Written answers

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fish Quotas
      38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the 2018 TACs and quotas for Ireland’s fishing sector as agreed at the December 2017 Fisheries Council; and if he...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to his French counterpart regarding CAP policy recently. [4305/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the consultation with stakeholders will begin regarding the additional €25 million for the ANC payment; when a decision...
    • Brexit Issues
      41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to seek new markets in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/18]
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen welfare regulations in the puppy farming industry here in view of a recent announcement by the UK Parliament...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Ireland obtaining an extension to the derogation on the spreading of pig slurry; and if he will make a...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to ensure that puppies are not being sold illegally from here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a pilot scheme in south County Kerry to eliminate tuberculosis in badgers by way of vaccinations and removal of...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the discussions held to date with the stakeholders relating to bovine EID tagging; the progress made to comply with the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which produce of aquaculture can be sold and marketed from Lough Foyle in view of the fact that there is no licensing...
    • Brexit Issues
      48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to safeguard the fishing sector in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7130/18]
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the level of direct support for the suckler cow herd to €200 per cow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fodder Crisis
      50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who qualify for the recently announced fodder transport support scheme; the counties included in the scheme; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the flexibility which will be given to farmers who lack adequate broadband to file applications online to his Department; and if he...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of fishermen in Brexit negotiations; if provisions are being put in place to regain Irish waters following Brexit; and if...
    • Fodder Crisis
      53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has taken to support farmers facing difficulty with fodder supply over the winter. [7010/18]
    • Forestry Sector
      54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the communications he has had with Coillte in view of the reported problems with the forestry partnership project; and if he will make...
    • GLAS Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 farmers who have received their 2017 advance payment; the number who have not received this payment; and...
    • Fodder Crisis
      56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe and costs of the fodder transport scheme for farmers in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Communities
      58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which each of the 29 recommendations contained in a report (details supplied) has been implemented; and if he will make...
    • Bioenergy Strategy
      59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many farmers in the west of the country are now experiencing problems with slurry...
    • Exports Growth
      60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the potential market growth for Irish food and food products globally; the markets or...
    • Forestry Sector
      61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he has had with Coillte about the current non-payment of forestry financial instalments due to contracted farmers; his...
    • Livestock Issues
      62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the problems being created for farmers in the west by the new regulations preventing acceptance of...
    • Brexit Issues
      63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to offset the impact of Brexit on farmers in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6855/18]
    • Dairy Sector
      64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to mitigate the guaranteed negative impact for milk producers in view of the fact that the floor price for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for Government commitment to increase ANC funding by €25 million in 2018; and if increased payments...
    • GLAS Payments
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of delayed GLAS payments for 2017 to persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the reason for same; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the legislative changes recommended by the review of aquaculture licensing processes; the timeframe for...
    • GLAS Payments
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting GLAS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/18]
    • Live Exports
      69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which live exports performed in 2017; the efforts being made to promote live exports in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Harness Racing Industry
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent acquisition of Portmarnock racecourse by NAMA and its imminent auction; if special consideration can be given...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by horse trainers and stable staff in the horse racing industry due to...
    • Brexit Issues
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to seek new markets for agrifood produce produced here in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Food Imports
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied the current €850 million per annum level of food and food industry related imports is sustainable; if his...
    • Livestock Issues
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department introduced over-onerous conditions under the clean livestock policy for sheep in meat plants in the middle...
    • Fodder Crisis
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the fodder aid transport subsidy scheme; the reason he chose a transport subsidy option...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the status quo in terms of fisheries, that is, access, percentage share of stocks and the trade aspects will fully apply during the...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason pressure has not been brought to bear on the EU Agriculture Commissioner to financially support the land owners of hen...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of recent discussions at the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers on CAP reform; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Live Exports
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which live exports performed in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the efforts his Department is making to promote further...
    • Animal Welfare
      80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the code of conduct relating to fox hunting; the sanctions if there are breaches; if legislation will be introduced in view of the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by the horse racing industry in view of the recent reclassification of...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to problems with issued knowledge transfer payments particularly for partnership farms; the steps he...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the possible development of hemp cultivation as a significant agricultural activity should be examined; and if he...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to curb the illegal sale and export of Irish dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6666/18]
    • Food Labelling
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the reliability of labelling and traceability structures throughout the food...
    • EU Agreements
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions held with the other member states which, along with Ireland, are deeply concerned regarding the impact of the Mercosur...
    • Afforestation Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of trees planted by those in the agriculture sector since 2011; the percentage of native species planted; the percentage of...
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to combat the level of negligence and breaching of animal welfare standards within the industry of puppy farming that has...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to create a viable biogas industry here that would utilise farm and animal waste as the main source of raw material for its...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      91. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings the strategic communications unit has had regarding planning for the forthcoming national development plan; and the persons with whom the meetings...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      94. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the media officers of his...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Expenditure
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on naval surveillance to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in each of the years 2008 to 2017, inclusive. [6994/18]
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons, by county, who were in receipt of the widows of deceased War of Independence veterans' pension at the end of 2017 or for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the media...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason former Army servicemen have not received an increase in their Army service pension in the past nine years; his plans to increase their...
    • Naval Service Data
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of the Naval Service missions in the Mediterranean Sea each year to date; the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed on the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he plans to take on foot of the whistleblowers' response to the O'Toole report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/18]
    • Air Corps
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all the recommendations of the 2016 health and safety inspection report at Baldonnel have been implemented; the timeframe for the completion...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 288 of 25 October 2017 and 568 of 12 December 2017, the status of the Reserve Defence Force lieutenant...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the new customs partnership type deal with his British or other EU counterparts. [6819/18]
    • Brexit Documents
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he and his Department officials saw the draft text of the transition section of the Brexit withdrawal agreement that was circulated on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the...
    • Passport Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Passport Office to organise a national television and radio advertisement campaign to inform members of the public to...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the areas of North-South co-operation that fall outside the rules of the Single Market and the customs union; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Cases
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is growing concern for the health and well-being of a number of political prisoners...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has further information on the inquiry sought on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [6907/18]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the independent economic evidence and analysis that concludes that Ireland's income tax regime and rates are prohibitive in terms of job creation or...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was refused assistance from the disabled drivers and passengers scheme. [6721/18]
    • Tax Code
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had recently regarding the proposed changes from other EU states on tax harmonisation. [6818/18]
    • Insurance Coverage
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if an anomaly whereby insurance companies are refusing to offer flood insurance for houses not located in known flood zones and with no history of flooding...
    • Tax Credits
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of allowing the €5,000 tax credit incentive under the farm partnership scheme to be allowable against non-farm income (details...
    • Tax Exemptions
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the age limit from 35 to 40 years to qualify for the stamp duty exemption on the transfer of farm land. [7193/18]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communications unit since it was set up; the issues that were discussed; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Remit
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 allows the Financial Services Ombudsman to investigate a complaint regarding conduct that took place...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, the public relations or communications advice external to the media officers...
    • Stamp Duty
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the stamp duty being charged in respect of a matter (details supplied). [6789/18]
    • VAT Registration
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses whose place of business is registered outside of Ireland that are registered for VAT here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax relief on private rented accommodation in each of the years from 2000 to 2017, in tabular form. [6867/18]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced by returned emigrants from non-EU countries in obtaining motor insurance; if his attention has been...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether an adequate service is being provided at the Revenue Commissioners' office in Athlone (details supplied) in view of the difficulties...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption from custom taxes in respect of the importation of alcohol and herbs (details supplied) for the alternative treatment of Lyme disease will be...
    • Mortgage Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value outstanding of private dwelling home mortgages that have tracker, variable and fixed interest rates; the number and value outstanding of...
    • Interest Rates
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of a 1% increase in ECB interest rates on interest owed on tracker mortgages here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6968/18]
    • Property Tax
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the local property tax; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the system is unfair to persons living in the greater Dublin...
    • Insurance Costs
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance when the cost of insurance working group's fourth progress update on quarter four of 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Yield
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT received by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of electronic services provided to unregistered customers resident in other EU states (details...
    • Mortgage Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis of home mortgages in which currently only the interest is being paid will be provided by the age of the mortgage holders in five-year age...
    • Tax Credits
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax credits against corporation tax approved in respect of research and development for each year from 2013; the estimated figure for 2017; the...
    • Stamp Duty
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing stamp duty on combined ATM debit cards to €0.10 per ATM withdrawal up to a maximum of €4.50 per annum; and if he...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Staff
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Treasury Management Agency, excluding the National Asset Management Agency, who received pay in 2017 including retention...
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Asset Management Agency who received pay in 2017 in bands (details supplied); the number employed by the Agency at the end...
    • VAT Payments
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is applicable to the provision of locum general practitioner services by organisations such as Shannondoc; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief that can be claimed by the parents of a person (details supplied) who has been awarded a licence from the Department of Health to import...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7278/18]
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of all bilateral loans the State has with the UK Exchequer; the amounts that are outstanding to be repaid; the interest due; the duration of the...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7324/18]
    • Unclaimed Pensions
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to pensions and pension funds, part of which predate the foundation of the State; if such pensions could be willed or...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to assist families such as a person (details supplied) who are stuck in properties in negative equity; the schemes available for...
    • VAT Yield
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT and duties collected on goods coming from outside the EU in 2017; if an assessment is carried out with regard to the collection of such...
    • Bond Markets
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the State exposure to the Schuldschein bond market; if the Central Bank is gathering data in regard to credit levels here linked to this specific market; the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of works at Ardara bridge, Cadamstown, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6950/18]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of reopening the six Garda stations recommended for same by Garda management; and the estimated full year cost of running same....
    • State Properties Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top 100 premises that the State is renting or leasing in 2016 and 2017; the amount of rent paid for each premises per annum; the...
    • Public Service Contracts
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public contracts that have been awarded to a company (details supplied) in each year since March 2011, in tabular form; the cost per...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made at resolving the disagreement concerning the pension claim by community employment scheme supervisors...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €155 billion quoted in the media for the national development plan that will be direct Government expenditure;...
    • Pension Provisions
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has been consulted by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in regard to the pension issues facing CIÉ; if a request...
    • Public Sector Pay
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil and public servants earning less than the hourly living wage of €11.70 per hour by Department and agency; and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to make it a condition of public tenders and State contracts that suppliers must pay a minimum living wage of €11.70...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and list of flood alleviation and protection schemes funded in each year from 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the amount...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of additional capital allocated to each Department and agency as a result of budget 2018 for 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be granted for the elimination of the flooding risk at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Civil Service Reform
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on proposals (details supplied). [7380/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • University Governance
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his understanding of the financial relationship between DCU and a university (details supplied). [6811/18]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end pay inequality for teachers; when a decision will issue on the pay review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has spent on temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2017; and if he will...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the programme for capital expenditure in 2018 and 2019 in the context of schools building projects; the timeframe for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) did not received a SUSI grant. [6729/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the media...
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to a query from a person (details supplied) regarding an application. [6761/18]
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he is examining the issue of mobility for experienced teachers and new entrants in the teaching profession; the way in which...
    • Protected Disclosures
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received complaints from a person (details supplied) regarding the way in which protected disclosure legislation is being enacted and...
    • School Accommodation
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the assessment of a school (details supplied) will be carried out to determine if the prefabs will be replaced in line with the school's...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school project brief has been completed in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if so, the progress made to date on...
    • University Governance
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if payments made by DCU to staff and other workers delivering courses at a university (details supplied) are in keeping with Government pay...
    • Third Level Staff Recruitment
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate for DCU to advertise for an assistant professor of advanced practice nursing in view of the fact that the...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be reopened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6813/18]
    • Student Support Schemes
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding available to part-time third level students in academic years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring guidance counsellors to one per 500 pupils ex-quota at post-primary schools. [6871/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a link corridor for connectivity between various buildings in the school; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been issued with a letter from his Department directing them to cap their enrolment to half stream; the...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills will be implemented in order to allow those attending private...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been carried out on the additional information supplied by a school (details supplied); if the application has been...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new pilot scheme for in-school speech and language therapists; the number of participating schools; the demographic in this...
    • Autism Support Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to implement the policy advice of the National Council for Special Education regarding children with ASD; if all of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if musical organisations here are in receipt of funding to provide for instrumental music and learning; if so, the organisations concerned; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the planning condition by An Bord Pleanála on a school (details supplied) to provide a shuttle bus for...
    • Schools Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools likely to close in each county in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Enrolments Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the second level schools in the Dublin area which it is anticipated on the basis of CSO census data will experience a decline in enrolments in...
    • School Admissions
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place for a person (details supplied) will be available in Ashbourne, County Meath. [7043/18]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the tender process for the €200 million PPP investment in infrastructure in the higher education sector will be...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that do not have broadband due to lack of such services in their area; the number of primary schools that have...
    • Seirbhísí Leathanbhanda
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a chuirfear leathanbhanda snáthoptaice ar fáil do scoil (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department gave a letter to a company (details supplied) in connection with a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied). [7078/18]
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuair sé comhfhreagras a sheol tuismitheoirí agus caomhnóirí chuige, ina gcuirtear in iúl an díomá agus...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7196/18]
    • School Expulsions
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been expelled from school and who has not attended a school...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on an issue raised with regard to HGV driver apprenticeship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7275/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate and partake in a meeting with Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Donegal with a view to discussing a...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) for the provision of an assembly hall; and if he will make a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department anticipates receiving the results of the pay review into two-tier pay for teachers; the timeframe he envisages to end pay...
    • School Curriculum
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the manner in which the Irish language is being taught at primary school level (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Defibrillators in Schools Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to liaise with the Minister for Health and the national steering group on out of hospital cardiac arrest in order to...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the severe accommodation difficulties and lack of special education facilities being provided in a school...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7376/18]
    • Defibrillators in Schools Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that funding is put in place to enable each primary and secondary school throughout the State to acquire a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work on a school (details supplied) which was identified as a location for a new build in 2015 will commence in 2018 as listed; the timeframe...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention was drawn to the credit position of a company (details supplied) in tendering for the school construction programme; if his...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); if a suitable green field site has been identified; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the circumstances of a person (details supplied); when the person can expect to receive their entitlements; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in identifying a site for the proposed new post-primary school under the patronage of an organisation (details...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and subsector on an annual basis in each of the years 2014 to 2017 for...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual budget of the Insolvency Service of Ireland since its foundation in 2012. [7088/18]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if universities and institutes of technology come under the requirements that require staff to be Garda vetted as per...
    • Refugee Data
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the emergency reception and orientation centre, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; the number of refugees...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of jobs that have been created in the emergency reception and orientation centre, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon...
    • Departmental Reviews
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the remuneration and expenses that will be payable to the members of the change implementation group; and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to date and pending in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if their case will be...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to address the employment reservation throughout the ratification process of the UN Convention on the...
    • Immigration Status
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an extension to a stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 1 February 2018, if a decision has been made as to the timeframe for the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by his Department on photography by photographer and or agency, public relations or communications advice...
    • Gaming and Amusement Halls
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are limitations or restrictions as to the location in which a business with a specific purpose can be located within a...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the opening hours of Garda stations (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6766/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the unit the five gardaí assigned to Collon Garda station, County Louth, are assigned to; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parking Regulations
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that have been issued for illegal parking at a location (details supplied) in each of the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the calculation of the annual pension for a person (details supplied). [6782/18]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6821/18]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for applying for an extension to a CCTV scheme; the funding available for a community seeking the installation of a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the refusal to reappoint a person (details supplied) to the IHREC board despite meeting all requirements as set...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for an employment record in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/18]
    • Money Laundering
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of companies which are dealt with under section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 which were under...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the effect of an allowance on payments; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a criminal justice inspectorate; and the estimated full year running cost thereafter. [7045/18]
    • Sentencing Policy
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a sentencing council; and the estimated full year running cost thereafter. [7046/18]
    • Courts Service
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a dedicated a family court system; and the estimated full year running cost thereafter. [7047/18]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full year running cost of Garda youth diversion projects and other youth justice services funded by his Department. [7048/18]
    • Garda Equipment
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 16 January 2018, the Garda stations in counties Roscommon and Galway that do not...
    • Garda Deployment
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of gardaí attached to the community policing unit at Coolock Garda station; and if he...
    • Gangland Crime
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to strengthen the law relating to membership and direction of criminal gangs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division for the years ending 31 December 2015, 2016 and 2017,...
    • Garda Transport Data
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles in the Garda fleet for the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division registered ten years ago and over as of 31...
    • Crime Data
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for completion and publication of the review into the misclassification of homicides. [7119/18]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of SPSV licences that were revoked in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who received a first instance decision from ORAC under the Refugee Act 1996 but has since been brought under the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Garda Data
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to each divisional drug unit. [7200/18]
    • Ministerial Functions
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if posthumous pardons for those who were convicted of offences that related to protests for the right of women to vote will be...
    • Prison Service Data
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 548 and 550 of 7 November 2017, when the information sought will be supplied; and if he...
    • Equality Issues
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the inequality of car rental companies seeking a doctor's note when leasing a car to a person over 75 years of age...
    • Forensic Science Ireland
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if salary negotiations will be allowed in the current grade III forensic scientist recruitment campaign. [7421/18]
    • Drugs Seizures
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity and estimated street value of an illegal drug (details supplied) seized for each year since 2014; and if he will...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Kerry Garda youth diversion programme, GYDP, pilot will be completed; and the reasons the decisions...
    • Crime Levels
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping exercise to produce a SAVI II report; and when the process will be completed. [7431/18]
    • Garda Resources
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reported 10% increase in Garda traffic corps numbers will be based on current figures or on the size of the corps from...
    • Garda Reports
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a newspaper report (details supplied) of 7 February 2018 relating to a Garda report containing information...
    • Crime Data
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 7 November 2017, when the information requested will be supplied; and if he will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Ministerial Meetings
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Cabinet has requested advice from the chief scientific adviser since her appointment. [6999/18]
    • Industrial Development
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the national health innovation hub is still in operation. [6707/18]
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an IDA property (details supplied); the plans of the IDA to invest in the property; the amount that was spent on...
    • State Properties
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sequence of events surrounding the surrendering of a lease (details supplied); the costs of surrendering the lease; the details of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by her Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State boards under the remit of her Department; the number of persons on each of those boards; the number of those persons who are...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits of prospective clients to each county in each of the years 2013 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA-supported jobs by county at the end of each year from 2013 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • IDA Ireland
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment provided by the IDA by county to its client companies for each year from 2013 to 2017; and if she will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland by county for the end of each year from the end of 2013 to 2017; and if she will...
    • Equine Industry
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if stable staff in horse trainers' yards can be classified as agricultural workers in the future in view of the importance of the...
    • Equality Issues
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason car rental companies seek a doctor's note when leasing a car to a person over 75 years of age (details supplied); her views...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied) and proposals for start-up funding for the organisation in question. [7379/18]
    • IDA Ireland Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sites in Galway city and county that are owned by the IDA with available and unused space; the amount of space available on each...
    • Work Permits Applications
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 7 February 2018, if the job listed on a person's (details supplied) work permit...
    • Job Creation Targets
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the national and regional job targets under the programme for Government and Enterprise 2025 in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the...
    • Work Permits Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of the work permits regime; and the criteria that apply. [7496/18]
    • IDA Ireland Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs here; the number of jobs created and lost, respectively, in 2017, by county; and if she will make a...
    • Trade Agreements
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ratification procedure at EU and member state level for ratification of potential European trade agreements with the Mercosur...
  • Department of Health
    • Pharmacy Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the policy of reversing the cuts imposed on HSE employed pharmacists, and that does not include self-employed pharmacists, which it is perceived...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if the medicine loperamide hydrochloride has been removed from the medical card; and the basis on which it has been removed (details supplied) [6673/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      320. To ask the Minister for Health when Crohn's disease will be included in the long-term illness scheme. [6674/18]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Health whether funding is available for organisations (details supplied). [6675/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria which must be satisfied in line with the recommendations of the health technology assessment group in order to be reimbursed for children and...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that prescribed medication addiction is receiving adequate attention; the monitoring mechanisms in place to assess same; the extent of the...
    • Health Services Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as of 1 January 2018 there is now no sexual health service within an hour’s commute of Athlone; and his...
    • HSE Planning
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the projects to which funding has been allocated under the HSE capital plan for 2018 by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the dental services provided free of charge to primary and secondary school children in counties Laois and Offaly; the level of cover provided by the Health...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      332. To ask the Minister for Health when speech therapy will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6719/18]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      333. To ask the Minister for Health when the new transport support scheme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      334. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6722/18]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for dental treatment in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6723/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      336. 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. [6725/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6726/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6727/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      339. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal fees for individual HSE nursing homes will be published or laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas (details supplied); and his views on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract assessment in Cork University Hospital; the number of persons from County Kerry waiting for cataract assessment; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on photography by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the media officers of...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/18]
    • HSE Staff
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time public health nurses in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of such vacancies in each of those...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to add the FreeStyle Libre blood monitoring sensor to the long-term illness scheme or reimbursement scheme; the details of the report...
    • Disability Services Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed in the National Rehabilitation Centre can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when an appointment will be decided. [6817/18]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 28 November 2017, the length of time the four vacancies have existed; and the measures that have been taken to...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss with HSE management the need to ensure regular attendance by a HSE representative at the meetings of a board (details supplied); and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons suffering from Huntington's disease are not entitled to a medical card as a right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/18]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on private ambulance services in 2016 and 2017; the individual contractors involved; the value of each contract; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the value of drugs under the control of the HSE but the whereabouts of which are unknown, missing or unaccounted for at the end of each of the years 2013 to...
    • Health Services Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who hold medical cards and are on anti-depressant medication by local health area at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2017, in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract procedures on national public waiting lists in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the average waiting time to undergo...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) can no longer purchase Versatis medicated plasters on the medical card; if this decision will be reconsidered; and if he...
    • Health Services Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the State subsidy provided to the gay men’s health service for 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6850/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      360. 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. [6859/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the level of investment for refurbishment works at a campus (details supplied); and the timeframe for the provision of this funding. [6876/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be expedited. [6877/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a youth mental health Jigsaw site for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6915/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons on the waiting list for CAMHS in County Wicklow at the end of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6918/18]
    • Medical Products
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who usually collect blister packs from their pharmacy monthly now have to collect the packs weekly; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) for an echocardiography will be expedited. [6936/18]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number and names of medical products which were covered by the medical card but were subsequently not covered by the card in the past ten years; the number...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      373. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an angiogram at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE car park income for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6975/18]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if the podiatrist positions for CHO7 have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6977/18]
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists employed in CHO7 who treat persons with medical cards. [6978/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists in south County Kildare who treats persons with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/18]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if the podiatrist positions for CHO8 have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6980/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists employed in CHO8 who treat persons with medical cards. [6981/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the purchase of EpiPens (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6982/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s policy relating to persons over 70 years of age with medical cards who have been bereaved and the resulting change in circumstances means they...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times faced by transgender persons to access public endocrinology services here; the steps he will take to...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate to require transgender persons to seek a psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria before they can seek endocrinology...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in use in January 2018 in each hospital; the bed capacity of each hospital if all bed spaces were fully available; the reason all beds in...
    • Home Help Service
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to enable persons who work as home helps to join the HSE pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7004/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of 12 dedicated respite houses around the State announced on 12 December 2017; the specific locations of each; the number of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      390. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for cataract surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if additional support can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7071/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the basis for a decision by his Department (details supplied); the reason for delayed decision until 2021 in the context of the decision already taken by his...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons to receive counselling in primary care centres in CHO area 9; the number of persons who received counselling in CHO area 9 in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether funding needs to be provided for the recruitment of one additional full-time consultant neurologist with a special interest in migraine...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthotics shoes in CHO area 9; the average waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7084/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 5 December 2017, if he has arranged for the HSE to reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7123/18]
    • Hospitals Discharges
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure used by consultants when discharging persons with serious illnesses in circumstances in which a person attends a number of consultants in...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when the FEMPI cuts imposed on medical general practitioners will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7128/18]
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the accessibility of drug rehabilitation in west County Cork (details supplied); the breakdown of attendees attending at each unit; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if there are guidelines or rules for general practitioners charging for taking blood samples; and if this procedure is covered by the medical card. [7170/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which savings will be passed on to the family of a person (details supplied) who has been awarded a licence from his Department to import medicinal...
    • HSE Staff Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health nurses working in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7184/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff required by the HSE to reach the staffing levels as set out in A Vision for Change based on the most recent census; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who sought certificates of current professional status in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7189/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card can be renewed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7191/18]
    • Orthodontic Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [7194/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the status of waiting lists for a person (details supplied) and children under 16 years of age in County Cork for specialised wheelchair allocation; his plans...
    • HSE Staff Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the health service for periods under categories (details supplied). [7201/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of a helipad at Cork University Hospital to facilitate an air ambulance service directly into the hospital grounds; and if he...
    • Dietician Service Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if a dietetic service provision will be examined and allowed for a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7207/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that when a case is being reviewed or renewed, a person is required to go through the entire financial assessment again (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there are sufficient staff employed in Clontarf Hospital; the staff per patient ratio in the hospital; his further views on the level of...
    • Health Services Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to replace the RGN in a health centre (details supplied); the locations in which this post is being advertised; and if he will make a...
    • Sudden Infant Deaths
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the number of sudden infant deaths, SIDs, for persons with no fixed abode are tracked; if his attention has been drawn to a change in the...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the process which has been established regarding pay for section 39 organisations; and if there is a timeframe. [7218/18]
    • Medicinal Products
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the pharmacoeconomics unit to withdraw Versatis from the GMS; the alternatives available to persons; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the pharmacoeconomics unit; the budget allocated to same for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7236/18]
    • Medicinal Products
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an update on the negotiations on the provision of Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7237/18]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the drug strategy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7238/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the regional drug task forces; the involvement of the HSE on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7239/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the reason momentum wheelchairs are available at a cost to persons in County Kildare but appear to be available free of charge to those who require them in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the nursing homes support scheme by a person (details supplied). [7284/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists awaiting eye care procedures at the end of 2016 and 2017, respectively; his plans to reduce such waiting...
    • Health Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the reliance on hospital ophthalmology departments through appropriate additional community services delivered by optometrists in view of...
    • Ambulance Service
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of private ambulance cover incurred by each acute hospital for the past 12 months; the number of such individual private ambulance journeys; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7308/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied) at HSE south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Infectious Diseases
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the support which will be given to persons who have Lyme disease in view of the substantial additional cost persons who have this condition must incur on an...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7318/18]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      439. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7323/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7325/18]
    • HSE Reviews
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a water ban in place in Kilcloon, County Meath; and the sequence of events in the way in which the HSE discovered that there...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times for funding for orthotics to be approved by the HSE for persons with disabilities in County Cork; the...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of Versatis patches on the general medical card scheme will be restored for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      444. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that thousands of the 40,000 eligible schoolgirls are still not getting the HPV vaccine; his plans to increase the take up of the HPV...
    • Defibrillators in Schools Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to liaise with the Minister for Education and Skills on the findings, due in 2018, of the national steering group on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be scheduled for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7366/18]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      448. To ask the Minister for Health when the motorised transport grant, which was suspended in 2013 for new applications, will be reopened. [7385/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      450. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current waiting times for orthodontic treatment in CHO area 8; if solutions to the staffing shortage in this area can be investigated; and his...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      452. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/18]
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      453. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the piercing and tattoo sector; the status of guidelines on the sector; the age of consent for such procedures; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed in adult services. [7492/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Livestock Issues
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the growing problem facing sheep farmers at slaughter facilities whereby following an examination...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put in place a scheme to cull badgers to stop the spread of tuberculosis (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; the reason...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external...
    • GLAS Payments
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Livestock Issues
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has changed its policy relating to sheep being presented for slaughter and meat processing plants in the past 12...
    • Fishing Industry
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a system to facilitate persons (details supplied) fishing will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an outstanding 2017 GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Live Exports
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the procurement of a ship for live cattle and calf exports to mainland Europe; and if his attention has been...
    • Forestry Sector
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte is in dispute with persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/18]
    • Fur Farming
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to cease fur farming practices here further to the European Commission report stating that fur farming impairs mink...
    • Animal Welfare
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there are adequate resources available to effectively enforce the implementation of the Animal Welfare Act...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications will be invited from local authorities for the development and maintenance of piers under the fishery harbour...
    • GLAS Payments
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6869/18]
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State boards under the remit of his Department; the number of persons on each of those boards; the number of those persons who...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of advertising campaigns paid for by his Department to promote Irish food and drink; the associated cost of each campaign...
    • Fishing Industry
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on health and safety initiatives for fishers in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [6995/18]
    • GLAS Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out under the GLAS scheme; the number of recipients in each of the years 2008 to 2017; and the payments forecast for...
    • Teagasc Courses
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Teagasc for the purposes of training young farmers in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [6997/18]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a forestry premium payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been reduced; if this payment will be...
    • Fodder Crisis
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a meal voucher scheme for farmers who are without fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7024/18]
    • Beef Exports
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if prime beef will be sold by Irish meat plants to China in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7162/18]
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the operation of the sheep welfare scheme; the amount spent in 2017; the projected spend in 2018; and the...
    • Pig Quality Assurance Scheme
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to legally define the use of the term "free range pork" to provide assurance to both producers and consumers. [7164/18]
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme, following the closure of same in September 2017, with an increased...
    • Artisan Food Sector
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new schemes being introduced in 2018 to develop the artisan food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7168/18]
    • Food Exports
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes being developed to help create new markets for Irish food exports in the wake of Brexit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on areas of natural constraint in 2017; the financial provision in his Department's Estimates for ANC in 2018; if the...
    • Brexit Issues
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for the roll-out of the farmer low cost loans scheme announced in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Administration
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that the next round of GLAS payments are not delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a basic payment scheme payment for 2016 for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Industry
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the growing campaign relating to the beef grid, particularly in circumstances in which his predecessor gave a commitment...
    • Fur Farming
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 1 February 2018, his views on the inconsistencies in the inspection report of 2016...
    • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason stable staff employed in Northern Ireland have never received pensions or received moneys from the now wound up defined...
    • Herd Number Applications
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can be furnished with a copy of a dormant herd number that is attached to their folio of land; and if...
    • Horse Racing Industry Funding
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s decision on 25 January...
    • GLAS Payments
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding farm payments for a person (details supplied). [7302/18]
    • Animal Welfare
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident on 5 February 2018 when a number of hounds from a club (details supplied) ran onto the...
    • Pension Provisions
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) who was formerly employed within his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to make preparations to capitalise on Brexit, with particular reference to the...
    • Beef Industry
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the future development and expansion of the beef sector, with particular reference...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the future prospects for exports of lamb to the European Union or outside; and if he...
    • Cereal Sector
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains reassured regarding the future of the cereal sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dairy Sector
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the future prospects for the dairy sector with particular reference to export markets; the extent to which the sector continues to...
    • Mushroom Industry
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the mushroom industry here can be assisted or improved in view of the impact of Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Imports
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he remains satisfied that Irish beef and beef products on European markets are not likely to be affected by imports from third...
    • Poultry Industry
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the poultry sector here is set to compete with or gain from issues arising from Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which fish stocks have improved or otherwise in the aftermath of ongoing EU fisheries conservation policies; and if he...
    • Food Safety Standards
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which Irish and EU food traceability standards continue to apply with particular reference to imports from third...
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of deer farming; the domestic and-or export markets for venison; the extent to which the industry can grow; and if he will...
    • Agricultural Production Costs
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department monitors the costs of farm inputs such as fertilisers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Herd Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strength of the national beef herd, the dairy herd, the pig herd and the sheep flock; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated...
    • Animal Slaughtering Data
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which adequate slaughtering facilities remain readily available to meet the needs of beef, lamb and pig producers; and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new penalty points system for fishing offences will come before Dáil Éireann; if it will be brought to the...
    • GLAS Applications
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Partnerships
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of succession farm partnerships that have been announced since the scheme was established; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Fish Quotas
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the salmon angling quota for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Efficiency
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the dairy sector pilot project run by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in collaboration...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the impact a lack of broadband and mobile telephone signal has on farmers and agricultural contractors...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the salmon fisheries sector continues to develop and compete; the extent to which stocks have...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the works carried out by a company (details supplied) to date in the context of the national broadband...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State boards under the remit of his Department; the number of persons on each of those boards; the number of those...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the withdrawal of broadband services from north-east County Roscommon which was funded by a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be installed in an area (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [6953/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an agreement with a company (details supplied) in which 300,000 premises in rural areas were removed from...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a consistent broadband service to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [6988/18]
    • Fisheries Protection
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the planned compensation scheme for eel fishermen; the timeframe for the implementation of this scheme; and the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and the service provider...
    • Electricity Grid
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take arising from his recent meeting with a group (details supplied) in respect of the proposals...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the source for information (details supplied); the geographical breakdown of those estimated end users per metropolitan...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans for affordable measures and schemes for farm scale renewable energy generation projects (details supplied);...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend the roll-out of fibre broadband in an area (details supplied). [7094/18]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the extension of broadband to the Bohernabreena area; the reason there are no plans under way to extend...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names, qualifications and companies of the 80 international experts working with his Department in supervising the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on the public network of electric charging points for electric vehicles in each of the years 2013...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the objectives of the recently launched fish stock management plan for the Owenriff catchment; the way in which the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans the State companies and agencies under his aegis have in place for Bliain na Gaeilge 2018; the initiatives...
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to protect the REFIT revenue due to small and community renewable generators when I-SEM market structure goes...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming RESS will include technology specific auctions in particular to enable deployment of solar PV...
    • Electric Vehicles
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a clear, detailed and specific roadmap to achieve the Government’s plan of having only...
    • Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's review of the functioning of the household waste collection system here; the date by...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households and businesses waiting on the roll-out of the national broadband plan in counties Cavan,...
    • Post Office Network
      555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount budgeted for the preparation and publication of the post office business network development group report....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for road maintenance and repair to Cork City and County Councils in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies in place for statutory authorities to call upon volunteer organisations that are trained to help with search and rescue...
    • Motor Tax
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount received in motor tax receipts for Cork County Council in 2017; the amount returned to the council from the local government...
    • Departmental Meetings
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have met the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment or his officials regarding the condition...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to...
    • Greenways Provision
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will advance the greenway cycle route from Athlone to Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6760/18]
    • Tourism Promotion
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources that will be provided to Tourism Ireland in 2018 to increase the number of tourists coming from the UK market...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of phases 1 and 2 of a construction project (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the construction of the running track...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for sports capital grant applications in 2018; and when this scheme is likely to be announced. [6829/18]
    • Public Transport
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional ticket validators that have been provided at Luas stops as a result of the increased capacity that is being...
    • Noise Pollution
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the recent appointment of Fingal County Council as independent noise regulator for Dublin Airport; the parameters of...
    • Road Safety
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to carry out a further safety audit on all motorways to prevent incorrect access (details supplied). [6974/18]
    • Road Tolls
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an exemption in toll charges for blood deliveries (details supplied) to hospitals will be considered; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Signage
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of new signs for the M18 motorway signalling Kilcolgan and Clarinbridge; when these signs will be completed and installed; and...
    • Haulage Industry
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to revise the five-axle haulage derogation which was signed into law on the basis that the haulage industry has been under...
    • School Transport Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 6 February 2018, his plans to introduce more school-friendly timetables for the school-going...
    • Noise Pollution
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the noise pollution parameters as set out in the original 2007 planning permission for the north runway at Dublin Airport will be...
    • Rail Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail review which was compiled on foot of the 2016 NTA rail review and after a public consultation process will be published;...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the non-executive chairman position of Córas Iompair Éireann will be filled; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant aids available for underwater search and recovery groups; his plans to update these; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Regulations
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to EU COM(2017)548, a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the general review of all invalid applications under the 2017 sports capital programme will be completed and organisations informed...
    • Road Safety
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an incident on 5 February 2018 when a number of hounds from a club (details supplied) ran onto the M3...
    • Traffic Management
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to improve traffic congestion in Dublin in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7350/18]
    • Dublin Bus Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Dublin Bus fleet is adequate to meet passenger demand in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a clear, detailed and specific roadmap to achieve the Government’s plan of having only electric cars on sale...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding his Department will be awarding to each local authority for the purposes of maintaining regional and local roads in...
    • National Sports Policy
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which the national sports policy will be completed. [7370/18]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the purchase of wheelchair accessible vehicles; the number of grants paid for same in each year...
    • Public Service Obligation Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of public service obligation, PSO, subvention paid to Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann in 2017, in tabular form....
    • Road Tolls
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the toll on the M4 is out of sync with all other tolls in the country; the actions he has taken to try to bring this toll in...
    • Airport Security
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average time for persons passing through passport control at Dublin airport; and the way this compares with the past five years....
    • Public Service Vehicles
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some taxi operators who availed of the grant for the provision of a wheelchair taxi...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department to support park and ride facilities, by current and capital expenditure in each of the years 2008 to...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department to support public cycling infrastructure in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [7439/18]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres; the number of women these centres can cater for; the number of women in these centres at present; the...
    • Detention Centres Expenditure
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year running cost of Oberstown detention centre. [7048/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if correspondence from persons (details supplied) in County Cork regarding an ECCE place for their child will be examined; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice external to the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the "vox pop" style document circulated by Galway County Council as part of its consultation process on...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State boards under the remit of her Department; the number of persons on each of those boards; the number of those persons who are male...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when redress under the existing scheme will be extended to former residents of a home (details supplied) in view of the finding of a...
    • Child Care Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the necessary funding will be provided for the reopening of a facility (details supplied) as previously promised by Government...
    • Family Resource Centres
      605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will announce the successful applicants for new family resource centres. [7382/18]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Expenditure
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the expenditure of the town enhancement and development fund for Dunmore, County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out in tabular form the amount spent by his Department on photography, by photographer or agency; the amount spent on public...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the number of Leader applications submitted and approved for the south west of County Cork; if funding has been drawn down;...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      609. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to open the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme for 2018; if funding will be included for the greenway project from...
    • Walks Scheme
      610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his plans to re-open the rural walks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7289/18]
    • Community Development Initiatives
      611. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the funds that will be available to enable elderly persons over 70 years of age meet for recreational and leisure pursuits...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in the context of the community alert system and the additional funding promised to expand same to outline the way in which the new...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6864/18]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [6677/18]
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit Eligibility
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork qualifies for occupational injuries benefit. [6717/18]
    • Public Services Card Provision
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the criteria needed for a person from Bulgaria when applying for a public services card. [6734/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out in tabular form the amount spent by her Department on photography, by photographer and-or agency; the amount spent...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6765/18]
    • JobPath Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the number of persons on JobPath in County Donegal as of 1 February 2018; the number of persons who were on...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recommendations contained in the report on part-time and seasonal workers' entitlements presented to her in 2017 have been...
    • Public Services Card
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review regarding the use of the public services card as part of section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to review the process with the back-to-education allowance in view of the fact that a person has to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a non-contributory pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a committee to examine the steps her Department can take to create a child maintenance service to assist lone parents to...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the estimated additional annual cost of ensuring via social welfare increases that all household types currently...
    • Social Welfare Code
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out in tabular form the estimated annual cost of index-linking each payment (details supplied) to inflation over the...
    • Tús Programme
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans for the future of the Tús scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6935/18]
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [6937/18]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6944/18]
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a vote taken in Dáil Éireann on 30 March 2017 which called upon the Citizens...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on JobPath cannot transfer to either community employment schemes or rural social schemes in rural areas,...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse an application for exceptional needs payment by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and...
    • Zero-hour Contracts
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of existing workers who would see a change in their contracts as a result of the new section 18(2) of...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the free travel scheme to recipients of domiciliary care; the estimated cost of this expansion; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the appeal against disallowance of payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 591 to 593, inclusive, of 30 January 2018, the person who made the decision to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7167/18]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • JobPath Programme
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons who work part time for three or four days a week are being forced to participate on JobPath; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 330 to 332, inclusive, of 1 February 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal lodged by a person (details supplied). [7285/18]
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [7314/18]
    • JobPath Programme
      654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 14 November 2017, the status of the matter. [7319/18]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait times for Irish Water to acknowledge, process and communicate final decisions regarding pre-connection...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the priority given to applications for grants under the housing adaptation grants for persons with disabilities who are in...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the staffing numbers by local authority in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the new staff approvals sanctioned by local...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position relating to the preparation of national policy guidelines for the solar farm industry; the timeframe in this...
    • Local Authority Staff
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being allocated to cover the costs of new posts when additional posts are sanctioned to local authorities; if...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1971 of 11 September 2017, the status of plans to sell the harvesting rights of kelp...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to launch a new tenant purchase scheme for long-term social housing tenants; and if carer's allowance will be...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the self-build aspect of the home loan scheme; the way in which the value of the property at completion will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on photography by photographer and or agency, public relations or communications advice...
    • Local Authority Housing
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for funding for the provision of social housing in an area (details supplied) by Longford County Council...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to rectify the lack of legislation involving short-term lettings in apartments; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Data
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made to An Bord Pleanála to date under the fast-track planning system; the number of these...
    • Fire Service Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mandatory retirement age for members of the fire service; if this retirement age may be extended for certain persons; if...
    • Housing Policy
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is provided to assist an approved housing body to develop; if so, the mechanism to apply for such funding; and if...
    • Water Charges Refunds
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and amount of water charge refunds paid to date; the plans of Irish Water for further repayments; the way in which...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each local authority in 2017 for older persons, disabled persons and mobility grants for council...
    • Departmental Reports
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a report (details supplied) will be removed from his Department's website. [7103/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will initiate a meeting between the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the chairperson of the board of Horse...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure the housing assistance payment rates are in line with market rents in Cork city; if a review...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have taken up the vacant housing repair and lease scheme by county, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if relief measures will be put in place for members of group water schemes in view of the discontinuation of the domestic...
    • Water Charges
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an initial free water allowance for agricultural holdings that are subject to the water charging regime will be introduced;...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects considered under the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, in 2016 and 2017; the projects...
    • Registration of Title
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a deed of rectification (details supplied) in County Kildare. [7316/18]
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets he has set to improve the rate of inspections for privately rented properties by local authorities; the monitoring...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7328/18]
    • Vacant Sites Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish and maintain a central register of vacant sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7353/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to maximise the use of State-owned lands to deliver affordable rental and purchase homes; and if he...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to assist families, such as a person (details supplied), that are stuck in properties in negative...
    • Commercial Rates
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had discussions with other Departments with a view to reducing commercial rates on city and town centre businesses...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in resolving the regulatory licensing issues that pose an impediment to the development of the seaweed...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to initiate a boundary commission on European Parliament boundaries, in view of a recent European Parliament...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Expenditure
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on photography by photographer and-or agency, public relations or communications advice...
    • Film Industry
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of indigenous films and foreign films, respectively, that have been made each year with the assistance of Irish Film...
    • Heritage Sites
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding for heritage sites in County Louth; the sites in the care of the OPW, local authority or otherwise;...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment on the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; and...

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