Written answers
Thursday, 22 February 2018
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Years Sector
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the engagement she has had with representatives of the early child care sector since budget 2018 was announced. [9001/18]
- Child Care Services
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the recently established working group tasked with streamlining children’s mental health services; and if she will make...
- Child Detention Centres
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the response she received from Tusla in relation to the failure of an organisation to acknowledge child protection complaints from the...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind a group (details supplied) not being invited to participate on the newly formed forum in view of their unique...
- Children's Rights
17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a report (details supplied); if she is satisfied that the measures she has taken to address the problems facing children here...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation her Department received from the Dormant Accounts Fund of €7 million for an initiative aimed at breaking the cycle of...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a full list of eligible and ineligible costs for applications under the grants funding available to child care facilities for early year...
- Family Resource Centres
20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will accept an application for a resource centre at a site (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
- Family Support Services
21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay at home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8867/18]
- Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8863/18]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for establishing a consultation forum; the guidance she received with regard to her view that a membership of 20 is appropriate;...
- Health Services Staff Data
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers in each region; the number of social worker vacancies in each region; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to advertise the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation in the United States of America in view of the acknowledgement...
- Family Resource Centres
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the process to allocate 11 new family resource centres around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Homeless Persons Supports
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of an organisation's (details supplied) report,in particular the evaluation of the effects of homelessness and...
- Departmental Funding
28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to make funding available to individual electoral areas for the purposes of playground provision instead of general allocation to...
- Traveller Community
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that despite recognition of Traveller ethnicity in March 2017, infant mortality rates in this...
- Child Care Costs
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that childcare costs continue to pose a serious financial challenge for families; the measures...
- Legislative Measures
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure the progress of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Children in Care
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if measures are being considered to address the high number of children under voluntary care orders; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Child Protection Services Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedures in place for children or teenagers at immediate risk; if there is an emergency service plan in place that entails the...
- Child Care Services Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of community child support services, including the provision of support...
- Department of Defence
- Protected Disclosures
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department sought further information from the relevant whistleblower regarding health and safety reports which they allege were destroyed...
- Departmental Staff Data
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of officials and advisors that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same; and if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure to be followed with regard to section 14(6) of the Passports Act 2008 which allows a person that has an interest in the welfare...
- Departmental Staff Data
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials and advisors that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same; and...
- Northern Ireland
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with authorities in the United States of America in relation to the appointment of a special envoy to...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
42. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria for persons wishing to avail of the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9204/18]
- Tax Data
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tenancies in which a 100% interest relief deduction was claimed under section 97(2K) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as inserted by section...
- Freedom of Information Requests
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department is failing to release two freedom of information requests (details supplied) which were requested in August 2017; and...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if HRI tax relief can be claimed for work carried out five years ago in circumstances in which the person was unemployed at the time and not paying income tax...
- VAT Rebates
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims for a VAT refund under the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 in each of the past four years. [9065/18]
- VAT Rate Application
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason motor vehicles are excluded from the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981. [9067/18]
- Fiscal Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Exchequer borrowing requirement will be revised in each of the years 2018 to 2027 further to the announcement of the national development plan 2018 to...
- Inflation Rate
51. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address inflation in view of the investment announced in the national development plan 2018 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the risk of overheating the economy as a result of the national development plan 2018 to 2027; the inflation forecasts for each year up to 2027; if investment...
- Stability and Growth Pact
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the expectation of the structural balance under the stability and growth pact for 2018 in view of the announcement of the national development plan 2018 to...
- Credit Union Lending
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulation Act 2012 to allow the credit unions lend to affordable housing bodies and local...
- Cycle to Work Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the cycle to work scheme to self employed persons and those that self-assess their taxes; the estimated cost of such an extension; and if...
- Loan Books Purchasers
58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reported sale of a €4 billion portfolio of home loans and mortgages by a bank (details supplied) to subprime lenders and vulture funds;...
- Fiscal Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on deposit and withdrawal mechanisms if the Government proceeds to establish a rainy day fund. [9137/18]
- Sale of State Assets
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the approach to the sale of State assets in the commercial banks; and the purposes for which disposal of State shares will be earmarked. [9138/18]
- Revenue Commissioners Data
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the size and key breakdown elements of outstanding tax owed by commercial entities and the farming sector to the Revenue Commissioners at the end of each of...
- European Central Bank
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no public competition was held to identify a person for nomination to a possible position on the executive board of the European Central Bank. [9140/18]
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which vacancies for the positions of governor, deputy governor and executive directors of the Central Bank are filled; and the reason public...
- NAMA Operations
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the remaining work of NAMA; the estimated likely net proceeds from the completion of NAMA; and the statutory task and future roles he...
- Departmental Staff Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of officials and advisors that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same; and if he will make a...
- Stamp Duty
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports or reliefs that exist for family transfers of small businesses from the increased rate of 6% stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve tax relief measures in relation to the purchase of vehicles for use by persons with a disability; when such measures will be implemented;...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
68. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to restore tax relief for trade union subscriptions; the results of a review into the issue carried out by his Department in 2016; and if he will...
- Mortgage Repayments
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules regarding the ownership of accounts into which a mortgage borrower makes repayments when the mortgage loan is owned by an unregulated loan owner and...
- Bond Markets
70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 13 February 2018, the interest rate charged on the €602 million in Exchequer borrowings; the maturity date...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Development Plan
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the parts of the national development plan that will assist development in County Longford. [9077/18]
- Economic Growth
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the growth forecasts for the economy upon which the national development plan 2018 to 2027 is based for each year in GDP and GNI up to...
- National Development Plan
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was consulted in relation to the €116 billion announced in the national development plan 2018...
- Office of Public Works Projects
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the planned extension to Longford town Garda station. [9133/18]
- National Development Plan
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by the NDP information office for the NDP 2007 to 2013; the amount that was spent on public information and publicity...
- Scoileanna Oileáin
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuarthas comhfhreagras a seoladh chuige faoi thionscadal i gContae Dhún na nGall; cén réadmhaoin atá i gceist...
- Office of Public Works Projects
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade the barrage on the river Fergus in Clarecastle, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9081/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated capital expenditure by Department for each of the years 2023 to 2027 (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will...
- Minor Works Scheme Applications
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application for works under the minor works scheme to prevent or mitigate against erosion...
- Garda Stations
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 January 2018, the date on which the Office of Public Works plans to serve notice to...
- Office of Public Works
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work by the Office of Public Works requested by persons (details supplied) living near the Phoenix Park will be ensured; and if he...
- Office of Government Procurement
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that companies that are awarded public works contracts do not employ persons on bogus self-employment...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Establishment
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the opening of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9044/18]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the period of time which a person can receive a SUSI grant as a postgraduate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Data
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of officials and advisors that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same; and if he...
- Departmental Functions
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delay in issuing P60s to teachers in view of the fact that P60s must be issued within six weeks of the end...
- School Enrolments
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on the effective implementation of the right to opt out of religious instruction schools under a religious ethos;...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Housing Management Companies
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure property management fees are not allowed to spiral out of control; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Residency Permits
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of persons (details supplied) that wish to remain permanently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9025/18]
- Independent Review Mechanism
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 147 and 148 of 15 February 2018, the exact extension provided in each of these statutory...
- Naturalisation Certificates
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); if the...
- General Data Protection Regulation
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if administrative fines can be imposed on general practitioners acting in the course of their work if section 136 of the Data...
- Domestic Violence Policy
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outstanding actions required for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention; the expected timeframe for completion of...
- Property Valuations
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the location of the public property arbitrator has been identified; if it is possible to make contact by phone, letter or...
- Immigration Policy
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure a person (details supplied) can return for a short period to their home country and subsequently re-enter the...
- Brexit Issues
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings he has held with officials from An Garda Síochána in relation to preparing for a hard border...
- Garda Vetting
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all convictions, including driving offences, are included in the offences reported on in circumstances in which Garda...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans for Ballymahon Garda station. [9134/18]
- Protected Disclosures
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the internal audit unit of his Department did not investigate a protected disclosure (details supplied) but instead...
- Parental Leave
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person that takes parental leave in the form of one day per week is entitled to retain that pattern of work and leave...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 18 January 2018, the reason for the delay in the issuing of the response; when the...
- Alcohol Sales
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full and part public alcohol licences issued to private members clubs in the past three years; the establishments...
- Immigration Status
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be fully investigated with a view to updating stamp 4; and...
- Residency Permits
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given on compassionate grounds to facilitate temporary residency in the case of a person (details...
- Immigration Status
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which appropriate immigration stamp status may be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when, on the basis of stamps 3 and 4 to date, a person (details supplied) is likely to be eligible to apply for naturalisation;...
- Residency Permits
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the provision of DNA evidence in the case of a person (details supplied), they are eligible to qualify for stamp...
- Immigration Status
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the renewal of a stamp 4 can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Family Reunification Applications
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Visa Applications
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a spousal visa or appropriate document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency status will be upgraded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Patient Transfers
129. To ask the Minister for Health if the patient transfer of a person (details supplied) from Naas General Hospital to Tallaght Hospital will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
- Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
130. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time for referrals to the child and adolescent primary care psychology service (details supplied); and if he will...
- Health Services Appeals
131. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an appeal for ancillary State support; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the service of a chiropodist attending persons with diabetes in County Roscommon has ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9037/18]
- Health Services Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a year persons with diabetes are entitled to attend a chiropodist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9038/18]
- Health Services Data
134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have received treatment in the chiropodist clinic in County Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a...
- HSE Funding
135. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is paying for a chiropodist surgery for one day a week in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9040/18]
- Health Services Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is only providing a surgery one day a week to the chiropodist in County Roscommon; if so, when this will be increased to a fulltime service of five...
- Primary Care Centres
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide dedicated dietetic services at the Ballyheigue primary care centre; when they will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/18]
- Hospital Equipment
139. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that community groups in an area (details supplied) are raising funds to purchase an additional MRI scanner for the Midlands Regional...
- Medicinal Products Availability
140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason versatis pain relief patches have been withdrawn from vulnerable persons; and his plans to put in place a suitable replacement treatment on the...
- Emergency Departments
142. To ask the Minister for Health if a new emergency department will be provided at Beaumont hospital, Dublin 9 (details supplied); when construction of this new building will commence; and if...
- Commissions of Investigation
143. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the inquiry into the care of a person (details supplied) [9108/18]
- Mental Health Services Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Health if the proceeds from the sale of St Senan’s Hospital, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, will be invested in mental health services in the county; and if he...
- Departmental Staff Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officials and advisors that travelled from his department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Health the financial provision that has been made towards the necessary upgrading and expansion of a health facility (details supplied); if specific provision is made...
- Hospital Charges
149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair for haemochromatosis patients in rural areas to be billed €80 per venesection or phlebotomy therapy in hospitals when...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
150. 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. [9205/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
151. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9208/18]
- HSE Governance
152. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that companies that are awarded HSE contracts do not employ persons on zero hours or if-and-when contracts; and if he will...
- Medical Card Administration
154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include persons with Crohn's disease as part of the next review of the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9255/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Irish Coursing Club
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in relation to a club (details supplied) and Bord na gCon that allowed the participation of a person in the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9045/18]
- Pigmeat Sector
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that pig farmers are facing with low factory prices for pigs over the past month;...
- Afforestation Programme
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation applications which relate to areas of planting of 50 hectares or more and areas of planting less than 50...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all sheep inspections will be deferred until after lambing season in view of the fact that carrying out inspections now would...
- GLAS Administration
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to launch a fourth tranche of the GLAS scheme; and if so, the changes from GLAS 1, 2 and 3. [9074/18]
- Question Heading for question(s) 163
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to help farmers, especially beef farmers after Brexit. [9076/18]
- Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the source from which funds for the sheep welfare scheme in 2017 and 2018 were reallocated; and the value for money criteria used...
- Forestry Sector
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an environmental impact assessment or appropriate assessment, for example, a natura impact assessment, was conducted at a site...
- Basic Payment Scheme Administration
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an exemption will be given from making applications for the basic payment scheme and the ANC scheme online to those that do not...
- Departmental Staff Data
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of officials and advisers that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of...
- Aquaculture Licence Eligibility
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of oyster farming at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9165/18]
- GLAS Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 23 January 2018, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for a person to opt out of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9209/18]
- Horse Racing Ireland
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to changes to the broadcasting rights to Irish racing from a television channel (details supplied);...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if council tenants can avail of a rooftop solar grant in summer 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commission for Regulation of Utilities
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9043/18]
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of broadband; and if the roll-out of high speed broadband is included in the national...
- Renewable Energy Generation
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to research in Irish universities, institutes and industry on the extraction of carbon...
- Departmental Staff Data
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of officials and advisers that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo;...
- Internet Safety
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 18 January 2018, if there have been further developments in relation to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Tax
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the motor tax payment system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9102/18]
- Road Improvement Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided or committed to by his Department to local authorities for the construction of new local and regional roads in 2016,...
- Bus Services
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of bus service route 52 travelling through Swinford and Kiltimagh in County Mayo; if there are proposed changes to the route;...
- Rail Services Data
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Luas trams in operation in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to commence the independent review of the western rail corridor as promised in the programme for Government and in the national...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Galway and Mayo County Councils will be issued with details of the 2018 county roads programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the delays affecting persons in County Wexford awaiting a driving test appointment at the RSA driving test centre,...
- Driver Test Centres
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full time driving testers posted to the RSA driving test centre Gorey, County Wexford, in each of the years 2014 to 2017...
- Airport Development Projects
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason homes in an area (details supplied) directly under the flight path of runway 16/34 at Dublin Airport were not considered for...
- Departmental Staff Data
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of officials and advisers that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same;...
- Tourism Policy
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for the development and promotion of Tullaghan, County Leitrim (details supplied); if Tullaghan is considered a...
- Sports Funding
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the private members sports clubs that have received funding in the past 20 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the lack of refuge accommodation for women in counties Cavan and Monaghan; her further plans to address the failure to...
- Youth Homelessness Strategy
193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 27 June 2017, the steps she has taken to ascertain the levels of youth homelessness amongst...
- Youth Services Funding
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to youth services in Dublin city in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [9058/18]
- Public Sector Pay
195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the issue of public sector pay restoration for those staff in the City of Dublin Youth Service Board funded youth projects will be...
- Departmental Staff Data
197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of officials and advisers that travelled from her Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of same;...
- Youth Services Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to a service (details supplied) to cover the cost of 1% pay increases under the unwinding of FEMPI...
- Youth Services
201. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department and bodies under her aegis maintain regular and adequate contact with the various youth groups...
- Irish Prison Service
202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she maintains dialogue with the Irish Prison Service with a view to providing appropriate support for first-time...
- Youth Services Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has received requests from various voluntary youth organisations for funding to facilitate their various programmes...
- Child Protection
204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department and agencies under its aegis continue to monitor reports of children at risk throughout the country,...
- Misuse of Drugs
205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to monitor substance abuse among children of various ages with a view to the determination of...
- Homeless Persons Supports
206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can liaise with and offer assistance to homeless children whose parents may also be homeless; and if she will make...
- Cyber Security Policy
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate early warning systems exist to alert her Department to the threat to children and young persons of cyber...
- Departmental Staff
209. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate staff remain available to the various sections of her Department with a view to ensuring the smooth and...
- Child Care Services
210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services are being made available to children that may be at risk as result of being undocumented...
- Counselling Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling services for children at risk and their families; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Action Plan for Rural Development
212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the spend on rural regeneration in each year since 2011; and the amount allocated for 2018, in tabular form. [9171/18]
- Departmental Staff Data
213. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of officials and advisers that travelled from his Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment of jobseeker's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Public Services Card
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on concerns that have been expressed regarding the privacy implications of section 5 of the Social Welfare,...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pension (Contributory)
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 7 January 2018, if a person (details supplied) was sent correspondance advising...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a person’s (details supplied) application for illness benefit; when payment will commence; if...
- Fuel Allowance Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance to entirely offset the higher cost of smokeless fuels after implementation of the...
- Departmental Staff Data
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of officials and advisers that travelled from her Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the...
- Working Family Payment Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9254/18]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details suplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a site owned by a person planning to build their home on the site can avail of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan in part or...
- Programme for Government
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the programme for Government commitment to explore the possibility of enacting a constitutional right to...
- Urban Development
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the national regeneration and development agency will have its headquarters outside of Dublin; the process by which the...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in implementing the final report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the outcome of the review of the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme; the reason for the delay in...
- An Bord Pleanála
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request An Bord Pleanála to inform local authorities and public representatives when major infrastructure and...
- Regeneration Projects Expenditure
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on urban regeneration in each year since 2011; and the amount allocated for 2018, in tabular form. [9172/18]
- Local Authority Housing Data
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the type of social housing units that the NDP plans to deliver out to 2027, that is, the number of the 112,000 units that will...
- EU Regulations
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated impact a High Court ruling of 8 February 2018 (details supplied) will have on the harvesting of peat here; his...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to implement changes to the three year multiannual rural water programme which would see two programmes approved per...
- Local Authority Funding
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if budgetary applications by local authorities (details supplied) will be expedited in order that services can be planned for...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Staff Data
238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of officials and advisers that travelled from her Department to the launch of the NDP, NPF in County Sligo; the cost of...
