Written answers

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Visual Artist's Workspace Scheme
      41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of visual artists and writers to date that have availed of the pilot jobseeker's exemption scheme that was...
    • Employment Rights
      42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislative proposals she plans to introduce to address abuses of workers' rights in relation to bogus self employment,...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on investigations into errors in changes to PRSI stamp payments for persons (details supplied); and if she...
    • Economic and Social Research Institute
      48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she plans to take on foot of the recent ERSI report which shows increased poverty among lone parents and those...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance the JobsPlus scheme to target older unemployed and long-term unemployed persons; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to speed up the manner in which various social welfare payments are being dealt with, with particular...
    • Citizen Information Services
      54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the restructuring of the Citizen Information services and MABS companies; when this decision was made; the...
    • Pensions Legislation
      56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if proposed legislation on pension schemes will benefit persons in CIÉ or a company (details supplied) that faces threats...
    • Public Services Card
      58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to continue with the roll-out of the public services card; the number of services for which it is necessary in view...
    • JobPath Programme
      59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the 18% of full-time employment sourced by JobPath providers (details supplied) for persons based on data for...
    • Tús Programme
      60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the expansion of Tús and community employment schemes to adapt employment programmes to the changing circumstances...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding she sought from the Dormant Accounts Fund; the criteria for the selection of projects to receive...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of the social insurance fund; the challenges she anticipates in the future in relation to funding same; and if she...
    • Pensions Reform
      63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that those that are the first to receive a pension under the total contributions approach will not be...
    • JobPath Implementation
      64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if instructions have been forwarded to Seetec and Turas Nua to cease terminating persons benefits with immediate effect if...
    • JobPath Programme
      65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount lost to persons to date in cases in which they did not sign contracts with Seetec and Turas Nua. [8305/18]
    • Social Insurance Fund Review
      66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the social insurance system to a system based on the contributory principle as outlined in a document...
    • Departmental Reports
      67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the making work pay recommendations. [8442/18]
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of uptake on the new option to receive the fuel allowance in two lump sums, which was announced in 2017; and if she...
    • Disability Support Services
      69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce flexibility and support in the social welfare system for persons with mental health difficulties. [8302/18]
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the public service identity database and the public services card fully comply with EU standards and...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the level of bureaucracy involved in the annual forms that persons applying for farm assist payments are required to fill...
    • Employment Rights
      72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 to reduce the look-back reference period to 13 months...
    • Pensions Reform
      73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person with less than 520 contributions will benefit from the new rules on contributory pensions and the revamped...
    • Employment and Youth Activation Charter
      76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce employment activation measures targeted at young persons that are long-term unemployed or that face...
    • Citizen Information Services
      78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the restructuring of MABS and the CIS; her views on this restructuring process; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to address the long wait for persons that are awaiting social welfare appeals; and the way in which...
    • JobPath Programme
      80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason long-term unemployed persons are advised that they can retain their benefits when they return to work through...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the operation of the humanitarian assistance scheme; the number of persons that applied for...
    • JobPath Programme
      82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the requirement that persons that signed up to JobPath may not participate in a community employment...
    • Family Support Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the working family payment to replace family income supplement will be published. [8347/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend legislation regarding the State pension (contributory) with particular reference to persons whose insurance...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a clear and simple process for professional actors requiring financial support from her Department will be established in...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure the social welfare office will remain in place in Castlepollard, County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the timeframe that persons that are 62 years of age and over can spend on community employment schemes in...
    • Pensions Reform
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to launch the public consultation on pension reform further to her announcement in November 2017; the details...
    • Labour Court
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to difficulties being faced in the horse racing and breeding industries due to a recent Labour...
    • Unemployment Levels
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she has taken to address the above average unemployment levels which persist in County Wexford; and if she will...
    • Paternity Leave Data
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uptake of paid paternity leave since it was announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8400/18]
    • Employment Rights
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of seasonal and part-time workers entitlements; her plans to improve the rights and entitlements of...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans for the introduction of the youth employment support scheme to be introduced in 2018; and if she will make...
    • Citizen Information Services
      99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the concerns raised by her Department as referenced in the recently published cost benefit analysis undertaken on behalf of...
    • Data Protection
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she has taken to address concerns outlined at a meeting (details supplied) regarding security; and if she will...
    • Redundancy Payments
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to raise the ceiling on annual reckonable earnings to be taken into account in the calculation of statutory...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the allocation of the additional 250 rural social scheme places will be announced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools that will benefit from the budget 2018 measure to increase school meals funding to include newly designated DEIS...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Websites
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if the gov.ie website is co-ordinated by his Department; if it is the Government Information Service or the Strategic Communications Unit that is responsible for same;...
    • Departmental Properties
      106. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of, part ownership of, or under the control of both his...
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Vessels
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 26 October 2017, the estimated cost of the proposed additional multi-role vessel (MRV) for the...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of expanding the strength of the Defence Forces to 10,500 personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/18]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocated to recruitment in the Defence Forces over each of the past five years; the annual number of recruits over the period; and...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of reversing the 2012 decision to reduce the wage of new recruits in the Defence Forces by 10%; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost associated with initiatives aimed at increasing female participation in the Defence Forces; the funding allocated to...
    • Defence Forces Data
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the impact on recruitment if Defence Forces personnel were granted the option of doing an extra four years service upon completion of their 21...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of replacing outstanding stocks of lariam with malarone or doxcycline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/18]
    • Army Barracks
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the units stationed in Cathal Brugha barracks, in tabular form. [8619/18]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are barracks duties in the Dublin area that soldiers from other units outside of the Dublin area must travel to in order to carry them...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the size of the Baldonnel site in west County Dublin; and if it is possible for the Defence Forces to be relocated there from Cathal Brugha...
    • Army Barracks
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of soldiers in transit fulfilling routine barrack duties for Cathal Brugha barracks; and the number of the 128 temporary beds...
    • Departmental Properties
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part ownership or under the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with Mr. Michel Barnier recently. [8472/18]
    • Passport Applications Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons waiting to have passport applications processed through the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Immunity
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions Ireland is involved in at UN level regarding the parameters of diplomatic immunity for UN employees and other diplomatic...
    • Brexit Documents
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is specifically preparing a paper or papers examining the impact of a hard, soft and WTO or cliff edge scenario Brexit on...
    • Departmental Properties
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownershipor part ownership or under the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to maintain the backstop within the December 2017 Brexit agreement as it relates to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/18]
    • Housing Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if an audit of the number of residential properties now in the ownership of a bank (details supplied) will be carried out by his Department; the plans the...
    • VAT Rebates
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if the introduction a VAT rebate scheme in respect of security systems for senior citizens similar to the mobility aids VAT rebate scheme will be considered;...
    • Government Bonds
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of assets held by the European Central Bank and associated national central banks as part of the public sector purchase programme. PSPP; the value...
    • Banking Operations
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation or regulations that would encourage the mainstream banks to make residential properties that are in their ownership...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules or conventions in place regarding cooling off periods for Central Bank employees taking up positions in the private sector; and if he will make a...
    • Corporate Governance
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of directorships a person may hold in different financial institutions; the safeguards in place to ensure there are no conflicts of interest such...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if an alterative rule based on a minimum investment grade for bank bonds will be put in place of the current severe restrictions on credit unions investing in...
    • Land Transfers
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes to the age limits for family transfers are being considered to mitigate higher stamp duty costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if a case (details supplied) will be reviewed on the basis of equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8389/18]
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is just those that victims of the tracker mortgage scandal that employed a financial adviser may lose out on a percentage of...
    • VAT Rate Application
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an imported houseboat from the UK for the sole purpose of principal private residence is subject to 23% VAT in view of the fact that other mobile...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review and change the criteria under which a person (details supplied) can apply for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax...
    • Employment Rights
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners has taken to ensure that much of the self employment within the film industry is not bogus self employment; and the...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in vehicle registration tax, value added tax and customs duty for vehicles imported from outside the European Union in 2015, 2016 and...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the principal dwelling house average mortgage interest rate, fixed and variable, for each euro area country, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the warning from the European Commission to all European Union, EU, companies regarding the significant border friction and costs after the UK...
    • Tax Code
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason proprietary directors do not receive credit for PAYE paid when calculating a late filing charge; his plans to review same; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Compliance
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that paid tax in each of the past ten years as casual workers; if the Revenue Commissioners have specific practices and procedures to...
    • Departmental Meetings
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings between staff of the Revenue Commissioners or his Department with staff working for the European Commissioner for Competition, Ms Vestager,...
    • Departmental Properties
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part-ownership of or under the control of...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks (details supplied) involved in the tracker mortgage examination have set a limit to the amount of compensation their independent appeals panel can...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Services Card
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the future extension of the mandatory use of the public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/18]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 29 November 2017, the process by which external members of the top level appointments...
    • Homeowners Voluntary Relocation Scheme Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that applied for the voluntary homeowners relocation scheme in 2017 in County Roscommon; the number of...
    • Legislative Programme
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants will be published; the timeframe for the legislation to...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the completed report provided for in section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 on the issue of pay equality for...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood relief works for Caherlea and Lisheenavalla as part of the Clare river Claregalway drainage scheme have been completed; if...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the vacant Office of Public Works properties that may be suitable for an organisation (details supplied). [8359/18]
    • National Development Plan
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the launch of the national development plan. [8182/18]
    • Departmental Properties
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part ownership of, or...
    • Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the final plans of the draft flood risk management programme for at-risk areas to be approved, implemented and adopted...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans for a flood relief scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; the stage the project is at; when work will commence;...
    • Public Sector Pay
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the pay review for public servants will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8799/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists; the number of vacancies that are unfilled by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Management
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements in place for children to have their lunch indoors in schools. [8081/18]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in respect of pay equality for teachers who joined the public service since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8093/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an overpayment refund will not be requested by SUSI in the case of a person (details supplied). [8138/18]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      175. 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. [8149/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an anomaly whereby SUSI is allowed a specific write off pertaining to overpayments made to certain persons will be examined (details...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if some of the seven settlements made as part of the ex gratia scheme set up following a judgment (details supplied) were a result of physical...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an anomaly (details supplied) with regard to the payment of substitute teachers will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 12 December 2017, when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8163/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application for a new school building by a school (details supplied); when the project will progress to the next stage of...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have three or more special classrooms for children with special educational needs and-or low incidence disabilities...
    • School Funding
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the calculation method used for determining the auxiliary service grant payable to schools takes into account factors which may result in...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the acquisition of a site and provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford; when he expects the project...
    • Pension Provisions
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the eligibility of a person (details supplied) will be examined regarding the spouses and children's pension scheme; and if he will make...
    • School Enrolments
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a place for a person (details supplied) in the special care unit of a school in September 2018 will be assured. [8321/18]
    • School Enrolments Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the decision to place a restriction on five schools (details supplied) for enrolments for junior infant classes to up to...
    • Brexit Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet formally with his UK counterpart in the context of the impact of Brexit on education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid for each day they worked and at the full rate. [8391/18]
    • Departmental Advertising
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs incurred by his Department for the eight page feature on the action plan on education 2018 in a newspaper (details supplied). [8473/18]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are involved in the pilot scheme for the creative schools initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8484/18]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development and location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8494/18]
    • DEIS Review
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional schools and pupils included in the programme as a result of the review of DEIS published in January 2017; and if he will...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been awarded extra resources under the DEIS scheme; when it will be awarded the extra resources;...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the space constraints at the temporary site for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been further...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8602/18]
    • National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of action number 73 in section 4.4 of the action plan for education 2018; if an upskilling pathways plan will be completed in time to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the agreed new build of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8647/18]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding that was agreed for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8651/18]
    • Departmental Properties
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of or under...
    • Schools Establishment
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a new second level school in the area of Saggart and Citywest in view of the population and of new housing...
    • Departmental Advertising
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs incurred by his Department for the eight-page feature on the action plan on education 2018 in a newspaper (details supplied) on 14...
    • School Enrolments
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address the problem in which a school (details supplied) has a waiting list to enrol new pupils in September 2018 and...
    • Brexit Issues
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has conducted an analysis on the way in which Brexit may impact on higher education collaboration between the United Kingdom...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for an ASD unit and three additional classrooms further to his visit to a school (details supplied); if DEIS 2 status...
    • Education Centre Network
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the building unit of his Department will consider and approve the proposal for a new building which was submitted by a centre (details...
    • Redundancy Payments
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for redundancy by a person (details supplied) in County Cork was not approved by his Department; if this decision will...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the restoration of pay equality for newer entry teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8795/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to create apprenticeship opportunities under various trades; the degree to which specific...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Equipment
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mouthpieces for a device (details supplied) used for each month since the introduction of the device, in tabular...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when all sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be enacted; the timeframe for full enactment; his...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the project to refurbish and extend the historic courthouse in Waterford city; the timeframe for it to be...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the problem of young persons and others driving scramblers (details supplied); the further...
    • Garda Data
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Clondalkin, Lucan, Ronanstown, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole in January 2014, 2015, 2016,...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has been contacted by officials of the Revenue Commissioners regarding concerns related to the implementation...
    • Probate Applications
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are delays in the waiting times for the grant of probate applications; the status of a grant of probate application by...
    • Prison Building Programme
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 101 and 102 of 22 June 2017, if the information is now available; and if so, if same...
    • Garda Stations
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the opening date for a new Garda station in an area (details supplied); the number of gardaí that will be stationed there;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has taken in excess of four years to make a decision on the application of a person (details supplied) for...
    • Refugee Data
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees who have arrived here in each of the years since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in Ballymun station in each of the years 2008 to 2018, inclusive; and if the number will be...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to begin the process of a commission of investigation to examine the handling of the investigation of a person...
    • Leave to Remain
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an application for stamp 4 leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the delays being experienced by persons who have been offered positions as clerical workers in An Garda...
    • Family Law Cases
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a case (details supplied) will be heard; and the protocol and timeframe for hearing ceases in which family disputes and...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the commencement order for all Parts, except Part 4, of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 will be signed (details...
    • Statutory Instruments
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a statutory instrument that would provide for a pre-action protocol under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 will be...
    • Legislative Programme
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Síochána (compensation) Bill will be published and passed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Functions
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is empowered under the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 to set a rate of return or to set a methodology to define a...
    • Garda Deployment
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of each rank attached to Sundrive and Terenure Garda stations for each of the past ten years. [8579/18]
    • Court Judgments
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of compensation for personal injury that have been struck out of court in the past five years due to the...
    • Employment Rights
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to the right of asylum seekers to work;...
    • Property Registration
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received representations to facilitate infrastructure projects such as aviation fuel pipelines by changing property...
    • Departmental Properties
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part...
    • Garda Deployment
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda inspectors in Cork city and county; the vacancies in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Station Closures
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the review of reopening Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8749/18]
    • Departmental Reform
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and his officials have met the overseeing reform group that was appointed to oversee the implementation of the Toland...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of programmes that involve giving assistance to vulnerable young...
    • Immigration Data
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 122, 124, 125 and 127 of 7 December 2017, if the information requested will be provided....
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Equine Industry
      259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the large number of employment legislation contraventions in the equine sector arising from inspections by the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the situation in the UK in which a national minimum wage compliance scheme has identified and...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to enhance the ability of the Workplace Relations Commission’s inspection services to proactively pursue widespread...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of her Department's review into the work permit regime; when she expects this review to be completed; and if she will make...
    • Brexit Staff
      263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of information officers available in her Department to deal with Brexit queries form the general public and members of the...
    • Job Losses
      264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions taken by her and the State's industrial development agencies to prevent job losses at a manufacturing plant (details...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of legacy adjudication complaints initially submitted to the Rights Commissioner Service of the Labour Relations Commission...
    • Job Losses
      269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she is taking to protect jobs at a factory (details supplied) in view of recent media reports. [8598/18]
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in County Galway in each of the past three years; the number of these visits that were...
    • Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to commission an independent report into the economic benefits a united Ireland economy would bring to all sectors of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of...
    • Brexit Issues
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications of Brexit for European research and innovation funding; if the Government has conducted an analysis of the...
  • Department of Health
    • National Drugs Strategy
      276. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of engagement of a number of Departments in the national drugs and alcohol strategy in respect of input at national...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      277. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis patches will be reinstated and made available to persons with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/18]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Health when a general practitioner will be appointed to Waterville, County Kerry in view of the fact that this area is without a permanent general practitioner since...
    • Hospital Equipment
      279. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a MRI scanner in the Midlands Regional Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8062/18]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a home care support package, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8083/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding a continuous glucose monitoring system will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Care Professionals
      284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a regulatory regime for chiropractors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8089/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in procuring a new service provider for a person (details supplied); the actions taken after meeting the person's family; if he is...
    • Vaccination Programme
      286. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8094/18]
    • Hospital Services
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Tipperary using the inpatient services in the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny. [8095/18]
    • Patient Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the occupancy of inpatient services in the acute psychiatric unit, Ennis regional hospital, County Clare. [8097/18]
    • Hospital Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Tipperary using the outpatient services in the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's General Hospital, County Kilkenny. [8098/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8102/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons supported by the fair deal scheme and residing in a nursing home by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS hours of service available by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      295. To ask the Minister for Health if the enrolment forms for the childhood immunisation programme in the CHO1 region will be digitised in order to enable persons to apply online (details...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      296. To ask the Minister for Health if Versatis patches will be reinstated to the drugs payment and medical card schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8126/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be brought forward. [8128/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary using the inpatient services in the acute psychiatry unit, Ennis regional hospital, County Clare. [8139/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8143/18]
    • Hospital Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the coronary artery calcium score test available as part of routine diagnostics for cardiac event risk; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Psychological Services
      302. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a psychology assessment. [8146/18]
    • Pharmacy Services
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the reason blister packs of tablets are now only provided by pharmacies for one week which has been reduced from four weeks; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a MRI for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8151/18]
    • Home Help Service Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by each of the local health offices in community healthcare organisation area 1, CHO 1, in each of the years 2012 to...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 535 of 20 September 2017 and 411 of 10 October 2017 and a recent media report (details supplied), if he will request...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the new day centre opening in Dublin 15 (details supplied); when it will be open; the location of the centre; the contact details for the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      319. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the timeframe for same; the progress made in this regard; the reason...
    • Hospital Procedures
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the procedure necessary for the removal of transvaginal mesh devices; if his attention has been further drawn to the number...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      321. 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. [8215/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with a medical card that is on farm assist can retain their medical card for three years after they enter full-time employment (details supplied);...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Ocrevus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8223/18]
    • Hospital Equipment
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals within the Saolta hospital group have been affected in view of the recent safety call-back of foetal monitoring devices; if all compromised foetal...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health when a resident general practitioner will be provided in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8234/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent decision to remove Versatis 5% patch from the drug payment scheme and medical card schemes will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding the FreeStyle Libre device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8244/18]
    • Health Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8246/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the eye medication Macushield has been withdrawn from medical card holders; if a substitute medication will be made available; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [8248/18]
    • Medicinal Products
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances that determined the decision to change the way in which Versatis patches can now be prescribed and approved; the steps he is taking to have...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8255/18]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      335. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address issues in regard to persons overpaying prescription charges (details supplied) whereby multiple prescription charges are applied in regard...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      337. 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. [8291/18]
    • Health Services Access
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive an appointment in their local health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8293/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to granting a school (details supplied) in County Sligo additional speech and language resources; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting over a year for orthodontic treatment in Drogheda hospital. [8315/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      341. 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. [8316/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure persons with type 1 diabetes are entitled to obtain free access to a device (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Medicinal Products
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports emerging of potential health risks in regard to the use of an enzyme (details supplied) in the manufacturing of a...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a full time consultant endocrinologist at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8353/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to address the waiting list of over 300 transgender persons awaiting a diagnosis to progress towards hormone replacement...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) and a representative of a charity to discuss the issues surrounding transgender health care; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are just two physicians prescribing hormone replacement therapy to transgender persons nationally; the measures he is taking to increase this...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns from the Leitrim PPN, public participation networks, regarding emergency ambulance response times in County...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a service level agreement, SLA, between the HSE and a company (details supplied); the type of services provided for the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child intensive care unit beds in hospitals; the locations of each; and the care plan in the event of mass casualty. [8385/18]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy in primary care by CHO, age category and time waiting. [8419/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [8420/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [8421/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by community healthcare organisation, CHO, age category and time waiting. [8422/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      363. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 23 January 2018, when the HSE disability service plans to revert to the service provider with a recommendation...
    • Vaccination Programme
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the date the Health Information and Quality Authority will complete a health technology assessment that will inform his Department if the HPV vaccination...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an appointment with a HSE psychologist in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for each HSE area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s 2017 home help hours target for 2018; the number of home help hours delivered in 2017; the number of hours to be targeted in 2018; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to assist those persons who can no longer avail of pain-relieving medication (details supplied) following its removal from the medical...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided in 2017 and the level of expenditure by the end of December 2017 in relation to the provision of a service (details supplied);...
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if the University of Limerick hospital group proposes to reduce the medical assessment unit at Ennis Hospital from a seven-day service to a five-day service;...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8527/18]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in January 2018; and the hospitals...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      376. To ask the Minister for Health when bulletin 7 of the drug prevalence survey 2014-2015 which focuses on gambling will be published in view of the fact that it was to be released in 2017; and...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Cavan that are in receipt of personal assistance hours; the allocation of personal assistance hours to County Cavan; the steps...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes to the assessment of needs process specifically that it would no longer include a specific diagnosis; if full assessments are no...
    • Disability Services Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an application for core funding by an organisation (details supplied); and his views on the importance of catering for the...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting over 52 weeks for an occupational therapy assessment in a primary care setting, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first appointment for CAMHS, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8584/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS staff working less than a 48 hour working week, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8585/18]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overnight respite hours that were provided in each of the years 2012 to 2017, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that waited longer than 20 working days to receive treatment for prostate cancer, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the complete mental health budget and actual spend for 2017 in this regard, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8588/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      388. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Linn Dara CAMHS clinic, Dublin 24; the criteria for referral to the clinic; if a psychological...
    • Eating Disorders
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated specialist beds for the treatment of eating disorders in the public mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if there is grant aid made available through his Department or organisations funded by his Department for the purchase of defibrillators by community groups;...
    • HSE Staff Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has environmental health officers covering south County Wicklow, namely areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HIQA Inspections
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential inspections carried out by environmental health officers in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Advertising Regulation
      393. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the definition of corporate social responsibility in the voluntary codes of practice on the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages...
    • Respite Care Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons who avail of respite care and long-term care in a hospital (details supplied) and who reside far from the hospital and whose...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for two rehabilitation units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8633/18]
    • Departmental Properties
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if a proposed site (details supplied) has been acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/18]
    • Home Care Packages
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a home care package by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8655/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address long waiting lists for knee and hip replacement surgeries; when he expects waiting times to be cut; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part ownership of or under the control of his...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding a device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8678/18]
    • Health Insurance Company Payments
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding a payment method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8682/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the location and number of beds in the Munster region for child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8693/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an out-of-hours mental health service in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      409. 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. [8707/18]
    • Dental Services Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the date a dentist will visit a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8710/18]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for the position of Sláintecare executive director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8728/18]
    • Ambulance Service
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the location from which equipment for the National Ambulance Service incident response team which is currently being established is being supplied; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel from outside Ireland attended training alongside staff from here for the National Ambulance Service incident response team; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      414. 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. [8772/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if full medical cards will be granted to all organ-transplant patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8776/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); if a date for this appointment will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for providing clinical supports to children with a confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder without a significant intellectual...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning to recruit radiologists and radiographers to increase the amount of scanning time provided at Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [8796/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Dog Breeding Industry
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department will take to work with UK authorities to prevent the illegal cross-border trade of puppies. [8745/18]
    • Laboratory Facilities
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary laboratories; when a decision will issue on a laboratory in County...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the genetically modified products imported here; the genetically modified animal feeds imported here and entering the food chain; the...
    • Forestry Grants
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment to a person (details supplied) was stopped after 15 years; and if a forestry payment can continue for 20 years....
    • GLAS Payments
      426. 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. [8237/18]
    • Afforestation Programme
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied for the afforestation scheme in County Leitrim in 2016 and then transferred ownership to another...
    • TAMS Applications
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue regarding an application by a person (details supplied) under TAMS; the reason for the delay in processing...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the provision of housing for cattle in respect of TAMS covers new sheds and the upgrade of existing facilities; and if he will...
    • GLAS Applications
      432. 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. [8259/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to enable persons that are unable to make their basic payment scheme applications online to be facilitated;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8312/18]
    • Fodder Crisis
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if County Limerick will be included under the fodder transport scheme. [8314/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Penalties
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's decision to reduce 2017 basic payment scheme payments due to a fire in 2017 to landowners who have a share in the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8328/18]
    • GLAS Data
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in County Cork waiting for GLAS payments; the number of part payments issued; and his plans to process the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a afforestation licence application (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding his Department allocated to each of the six State fishery harbour centres since it assumed responsibility for them in...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding funding for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if coastal waters which have SAC designation such as those found on offshore islands in instances in which fishing quota has been...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Penalties
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a farm payment penalty for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8429/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8458/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Penalties
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was penalised in respect of their farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teagasc Courses
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green cert for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8563/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a basic payment scheme review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Data
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of delayed GLAS payments to persons in County Wexford in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8600/18]
    • Crop Losses
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of re-opening the crop compensation scheme for persons that have suffered crop losses in 2017 due to adverse...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of increasing the €10 subsidy cap per ewe under the sheep welfare scheme will be examined in view of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of...
    • Dumping at Sea
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department received a formal request from Donegal County Council to investigate the contents of potentially toxic materials...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Service Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be rolled out to an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there is poor broadband connectivity in an area (details supplied); when this issue will be rectified; and...
    • Waste Tyre Disposal
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the regulatory system for the disposal of end of life tyres; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Cyber Security Centre
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff allocated to the National Cyber Security Centre; the job titles, qualifications and specifications...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the planned roll-out of a product (details supplied) from the Tara exchange to households and businesses...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the allowance of €75 for households with medical waste will come into effect; the way in which persons will...
    • Electric Vehicles
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the public electric vehicle charging point in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim will be reinstated; the reason the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU legislation before his Department with a view to being transposed into law; the details of such legislation; the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll-out of high speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for Inland Fisheries Ireland to assure salmon of a safe passage at a privately owned tailrace and a weir...
    • Illegal Dumping
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities have powers to deal with the issues of dumping and littering on private property not visible from...
    • Energy Policy
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering carrying out an overall assessment of the environmental impacts of importing LNG gas;...
    • Departmental Properties
      479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocation of the TransFrontier shipments office in each of the years 2007 to 2017. [8684/18]
    • Television Licences Data
      485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of television licence inspectors employed by An Post in 2017 and 2018. [8697/18]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of accidents on the section of the M7 between Limerick and Roscrea over the past four years; the cause of each accident; the...
    • Garda Equipment
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of mouthpieces for a device (details supplied) that have been supplied to An Garda Síochána in each month since the...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if poor public transport between Ballymun and a shopping centre (details supplied) will be addressed; and if Dublin Bus will make an...
    • Traffic Management
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to mirror the traffic light signalling system used in the UK (details supplied); if a feasibility study has been carried out in...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the countries or states within countries with which Ireland has a reciprocal exchange of driving licences agreements, in tabular form;...
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the public service obligation to Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann in 2017 and 2018, in...
    • Rail Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA and Irish Rail to ascertain if the Sligo to Dublin train could stop at Broombridge station, Dublin 7 to enable...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding changes to the regulation for five axles trucks; if further consultation with the industry will be considered; and...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 13 February 2018, the number of the 76 new buses that will be purchased in 2018 by the NTA...
    • Public Transport
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the overcrowding and delays in services on the Luas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8482/18]
    • Road Tolls
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans TII has to add additional tolling points on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8483/18]
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure on metro north since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8523/18]
    • Driver Licence Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application by a person (details supplied) who has applied for a renewal of a driving licence will be investigated; and if he will...
    • Departmental Properties
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of or...
    • Driver Test Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8680/18]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a 2018 or 2019 sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8729/18]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarification on the proposals to introduce new penalties for learner drivers specifically the possibility of...
    • Harbour Authorities
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that during recent sampling of dredge material in Galway bay, the Galway Harbour Company was...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a project for the completion of a school (details supplied) will be supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/18]
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available to community childcare organisations that need to extend their facilities (details supplied). [8258/18]
    • Departmental Staff
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the job descriptions and role profiles of staff across her Department; the sections of her Department those staff are working in; and if...
    • Youth Services Funding
      509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available for the refurbishment of a community hall and the development of a youth facility; and if she will make a statement...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the mother and baby homes redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8334/18]
    • Psychological Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of meetings of the working group involving the HSE, Department of Health and Tusla that have been held; the timeframe of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part-ownership of or...
    • Youth Services Funding
      513. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers funded in south west County Cork; the way in which this number compares proportionally with the number of youth...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to an application for core funding by an organisation (details supplied); and his plans for continued...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available for the refurbishment of a community hall and the development of a youth facility; and if he will make a...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      518. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the introduction of a subsidy for burglar alarms for senior citizens in conjunction with the existing senior alert scheme will be...
    • National Planning Framework
      519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the input he made to the national planning framework; the additional capital investment he has secured in the national development...
    • Walks Scheme
      520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which he plans to meet the programme for a partnership Government commitment to double the number of walks on the walks...
    • Western Development Commission Remit
      521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the Western Development Commission; the role it will have in relation to the national development plan; the work under...
    • Greenways Development
      522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to encourage and support the roll-out of greenways; the funding and policy support available under the outdoor recreation...
    • Brexit Documents
      523. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department is specifically preparing a paper or papers examining the impact of a hard, soft and WTO or cliff-edge scenario...
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      524. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Galway City Council can make an application to his Department for funding for LIS schemes in 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is grant aid made available through his Department or organisations funded by his Department for the purchase of...
    • Departmental Properties
      526. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part ownership, or...
    • Animal Welfare
      527. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at a pound (details supplied) which is the subject of a social media video...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      528. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the action plans for 2015, 2016 and 2017 as provided for by the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012; the way in which...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to tackle the problem of mobile phone coverage black spots in rural areas in the context of his Department's...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 as amended by section 13 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants in receipt of a social welfare claim by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons awarded a disability allowance by the social welfare appeals office...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the disability allowance claim being paid to a person (details supplied) will be examined to ensure that the person is on...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8148/18]
    • Public Services Card Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public services cards that have been issued; the number of cards issued to persons under 18 years of age; and...
    • Public Services Card
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments and services for which the use of a public services card is now mandatory; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Widow's Pension Appeals
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a widow's pension will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 8 February 2018, the way in which a farmer's spouse is entitled to a State...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the number of elderly persons who relied on the assistance offered by the clothing grant...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on each of the recommendations contained in the Make Work Pay report published by her Department in 2017,...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8331/18]
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which the surviving partner or spouse of a person divorced outside this jurisdiction cannot qualify for a...
    • Widow's Pension Applications
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a widower's pension will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8365/18]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the transfer of...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons within each of the six payment bands who are in receipt of the State pension (contributory). [8462/18]
    • Pensions Reform
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to launch the public consultation on pension reform further to her announcement in November 2017; the details...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a one-parent family payment by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue....
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter will be addressed regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received by her Department from a person (details supplied) in respect of a disability allowance;...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a domiciliary carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit Applications
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); when payment will commence; if there was a...
    • State Pensions Payments
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a situation relating to the State pension payment of a person (details supplied) will be investigated. [8646/18]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a payment to persons with a disability for their television licence; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership or part...
    • Film Industry
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps taken by Scope to ensure that much of the self-employment in the film industry is not bogus self-employment; and...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to continue to pay PRSI contributions or receive credits that...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disability allowance appeals awarded in December 2017 have yet to be paid. [8727/18]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 310 and 311 of 7 March 2017, the details in respect of community employment schemes...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the manner in which investigations into overpayments are carried out to ensure strict adherence to due...
    • State Pensions
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which provision continues to exist to allow credit in respect of employment in the context of the determination...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the various youth unemployment alleviation measures continue to result in successful full-time job...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made whereby emergency payments are made available in cases of extreme hardship by way of exceptional...
    • Pensions Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for old age (contributory) pension on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8810/18]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address issues of contributory entitlements such as illness benefit or other similar payments in which the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the self employed can qualify for various social welfare supports now and in the future; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her department can assist those in danger of becoming homeless with particular reference to situations...
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8817/18]
    • Unemployment Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection extent of long term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8818/18]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeal decisions in respect of various refusals for payments that have been overturned on appeal in the past...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Policy
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation or regulations that would encourage vulture funds to make residential properties that are...
    • Irish Water Administration
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation or regulations needed to make Irish Water accountable to the Comptroller and Auditor General will be in...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been offered a position at the minimum entry point on a pay scale will be...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements that were made with banks to provide letters of refusal in the context of the new local authority mortgage...
    • Water Quality
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the national rollout of testing alarm systems to ensure the non-occurrence of elevated chlorine levels in the...
    • Mortgage Insurance
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if mortgage protection insurance is a mandatory requirement of the new first-time buyers council mortgage; if so, the reason...
    • Irish Water Remit
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the functions and operations that are the remit and responsibility of Irish Water. [8133/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of homes built under the affordable homes scheme that remain unsold by county, in tabular form; the...
    • Mortgage Insurance
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the parameters for mortgage protection for mortgages granted under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the mortgage...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of days to the expiry of a tenancy that a tenant must face to be eligible for the homeless HAP scheme; the...
    • Water Meters Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new build commercial and residential structures are supplied with a water meter; the body responsible for its installation;...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount each local authority has budgeted for repair and maintenance of its housing stock in each year for the past four...
    • Planning Data
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times each local authority has been to court as plaintiff against unauthorised developments in the past four...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if solar farms need an environmental impact assessment before they can be built. [8228/18]
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance his Department is providing to families that have asbestos on their property to help mitigate against its...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application to provide a group sewerage scheme (details supplied). [8243/18]
    • Mortgage Insurance
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are insisting that applicants under the new Rebuilding...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision to remove a family from the housing list due to temporarily exceeding the income thresholds is open to appeal;...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the advice he would give to persons in County Clare that are effected by pyrite on the best course of action to have the...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and status of outstanding licence applications for seaweed harvesting; the number of licences granted in each of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if relief measures will be put in place for individual members of group water schemes in view of the discontinuation of the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 698, 699 and 700 of 13 January 2018, if following a High Court judgment (details...
    • Departmental Properties
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 13 February 2018, the County Clare coastline that could potentially be affected...
    • Road Network
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the required funding will be made available to Tipperary County Council for the provision of infrastructure to provide...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings per development which have sought planning permission from their respective local authorities but...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 13 February 2018, the funding allocated to each local authority for council...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Monuments
      615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase amenities on the Hill of Tara; and her views on the lack of parking and other vital services at this...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to cut their bog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8239/18]
    • Deer Culls
      617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a deer management plan for Killarney National Park, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Parks
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made to control the spread of rhodedendron in Killarney National Park; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether staffing levels are adequate to manage the spread of rhododendron and control deer numbers in Killarney...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a club (details supplied) held a meeting in adverse weather conditions on 11...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the increased reports of a shortage of hares; and the actions her Department will take to honour EU directive...
    • EU Directives
      623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if information will be provided on matters (details supplied) further to the award of the contract for a review of the derogation...
    • Ferry Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the decision to replace the ferry to Tory Island built in 1992 with a 1976 built model will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership...

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