Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Remuneration
26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the issues of pay and conditions in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10742/18]
- Overseas Missions Data
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of deployment and location of Irish troops overseas on UN or EU related missions; the extent to which further missions are planned or...
- Defence Forces Training
28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Army, Naval Service and Air Corps training continues to be in line modern and international best practice; if particular...
- Defence Forces Equipment
29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment, including transport, communications and procedures in the Army, continues to be upgraded and improved;...
- Defence Forces Strength
30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces, including Reserves, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the number of women in each branch of the services;...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength (1 comment)
32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which membership of the local Defence Forces continues to be maintained at a required level; the extent to which ongoing training...
- Defence Forces Strength
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are adequately equipped to deal with emergencies in respect of which they might be called upon; and if he...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air and sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which young unemployed persons have been able to join the Defence Forces; if a specific programme exists in this regard; and if he...
- Air Corps Strength
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps is adequately equipped to detect and or intercept activity posing a threat to national security; and if he will...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the date...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a passport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10519/18]
- Syrian Conflict
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had at European Union and or United Nations level on the ongoing massacre of innocent persons in Syria and the...
- Good Friday Agreement
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when talks will resume between the Irish and British Governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland on the need to have the...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the...
- Brexit Documents
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the withdrawal agreement pertaining to Britain leaving the EU as published by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services Regulation
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit servicing firms that have completed the authorisation process in view of the passing of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit...
- EU Directives
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of payment service directives which govern the application of a surcharge by a trader exactly equal to the charge applied by a bank to that trader...
- Tax Exemptions
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if exemptions from exit tax are available for persons who are permanently incapacitated due to mental or physical disability. [10492/18]
- Fitness and Probity Regime
53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 21 February 2018, if the one disqualification listed for 2018 was an active employee in a company or if the...
- Insurance Coverage
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the implications that have been imposed on houseowners, landowners and in particular houseowners whose home insurance has...
- Tax Reliefs Data
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made and amount of tax relief generated under section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended by the Finance Act 2013...
- Stamp Duty
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application for a reduced rate of stamp duty on certain farm consolidation transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/18]
- Tax Reliefs Abolition
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to restore tax allowance in respect of trade union subscriptions for persons who are affiliated to recognised trade unions (details...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the date this content...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Issues
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial commitments that are in place from Britain regarding the PEACE and INTERREG programmes post Brexit; and if he will make a...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason under the new licence for the national lottery, all unclaimed money does not revert to the prize fund; the value of these...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce a contributory pension scheme for community employment supervisors who could contribute to such a scheme (details...
- Ministerial Meetings
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the meeting on 28 February 2018 with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Private Partnerships
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of public private partnerships will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/18]
- Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the action plan deriving from the national river basin management plan will be put in place (details supplied) [10692/18]
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Autism Support Services
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an autistic spectrum disorders, ASD, unit; if this application has been refused;...
- School Accommodation Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for additional building units will be re-examined with a view to providing additional funding to...
- DEIS Status
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school's (details supplied) DEIS status was not changed from DEIS 2 to DEIS 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10471/18]
- DEIS Applications
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10473/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new secondary school for Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10490/18]
- School Staff Appeals Mechanism
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a staffing appeal application by a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10522/18]
- Grant Payments
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring the grant given to student primary teachers on a Gaeltacht placement. [10685/18]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10686/18]
- Autism Support Services
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for an, autistic spectrum disorders, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site (details supplied) in County Kildare has been signed over to his Department or the board of management for development of a new school....
- Schools Building Projects Status
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 20 February 2018, if the site has been acquired. [10690/18]
- Health Promotion
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding the Healthy Ireland Smart Start programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps an existing school authority must take in order to apply for a new school building on a site which is available; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the date...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the case of a person (details supplied) will be dealt with by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; and if he will...
- Garda Strength
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare by station in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10452/18]
- Disability Act Employment Targets
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 will be amended to allow for a greater number of persons with disabilities to work in the...
- Immigrant Investor Programme Data
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the operation of the Irish diaspora loan fund; the number of applications since 2012; the number of successful...
- Migrant Integration
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if grants or funding are available to community groups to assist in the area of tackling isolation and loneliness; if there are...
- Wards of Court
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been provided with a copy of the findings of the external audit of the management of wards funds recently conducted by...
- Garda Investigations
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reports of attacks submitted by a person (details supplied) have been investigated; if action is being taken; if the...
- Naturalisation Applications
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Residency Permits
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency in the case of a person (details supplied) has been examined; if the bona fides of the case have been established;...
- Immigration Status
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected status, including eligibility for long-term residency, naturalisation and stamp 4 in the case of a...
- Residency Permits
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when consideration will be given to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Statutory Instruments
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce amendments to SI 646/2017 in view of the concerns of members of an association (details supplied) with...
- Immigration Controls
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the treatment of persons in custody regulations apply to persons detained at all ports of entry; if not, the protections...
- Gambling Legislation
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for his planned reforms to the gambling control laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10755/18]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the joint agency task force dealing with cross-Border criminality; the number of initiatives...
- Legal Aid Applications Data
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times and numbers of persons on the waiting list at each of the free legal aid centres, in tabular form; and if he...
- Legal Aid Service
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Legal Aid Board to clarify the position regarding the future of a centre (details supplied); and if this...
- Court Orders
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of parental supervision orders, as provided for by section 11 of the Children Act 2001, issued by the courts in each...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12...
- Local Enterprise Offices Data
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 152 and 153 of 18 January 2018, if the final 2017 data is available as per the outstanding...
- Brexit Supports
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department requested at EU level a Brexit adjustment support fund within the EU’s structural and investment funds to...
- Action Plan for Jobs
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2018 Action Plan for Jobs will be published. [10822/18]
- Employment Data
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the latest employment projections for the 2020 to 2025 period at national and regional level for the remaining period...
- Trade Promotion
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a strategy in place to increase south-east Asia investment and export opportunities and increasing enterprise...
- Jobs Protection
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10825/18]
- Enterprise 2025
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of Enterprise 2025 in view of Brexit and potential policy changes under the new American administration; and...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for scoliosis surgery in Galway University Hospital for 6, 12, 18, 24 and 48 months respectively. [10428/18]
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments that were reimbursed by the HSE under the cross-Border directive in each of the years 2014 to 2017; the amount for each year; the...
- Prescriptions Charges
121. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the prescription charge on a phased basis over four years beginning in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drugs Payment Scheme Data
122. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €85 per month on a phased basis over four years commencing in 2019; and if he will...
- Hospital Charges
123. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10432/18]
- Medical Card Data
124. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population who hold medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10433/18]
- Health Insurance Data
125. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population who have private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10434/18]
- Health Services Data
126. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population who have neither a medical card nor private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10435/18]
- General Medical Services Scheme Data
127. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of a medical card per person; the average pharmacy payment per person under the general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to abolish a grant (details supplied) in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10437/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
129. 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. [10438/18]
- Hospitals Data
130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries cancelled nationally by hospital in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
131. To ask the Minister for Health the length of times each person has been on the waiting list for cataract surgery nationally by hospital; the length of time they have been waiting, by month,...
- Hospital Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that are no longer taking referrals for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/18]
- Psychological Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a primary care psychology appointment in County Wexford for 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months respectively; and if he will make a...
- Eating Disorders
135. To ask the Minister for Health the advice available to general practitioners who have detected early signs of suffering from eating disorders in persons; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
137. 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. [10446/18]
- Outreach Clinics
138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE outreach workers or outreach workers funded by the HSE in County Louth; and the areas that are covered by these persons. [10462/18]
- Ambulance Service Data
139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles by vehicle type and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10474/18]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
145. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of a HSE ambulance and emergency ambulance to a residential property in response to a call via the 911 emergency services by vehicle...
- Hospital Beds Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a hospital bed; the fully absorbed cost of a hospital bed, including staff, ancillary services and running costs; the capital costs associated with...
- HSE Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE budget distinguished between current and capital expenditure in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [10484/18]
- National Maternity Strategy Expenditure
150. To ask the Minister for Health the allocated funding towards the national maternity strategy, NMS, by current and capital expenditure in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [10485/18]
- National Maternity Strategy Implementation
151. To ask the Minister for Health the capital cost of delivering the national maternity strategy. [10486/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
152. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10487/18]
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
154. To ask the Minister for Health if public and private consultants are required to publicise a schedule of their fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10494/18]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a community intellectual disabilities nurse will be appointed for east County Meath. [10495/18]
- Hospital Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 14 March 2017, if Our Lady's Children's Hospital has recruited nurses to further increase capacity for scoliosis...
- Hospital Appointments Status
157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/18]
- Psychological Assessments
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Wexford awaiting a psychologist’s autism assessment for more than three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months,...
- Health Services Staff Data
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons employed in the public health service nationally; the locations in which they work; and if there is a separate...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the most recent active orthopaedic waiting list for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin for six, 12,...
- Hospital Beds Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 23 February 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
- Hospitals Discharges
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of January 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which...
- Health Services Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health if, when a voluntary cardiac first responder group is dispatched to a cardiac arrest call following an emergency services call on the 911 system, the arrival...
- Respite Care Services Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health if additional services (details supplied) will be provided in 2018 in view of the inadequate service provision at present; and if he will make a statement on...
- Maternity Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health if the national development plan, Project Ireland 2040 funding will be allocated to bring County Donegal's maternity services into alignment with the national...
- HSE Governance
169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether all services contracted by the HSE in the midlands region have been awarded as part of a fair tendering process. [10707/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
170. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when a hospital appointment will be expedited. [10711/18]
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
171. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate chiropractors under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 with a view to permitting the listing of chiropractors as qualified...
- Hospital Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health when a service will be restored at hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10747/18]
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
174. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the date this content...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay to date; if an issue has been identified...
- Afforestation Programme
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry plantation (details supplied); if it will be reinspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a REPS 4 payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/18]
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined with a view of payment. [10515/18]
- Departmental Staff Data
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who work at his Department’s offices at Johnstown Castle, Wexford town, County Wexford; and if he will...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application for an aquaculture licence by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay;...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications Data
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for aquaculture licences that have not been decided to date, by year of application; and if he...
- Sugar Quotas Abolition
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reimburse money to sugar beet growers and processors for the years 1991 to 2001 in view of the 2017 judgment of the...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12...
- Beef Exports
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which beef is exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final year figures for 2017 of total exports in...
- Dairy Sector
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which dairy products are exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final figures for 2017 of total exports,...
- Sheepmeat Sector
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which lamb is being exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final figures for 2017 of total exports, in...
- Pork Exports
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which pork is being is exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final year figures for 2107 of total...
- Food Exports
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which food and drink products were exported in 2016; the final year figures for 2017, by value and volume of total...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications Data
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences sought in each of the years 2015 to 2017 by county; the number awaiting a decision; the number...
- GLAS Data
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 who have received the 85% advance payment of their 2017 payment by county in...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for AEOS who have received their total 2017 advance payment by county in tabular form; the number...
- Beef Industry
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of beef exports to Northern Ireland in 2017. [10793/18]
- Food Industry Data
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of cheddar imports from Northern Ireland to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10797/18]
- European Fisheries Fund
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in each year of the knowledge gateway scheme that is provided by Bord Iascaigh Mhara since its establishment;...
- European Council Meetings
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the topics discussed at the most recent European Council agricultural Ministers meeting. [10808/18]
- EU Budgets
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the communication from the European Commission (COM (2018) 98 final) on a new multi-annual financial framework for the...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for the social farming scheme; and if proposals (details supplied) qualify. [10810/18]
- GLAS Data
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 13 February 2018, the peak number of active participants in the REPS scheme compared to...
- Agrifood Sector
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of direct and indirectly employed persons in the agrifood sector. [10812/18]
- Aquaculture Data
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons nationally and by county who are directly and indirectly employed in seaweed production and harvesting; the...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in the current and future CAP to achieve a €200 payment per suckler cow (details supplied). [10815/18]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Regional Development Funding
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding is available to the regional authorities from the European Regional Fund for the roll-out of broadband; the...
- Fisheries Protection
220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the compensation scheme for eel fishermen will be rolled out. [10708/18]
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Coast Guard Services
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the planned construction of a coastguard station at Fethard-on-Sea, New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make...
- Bus Services
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the BusConnects programme during the lifetime of the national development plan; the areas in which the €2.4 billion...
- Mountain Rescue Service
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next meeting of the national co-ordinating committee for mountain and cave rescue is due to meet; the details of the reporting...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend driving licence regulations in view of difficulties arising for persons returning from the United States of America...
- Taxi Licences
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10748/18]
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Family Resource Centres
228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if recognition and funding will be considered for a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare. [10460/18]
- Youth Services Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to properly resource youth services in each ETB area to support volunteer youth leaders; if the requested review of existing...
- Child Care Services Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the independent review of the cost of providing quality child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10760/18]
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by her Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Services Programme
232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of Pobal funding for a community service organisation (details supplied); if funding will continue until the end of 2018;...
- Local Improvement Scheme Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to widen the criteria for eligibility to the local improvement schemes from the minimum of two persons (details supplied);...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
234. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is on the correct rate of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Labour Activation Programmes Data
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants on a social welfare labour activation scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by county, in...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason correspondence was issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal on an overpayment; and if she will make...
- State Pension (Contributory)
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason and the circumstances in which a person (details supplied) has had a pension withdrawn. [10532/18]
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for a person or body to set up or become a manager of a community employment scheme; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason some community employment schemes are of two, three and six years in duration; the process and criteria for the...
- Fuel Allowance Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the value of duration of the fuel allowance will be increased in view of the recent cold weather; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pension (Contributory)
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all periods of employment have been taken into consideration in the calculation of a State pension in the case of a person...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when jobseeker’s allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if eligibility will be...
- State Pension (Contributory)
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assessment procedure that applies in respect of a qualified adult dependant whose partner is in receipt of a full rate of...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by her Department and agencies under its remit in the past...
- Tús Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the reduction in the number of schemes (details supplied) in County Cavan; if these cuts will be reversed; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Staff Data
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who work at his Department’s offices in Wexford town, County Wexford; and if he will make a...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for housing adaptation works to local authority dwellings to enable councils commence urgent work will be...
- Mayoral Election
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for holding plebiscites on a directly elected mayor for Dublin and other cities; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12...
- Foreshore Issues
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulatory position in regard to seaweed harvesting; and the role of his Department in regulating the activity in...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Sites
267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to enhance visitor services at the site of the Battle of Vinegar Hill (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the severance packages received by individual staff members at principal officer grade and above in her Department and the...
- Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige
269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici plean cuimsitheach a réiteach i gcomhairle leis an Aire Leanaí agus Gnóthaí...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by her Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12...
