Written answers
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Hare Coursing
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of licence breaches discovered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service inspectors at coursing meetings; the number of...
- Greenways Development
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for future development of coastal paths, greenways and blueways in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Development Plan
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans under the national development plan, NDP, to deliver compliance with the EU habitats directive; and if she will make a...
- Gender Equality
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the issue of sexual abuse and harassment exposed by women in the arts world both at home and abroad via movements...
- Irish Language
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by her Department in relation to promoting the Irish language in theatres here and in particular, in the...
- Inland Waterways Development
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the works programme for the restoration of the Ulster canal for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9885/18]
- Hare Coursing
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the reports on all open hare coursing meetings including, capture forms, release forms, meeting reports and veterinary reports...
- Digital Archiving
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the research being conducted to digitally restore the contents of the Irish Public Record Office which was destroyed...
- Bullying in the Workplace
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to carry out further inquiries into sexism, bullying and harassment in the arts and culture sector; and if she will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projected spending increase for her Department under the national development plan in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [10096/18]
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méadú atá i gceist leis an méadú atá luaite i dTionscadal 2040 ar chaiteachas...
- Heritage Council
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the €4,000 offered by the Heritage Council for an oral history project is enough to halt the demise in...
- Commemorative Events
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the public consultation will report into the way in which the significant events of the 1918 to 1923 period will be...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for the built heritage investment scheme and structures at risk fund for 2018 to support the repair and...
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén plean atá aici chun Bliain na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh....
- Hare Coursing
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if National Parks & Wildlife Service, NPWS, officers gave permission to a coursing club (details supplied) to hand over 29...
- Architectural Heritage
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a vibrant, historical, cultural and heritage quarter on the Moore Street battlefield site by recognising that...
- Cultural Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the €460 million phases programme of investment in national cultural institutions over the next ten years as...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí tuairisc maidir le beartas a roinne i leith na Gaeilge. [7229/18]
- Foras na Gaeilge
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the terms of the lease in relation to the new offices for Foras na Gaeilge; the length of the lease and break clause; the annual...
- Commemorative Events
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to implement the decision to name a day as national famine commemoration day; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Digital Archiving
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to digitise national collections as mentioned in the national development plan; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon scéimeanna teanga atá á chur i bhfeidhm sa Ghaeltacht i láthair na huaire; cén...
- Special Areas of Conservation
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the study of Coolrain bog, County Laois; when this will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Historic Towns Initiative
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by Kildare town under the historic towns grant scheme 2018; when a decision will be made on these...
- Departmental Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is in a position to offer funding under various headings to cultural and heritage projects, community based...
- Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cuntas ar an dul chun cinn maidir le scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, go háirithe maidir...
- Special Areas of Conservation
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the overall plan for the special areas of conservation, SAC, designation of raised bogs, such as Abbeyleix bog,...
- Cultural Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the opportunities available for local groups to become involved with the European Year of Cultural Heritage; the funding available;...
- National Cultural Institutions
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the position of director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art has not yet been advertised; and if she will make a statement...
- Cultural Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contribution being made to Galway city as capital of culture 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9879/18]
- Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to expand the arts and culture capital scheme as mentioned in the national development plan; and if she will make a...
- Commemorative Events
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the National Symphony Orchestra; if she has discussed this with the Minister for...
- Film Industry
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to establish a proper and transparent structure of progression and qualification for trainees in the film industry; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure to date on the restoration of the Ulster canal; the provision in her Department's Estimates for this project in...
- Broadcasting Sector
67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review of orchestral provision at RTÉ which was due to report in February 2018; and if she will make a...
- Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad limistéar atá i gceist maidir leis na limistéir pleanála teanga i nGaillimh; cé...
- Feabhsú Céibheanna
70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun feabhas a chur ar Ché na Reannaí ar...
- Hare Coursing Data
71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares that died while in captivity by coursing clubs in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if...
- Commemorative Events
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role of her Department in the planning and preparations for State commemorations up to 2021; and the number of staff involved...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Meetings
73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in relation to promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when...
- Army Barracks
74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the various longstanding leasehold, freehold and fee farm grant agreements that are administered by him for both Cathal Brugha barracks and McKee...
- Defence Forces Funding
75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding being allocated to the Defence Forces under the National Development Plan 2018 to 2027. [10306/18]
- Air Corps
76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel that suffer from occupational asthma. [10344/18]
- Defence Forces Operations
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the permanent structured co-operation from an operational point of view and Ireland's commitment to future operations. [10350/18]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Meetings
79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in relation to promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
80. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the medical criteria to qualify for the primary medical certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided to the Comptroller and Auditor General in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [10391/18]
- Insurance Compensation Fund
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which former customers of a company (details supplied) who are owed compensation can claim reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Meetings
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in relation to promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when these meetings...
- Mortgage Book Sales
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if the split mortgage agreements and restructure agreements in relation to the proposed sale of loans by a bank (details supplied) some of which stretch 15 to...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason mortgage loans that have been restructured by agreement between a bank and in cases in which the borrower and the terms of that agreement are being...
- VAT Rate Application
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the charging of VAT on rental income in cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/18]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Wards of Court
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 in order that the investment funds for wards of court can be...
- Shared Services
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address the ongoing problems with the PeoplePoint system for civil servants who are experiencing underpayments,...
- Civil Service Staff Data
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 31 January 2018, the number of civil servants based in each zone by each specific...
- Public Private Partnerships
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to the public private partnership projects; his further plans to lift the cap PPPs use to fund major public...
- Office of Public Works Projects
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works being carried out in the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park; when the works will be completed; when the fort will be reopened as...
- Public Parks
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time a road and park will be closed for a concert (details supplied); the security to be provided for the event; the...
- Heritage Projects
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the heritage projects in the national development plan, NDP, in relation to the Botanic Gardens his Department has responsibility and...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a contract of employment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be extended beyond their 66th birthday; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Planning Issues
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the technical appraisal in relation to access routes for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for completion of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10214/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will have the requested extra two prefabs in place to allow the school to accommodate a second junior infants...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with the content of the board minutes of a service (details supplied); the reason attendance at the December 2018...
- Higher Education Institutions
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot transfer the remaining fees of €1,500 from 2012 to the 2018-2019 academic year. [10256/18]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department imposes caps on secondary school transition year class sizes; if additional resources will be provided if the demand increases...
- Departmental Meetings
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in relation to promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when...
- DEIS Status
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not allocated DEIS 1 status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10332/18]
- Special Educational Needs Data
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classrooms for children with special educational needs or low incidence disabilities in each school in County Cork, in...
- Schools Data
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, classrooms, pupils and teachers in whole time equivalents at primary and secondary level in County Cork, in tabular form;...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to re-establish equal pay for equal work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when prefabricated buildings which accommodate all the pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be replaced; if a schedule...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare; the extent to which the development is line with previous...
- Schools Recognition
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in north County Kildare scheduled to become co-educational; the progress to date in respect of...
- Schools Building Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans replace existing facilities by way of extension or provision of new school buildings on a greenfield site or existing site, as...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Data Protection
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 4 of the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003 applications for access to copies of personal data processed...
- Garda Data
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of audits conducted by the Garda professional standards unit, GPSU, of the PULSE system and other data systems in...
- Parliamentary Questions
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 13 January 2018, if he will request the estimated cost from An Garda...
- Wards of Court
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review of the Courts Service disposition towards and interaction with wards and their families or...
- Departmental Communications
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in relation to promoting or explaining Government business in his...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a person (details supplied) for security clearance to work for the Irish Prison Service will be...
- Road Safety Authority Data
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the road safety authority strategy 2013 to 2020, page 24 (details supplied); if this data collection has...
- Personal Insolvency Arrangements
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal insolvency arrangements made, including arrangements that were both accepted and rejected by the...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug driving arrests made by county in the south eastern Garda division in the past four years; and if he will...
- Legal Aid Service Data
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing free legal aid and free civil aid over the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Legal Cases
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department is appealing a judgment (details supplied) in the Supreme Court concerning the rights of the unborn...
- Departmental Legal Cases Data
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and number of legal representatives his Department has engaged in the appeal of a judgment (details supplied) in the...
- Irish Prison Service
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the compensation payments made by the Irish Prison Service to prison officers, other prison staff and members of the public in...
- Garda Data
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of behaviour warnings, as provided for by Part 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, issued by An Garda...
- Garda Compensation
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) of An Garda Síochána in County Mayo. [10426/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Research and Development Data
137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the year in which Ireland is likely to meet the relevant research and development national income targets as a result of the NDP; and...
- Departmental Meetings
138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the newspapers her Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in her Department; when these...
- Department of Health
- Motorised Transport Grant
139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new transport support scheme for disabled persons; his plans to ensure that the new scheme includes persons under 16 and over 66 years of...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
140. To ask the Minister for Health when the last review of the long-term illness scheme took place; if changes were made to the scheme as a result of a review; and if he will make a statement on...
- Psychological Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a child psychology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
142. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will expedite orthopaedic surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/18]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
143. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated. [10220/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
144. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10226/18]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Compensation
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) of An Garda Síochána in County Mayo. [10426/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Research and Development Data
137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the year in which Ireland is likely to meet the relevant research and development national income targets as a result of the NDP; and...
- Departmental Meetings
138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the newspapers her Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in her Department; when these...
- Department of Health
- Motorised Transport Grant
139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new transport support scheme for disabled persons; his plans to ensure that the new scheme includes persons under 16 and over 66 years of...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
140. To ask the Minister for Health when the last review of the long-term illness scheme took place; if changes were made to the scheme as a result of a review; and if he will make a statement on...
- Psychological Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a child psychology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
142. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will expedite orthopaedic surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/18]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
143. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated. [10220/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
144. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10226/18]
- HSE Reports
145. To ask the Minister for Health if a full report on the pilot re-enablement intervention programme in Dublin in 2013 to 2014 was completed; if he will provide a copy of this report; his plans...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
146. To ask the Minister for Health his views on media reports that there is a lack of appropriate regulation applied to the role of health care support assistants; if the structures and...
- Blood Transfusion Service Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service regarding offering a service to persons with haemochromatosis at donation clinics at local...
- Medical Card Appeals
148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card appeals that were recorded in County Wicklow over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10241/18]
- Medical Card Applications Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications from County Wicklow that were successful following an appeal in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Transfers
150. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to the National Rehabilitation...
- Commencement of Legislation
151. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the full commencement of all provisions of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and the reason for the delay. [10254/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
152. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of funding for premises and transport for the provision of places at training centres in 2018 for second level...
- HSE Reviews
153. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an internal HSE review of cancer screening at Wexford General Hospital did not refer to concerns expressed by a person employed by the HSE regarding...
- HSE Investigations
155. To ask the Minister for Health the reason families affected by cases linked to a clinician at Wexford General Hospital were not contacted regarding concerns expressed by a person who...
- Hospital Facilities
156. To ask the Minister for Health if a second dialysis unit is being developed in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10267/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
157. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [10279/18]
- Primary Care Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the scanning or diagnostic equipment which the HSE will be installing in the new primary care centre in Balbriggan; the staff that have or will be recruited to...
- Departmental Meetings
159. To ask the Minister for Health the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when these meetings took place; if...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
160. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) under the fair deal nursing home scheme will be expedited. [10301/18]
- Electronic Health Records
161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the e-health strategy; if the plan has been implemented in full; if the electronic health record and individual health identifier is rolled out...
- Health Services Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the long-term illness scheme and the high-tech scheme in 2017; the amount of expenditure on both schemes respectively in...
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
163. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on medicines in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the projected spend in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 36 of 8 February 2018, 25 and 204 of 7 February 2018, if there are places for all persons who need them at a school...
- Hospitals Data
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgery procedures that were carried out in hospitals in County Cork in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement...
- Parliamentary Questions
167. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 368 and 369 of 28 November 2017, when the deferred response will issue from the HSE further to the provisions contained...
- Home Help Service Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to reassess a person (details supplied) with a view to providing additional home help service in the mornings. [10355/18]
- Hospital Staff Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and doctors, by grade and type, at Bantry hospital on 1 January in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if he...
- Departmental Meetings
171. To ask the Minister for Health the contact or meetings he or his Department have had with members of a group (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
172. To ask the Minister for Health if it is now the practice that incontinence wear will be supplied to persons who need it free of charge by section 38 agencies which care for persons with an...
- Mental Health Services Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of high support hostel placements, as outlined in A Vision for Change, in the County Kildare and west County Wicklow region; the...
- HSE Funding
179. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a funding freeze imposed by the HSE in south County Dublin (details supplied); when this freeze will be lifted; if his...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 1 February 2018, the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); when the...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 21 February 2018, the contractual commitments contained as part of the recently...
- GLAS Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under GLAS 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the employment records of a person (details supplied) can be altered to reflect an employment. [10270/18]
- Departmental Meetings
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when...
- Animal Welfare
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at a pound (details supplied) which is the subject of a social media video...
- GLAS Payments
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10351/18]
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in west County Cork in receipt of the BPS and greening payments in ranges (details supplied); and if he will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Correspondence
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) dated 8 November 2017 sent to him and acknowledged by his Department on 16...
- Departmental Meetings
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in his Department; when these...
- GLAS Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10303/18]
- Road Safety Authority Data
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the Road Safety Authority Strategy 2013 to 2020, page 24 (details supplied); the way in which data collection has...
- Bus Services
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the BusConnects programme for Dublin; the funds that have been set aside for land acquisition; and if he will...
- Bus Éireann Services
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the No. 206 bus route and No. 221 route in County Cork are to merge; when this merger will take place; the reason this merger has been...
- Taxi Regulations
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company (details supplied) is prevented from advertising its services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dublin Bus Services
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Dublin Bus has removed its city centre discount fare; if this decision was made by Dublin Bus or by the National Transport...
- Road Projects Status
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to upgrade the N4 road prior to the shelving of this plan in 2011; if this route will become a dual carriageway or a...
- Rail Network Expansion
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of upgrading of commuter rail facilities along the Leixlip, Maynooth, Kilcock and Enfield commuter line in accordance with...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Data
203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases awaiting allocation to a social worker in each Tusla local office area in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the qualifications of a special needs assistant can be accepted for the early years childcare programme action and inclusion model; and...
- Departmental Meetings
205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the newspapers her Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in her Department; when these...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of creches in the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme, by county; if her attention has been drawn to the number of...
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding allocated to community youth projects, such as projects (details supplied), does...
- Departmental Meetings
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact or meetings she or her Department have had with members of a group (details supplied) in the past three years; and if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow for full carer's allowance and a half rate to be provided to families of children with severe disabilities...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow for a carer's allowance to be a qualifying payment for receipt of fuel allowance (details supplied); and...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding repayments in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
- Free Travel Scheme Administration
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the free travel pass entitlements for persons in receipt of carer's allowance will be reviewed to allow for a companion or...
- Fuel Allowance Expenditure
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending fuel allowance to all those in receipt of carer's allowance. [10245/18]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for jobseeker's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the delay in the processing of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if...
- JobPath Programme
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies subcontracted by companies (details supplied) to provide information sessions to persons on the...
- Departmental Meetings
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the newspapers her Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in her Department;...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Schemes Data
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-rate qualified child increases and half-rate qualified child increases respectively in payment at the end...
- Live Register Data
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of casual, part-time employees in receipt of social welfare payments such as jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has had their social welfare payment cut; and if the correct rate will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Unfinished Housing Developments
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if requests from a local authority (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10258/18]
- Local Authority Housing Data
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of single stage process projects below €2 million for the delivery of social housing units under way...
- Planning Guidelines
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of information sessions for local authorities and approved housing bodies on the principles and requirements...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for a housing estate (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Loan Scheme
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if social welfare payments can be used when determining income levels in order to qualify under the Rebuilding Ireland loan...
- Departmental Meetings
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the newspapers his Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in his Department;...
- Water Services Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be provided for the Oylegate water treatment scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Planning Framework
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the population for Drogheda by 2040 data was not mentioned in the national planning framework 2040 document; if...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Development Plan
235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the heritage projects in the national development plan for the National Museum, Collins Barracks, her Department has...
- National Parks
236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the possibility of purchasing available lands (details supplied) adjoining Killarney National Park in County Kerry will be...
- Commemorative Events
237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to mark the 100 year anniversary of female suffrage here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10268/18]
- Departmental Meetings
238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the newspapers her Department officials have engaged with in promoting or explaining Government business in her Department; when...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when compensation for the cessation of turf cutting for a person (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a...
- Planning Issues
240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times since the introduction of the development application tracking system in the NPWS that planning permission has...
- Arts Funding
241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether it is necessary to put Aosdána on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Monuments
242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which adequate methods exist to protect historic sites throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on...
- Heritage Sites
243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects Project Ireland 2040 to influence developments that fall under the responsibility of her...
- Cultural Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to create a greater awareness of culture and heritage among young persons through schools; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry Development
247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to support and encourage the film industry, including the use of Ireland as a film...
- Heritage Sites
248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which excavations are planned or in progress at various historical sites throughout the country, with particular...
- Arts Promotion
249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her support for the arts sector continues to result in continued activity and employment; and if she will make...
- Arts Funding
250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Arts Promotion
252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to enhance the promotion and development of an awareness of the arts and culture with a view to maximising economic...
- Waterways Ireland
254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which outstanding matters relating to the use of the canals by traditional canal dwellers or other users have been...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which all outstanding issues affecting persons cutting turf arising from the habitats directive have been resolved;...
