of peace commissioners in County Meath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Courts Service
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his Department's review of the probate system; the timeframe for the review; the recommendations in this regard;...
- Citizenship Applications
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will, when enacted, grant citizenship rights to a person...
- Courts Service
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether a register of interests should exist for judges, similar to that in place for politicians and that judges...
- Courts Service Data
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of each special exemption order granted by Court District No. 17 from 1 December 2014 to 31 December 2015 in...
- Prisoner Transfers
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 26 July 2017, if he will report on the progress on resolving issues related to the...
- Proposed Legislation
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation to create a specific offence of interfering with life-saving equipment such as defibrillators and...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous...
- Garda Strength
189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are only four community gardaí attached to Ballyfermot Garda station. [4927/18]
- Garda Deployment
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of each rank attached to each station (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [4928/18]
- Prisoner Transfers
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a request to repatriate a person (details supplied). [4956/18]
- Naturalisation Applications
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to support calls for measures for local business in the Border counties in the event of a hard border post-Brexit and or an...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of advisers she has appointed to her office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment...
- Department of Health
- HSE Staff Remuneration
196. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the terms of report No. 42 with regard to higher remuneration in public service was not applied to a small...
- Home Care Packages
197. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with home care hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4667/18]
- Disability Statistics
198. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an increase year on year on the number of children that present with autism and related problems in each of the years 2010 to 2017; and if he will...
- Home Help Service Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [4677/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4678/18]
- Hospital Facilities
201. To ask the Minister for Health if the introduction of free Wi-Fi will be made available to inpatients and outpatients at University Hospital Limerick; the estimated cost of such a project;...
- HSE Staff Data
202. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is working in the HSE and has reached 65 years of age can continue working until 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was removed from the public waiting list and transferred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund without notice, to be...
- Hospital Appointments Status
204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4703/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health if increased home care in the morning and a hoist can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and the status of same. [4721/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
208. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that specific medication has been withdrawn from medical card holders; if his attention has been further drawn to...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision of the NHS to make the FreeStyle Libre system available to persons with diabetes in the UK; the status...
- Diabetes Strategy
210. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the pressure and hardships suffered on a daily basis by persons with diabetes; the supports available for them; and his...
- Eating Disorders
211. To ask the Minister for Health if the same high quality of care that is provided by eating disorder teams will be assured at the proposed mini hub eating disorder treatment locations in...
- Home Help Service
212. To ask the Minister for Health if more full-time carer positions for the provision of home help hours in counties Cavan and Monaghan by the HSE will be funded; and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
213. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the new EU legislation requesting the Government to...
- Primary Care Centres Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) is publicly funded. [4773/18]
- Departmental Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Health the funding or grants available through his Department for early retirement groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4776/18]
- Health Services Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss a proposal for stroke support groups in County Louth; and if he will make...
- EU Directives
217. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical officer in his Department is advising chiropractors that they are to stop using x-ray machines or referring persons for x-rays from 6...
- Health Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4794/18]
- Medicinal Products Availability
219. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Vimizim has being approved by the HSE for those suffering from Morquio syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Correspondence
220. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4812/18]
- Medicinal Products Availability
221. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to THC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4815/18]
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
222. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE collect data regarding average and total hours spent by persons on trolleys in public hospitals rather than only the total number...
- Hospitals Data
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals operating at full operational protocol; and the length of time each has being doing so. [4828/18]
- Nursing Staff Data
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency nursing staff being utilised to staff existing vacancies in community healthcare organisation area 2, CHO2. [4833/18]
- Nursing Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE circular 10/2017 has been implemented; and the evidence of same. [4835/18]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthotics shoes, by county; the waiting time for same, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
235. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since 2014 due to a lack of funding there is no pain relief available for those receiving home care (details...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
236. To ask the Minister for Health the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; the salaries of...
- Hospital Facilities
237. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce translabial ultrasound facilities in public hospitals in order that issues with transvaginal mesh may be identified without women that...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the licensing conditions used by the HPRA in regard to medical devices in view of the extremely severe side effects of transvaginal mesh...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health if additional services will be provided at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4910/18]
- Hospitals Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided in order to ensure maximum utilisation of capacity at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Health Service Capacity Review
241. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing health service capacity as detailed on page nine of the executive summary of the health service capacity review; and...
- Ambulance Service Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in December 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer...
- Commencement of Legislation
244. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [4936/18]
- Citizenship Status
245. To ask the Minister for Health the citizenship status of a person (details supplied) under the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [4937/18]
- Health Services Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to the weight management programme and bariatric surgery during 2018; the number of persons that accessed the programme in each of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical appliance (details supplied) will be restored as an item covered by the medical card as was the position previously; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Irish Land Commission
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is policy to support the existence of cow parks (details supplied); and his plans to protect the last remaining cow parks in...
- Animal Welfare
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that has the authority to exterminate stray cats; the sanctions that exist if an unauthorised person or company...
- GLAS Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment, an organics payment for 2017 and a balancing BPS payment for 2016; and...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the basic farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [4769/18]
- Farm Retirement Scheme
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reopening the early retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/18]
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals and reviews waiting to be processed by the appeals section of his Department; the year the appeal or review was...
- GLAS Payments
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for delays in GLAS 2 payments (details supplied) being issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4778/18]
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to his French counterpart regarding CAP policy recently. [4326/18]
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4845/18]
- Ministerial Advisers Data
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment...
- Flood Relief Schemes Payments
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the Inishowen flood damage relief measure 2017; and if...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- North-South Interconnector
259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the North-South interconnector is to proceed, if EirGrid will have permission to enter farmers' lands...
- Energy Efficiency
260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy savings achieved in each calendar year by each of the 11 individual obligated parties (details supplied)...
- Energy Policy
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding he will make available towards the implementation of Ireland's transition to a low-carbon energy future...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the...
- Electric Vehicles
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the management and maintenance of the electric vehicle charging network. [4915/18]
- Renewable Energy Incentives
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a renewable electricity support scheme for homeowners, farmers and small business owners and a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary for a motorist to wear a seat belt while driving when that motorist has a letter from their general practitioner...
- Coast Guard Services
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Irish Coast Guard under the 2006 framework for a major emergency event, that is, whether it is a principal emergency...
- Road Network
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget for local and regional roads in each of the years from 2007 to 2018 by county. [4722/18]
- Public Transport Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that has been given to ensuring a Dublin Bus route (details supplied) will not be adversely affected when the new Luas...
- Swimming Pool Programme
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to introduce a public swimming pool in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport Provision
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the potential for increasing public transport options to reduce commute times in County Leitrim has been investigated in view of the...
- Tourism Promotion
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Fáilte Ireland to include the Waterford Greenway among the greenways featured on the Wild Atlantic Way website....
- Tourism Data
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hits the Wild Atlantic Way website and the Ireland’s Ancient East website have received respectively since they were...
- Tourism Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount invested in the Ireland's Ancient East initiative to date in terms of overall online and offline marketing and promotion,...
- Greenways Funding
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of Exchequer funding that has been allocated to the development of greenway walking and cycling projects over the past ten...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of...
- Departmental Expenditure
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial codes that his Department uses to monitor expenditure. [4917/18]
- Pension Provisions
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of recent communications submitted to his Department regarding the situation pertaining to the regular wages scheme...
- Railway Stations
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 5 December 2017, the status of the delivery of a footbridge between the Ashington area and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Funding
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the next round of the youth capital funding will be made available for youth club organisations to apply for; and if she will make a...
- Trade Union Recognition
286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of a company (details supplied), which indirectly receives a substantial amount...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of advisers she has appointed to her office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
288. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a renewal grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4764/18]
- Ministerial Advisers Data
289. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a contributory pension will be reviewed. [4694/18]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the recent decision by the Citizens Information Board to cease funding the MABS national management...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of advisers she has appointed to her office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous...
- Pension Provisions
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discussions have been initiated with the Pensions Authority with a view to seeking dispensation or relaxation of the...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be overturned; and if she will...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason a person (details supplied) has only received €214 in State contributory pension from 17 May...
- Departmental Staff
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the status of the social welfare local office (details supplied) at Castlepollard, County Westmeath; if a person...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Commercial Rates
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to implement a more equitable rates system which takes cognisance of the effective turnover of rural...
- Approved Housing Bodies
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the steps he will take in view of EUROSTAT CSO changes to the Government balance sheet status of approved housing...
- Housing Agency Portfolio
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter relating to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the number of homes that have been remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Emergency Planning
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 656 of 23 January 2018, the legislation that underpins each of the principal response...
- Ministerial Correspondence
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received correspondence (details supplied) in regard to the purchase of a house in Bray, County Wicklow, by Wicklow...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to inform those seeking council accommodation of their position on the waiting list; and if...
- Rental Sector Strategy
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of cost rental housing his Department is using; the definition of cost rental being used when promoting the...
- Water Quality
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a situation in an area (details supplied) of County Kildare in which the water quality has changed will be investigated;...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report entitled, Safe as Houses: A Report on Building Standards, Building Controls and...
- Local Authority Housing Data
315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties acquired by each local authority under the purchase and reuse scheme in 2017, in tabular form; the...
- Home Loan Scheme
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revisit the stipulation that new build or second hand home purchases cannot exceed 175 sq. m in size (details...
- Fire Safety
317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a database accessible to each local fire station that includes the locations and notable details of the 292...
- Fire Service
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire appliances in service nationally. [4801/18]
- Fire Safety
327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of advice in regard to staying in place or evacuating in the event of a high rise fire. [4808/18]
- Fire Service
330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the fire service’s predetermined attendance of three fire appliances and one high reaching...
- Water Services Funding
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on implementing the recommendations (details supplied) of the final report of Joint Oireachtas Committee on the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a system to facilitate city families who are seeking social housing to relocate in rural areas in which...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce stage payments for developers during the construction phase of newly built houses contracted under the...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of advisers he has appointed to his office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing applicants on local authority lists who have been homed specifically by the local...
- Local Authority Housing Data
336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of serviced or serviceable sites available to Kildare County Council for the building of local...
- Housing Provision
337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he could expect to meet the ever-pressing housing needs through the development and sale of serviced...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for an emergency housing programme with a view to easing the housing shortage; and if he will make a statement on...
- Emergency Accommodation Data
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families, adults and children in emergency accommodation; the extent to which housing their needs can be met in...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agency that is notified when a landlord refuses to take a HAP payment; the way in which this data is collected; if local...
- Planning Issues
342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the proposal that developers would only be granted planning permission if houses have electric car charging...
- Housing Policy
343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of affordability that the Rebuilding Ireland home loan, the affordable purchase scheme and the affordable...
- Rental Sector Strategy
344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the significant differences between the Rebuilding Ireland affordable rental scheme announced on 22 January 2018 and the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted an independent audit of the previous affordable homes purchase scheme provided from 2002 to...
- Regional Development Policy
352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expand on his plans for regional and balanced development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4964/18]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in the building of the Irish Arts Centre in New York; when construction will commence; the amount that...
- Archaeological Sites
357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of archaeological licences which have been issued by her Department since 1995; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cuntas ar an dul chun cinn maidir le scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, go háirithe...
- Wildlife Conservation
359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if changes are being made, or are due, to be made to the Wildlife Act 1976 with regard to the burning of gorse on our hills; and...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff under her Department and agencies or bodies under her aegis seconded as national experts to the EU; and the...
- Commemorative Events
361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the introduction of an annual commemoration of the meeting of the first Dáil on 21 January 1919 and the...
- Ministerial Advisers Data
362. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of advisers she has appointed to her office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous...
- Arts Centres
363. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4935/18]
