Written answers

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing assistance payment limits in view of a recent report (details supplied) on rent increases; and if...
    • Planning Issues
      44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to initiate an independent inquiry into potential planning irregularities at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enable persons avail of the tenant purchase scheme that may not have a weekly income apart from a social welfare...
    • Land Issues
      47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land owned by the Housing Agency nationwide; the amount of this land zoned capable of residential development;...
    • Local Government Reform
      48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the towns that will be made borough councils under local government reform plans; the additional statutory powers they will be...
    • Commercial Rates
      49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to a scheme to discount commercial rates for child care service providers as part of the...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to support children in emergency accommodation; if he has satisfied himself with the efforts...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the shortage of affordable homes in many parts of the country for young persons, couples and families that...
    • National Planning Framework
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the new regeneration and development funds as outlined in the NPF and NDP; if they will replace LIHAF; if there...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for further social housing projects in County Meath. [9673/18]
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish an independent reform body to examine the issue of councillors pay in line with a request made to him by...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on alleged serious breaches of Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2006,...
    • Water Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which persons that are experiencing faults in the water system between their property and the mains supply are to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided to Laois County Council to complete the remaining unfinished estates in the county that do not...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the first tranche of 500 public private partnership social houses to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the income limits for eligibility for inclusion on the social housing waiting list; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Resettlement Scheme
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a rural resettlement scheme to stem outward migration from rural areas. [8722/18]
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make changes to the repair and leasing scheme to secure greater a number of properties across the four Dublin...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he pans to bring forward regulations for the short-term letting sector. [9684/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stages a local authority must go through when seeking departmental approval for a new housing scheme; his views on whether...
    • National Planning Framework
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the changes made to the draft national planning framework were proofed against the supporting analysis and environmental...
    • Housing Data
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses available at prices below €280,000 across the State on sites benefiting from LIHAF. [9685/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing PPPs in view of the fact that five schemes were to be rolled out nationally and to date none have...
    • Housing Provision
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the shortage of housing in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9311/18]
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or officials in his Department have been lobbied by vested interests in the past eight months, in relation the...
    • Student Accommodation
      82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of student accommodation units built or planned in the Dublin 1, 3 and 7 areas since 2014 up until Q4 2017, in...
    • EU Directives
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing EU Commission and EU Court of Justice legal action against the State for breaches of the urban waste...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected capital funding for social housing per annum up to 2027 as announced in the national development plan; and if he...
    • Fire Safety
      85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received the report of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management's high level taskforce leading...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in the publication of the figures for homelessness for February 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria that local authorities will apply in operating the new home loan scheme announced under Rebuilding Ireland; the...
    • Housing Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed breakdown of the number of private, for profit and speculatively built homes to be built under the Project Ireland...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the clause in the affordable purchase scheme regulations (details supplied) will lead to a vote seeking...
    • Building Regulations
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the units built under an exemption (details supplied) will be subject to self certification by the owners in terms of the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the 45% underspend by local authorities on Traveller accommodation in 2017; and the steps he has taken in 2017 to...
    • Housing Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes refurbished through the repair and lease scheme since its inception; his plans to reform the scheme; the...
    • Planning Issues
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the senior counsel review of planning inquires in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Private Rented Accommodation Evictions
      96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will meet persons facing eviction residing in apartments (details supplied) as requested. [9705/18]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Project Ireland 2040 Launch
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all newspaper, magazine and online advertisements on the launch of Project Ireland 2040; and the costs associated with each advertisement spot, in tabular...
    • Departmental Meetings
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the newspapers with which his Department officials have engaged regarding promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when these meetings took place;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number that were accepted without further escalation and not...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      103. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the leader of the DUP since 13 February 2018. [9351/18]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the marketing budget of the strategic communications unit. [9398/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      114. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those years. [9526/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the spend on social media advertising and campaigns on an itemised basis in respect of each campaign, the respective platforms, the number of hits or visits generated,...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the cost to his Department of his attending the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2018; the costs incurred in respect of travel, accommodation, attendance fees and other...
    • Departmental Communications
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has agreed a set of priority information campaigns in 2018; the subject of such campaigns to be undertaken by his Department; and the funding allocated...
    • Government Information Service
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the reporting and accountability relationship of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer; and if it works with the strategic communications unit. [10051/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Freedom of Information Data
      127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted without...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's capital allocation in each of the years from 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the terms of reference provided to the working group on Lariam established in 2011. [9544/18]
    • Departmental Staff
      130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the background checks carried out on a person (details supplied) prior to employment; and the changes that have been made since an issue emerged...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a P45, a P60 and a certificate of discharge and service following resignation; when...
    • European Defence Agency
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost associated with participation in the EU Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/18]
    • Partnership for Peace
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost associated with participation in NATO's partnership for peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9950/18]
    • EU Battle Groups
      134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost associated with participation in EU battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9951/18]
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost over each of the next five years associated with participation in PESCO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9952/18]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Syrian Conflict
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the informal EU Council discussed the latest killings of civilians in Syria; and if there were discussions regarding the way in which the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests the Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted without...
    • International Relations
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's relationship with the Republic of Uzbekistan; the issues that have been raised with the Uzbek authorities in...
    • Military Aircraft
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military aircraft that requested to land at an airport here in 2017; and the number that were granted permission to land, by...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive and assembly could hinder the functioning of the backstop contained in...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's capital allocation in each of the years from 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those...
    • Travel Documents
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person can travel to the United Kingdom with only his or her public services card; the conditions of same; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/18]
    • Human Rights Cases
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise with the Israeli ambassador the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10069/18]
    • Commemorative Events
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the involvement of his Department's officials in planning the commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the Good...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Debt
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance when he and his departmental officials were informed of the sale of mortgage debts by a bank (details supplied) to unregulated vulture funds; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an interdepartmental committee in operation examining the possibility of taxing civil servants' car parking as a benefit in kind; if so, the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted without further...
    • Banking Sector
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received consultation briefings from the State supported banks in 2017 and to date in 2018 under the terms of the relationship framework agreement;...
    • Mortgage Debt
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which persons due to earn compensation and redress through the tracker examination are treated in circumstances in which they have separated since...
    • Tax Code
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for imposing a rate of 23% VAT on dog grooming services when veterinary services are taxed under the 13.5% rate; his plans to amend the rate...
    • Tax Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals heard by the Tax Appeals Commission in 2016 and 2017 that were adjudications issued inside 28, 60, 90 and 120 days respectively; the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the revised net fiscal space figures in view of the national development plan 2019 to 2023. [9367/18]
    • Insurance Industry
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the status for insurance brokers that refunded persons as a result of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the position these brokers have in...
    • Tax Code
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the introduction date for the sugar sweetened drink tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9461/18]
    • Bank Charges
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with banks in regard to persons accessing their statements without being charged. [9473/18]
    • Tax Rebates
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a repayment on taxable income for the past four years. [9496/18]
    • Departmental Budgets
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's capital allocation in each of the years from 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those years. [9519/18]
    • Tax Code
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings from the non-indexation of tax bands and credits in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [9528/18]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the exceptionally high motor insurance premiums being charged to returning emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application for the transfer of residence relief for vehicle registration tax by a person (details supplied); if he will request the Revenue...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a restructuring arrangement entered into by a person with the original lender in the event of the loan being sold to an unregulated loan owner;...
    • Mortgage Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the 2,329 restructured PDH mortgages in the Central Bank mortgage arrears statistics for the quarter ended 30 September 2017 owned by...
    • European Financial Forum
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his address to the European Financial Forum on 31 January 2018. [7228/18]
    • Motor Insurance Claims
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of claimants in respect of a company (details supplied); when they can expect to receive 100% of claims as announced; and if he will make a...
    • World Economic Forum
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department of attending the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2018; the costs incurred by travel, accommodation, attendance fees and other...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a requirement on an unregulated loan owner to set out in writing the reasons for refusing a proposal to restructure a mortgage loan made by the...
    • VAT Rate Application
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of discussions at European Union level to designate defibrillators at a zero rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9840/18]
    • Financial Institutions Levy
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by each regulated credit servicing firm to the Central Bank by way of regulatory fees since these firms were first recognised, in tabular...
    • Vehicle Registration
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a process to be followed before a vehicle can be confiscated (details supplied); the details of this process; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory differences between a licensed credit institution and other financial institutions, for example, credit servicing firms, debt management firms...
    • Banking Sector Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest non-performing loan to gross loan percentage for PDH and BTL mortgages, respectively, for each of the State supported banks; and if he will make a...
    • Fuel Sales
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT and carbon tax rates and rules on the sale of solid fuels here; the way in which they differ to the rates and rules in Northern Ireland; his views on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he or representatives from his Department have met with an organisation (details supplied) in 2016 and 2017. [10032/18]
    • Stamp Duty
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of stamp duty payable in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10125/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of and timeframe for the restoration of pensions for retired civil and public servants whose pensions are tied to serving...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if organisations (details supplied) are covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition and selection of a site for the new Garda regional headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the refurbishment of the Stepaside Garda station; and the timeframe for its opening. [9737/18]
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State has been involved, either directly or indirectly, in data mining; if the State plans to package and sell data once the Data...
    • Standard Authentication Framework Environment
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason precedent is being given to an in-house SAFE2 form of identity verification over internationally recognised documents that...
    • National Development Plan
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the competitive criteria that will be used for the allocation of funds through the urban regeneration and development fund, rural...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects that will be subject to the revised public private partnership rules as announced in the NDP; and if he will make...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital spend that will be required in each of the next ten years or as far as forecasts permit that will be allowed to be spent, in...
    • National Development Plan
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if each capital application to his Department from projects in County Wexford will be provided; the type and extent of each application;...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the new expenditure in the latest capital plan compared to the previous plan, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the meetings he or officials of his Department have had with an association (details supplied) in 2017 and 2018; the nature of these...
    • Public Services Card
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the expanded use of the public services card; the services that will require presentation of the card to access State...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the attention of a person (details supplied) was not drawn to the fact that if the person changed their first preference for...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to increase the compulsory retirement age from 65 to 70 years of age for public servants recruited after 1 April...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme will be addressed over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9795/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to his Department of attending the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2018; the costs incurred by travel, accommodation,...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood protection works that the Office of Public Works will undertake to protect homes and businesses flooded in August 2017 at...
    • Garda Station Closures
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to sell a property (details supplied); if the property will be made available for social or...
    • National Monuments
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of a location (details supplied); the number who visited only in each of the years...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Management
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a copy of his Department's rules for national schools prior to the publication of the 1964 rule book will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the systems in place to accommodate children who are born at the beginning of the year and are precluded from availing of the ECCE scheme until...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted without...
    • School Staff
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the retention of a teacher at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9344/18]
    • National Development Plan
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for investment in listed projects (details supplied) at Maynooth university following the commitment in the National Development...
    • State Examinations Appeals
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the rechecking and appeal system for leaving certificate examination results to ensure that students are not prevented from...
    • National Development Plan
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each capital application to his Department for schools in County Wexford will be granted; the type and extent of each application; the status...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will install temporary accommodation to cater for children who have no place in a district secondary school in County Wexford;...
    • School Patronage
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the decision to cap enrolment figures at a school (details supplied) contradicts a commitment in the programme for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the conveyancing process in relation to the acquisition of a site for schools (details supplied) has been completed; if the site is now in the...
    • School Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will made available for a school (details supplied); if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given for an extension to a school (details supplied); the temporary arrangements that will be put in place to accommodate...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects (details supplied). [9492/18]
    • State Examinations Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate applied programme is being delivered in schools (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those years....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter in relation to a SUSI grant payment made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a qualification (details supplied) is not sufficient to allow a contractor to register with the Register of Electrical Contractors of...
    • Third Level Funding
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a technical study of the Cassells report recommendations has been completed. [9570/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and timeframe for the construction of a school building (details supplied); and his views on whether the existing buildings are...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the final report Striking the Balance will be implemented. [9627/18]
    • School Accommodation
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing accommodation crisis in a school (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place for parents who cannot find places for their children with special needs in schools in Skerries and north County...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the site in Loughshinny, County Dublin for the relocation of a school (details supplied); if a site has been acquired for the...
    • Schools Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which transition year is compulsory. [9786/18]
    • Transition Year Selection Process
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that have applied to do transition year but have been unable to do so due to a limit on numbers; and the number of schools...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the introduction of new in-school speech and language services. [9789/18]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the criteria for school transport eligibility commencing for the 2018/2019 school year in view of the difficulties that...
    • School Enrolments
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be found for a person (details supplied) requiring a place in a specialist unit within a mainstream primary school in north...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 13 February 2018, the reason it was not answered and put on the record of Dáil Éireann on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on tenders in regard to a school (details supplied) will be announced; when commencement will occur; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an application by a school (details supplied) for extra supports for a person; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 262
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 7 February 2018, if the identification levels for disadvantaged schools is based in the data...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a proposed new school (details supplied). [9858/18]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maximum allowable hours for a child that wishes to receive home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9864/18]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent resignation of two members of the board of an organisation (details supplied); the reason for the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of persons in the teaching profession who worked overseas for a number of years under a group (details supplied) in view of the fact...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question numbers 204 of 27 June 2017, 224 of 20 September 2017, 51 of 25 October 2017 and 57 of 16 January 2018, when...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria available to a person (details supplied) to prove independent living status towards qualification for a third level grant when that...
    • Capitation Grants
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and proportion of schools that have been rewarded with extra capitation grants arising from compliance with circular 0032/2017. [9933/18]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to detail to teaching unions the way in which the Government plans to achieve equal pay for all teachers into the future by 13 March...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the criteria for entry into the DEIS scheme; if a public consultation on the proposed criteria will be part of the process;...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the criteria used and copies of the way in which the technical assessment was carried out, including a copy of the technical assessment sheet,...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new Gaelscoil (details supplied); if approval has been given in principle for the provision of this school; if a site has been...
    • School Admissions
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for change of status from a girls only school to a coeducational school by a school (details supplied) made on 7 February...
    • Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas ó Bhord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin ar...
    • Stádas Scoile
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a thabharfar stádas neamhspléach do scoil (sonraí tugtha) mar scoil neamhspléach; cén chúis atá...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if locations for the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of the school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has appointed a design team for the required refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a case in County Kildare in which a person (details supplied) has been unable to secure a place for school will be examined. [10158/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parental Leave
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a parent can lose out on parental leave by virtue of the fact their child...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for the use of false identities to acquire driving licences in each of the years from 2010 to 2017...
    • Garda Data
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all 999 calls to An Garda Síochána in the Dublin metropolitan area are archived for ten years; and, if not, the...
    • Garda Deployment
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to Carrigaline Garda station for each of the past ten years. [9279/18]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were...
    • Personal Insolvency Arrangements
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the banks' veto has been successfully challenged through the personal insolvency process; and if he will...
    • Immigration Status
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an asylum application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/18]
    • Garda Training
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if members of An Garda Síochána receive specific training for dealing with persons suspected to be suffering with...
    • Garda Deployment
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full time equivalent gardaí stationed in Ronanstown and Ballyfermot Garda stations, by type of gardaí...
    • Sentencing Policy
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the penalties in place for theft will be examined in view of the rise in the number of work and farm equipment burglaries;...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to determine whether to grant an application from a prisoner to transfer to a different prison; if there are...
    • Garda Accommodation
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if each capital application to his Department for An Garda Síochána projects in County Wexford will be provided; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to Douglas Garda station, County Cork; and the number that have been allocated for each of...
    • Cash for Gold Trade Regulation
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to regulate the trading of scrap metal and cash for gold outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9438/18]
    • Firearms Licences
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend legislation to allow for persons to hold pepper spray or an electroshock weapon in their own homes for the...
    • Garda Station Closures
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by location; the...
    • Immigration Status
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency by a person (details supplied); the determination date for same; and if he will make...
    • Crime Data
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries recorded by An Garda Síochána in each district in the Leitrim and Sligo divisions in each of...
    • Departmental Funding
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
    • Irish Youth Justice Service
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed in the Irish Youth Justice Service of his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to...
    • Garda Resources
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána uses drones to support policing work; if so, the resources that have been provided for this...
    • Garda Data
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in each Garda division for Garda juvenile liaison officers as of 31 December 2015, 2016 and 2017; and...
    • Garda Stations
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open a Garda station in the Cherrywood area of Dublin; and the details of those plans. [9608/18]
    • Protected Disclosures
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to correspondence; and if the person (details supplied) will be protected in line with whistleblower...
    • Film Industry
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the pan European gaming information system or other age rating systems for video games is incorporated into...
    • Immigration Status
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the residency status of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason for the delay in this case; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce hate crime legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9819/18]
    • Garda Station Closures
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the final review of closed Garda stations will be completed; and the plans for Moyvane Garda station, County Kerry. [9822/18]
    • Garda Operations
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim Garda division compared to other divisions; and if he...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to specific circumstances in a proposed naturalisation application by a person (details...
    • Proposed Legislation
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 30 January 2018, if he has read the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...
    • Garda Data
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda National Immigration Bureau routinely report to him; if so, the frequency with which it reports to him; and if the...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision has been made in budget 2018 for essential renovations to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Sligo in...
    • Courts Service
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question No. 144 of 14 February 2018, the dates for which each special exemption order were granted....
    • Court Orders
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of all special exemption orders granted by Court District No. 17 from 16 February to 16 March 2015; and the date...
    • Bankruptcy Data
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the maintenance of the bankruptcy register to allow discharged bankrupts to be removed from the register...
    • Prisoner Data
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the places in which prisoners serving sentences in jails last lived by the smallest geographical area available, by county or...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if revised tender documents have been issued for the construction of the new State forensics laboratory; the deadline for...
    • Visa Applications
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10184/18]
    • Garda Data
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Muslim persons serving in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10186/18]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Expenditure
      365. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost to her Department of attending the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2018; the costs incurred by travel, accommodation,...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases
      366. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons brought to court by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to...
    • Enterprise Ireland Investments
      368. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken by Enterprise Ireland to foster the development of the augmented reality and virtual reality industries here;...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken by the IDA to attract companies operating in the augmented reality and virtual reality sectors to invest here;...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the interaction Enterprise Ireland has had with an event (details supplied); the support it has provided to this event which attracts...
    • Brexit Issues
      374. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the role her Department's officials have in coordinating the response from businesses, particularly in the...
    • IDA Ireland
      375. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the identification of a replacement industry for a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department to assist a school (details supplied) which has had the number of HSE provided speech therapy hours reduced by a...
    • Patient Safety
      377. To ask the Minister for Health when section 4 of the Criminal Liability Amendment Act 2014 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9947/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if phase 3C of Naas General Hospital (details supplied) will be considered for inclusion in the 2,600 acute beds to be provided under the national development...
    • Hospital Equipment
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision and replacement of ceiling track hoists; if the HSE plans to review the process of provision and replacement of these hoists...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there have been changes to a person's (details supplied) homecare package; and if reassurances will be provided that the level of care will be the...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9275/18]
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted without further escalation...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the new children’s hospital at the St James’s hospital campus; the timeframe for its opening; the estimated...
    • National Maternity Hospital Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the National Maternity Hospital at St Vincent’s University Hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the Coombe hospital at St James’s hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for completing each of the proposed national programme for radiation oncology developments at Cork, Galway and Dublin; the timeframe for each to...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the national forensic mental health service hospital at Portrane, County Dublin; the timeframe for its opening; the...
    • Community Care Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units across the country in tabular form; the funding being allocated to each project...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to enable a facility (details supplied) to reopen; if his attention has been drawn to the effect the closure of the...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children approved and waiting for treatment on the orthodontic waiting list from counties Kerry and Cork; the details for same in each of the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be using the FEMPI legislation to find a solution in future negotiations with regard to pharmacists; his views on whether this legislation should be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [9355/18]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE bus service has ceased collecting persons from St. Joseph's Hospital, Trim, County Meath, to attend Dublin hospitals; and when this service...
    • Patient Files
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if information is available for social workers who attend Garda stations to assist vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/18]
    • Hospital Services
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the provision of an endoscopy suite at Naas hospital following the commitment in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the process for the elective hospital in Cork city and other areas following the announcement of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9402/18]
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if each capital application to the HSE from projects in County Wexford will be provided; the type and extent of each application; the status of each; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the process in which a person in need of a ceiling track hoist must gain approval separately from the HSE for a hoist and the county...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who work in the mental health sector; the grade of each staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9421/18]
    • Mental Health Policy
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the type and the general policy area of each mental health Bill prepared by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who, while in the care of the HSE, obtained treatment in the United Kingdom in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      408. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 13 January 2018, the number of the 1,096 nurses and midwives that requested CCPS verification from the NMBI in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a multidisciplinary team to a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [9440/18]
    • Health Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9451/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from the HSE south and south west areas who have applied for and been approved for the cross-border directive for orthodontic treatment...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of a project (details supplied); if the tender process will be via the traditional funding route to support companies on the Border in view...
    • Medical Card Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for medical cards that were made in 2017 with cancer being a reason for the application. [9474/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting nine years for orthodontic treatment. [9489/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the rules regarding charging medical card holders for blood tests in cases in which those medical card holders have type two diabetes and require regular blood...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of independent appeals officer for his Department, as advertised in the autumn, has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Psychological Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a psychologist for the school based team in Inishowen, County Donegal; if a psychologist is in place; when the psychologist position...
    • Departmental Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding provided to a charity (details supplied) since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9500/18]
    • Hospital Internships
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding interns at Beaumont Hospital will be addressed; if his attention has been drawn to this matter; the steps he will take...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      420. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those years. [9521/18]
    • Hospital Services
      421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 8 February 2018 and in view of the findings of the expert clinical team, if these theatres will no longer be used...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is on a waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      427. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 16 January 2018, the number of locum clinical staff in general who were not qualified for their position; the...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      428. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 422 to 424, inclusive, of 6 February 2018, the way in which the stroke services in community healthcare organisation...
    • Maternity Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the arrangements surrounding the provision of 20-week anomaly scans at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [9558/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at 31 January 2018 or the latest date available, by local health...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting fewer than four months, four to 12 months and more...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting fewer than four months, four to 12 months and more...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a drug (details supplied) for persons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9569/18]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost in a full year of providing 270 neuro-rehabilitation inpatient beds. [9572/18]
    • Hospital Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hip operations carried out in Letterkenny University Hospital in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9575/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9590/18]
    • Health Services Staff
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations whereby front-line health workers trying to access the shorter working year scheme are being declined (details...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      445. To ask the Minister for Health when all sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the timeframe for full commencement; if there are barriers impinging on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff required to clear the early intervention backlog in CHO area 9; the estimated cost to employ these staff; the meetings he has had with HSE...
    • Mental Health Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS hours available for CHO area 9 in each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if the level of care being provided to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed to ensure that an appropriate level of activities are included in their...
    • Hospital Charges
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who presented at accident and emergency and paid the fee and left without being treated is entitled to be reimbursed; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      450. 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. [9615/18]
    • Health Services
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [9640/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an assessment of need; if this assessment of need will involve an assessment for ASD; and if he...
    • Health Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person's (details supplied) access to urgent medical care has been reviewed. [9722/18]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a primary care psychology appointment in County Wexford for more than three months, six months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      459. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9728/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has reduced the hours being provided for speech therapy in a school (details supplied). [9740/18]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the official name of the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9783/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day places available for training young persons with disabilities, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9798/18]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      463. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase resources for dementia care in line with an ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9799/18]
    • Disease Management
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an expansion of supports for the victims of Lyme disease in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9800/18]
    • Suicide Prevention
      465. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase resources for suicide prevention services in County Kildare in view of the number of recent suicides in the county and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the improvement in waiting times expected during 2018 for the 15,000 plus children waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      467. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce facilities in County Cork whereby persons with special needs can live independently with certain support services on site; and if he...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cardiac transplant surgery for persons under 16 years of age is not carried out here; his plans to address...
    • Legislative Measures
      470. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Child and Families Relationship Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9832/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if a home help allocation for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the previous allocation will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Care
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed in a care facility. [9835/18]
    • Hospital Procedures
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract operations that have been carried out in the South/South West hospital group in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE through the cross-border directive in 2017 for persons receiving cataract operations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be provided. [9866/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the cross-border directive in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9870/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9899/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the roll-out date for the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system to be included in the long-term illness scheme for children and young persons; the criteria...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      479. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-examine the issues arising from the withdrawal of Versatis pain relief plasters. [9910/18]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls to the ambulance service made from the Millstreet district in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the difficulties in relation to importing a product (details supplied) which has been prescribed for a person under special licence and for which the parent...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9929/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which persons under 18 years of age with eating disorders received treatment in the United Kingdom in each of the past four years;...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practitioners who wish to prescribe cannabis-based products containing THC by applying for a licence...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      485. To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued instructions to the HSE to meet a company (details supplied) in order to restart negotiations on the HSE reimbursement of a drug. [9934/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9940/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be placed on a list for a knee replacement procedure; if a discretion can be exercised in the matter in view of the person's...
    • Hospital Procedures
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the position in on the delivery of cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, at a day hospital (details supplied) in County Clare; the waiting lists for CBT across...
    • Health Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the services, facilities and specialists available to children under 16 years of age suffering with EDS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when a substitute dental nurse will be assigned (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9981/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list for surgery; if an appointment for same will be expedited; if the person is eligible for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out the Sligo post-cataract scheme to help alleviate waiting lists in adult eye care. [9983/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the gap in eye-care provision for persons aged 12 to 16 years of age (details supplied). [9984/18]
    • Home Help Service
      495. To ask the Minister for Health if contact can be made with persons (details supplied) with a view to facilitating home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      496. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will undergo a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Products
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision (details supplied) will be reversed [9993/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres opened in each year from 2012, in tabular form; the centres directly funded and which were PPP respectively; if...
    • Parking Charges
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the high cost of car parking charges at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10011/18]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if more advanced nurse practitioners will be appointed to the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital in view of the pressure the staff in that...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      501. To ask the Minister for Health when the financial allocation applied for and required will be released to Letterkenny University Hospital to enable it to re-open its 19 bed short stay ward...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at Buncrana nursing unit, County Donegal in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018 [10015/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the charges that apply both inpatient and outpatient, to a person (details supplied) injured in an accident who has not got a medical card and was taken to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out to children and young persons of the new diabetes management device freestyle libre; the age limit implied by the term young adult;...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no speech and languages classes being provided for a school (details supplied); the reason the school has had its speech and language class...
    • Health Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of short term beds in each area in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan; the funding available to each area for service arrangements...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of nursing homes support fair deal scheme income that accrues to the State; his plans to amend the scheme to ensure that more of the income...
    • Departmental Staff
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the level of departmental representation at APO level or above with the national policy and strategy for the provision of neurorehabilitation services in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10084/18]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE's plans to provide a new diabetes centre in Sligo university hospital; the efforts being made to ensure that persons (details supplied)...
    • Eating Disorders
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of HSE provided children's inpatient beds specifically for eating disorders; his plans to increase the number and percentage of...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      519. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 7 November 2017, when a reply issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10124/18]
    • Home Help Service Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help hours in each county, by new applicants and those waiting for additional hours; and if he will make a statement on...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the additional health service resources that will be required for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [10159/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the practice of admitting children and young persons to adult mental health units to cease. [10160/18]
    • Home Help Service Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra home help hours that will be provided in 2018 relative to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10161/18]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on recruitment initiatives in CHO7, particularly in the Lakeview unit, Naas hospital and CAMHS in Kildare town; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      525. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to promote increased uptake of the 'flu vaccine across all categories of persons and not only those deemed at risk; and if he will make a statement...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kildare who applied for the treatment abroad scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/18]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      527. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain and recruit front-line staff in the health services including nurses; the number of nursing staff needed in public national hospitals; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timeframe for the refurbishment of a day care centre (details supplied) further to the appointment of the design team for the project; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine is to be extended to boys; when the report of the health technology assessment being carried out by HIQA in respect of the HPV vaccine for...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for orthodontic care; the number of persons waiting over 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to allocate a new full-time occupational therapist to the Kilbarrack health centre, Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when the drafting of a Bill for the introduction of a scheme to replace the former mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme will be published;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Freedom of Information Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number which were accepted...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an environmental impact assessment has been conducted for a shellfish aquaculture licence here in each of the years 2015 to 2017...
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture installations operating in Lough Swilly; the number of these which are licensed here; the aquaculture...
    • GLAS Payments
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 24 January 2018, the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time for the payment of BVD compensation to persons when all conditions regarding animal disposal are met; and if he will...
    • GLAS Payments
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment for 2017; the reason for the delay in issuing same; and if he will make...
    • Fishing Industry
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether fishermen benefit via financial incentives in partaking in schemes (details supplied); if not, the reason...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of seed mussels Northern Ireland and UK registered boats fished in the Irish Sea in territorial waters in each of the...
    • Suckler Cow Quota
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler farmers in south-west areas of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9449/18]
    • TAMS Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the low emission slurry spreading scheme grant is open to farm contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9455/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision regarding a review will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9467/18]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9479/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated to the protein aid scheme for 2018; the level of payment per hectare that will be available to...
    • Departmental Funding
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in circumstances in which a young person inherits 30 hectares of hill land which is privately owned and enclosed, they are...
    • GLAS Applications
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/18]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a land drainage scheme on a pilot basis for County Leitrim to assist persons who have suffered undue hardship...
    • Animal Culls
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the badger tuberculosis vaccination programme; the commencement date and roll-out, by county; the estimated timeframe...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of compensation paid to farmers to compensate for all animals removed from herds due to disease control in each of the...
    • Animal Welfare
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps have been taken to resolve the difficulties experienced by vets in treating horses in emergency cases in the absence of...
    • Equine Industry
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a guarantee (details supplied) will be provided that equines have not yet received prohibited substances since their registration...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in persons (details supplied) receiving the young farmer top up payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hardship Grant Scheme Applications
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9914/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9923/18]
    • GLAS Applications
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9942/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons who are informed of an overclaim on parcels of land under the BPS and the ANC schemes are not also informed of the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the changes in greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland that are predicted to result from the implementation of the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the dairy sector pilot project (details supplied) that was conducted in 2017; the number and scale of...
    • Emergency Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if 999 calls handled by a company (details supplied) are archived; and if so, the timeframe for which the archived...
    • Electricity Grid
      573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request from the ESB the reason for the nine power outages for Ballybunion town and surrounding areas since...
    • Illegal Dumping
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated to Louth county council for clean up projects to tackle illegal dumping in each of the years 2015...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of enforcement officers that are employed by the Environmental Protection Agency in each county council area...
    • Illegal Dumping
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of arrests for illegal dumping that have taken place by county council area in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the rollout of high speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposed spend under Project Ireland 2040 for climate action measures from his Department; the specific projects...
    • Departmental Budgets
      583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget for climate action since 2016 in his Department; and the specific capital investment programmes that have...
    • EU Regulations
      584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options being considered to introduce an exemption for the entertainment industry from the proposed ban on tungsten...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises contained within the commitment contract for the 300,000 premises, which had completed the...
    • Recycling Policy
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the availability of recycling facilities for residents of apartment blocks; the recycling rates among...
    • National Postcode System Expenditure
      587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has completed a cost benefit analysis and review of Eircode; the uptake of Eircode; and if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the history of the bridge crossing at Ballina and Killaloe project; the year this project first commenced; when the first moneys were...
    • Motor Tax
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly that exists whereby a motor vehicle that has not been in use for a number of months cannot...
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined alternative roadside drug tests such as a device (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Penalty Points System
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to appeal penalty points after the fact; the timeframe for appealing such penalty points; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation for cyclists with regard to a minimum passing distance that motorists would have to adhere to; and if...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action being taken to address the dangerous junction at a location (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the safety...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 596,597,598,599
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops who passed through Shannon Airport in 2017, by month. [9337/18]
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project (details supplied); the budget that has been allocated for the project; the dates for the planned completion of...
    • Road Projects Data
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget for a project (details supplied); the status of the project; the dates for the completion of each stage of the project; the...
    • Traffic Management
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the delays and congestion in the north west of Dublin city and the significant increase in bus times for persons in these...
    • Airport Development Projects
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason €320 million has been put aside in the national planning framework for the runway at Dublin Airport which the daa was...
    • Road Projects Status
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project (details supplied); the expected completion date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9386/18]
    • Rail Network
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms of reference for the proposed review of the western rail corridor phase 2 and 3; the person or body that will be carrying out...
    • Road Projects
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the definition of the phrase targeted improvements as used in respect of the N26 and the N59 on page 40 of the national development plan;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each capital application to his Department for projects in County Wexford will be provided; the type and extent of each application;...
    • Road Projects Status
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application (details supplied) by Limerick City and County Council to TII; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet with a group (details supplied); when the meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9457/18]
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application has been made by Cork city council for funding to expand the public bike system into suburbs and other areas around the...
    • National Planning Framework
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Fota road was not included in Project Ireland 2040; and his plans to include it in funding in 2018. [9478/18]
    • Light Rail Projects
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the green line capacity enhancement project was not concluded at the same time as the Luas cross city, if this was planned;...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the efforts by Ballyheigue Coast Guard unit to take over the building occupied by Glenderry inshore...
    • Road Projects Status
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a project (details supplied); the budget that has been allocated for the project; the dates for the planned...
    • Noise Pollution
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has satisfied himself that Fingal county council has the capacity to monitor aircraft noise; if the local authority will have a...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding VTN tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/18]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent to date on a road (details supplied); and the deliberations that have taken place between his officials and officials...
    • Light Rail Projects
      623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the Project Ireland 2040 plan regarding the provision of a Luas line to Finglas and associated issues. [9594/18]
    • National Transport Authority Funding
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Transport Authority has provided to Iarnród Éireann for refurbishment works at Howth Junction and...
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of providing 50 additional single and 50 double deck buses for the Bus Éireann fleet; the estimated cost of...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the capital investment plan has allocated to upgrades of urban cycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the commencement and completion of construction on metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/18]
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to seek financial investment to fund major transport infrastructure projects, including metro north, from development banks...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the implementation of EU regulation 598/14 with regard to airport and aircraft noise; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided in 2018 towards the implementation of essential safety measures at a location (details supplied); and if he...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a current and valid driver licence is an acceptable form of identification to obtain a new and or replacement and or renewal driver...
    • Taxi Regulations
      637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the penalties and fines which were imposed in the past five cases whereby a person has been convicted of illegally operating a taxi; his...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the low payment rate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9823/18]
    • Rail Network
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application will be made to the European Union to revise the TEN-T core network, with particular reference to seeking core status...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the public services card being required for applications and renewals of driver licences from 9 April 2018 in view of the...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his Department's talks with the EU on the commitment in the programme for Government that in the first three months the new...
    • Sports Funding
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for a proposed redevelopment (details supplied). [9909/18]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the M50 cost to construct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/18]
    • Road Toll Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated by the M50 toll; the areas in which these moneys are spent; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects Status
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and the timeframe for planning and delivery of a western Dublin orbital route link between the N4 and N7; and if he will make a...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to identify a bus park and ride facility on the N7 near Rathcoole, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the public services card will be the only acceptable form of identification when applying for a new driver licence and renewing a...
    • Sports Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will pursue an application by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/18]
    • Light Rail Projects
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the original railway order for metro north specifies that works must be substantially...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government on the increase in the budget for regional roads will be enforced in the...
    • Light Rail Projects
      654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 24 October 2017, his plans with respect to the portion of the Luas green line that will not...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the systems in place to accommodate children that are born at the beginning of the year and are precluded from availing of the ECCE scheme...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of freedom of information requests her Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted...
    • Foster Care
      657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla will support suitable approved long-term foster carers in applying to become non-relative guardians under the recently enacted...
    • Departmental Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the three vacant posts on the board of Tusla will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/18]
    • Family Resource Centres
      660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an application by a group (details supplied) for a family resource centre will be examined; and the status of same. [9987/18]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Freedom of Information Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were accepted...
    • Rural Development Policy
      662. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason under the NDP 2018 to 2027, the rural regeneration and development fund over the period 2019 to 2022 will only be on a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to local communities to fund a feasibility study for a broadband solution (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to Leader programmes in County Louth in 2017; the level of funding to be provided for these programmes in 2018;...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      670. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to add a breed to the list of restricted breeds under dog control legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Freedom of Information Data
      671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests her Department has received in the past eight years; the number accepted...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full rate and half rate qualified child increases paid at the end of 2017 to persons in receipt of payments...
    • Rural Social Scheme Applications
      673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding applications for rural social schemes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pensions
      674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of efforts to rectify pension entitlements for persons, mostly women, who left the workforce for a time during...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was self-employed and has been unable to work for a number of years due to ill-health is...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension review for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [9460/18]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      677. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for social welfare payments being processed in which cancer is the reason for the application....
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has a right to apply for a disability allowance in their own right. [9509/18]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      679. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications her Department received in respect of invalidity pensions in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if invalidity benefit has been approved for a person (details supplied). [9609/18]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all contributory pension applications after 30 March 2018 will be assessed under both the total contribution approach and...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the class PRSI stamp that secretarial assistants and parliamentary assistants working in the Houses of the Oireachtas pay;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9671/18]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the wage subsidy scheme payment in line with the increase in the minimum wage; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made to reinstate the full illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Public Services Card
      689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the forms of photographic identification a person can use to obtain a public services card. [9782/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of persons on a transition pension prior to the changes being introduced in 2013 in respect of eligibility for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      691. 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...
    • Public Services Card
      692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the information required from persons applying for a public services card; her views on compelled consent in this regard; and...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the position whereby child benefit is terminated on the child's eighteenth birthday; and the status in a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a €70 supplementary payment has ceased in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      696. 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...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      698. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      699. 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...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the calculation of a disability allowance...
    • Public Services Card
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person requires a passport to obtain a public services card but then needs a public services card in order to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person who is estranged from his or her spouse or partner for reasons of domestic violence can access...
    • Tús Programme
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a number of community and voluntary organisations responsible...
    • Telephone Support Allowance
      709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reforming the telephone support allowance payment in order that it is available to persons in receipt...
    • Departmental Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an employment transfer application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a determination will be made in respect of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if in a case in which a tenant goes to the Residential Tenancy Board regarding housing conditions and the matter subsequently...
    • Local Authority Members
      717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the Exchequer in a full financial year of increasing the representational allowance for local...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were...
    • National Planning Framework
      720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his officials briefed the media on the NPF and NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9401/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a request has been received for a meeting with his Department from a group (details supplied) to discuss matters relating...
    • Nitrates Usage
      723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the distance within which spreading of slurry can occur in respect of the boundary of a house. [9469/18]
    • Housing Data
      724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list in County Waterford; and the length of time each has been waiting. [9470/18]
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the applications made by Waterford City and County Council to his Department for funding for housing over the past five years....
    • Housing Policy
      727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the report by the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government entitled Safe As Houses (details...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when construction is due to commence on the new fire station in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; the expected completion and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of the local councillors representational allowance and the local councillors annual allowance for each of the years...
    • Housing Loans
      733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an anomaly will be addressed in view of the fact that this will have the effect of putting a person through unnecessary...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of funding allocated by Westmeath County Council for 2017; and the amount spent in terms of the rental...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the income guidelines for local authority housing lists in view of rental increases. [9588/18]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to deal with landlords who ignore tenants who are engaged in anti-social behaviour. [9589/18]
    • Planning Issues
      738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a process of public notification should be enacted in advance of a private residential dwelling having a...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if section 3(5) of the Building Control Act 1990 requires that each building to which the building regulations apply must be...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's policy on and the progress being made to establish a national construction and development corporation to...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds of local authority housing units that were completed in 2017 by county. [9670/18]
    • Coastal Zone Management
      744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to parliamentary Question No. 611 of 20 February 2018, the extent of the area of the County Clare coastline that is...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequacy of resources available to his Department to deal with the consequences of...
    • Rental Sector
      746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by persons renting private properties that have been given notice to...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the rent pressure zones are working adequately to tackle the housing crisis; and if he will...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in view of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Data
      749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of applications made by Wicklow county council to his department for funding for housing over the past five years;...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the statutory basis on which local authorities and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive allow persons to qualify for homeless...
    • Property Registration
      751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to parliamentary question number 251 of 20 February 2018, if he has received representations to facilitate...
    • National Planning Framework
      752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a motion by a group (details supplied) will be reviewed and its concerns addressed; if rural housing for persons living in...
    • Dumping at Sea
      754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his department received a formal request from Donegal county council to investigate the contents of potentially toxic...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns that seaweed harvesting rights may be granted to international undertakings...
    • Irish Water Administration
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding the response time for questions to Irish Water. [10070/18]
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build local authority houses he expects to take place in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Planning Framework
      759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population throughout rural...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare that have been offered and received accommodation from the local authority in...
    • Housing Data
      763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he expects to meet the imminent demand in respect of housing following the displacement of tenants from...
    • Housing Loans
      764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the need to install a robust local authority housing loan system similar to that available in the 1980s...
    • Local Authority Housing
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are free to provide direct build local authority houses for rural dwellers that can provide a site...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants on Kildare County Council's approved housing list; if those on the list for ten years are...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the inadequacies regarding the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made on reducing social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/18]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons sleeping rough voluntarily and involuntarily, respectively, in County Kildare in 2016, 2017 and January...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2017, in tabular form....
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP inspections undertaken to date; the number outstanding beyond the eight month...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings a working group (details supplied) held; the dates of these meetings; the composition of the delegation...
    • Housing Policy
      780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to support families who may potentially lose their family home (details supplied). [10181/18]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Monuments
      781. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of all national monuments in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9586/18]
    • Architectural Heritage
      782. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the policy on architecture expired over two years ago; her plans to replace it;...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      783. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the appointment of a chair of the implementation group of arts in education charter; and if she will make a...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      784. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests her Department has received in the past eight years; the number of which were...
    • National Monuments
      785. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the need for repairs at a medieval castle and graveyard (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      786. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Data
      787. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in the National Parks and Wildlife Service; the numbers involved in monitoring coursing meetings; and if she...
    • Environmental Legislation
      788. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration is being given to introduce an exemption for the entertainment industry from the proposed ban on tungsten bulbs...
    • Heritage Promotion
      789. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans under the NDP to invest in an enhanced Valentia Island cable station; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Scoileanna Oileáin
      790. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici líon na scoláireachtaí do na meánscoileanna ar na hoileáin a...

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