Written answers
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will request that the EPA carry out an impact study on the effects of increased energy use and its...
- Angling Sector Promotion
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to develop angling with particular reference to County Sligo and the north west; and if he will...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a penetration rate of 100% to be achieved under the national broadband plan. [7342/18]
- National Broadband Plan Administration
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request a review of the commitment contract his Department has with a company (details supplied) relating to...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the particulars of the deal secured on 21 December 2017 on the effort sharing regulation surrounding climate...
- Public Procurement Contracts
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department has taken or will take in the future to ensure that companies competing for State procurement...
- Public Procurement Regulations
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all contracts awarded by agencies under his remit follow public procurement and competition rules; and if he will...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he has achieved progress and understanding to advance the programme to deliver broadband (details...
- Alternative Energy Projects
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential implications for developing a biomass industry here to sustain current and future power plants in view of...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he is taking to advance the development of solar energy here; the amount of solar power he anticipates will...
- Landfill Sites
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to concerns of persons in County Kildare regarding the expansion of a landfill site...
- Trading Online Voucher Scheme
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the trading online voucher scheme is being expanded; the number of businesses which have availed of the scheme in...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the moral obligations to reduce emissions due to the effects climate change is having...
- Geological Survey of Ireland
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his view on the value of the geoscience sector here as determined by a recent analysis of the sector; the steps he is...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress which has been made by the mobile broadband task force implementation group on the 40 recommendations...
- Renewable Energy Generation
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the renewable energy support scheme; the date by which this scheme will be launched; and if he...
- National Development Plan
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the input his Department has had in the framing of the national development plan with regard to ensuring the viability...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he and his Department will ensure value for money for the taxpayer in the national broadband plan...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated level of fines that Ireland will face by missing the 2020 renewable energy targets; the short-term and...
- National Mitigation Plan Implementation
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when each of the sectoral adaption plans for climate change mitigation will be published; the planned measures of each;...
- Energy Prices
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to use his powers under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to issue a policy direction to the Commission for...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the alternative plans being considered by his Department for rolling out the national broadband plan since a company...
- Energy Policy
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress which has been made on the creation of an all-Ireland energy market. [7343/18]
- Renewable Energy Generation
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take to practically support the inclusion of community based micro energy generation...
- Waste Management Regulations
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is examining phasing out the use of non-compostable disposable cups in all Government buildings,...
- National Development Plan
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national development plan contains targets and projects for retrofitting homes; if his Department had an input...
- Energy Efficiency
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the flexibility and grounds on which persons can apply for the warmth and well-being grant. [7266/18]
- Energy Policy
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to establish a biogas industry as an indigenous source of energy and an alternative to fossil fuels. [7400/18]
- Cyber Security Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to enhance cyber security particularly in view of the networks information systems directive which...
- Broadband Service Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address problems with broadband provision in the western areas of County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies Establishment
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the deadline by which his Department in conjunction with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Children and Youth...
- Television Licence Fee Collection
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to tackle the mass evasion of the television licence by households; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Climate Change Policy
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the three most important actions he plans to take to address the issue of climate change and carbon reduction including...
- Broadband Service Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of broadband to areas in the south west of County Dublin that are currently lacking in...
- Fish Farming
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work of his Department and agencies under its aegis on ensuring investment in fish farms by Inland Fisheries...
- Departmental Policy Reviews
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to commission a study to examine the feasibility of the re-nationalisation of a company (details supplied);...
- Exploration Licences Data
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the new applications to his Department that are pending a decision or for which a decision has been made for a licence,...
- Post Office Network
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which he will publish An Post's strategic plan for the future of the post office network; if he is satisfied...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of households and businesses waiting on the national broadband...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the new climate action offices and the way in which they plan to interact with local communities...
- Post Office Network
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the interaction he has had with an organisation (details supplied) on the future sustainability of the post office...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to proceed with the national adaptation framework to reduce the negative effects of climate...
- Nuclear Waste
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on reports from Britain that the disposal of nuclear waste is being proposed on the island of Ireland; and his...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the threat of offshore island depopulation and the need for high speed broadband to...
- Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group
83. 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; the date by which he...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the solutions he and the agencies under his remit have in place to tackle unemployment in rural areas in view of further...
- Waste Management Regulations
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of road impact and other impacts locally are factored into a company's licence in the context...
- Electric Vehicles
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that there are adequate eCars public charging points available; if not, his plans to increase the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Gender Recognition
91. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public for dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if staff have received training in...
- Data Protection
92. To ask the Taoiseach the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; and if staff in his Department have undertaken or...
- Department of Defence
- Gender Recognition
93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public for dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if staff...
- Data Protection
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his...
- Defence Forces Data
95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of soldiers billeted by the Army; the locations of same; and his views on same. [7793/18]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7559/18]
- Gender Recognition
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public for dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if...
- Data Protection
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his...
- Passport Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications can be made following the issuing of a gender recognition certificate without requiring a person to wait until their...
- Department of Finance
- Gender Recognition
100. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if staff have received...
- Data Protection
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have...
- Tax Code
102. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review will be undertaken of the interaction of the tax and social welfare codes to address the unfair treatment of cohabiting persons whereby a couple...
- NAMA Portfolio
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request NAMA to ensure a building (details supplied) will be kept as a historical heritage building for the local community; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken by his Department and the Revenue Commissioners, including consultations with the EU Commission and UK government, to ensure that there...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Development Plan
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new national investment plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/18]
- Office of Public Works Properties
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Iveagh Gardens are a protected structure. [7792/18]
- Flood Risk Management
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deal with issues arising based on scientific evidence available on the full extent of climate change alleviation projects...
- Gender Recognition
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public in dealing with transgender matters; if they are published;...
- Data Protection
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his...
- Flood Prevention Measures
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of planned dredging works on the Shannon river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7705/18]
- Flood Risk Management
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood risk management plans developed under the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme will be published; and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for a decision regarding an application for funding for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will...
- School Enrolments
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sanction for a school (details supplied) to change its enrolment policy and move towards becoming co-educational will be expedited in view of...
- Schools Building Projects Status
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7550/18]
- Gender Recognition
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if staff...
- School Enrolments
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive guidance on an enrolment anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7591/18]
- Gender Equality
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all gender discrimination proceedings involving female lecturers at NUI Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7625/18]
- Data Protection
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his...
- Departmental Properties
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that owns a building (details supplied) and its grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7657/18]
- School Completion Programme
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who completed the leaving certificate who commenced second level education in each of the years 2005 to 2012; the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is examining proposals for building works at a school (details supplied) in view of the concern of the school community in this...
- Schools Refurbishment
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's contacts with the management of a school (details supplied) in respect of urgently required works; if funding will...
- Schools Data
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of schools that are planned based on demographic data for Swords and the surrounding area in view of the fact that schools are at...
- Teaching Qualifications
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a new scheme which would involve the State paying the cost of a teaching qualification as reported in the media (details...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for citizenship. [7551/18]
- Gender Recognition
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public for dealing with transgender matters; if they are...
- Prison Staff
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports afforded to prison staff if a member of the Irish Prison Service is injured in the execution of their duties; and...
- Prison Service Staff
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on long-term or permanent sick leave from the Irish Prison Service. [7589/18]
- Prison Regulations
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure regarding the official use of handcuffs within the Irish Prison Service; and if there are approved methods for...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 67 and 72 of 6 February 2018, the number of persons that were tested at the 52,395...
- Garda Data
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes that were recorded in which the suspected offenders were on bail, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, by category of...
- Divorce Process
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to alleviate the backlog of divorce cases to be heard by the courts; his further plans to expedite the appointment of...
- Commencement of Legislation
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the full commencement of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Data Protection
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if...
- Courts Service Data
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the licensed premises granted annual dance licences by court district No. 17, from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. [7678/18]
- Residency Permits
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of persons (details supplied) who wish to remain permanently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/18]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions he will put in place before approval of grants for CCTV in towns and villages; the person or body that will...
- Citizenship Applications
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason recognised refugees are being requested to submit original national passports for citizenship applications in view...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no refugee resettlement program in Dublin to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the processing times for all EUTR applications, EUTR reviews and EUTR retention reviews; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and the status of same. [7777/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Gender Recognition
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published;...
- Data Protection
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the preparedness of her Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in...
- Department of Health
- Female Genital Mutilation
153. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of awareness programmes for female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
154. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7554/18]
- Mental Health Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the mental health peer support worker has been published; his plans to extend the programme to County Wexford; and the timeframe for same....
- Disease Management
156. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in regard to the inadequacies of the diagnosis, testing and treatment of Lyme disease here since the public rallies on the...
- Emergency Departments
157. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, timeframe and financing of the new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Gender Recognition
158. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if staff have received...
- Occupational Therapy Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been provided with occupational therapy in view of the fact that the person's parents receive the domiciliary...
- Cancer Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health if proposals by a person (details supplied) to develop a radiation oncology department at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, will be considered; and if he...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of regulations to designate counsellors and psychotherapists as professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7602/18]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary medical centre (details supplied) in County Limerick; the number of expressions of interest that have been received by...
- Commencement of Legislation
163. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the reason for the delay in enactment; and if he will make a statement...
- Disabilities Assessments
164. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes to the assessment of needs process with regard to the provision of specific diagnosis (details supplied). [7611/18]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of medical equipment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7613/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for cardiac rehabilitation care at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding glucose monitoring systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7619/18]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the plan for the new diabetes centre at Sligo University Hospital is not included in the capital development fund for 2018; if the HSE applied for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
169. 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. [7622/18]
- Hospitals Discharges
170. To ask the Minister for Health if accommodation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in a specific facility on discharge from hospital. [7637/18]
- Data Protection
171. To ask the Minister for Health the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have...
- Hospitals Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of an unapproved ward in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7658/18]
- Hospitals Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the hospital in-patient enquiry, HIPE, code for patients who are overnight boarders; if those persons are recorded as part of the HIPE data; and...
- Patient Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date figures for the age, illness and disease profile for persons who have been admitted to hospital but for whom no bed is available and who...
- Hospitals Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been admitted to hospital but for whom there is no bed are recorded for the full duration of their stay; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Functions
176. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative steps required to change the competent authority for patient radiation safety from his Department to HIQA; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Process
177. To ask the Minister for Health if SI 125/2000 and SI 478/2002 will remain in place until new legislation is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7668/18]
- Respite Care Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the service provider for the day respite service in counties Carlow and Kilkenny is deciding on priority in view of the fact that some...
- Respite Care Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the discrepancy in respite services offered to two children in the same family in which there are three children, two of whom have disabilities...
- Respite Care Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no transparency and little communication with persons since an organisation (details supplied) assumed responsibility for overnight respite...
- Respite Care Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a committee put in place with regard to overnight respite to which a parent representative would be appointed. [7674/18]
- Medical Card Reviews
186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that when cases (details supplied) are being reviewed, a repeat financial assessment is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
187. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include qualified chiropractors within the regulatory framework under the proposed European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection against...
- Medicinal Products Availability
191. To ask the Minister for Health when an oncology medicine (details supplied) will be made available to persons awaiting treatment for lung cancer; the reason for the delay in making the...
- HSE Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been hired or contracted by the HSE; and if so, the title, role and length of contract. [7751/18]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
196. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two permanent specialist consultant posts remain unfilled for diabetes services at Sligo University Hospital;...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
197. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the establishment of more robust measures to be put in place in 2018 to ensure consultants comply with all their contractual...
- Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours that were involved by his Department's staff and staff in the HSE in the course of drawing up the Dublin midlands hospital group plan for a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
200. To ask the Minister for Health when patients and staff will move into the planned development at South Tipperary General Hospital, that is, to offer extra wards separate from but attached to...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
201. To ask the Minister for Health the future capital investment planned for South Tipperary General Hospital that will complement the short-term plans for the hospital in order that the...
- Medical Card Drugs Availability
203. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process in place for medical card holders who were previously receiving lidocaine patches but are now being refused these patches; if...
- Ambulance Service Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics that will be hired by the National Ambulance Service in 2018; the number of paramedics due to retire in the same period; and if he...
- Orthodontic Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made and that have been made recently to recruit a suitably qualified orthodontist in order to reduce the waiting list for dental treatment...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
206. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in CHO 8. [7786/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Slaughtering Data
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from feedlots in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/18]
- Greyhound Industry
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the investigation by the Irish Greyhound Board, IGB, control board into a race (details supplied); if the win stands;...
- Gender Recognition
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/18]
- Agrifood Sector
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with the farming organisations, industry and relevant agencies regarding the shortage of farm workers,...
- GLAS Payments
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7621/18]
- TAMS Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied); the reason the remainder of the grant has not been paid; and if he will...
- GLAS Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment for a person (details supplied); when the next payment process will occur; the reason the...
- Data Protection
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, (EU) 2016/679; if staff...
- Farms Data
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler beef farmers by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7702/18]
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014 to 2020 RDP to the beef data and genomics programme, in tabular form; and...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of a proposal (details supplied), in tabular form. [7704/18]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Radiation Monitoring Systems
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the transposition of EURATOM 2013/59 into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/18]
- Inland Fisheries
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures the National Parks and Wildlife Service is taking to ensure effective protection of the north Atlantic...
- National Broadband Plan Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if extra resources will be allocated to facilitate the roll-out of broadband across the country; and if he will make a...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be rolled out to areas (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the timeframe for same; and if he will make...
- National Broadband Plan
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assurances he has that a company (details supplied) as the sole remaining bidder in the tendering process for the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the status of the roll-out of the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Gender Recognition
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they...
- Litter Pollution
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a provision for sponsoring road rubbish clean up and litter maintenance by businesses with the return of...
- Data Protection
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU...
- Mobile Telephony Use
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to protect mobile telephone users from telephone scams which are designed to trick persons into telephoning...
- Alternative Energy Projects
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of a pilot project for a rooftop solar support scheme; the timeframe for its introduction; the amount of...
- Broadband Service Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason fibre optic broadband is not being provided to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact the cable is...
- Climate Change Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which various Government interventions to offset the onslaught of climate change are in hand or proposed,...
- Alternative Energy Projects
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the most serious issues to be addressed in the shortest possible time in order to combat climate...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the most sensitive environmental issues facing Ireland with economic implications; his plans to address these issues;...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he plans to take to expedite the provision of broadband in all areas throughout the country; and if he will...
- Broadband Service Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when attempts were made by way of investment in the telecommunications sector to provide modern high speed broadband...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which comparisons have been made between the quality of mobile telephony here and that available in other...
- Waste Management
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which waste reduction and management can be improved to make a more serious contribution to preventing...
- Environmental Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which efforts continue to be made to reduce the use of plastic with particular reference to banning...
- Air Quality
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which a deterioration in air quality has been detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Coast Guard Services
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve buildings for the Coast Guard service in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7601/18]
- Gender Recognition
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if...
- Rail Network Expansion
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the extension of the DART to Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7580/18]
- Dublin City Centre Transport Study
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his contacts with Dublin City Council regarding the plans to pedestrianise College Green, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on...
- Traffic Management
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his contacts with Dublin City Council about the plans to reduce inbound traffic at Fairview, Dublin 3, to one lane; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans for a Grand Canal greenway between Hazelhatch, County Kildare, and Grange Castle, Dublin 22, (details supplied)...
- Data Protection
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his...
- Rail Network Maintenance
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to maintain vital rail infrastructure for the south-east region; if matters (details supplied) will be reviewed; if additional...
- Rail Services Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the feasibility of a reinstatement of rail services for Mullinavat, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/18]
- Road Safety
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a national accreditation programme for car mechanics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7707/18]
- Cycle to Work Scheme
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered extending the cycle-to-work scheme to self-employed persons and those who self-access their taxes; the...
- Bus Services
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with overcrowding on Dublin Bus especially for persons living nearer to the city in view of the fact that the vast...
- Pension Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he can address the issue of the 10,000 active members of the two CIÉ pension schemes, their need for independent...
- Road Safety
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding incursions by a club (details supplied) onto roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the electrification of the national railways in line with commitments made to tackle emissions and phase out diesel...
- Road Improvement Schemes
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be allocated in 2018 for a road improvement programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Bike Schemes
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 22 November 2017, the updated subscriber and usage figures for 2017 for Galway, Cork and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Gender Recognition
277. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if...
- Family Resource Centres
278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when decisions will be made by Tusla on applications submitted in December 2017 under the family resource centre scheme; and if she will...
- Data Protection
279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the preparedness of her Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in her...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Gender Recognition
280. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published;...
- Data Protection
281. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014 to 2020 rural development programme per measure 19, support for Leader...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes Data
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full rate qualified child increases and half rate qualified child increases, respectively, in payment at the...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an anomaly exists (details supplied); if so, her plans to rectify it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7553/18]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department manages and refunds social welfare underpayments due to persons who have omitted to claim...
- Gender Recognition
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are...
- Water Conservation Grant Applications
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a water conservation grant for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7608/18]
- Data Protection
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the public services card data is collected, stored and processed; if the card will be compliant with the...
- Social Insurance Rates
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer and the Social Insurance Fund in a full year if all PRSI benefits available to employed...
- Data Protection
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the preparedness of her Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was on the transition pension prior to the changes being introduced in respect of...
- Pension Provisions
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the home care credits in the total contributions approach to be adopted in 2020 will be allocated in the same way that...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the delay in processing a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be investigated. [7789/18]
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if in the determination of an application for a State pension by a person (details supplied) their entire working life was...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to an application for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Widow's Pension Applications
299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to an application for a widower's pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Quality
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work being carried out to monitor and maintain water quality in the Lee catchment area in County Cork especially with...
- Gender Recognition
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delegated sanctions to Limerick City and County Council to hire extra outdoor staff in order to repair roads in County...
- Local Authority Finances
303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position with local authority public liability insurance relating to a matter (details supplied). [7605/18]
- Referendum Campaigns
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 7 February 2018, his plans to amend section 6 of the Referendum Act 1994 to...
- Data Protection
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if...
- Planning Issues
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the process on the new planning guidelines for wind farms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Gender Recognition
307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are...
- Greenways Development
308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans for a Grand Canal greenway between Hazelhatch, County Kildare, and Grange Castle, Dublin 22, (details...
- Data Protection
309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preparedness of her Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff...
- Heritage Sites
310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a building (details supplied) will be protected in view of the fact that the building is of historical interest and part of the...
