Written answers

Thursday, 8 March 2018

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the weekly salary of young privates in the Defence Forces recently passed out; his plans to restore pre-crash pay levels to Defence Forces...
    • Civil Defence
      3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Civil Defence was stood down when the red weather level report came into effect for County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service Operations
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role played by the Naval Service in the arrest of scafisti in the Mediterranean, that is persons who are forced to drive boats and then...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications or similar...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that citizens of Venezuela living here are having difficulty in renewing their passports; and if...
    • Passport Application Refusals
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a ruling of the Supreme Court on the refusal to grant a passport when adjudicating a similar case (details...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if sexual harassment complaints have been received in relation to Irish Aid or other agencies tasked with delivering ODA and funded by his...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11077/18]
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the Rohingya; the efforts being made by the EU and the international community to address the humanitarian...
    • Human Rights
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent kidnappings of a number of school girls by Boko Haram; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/18]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent meetings held by the Government's special envoy to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the formal engagements with the New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters that have taken place recently; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to Mr. Barnier since the draft withdrawal agreement; and his views on his comments on Brexit transition being far from a...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which information is available in respect of links between major financial investment corporations or banking institutions with...
    • United Nations
      19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the United Nations might be reinvigorated with a view to re-establishing its importance as major peace keeper and champion of human...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which all Irish aid, bilateral and general, has successfully been delivered to those for whom it was intended in all locations...
    • International Terrorism
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU and UN colleagues continue to address the threat of international terrorism; if particular initiatives are...
    • EU Issues
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are ongoing within the European Union to address the issue of Euroscepticism; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he remains assured that all other EU member states support Ireland's position in negotiations on Brexit; and if he will...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new steps that can be taken to address the refugee crisis in Syria and Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11579/18]
    • EU Issues
      26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia continue to receive cooperation and support from the European Union; the extent to which...
    • Middle East Issues
      27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to make a case within the EU against entering new contracts with Israel until the Palestinian occupation is ended; and his further...
    • International Agreements
      28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his influence diplomatically at all international levels to persuade Greece and Cyprus to withdraw from their planned...
    • Human Rights Cases
      29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take with the British authorities and his EU counterparts in relation to the violation of human rights and the rule of law...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the back stop arrangements he envisages if option 1, the Government's preferred option, and option 2 fail to be negotiated in the context of...
    • Northern Ireland
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact he and his officials view the draft withdrawal agreement will have on talks on reconvening the Northern Ireland Assembly. [11332/18]
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of flood insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11620/18]
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank's Code of Practice on the Transfer of Mortgages is not enforceable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the cost of insurance working group has examined to ensure a greater data granularity in the price of motor insurance in view of the fact that...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance if the circumstances in a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance the non-performing loan ratio on residential mortgages according to the latest statistics; the non-performing loan ratio on residential mortgages in each...
    • Banking Sector Data
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of completed loan sales here in 2017 from Irish regulated banks; the number and value of ongoing loan sales here currently from Irish...
    • Tax Credits
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11004/18]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he or the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach have taken to confirm that family homes would not be included...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being considered by his Department to reduce the cost of motor insurance for drivers; and when he expects to bring forward further proposals which...
    • Mortgage Repayments
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consult with the head of the Central Bank to confirm the way in which the mortgage accounts of customers who have renegotiated terms and are...
    • Tax Yield
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax that has been received in respect of oil and gas exploration in each year since 1992. [11370/18]
    • Departmental Meetings
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of the delegation from his Department on a working group further to a commitment in a Rebuilding Ireland strategy document (details supplied);...
    • Tax Code
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to respond to the past four letters sent to them by PDFORRA regarding the status of flat rate expenses. [11386/18]
    • Economic Growth Rate
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which growth figures continue to remain in line with projections and in keeping with general economic targets; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Issues
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Ireland's ability to withstand Brexit remains soundly based and that the necessary alternatives in terms of issues affecting...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he continues to identify issues such as housing that remain likely to impact negatively on economic expansion; his plans to address...
    • Brexit Issues
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he remains in contact with his EU counterparts to ensure the remaining 27 members states of the European Union are ad...
    • Housing Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department will respond to the housing situation in the short term in view of the necessities to so do from both an economic and...
    • Home Repossessions
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue of large scale home repossessions perpetrated by unregulated third party lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Services Regulation
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will introduce statutory rules appertaining to the code of conduct applicable to primary and secondary lenders or their agents with a view to...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the availability of working capital is being addressed with particular reference to the needs of SMEs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) regarding a group in view of the similar allegations being made here. [11494/18]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank’s consumer protection code, code of conduct on mortgage arrears and code of conduct for business...
    • Insurance Coverage
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance his role in requiring commercial bodies such as the insurance industry to make sure that home owners are not discriminated against in terms of home insurance...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the report on limiting tax reliefs on losses carried forward for banks; when the report will be completed and published; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in terms of the relationship frameworks with each of the State supported banks when it comes to executive and management pay limits and bonuses...
    • Credit Register Administration
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Credit Register will be fully operational; the steps that have been taken to date in its implementation; if personal contract plans will be...
    • Personal Contract Plans
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal contract plan providers here; the number and value of PCPs in existence; the number and value of PCPs that are behind on their payments;...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of enforcement fines made against licensed credit institutions in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number and value...
    • Insurance Coverage
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made for declined insurance in each year since 2014 and in each month in 2018; the number of applications accepted for declined...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed deferred share bonus scheme of a bank (details supplied) would be subject to the excess bank remuneration charge of 45%; if a change to the...
    • Severe Weather Events
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken an assessment of the economic impact of recent adverse weather conditions; his plans to review projections for economic growth for 2018 in...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a restructuring arrangement, in relation to both a PDH and BTL mortgage, entered into by a person with their original lender in the event of the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to restore tax relief for trade union membership subscriptions in line with a similar provision is in place for membership of professional bodies...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the positions by staffing...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications or similar role or...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works and plans for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/18]
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation will be enacted to address the compulsory retirement age of 65 years of age for civil servants; if his attention has...
    • Public Sector Pay
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the report on pay inequality to be published (details supplied). [11418/18]
    • Departmental Strategies
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to enhance the use of data and technology in the delivery of services as set out in his Department's Statement of Strategy...
    • Public Sector Pay
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Pay Commission will produce its report on the unwinding of FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Shared Services
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to further expand the role of the National Shared Services Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/18]
    • Budget Consultation Process
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to support an expansion of the budget scrutiny process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10935/18]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a flood defence project for Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11100/18]
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the regulator of the national lottery has issued a code of practice and or guidelines to lottery agents in respect of the way in which...
    • Office of Public Works Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each capital application to his Department for projects in County Wexford including OPW projects; the type and extent of...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has reached agreement with the insurance industry on the use of demountable defences; if the insurance industry has given...
    • Departmental Meetings
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Regulation and Lobbying Act 2015 has not been adhered to for some time within his...
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the change in policy regarding the use of unclaimed prize money which was agreed during the sale of the national lottery...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of proposals for a voluntary home relocation scheme for domestic dwellings affected by flooding and unable to receive...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in addressing the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Funding
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated here to funds (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the amount spent in each of the years 2014...
    • Wards of Court
      111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 28 February 2018, the reason for the contradiction between his reply and the advice received...
    • Pension Provisions
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of discussions of the Community High Level Forum relating to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015;...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications or...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Public Sector Pay
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for re-establishing equal pay for teachers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11419/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand to a new shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11613/18]
    • EU Funding
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated here to a fund (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the amount spent in each of the years 2014 to 2017...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address an anomaly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10851/18]
    • School Transport Expenditure
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) raising funds at a greyhound track to cover the cost of a school bus; his views on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/18]
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on the board of organisations or agencies under his remit; and the date on which the position became vacant in tabular...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied) in County Kildare with particular reference to demographic demand in the area; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in respect of the provision of a special needs assistant; if his Department will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the status of the project; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the EU directives not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; the estimated date...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when two new members will be appointed to the board of Caranua to replace members that recently resigned; and his plans to appoint to a new board...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department paid for advertorials titled Action Plan for Education 2018 in a newspaper (details supplied) in recent weeks; the cost of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to offer permanent or semi-permanent contracts to SNA bus escorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/18]
    • Clár Tógála Scoileanna
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé toilteanach páirt a ghlacadh i gcruinniú le húdaráis scoile agus le Teachtaí Dála...
    • School Staff
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status with regard to the loss of allocation of a teacher to a school (details supplied). [11112/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning for the proposed site for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11116/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon with regard to the educational needs of their child; and if he will...
    • Psychological Assessments
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol that schools must use in relation to referring a child for an educational psychology assessment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation made to a school (details supplied) in funding for the special needs programme and supports in the school; and if he will make a...
    • School Closures
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and the future viability of the school and deployment of...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans with respect to the review associated to the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied); when a decision can be expected; and...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a site for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [11155/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the tenders for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [11156/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the active school building projects and refurbishments and or retrofits here by county; the stage of the process they are at as of the end of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work on a school (details supplied) which was identified as a location for a new build in 2015 and at which a site has been identified for the...
    • Departmental Funding
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for capital projects for scouting organisations by his Department in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Support Schemes
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department offers further supports for students from Gaeltacht and island areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the possibility of introducing a national accreditation programme for car mechanics; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available for the parents of a child (details supplied) to continue their education based on the advice of health professionals; and...
    • Physical Education
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the system in place for students who wish to avail of swimming lessons when the nearest facility is 50 km away (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact date for the commencement of extension works to a school (details supplied) in view of the fact same were to commence in 2017; and if...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency task force can be set up to include all patronage bodies and senior officials from his Department to tackle the primary school...
    • Lease Agreements
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department is paying the diocese of Cork and Ross for the leasing of the building for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of construction on the grounds of a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11339/18]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if permission from the Charities Regulator is required prior to sale of property for the new build of a school (details supplied); if so, the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans in place for the new build for a school (details supplied). [11347/18]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a query with regard to the Teaching Council regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend eligibility to third level educational maintenance and fees grants to the offspring of persons who meet residency conditions...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reappraisal of a school building project (details supplied) will be completed; when a decision will be made on the proposed extension of...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of discussions with the teacher unions on addressing pay inequality among post 2011 entrants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Patronage
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Catholic patron in schools (details supplied) was requested to make an existing school building available to a group; if so, the response...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SUSI grant for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [11420/18]
    • School Accommodation
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the portacabins adjacent to a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be removed. [11421/18]
    • School Staff
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for extra teacher by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11450/18]
    • Education and Training Boards
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of training initiatives (details supplied); the future restructuring for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11460/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for an ASD unit by a school (details supplied); if a decision will be expedited; if it has been refused; and if he...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open teaching opportunities to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11492/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department's planning and building unit has not contacted primary schools in Balbriggan to assess capacity needs for the 2018/2019...
    • Departmental Properties
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision was taken to lease a building (details supplied) without prior consultation with all stakeholders, including local primary...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to double the grant and increase the hours of tuition granted for a single child under the home tuition grant scheme in cases in which...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications or similar...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Wards of Court
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in relation to the Office of Wards of Courts issuing statements of accounts of wards to ensure...
    • Home Repossessions
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of possession orders made on principal dwelling households by the High Court and the Circuit Court in each of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address the large number of persons with learner permits using motorways; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for applications for residency permission by Tusla on behalf of a non-EEA minor in its care in...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commence the Assisted Decision Making Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11454/18]
    • Prison Building Programme
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 101 and 102 of 22 June 2017, when a response will issue. [10835/18]
    • Garda Data
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána by each division in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular...
    • Sentencing Policy
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for mandatory sentences for persons that break in and burgle homes especially those of elderly persons; and if he...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a development (details supplied); the number of additional personnel being assigned to the station; the location...
    • Eating Disorders
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 653 of 16 January 2018 and 188 of 1 February 2018, the number of young children and...
    • Garda Operations
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the support services in place to provide assistance to members of An Garda Síochána suffering from stress as a result...
    • Probate Applications
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 20 February 2018, if the granting of probate in a case (details supplied) will be...
    • Garda Deployment
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána available to deal with policing the Drumcondra and Whitehall areas of...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that persons aged between 14 and 18 years of age who gratuitously assault persons are brought to account as...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he plans to outsource the juvenile deterrent program that is being operated effectively by community groups and...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions that have been made under the Protection of Children’s Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the redress measures recommend by Mr. Justice Quirke, including back-dated pensions, access to a HAA...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 22 February 2018, if he will use his discretion to extend a visa in the case of a...
    • Prison Service Data
      198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of compulsory retirements on ill health grounds in the Irish Prison Service in each of the past 20 years; the number...
    • Prison Service Staff
      199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding officers out on sick leave which is work related and these...
    • Immigration Policy
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the apparent contradiction between a reply by one of his predecessors to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27...
    • Garda Data
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank, including probationer gardaí, in each Garda division as of December 2017; if recruits...
    • Garda Strength
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of units attached to Togher Garda sub-district; and the number which have been attached for each of the past 10...
    • Probate Applications
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a probate application (details supplied); the number ahead of it on the queue; and when he expects this...
    • Rental Sector
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the composition of the delegation from his Department on a working group further to a commitment in a Rebuilding Ireland...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the consolidation of rent allowance for prison officers will be finalised; and the timeframe for paying the arrears in...
    • Garda Station Closures
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the 139 closed Garda stations will be completed; the reason for the delay in bringing this matter to a...
    • Departmental Funding
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funds available to assist a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11455/18]
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 15 May 2014, if this report has now been received; the actions that have been...
    • Courts Service Data
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of proceedings in the court system involving mortgage arrears on PDH and BTL houses; the number of possession orders...
    • Garda Compensation
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the compensation payments made by An Garda Síochána to officers of the force, persons being detained by An Garda...
    • EU Regulations
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if he has discussed it with his UK counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the meeting of all interested parties to find effective solutions to the problem of young persons with scramblers and quad...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a written complaint by a person (details supplied) relating to allegations of bullying and breach of legal and...
    • Departmental Reports
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by a person (details supplied) regarding an inquiry pursuant to section 109 of the Garda Síochána Act...
    • Child Protection
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times officials from his Department met with officials from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs since...
    • Garda Data
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing technology (details supplied) to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of consultation undertaken to satisfy himself regarding the effectiveness of SI 646 regarding the storage of...
    • Direct Provision System
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Lisdoonvarna was chosen for a new direct provision centre; and the steps he has taken to ensure that the medical and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Promotion
      234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Irish embassies or trade missions abroad are actively engaged in establishing new contacts and markets with...
    • Trade Agreements
      236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in respect of other transatlantic trade agreements with the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11582/18]
    • Work Permits Applications
      237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason an employment permit in respect of a person (details supplied) was refused on the basis of the company not being registered...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the available IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2017 in County Cork; the occupied IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2017 in...
    • EU Directives
      239. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the EU directives not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; the...
    • Employment Rights
      240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the proposed sectorial employment order (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11055/18]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding has been set aside in each of the past five years to address the issue of loneliness and social isolation in the SME...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 identified by NERA in 2010 regarding sleep over shifts in the...
    • Work Permits Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied). [11397/18]
    • Examinership Arrangements
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the examinership process under way for a company (details supplied); if assistance to...
    • Work Permits Applications
      248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a decision will issue to an application by a company (details supplied) for a critical skills employment permit; and if she will...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding supports she will make available to companies and SMEs whose premises and trade were severely damaged by Storm Emma; and...
    • Court Judgments
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to publish an account of the investigative failures identified by Judge Aylmer; and the steps that are being taken to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff assigned in her Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015;...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a panel has been established in her Department for communications officers; if a civil service position of head of communications...
  • Department of Health
    • Registration of Births
      253. To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible for the name of a civil partner of a mother to be included on the birth certificate as co-parent following the passing of the Children...
    • Hospital Equipment
      254. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 325, 345, 349, 350, 351 and 352 of 20 February 2018, his views on whether it is appropriate that one of the persons...
    • Health Services Staff
      255. To ask the Minister for Health if a student placement in the health service is available and will be provided to a person (details supplied). [10838/18]
    • HSE Investigations
      256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of preliminary screenings received by the national safeguarding teams in the HSE in 2017; the number that were of substantiated abuse that required...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      257. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for a clinical nurse specialist in multiple sclerosis in University Hospital Limerick (details supplied). [10844/18]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason correspondence does not clarify if a person (details supplied) was entitled to use a job title or provide details of the person's qualifications;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      259. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychiatrists employed by Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme has not been updated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10870/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Health the status of injections for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10874/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      266. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who has made a claim against the HSE due to negligence has lost their medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      267. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10891/18]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care vehicles deployed to 999 calls in each ambulance subregion in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Rare Diseases
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the new rare diseases medicinal product technology review committee; the formal role it will have in the reimbursement process for...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 6 February 2018, the funding the HSE is providing in respect of a home care package for a person (details...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      271. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 920 of 13 July 2017 and 415 of 6 February 2018, his plans to include a Garda vetting process in cases of previous...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason high blood pressure is not considered for the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10903/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited [10904/18]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to pilot a reimbursement system that gives persons with primary progressive MS access to the drug Ocrevus while the price of this drug is being...
    • HSE Staff Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the name, title, level and division of each person who works within the HSE’s management structure of CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement costs of the drugs payment scheme in each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/18]
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the details of primary care reimbursement services' expenditure by its various schemes in each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Health Insurance Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population that have neither private health insurance nor a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10915/18]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      282. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      283. 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. [10921/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      284. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      285. 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. [10925/18]
    • HSE Planning
      286. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish its operational plans for 2018 for each sector. [10940/18]
    • Hospital Groups
      287. To ask the Minister for Health when each hospital group will publish its 2018 operational plans [10941/18]
    • Hospitals Funding
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding provided for Beaumont Hospital in 2017; and the capital funding allocated for projects (details supplied) during 2017, in tabular form...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10947/18]
    • General Practitioner Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the legal position regarding medical card holders undertaking blood tests for the purposes of monitoring their health on a recurring basis [10954/18]
    • HSE Funding
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding by the HSE for the genomic sequencing machine in the next generation sequencing laboratory in the Mater...
    • Mental Health Services Administration
      292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the HSE’s mental health division operational plan for 2018. [10960/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrist beds in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10961/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals of persons in County Wexford to the department of psychiatry in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Psychological Assessments
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals of persons in County Waterford to the department of psychiatry in University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2015 to 2017....
    • Health Services Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the CHO5 lead for service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10965/18]
    • HSE Properties
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the sale of St. Senan’s Hospital, Enniscorthy, County Wexford raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10966/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the occupancy rates at An Tearmann, St. John’s Hospital, Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10967/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10969/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; the number per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; the number per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10972/18]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; the number per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10973/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in the Carlow and Kilkenny LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10974/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in the Carlow and Kilkenny LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in the Carlow and Kilkenny LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers in the Carlow and Kilkenny LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10977/18]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists in the Carlow and Kilkenny LHO; the number as per A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10978/18]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to see a psychologist in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10979/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to see a speech and language therapist in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10980/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to see an occupational therapist in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10981/18]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to see a social worker in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10982/18]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to see a physiotherapist in the Waterford and Wexford LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10983/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      316. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list since 2005 will have an appointment to see a rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the level of mental health staffing recommended for each LHO as per A Vision for Change; the percentage of mental health staffing in place within each LHO; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an ENT consultation at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10992/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Versatis pain relief plasters under the long term illness scheme; his plans to reintroduce the plasters on the scheme in view of the...
    • Severe Weather Events
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has an early alert system in place to notify persons to make contingency plans in situations in which there is an extreme weather warning in place;...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the name and location of all primary care centres that are run by the HSE. [11033/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the staff by occupation working in each primary care centre that is run by the HSE. [11036/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health when a full home care support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [11050/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that hospitals are charging excessive amounts to health insurance providers for the venesections of persons with...
    • Tender Process
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when e-tendering will be open to those hoping to tender to become HSE providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11082/18]
    • Health Services Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting drug rehabilitation in west County Cork; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a dedicated obstetrics theatre at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/18]
    • Medical Records
      332. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding electronic health records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11134/18]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care vehicles deployed to 999 calls in the north east ambulance sub region in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on home help hours in CHO Area 8; the number of persons waiting in County Louth; and the length of time these persons have been...
    • Health Services
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which and the reason the decision was made to allow the continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetes patients under 21 years of age; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a date for the approval of the model of care for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders from the acute hospital division of the HSE; and if...
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing home care services on an annual basis from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by CHO area; the division of funding provided by the HSE on a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no progress has been made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to amend the fair deal scheme for farming families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11203/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a proposed development of an extension to Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11208/18]
    • HSE Funding
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to section 39 bodies in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11209/18]
    • Autism Support Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for a person (details supplied) who has to take their child privately to be assessed for autism; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [11247/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which has been set aside in each of the past five years to address the issue of loneliness and social isolation; if his Department or agencies...
    • National Development Plan
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if meetings have been held in his Department regarding the new hospitals announced in the NDP and NPF; when the process will begin; and if he will make a...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      353. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to provide a scheme to replace the motorised transport grant for persons with disabilities which ended in 2013. [11340/18]
    • Autism Support Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO5 awaiting autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment for more than three, six, nine, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months; and if he will...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can access a drug for their condition; if so, if they will be reimbursed for same; if it can be accessed under the cross-border...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an ENT appointment in each CHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting zero to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to have a person (details supplied) admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11379/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive further speech and language therapy. [11396/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the intervention services occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy that will be provided for a child (details...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which persons under 18 years of age received treatment in the United Kingdom in each of the past four years; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Policy
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the bodies or person that were invited by the independent review group on the removal of private practice from public hospitals to make a submission. [11411/18]
    • National Maternity Hospital Status
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new national maternity hospital; and when a legal agreement on retaining this hospital in public ownership will be reached. [11412/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress on responding to the issues raised in the media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11413/18]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in negotiating a new general practitioner contract; and timeframe to complete these negotiations. [11414/18]
    • Hospital Procedures
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to the provision of electronic leg prostheses to public patients in view of the better performance of same for persons compared to...
    • Health Services Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing support for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11422/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11424/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11425/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in having a person (details supplied) admitted for a major surgical procedure. [11429/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed new primary care centre in an area (details supplied) will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11437/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a person (details supplied) will go ahead as scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11442/18]
    • Hospital Services
      376. 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. [11445/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      377. 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. [11451/18]
    • EU Directives
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chiropractors who have been trained to use x-ray machines and who satisfy the requirements of SI 478 will not be permitted to do so under the...
    • Health Services Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 21 years of age was decided as the cut off point for entitlement to a continuous glucose monitoring system (details supplied); his views on whether...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Health when the new children's hospital is due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11474/18]
    • HSE Expenditure
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on treatment received by persons under 18 years of age in the United Kingdom in each of the past four years; and if he will make a...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if information will be provided in relation to the substance polysorbate 80 also known as Tween 80 and polyoxyethylene-sorbitan-20 mono-oleate and the known...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of freestyle libre in terms of its availability to children and adults on the GMS and long term illness scheme; if freestyle libre is available to...
    • Hospital Charges
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if in a situation in which an accident and emergency charge is incurred in a public hospital in respect of a visit to the hospital by the victim of an assault...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll back in total the FEMPI cuts imposed on the general practitioners during the financial crisis in view of the difficulty in many practices of...
    • Medical Products
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work by his Department on the provision of funding for the drug Translarna; the negotiations under way with the supplier of the drug; if...
    • Hospital Charges
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a charge of €80 which certain hospital groups have imposed on persons with haemochromatosis requiring venesection;...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fast-track the delivery of primary health care centres that are needed services in communities but appear to be delayed in various stages of the...
    • Health Strategies
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the role of his Department in terms of developing the implementation plan for the neurorehabilitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the assessments conducted by his Department in relation to the reasons girls did not complete the two-dose HPV vaccination course in 2016 and 2017; and his...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the function of polysorbate 80 also known as Tween 80 and polyoxyethylene-sorbitan-20 mono-oleate in the Gardasil HPV Vaccine; the consideration that has been...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the positions by staffing...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Flood Risk Management
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans for a voluntary farm building relocation scheme due to flooding issues; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated here to funds (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the amount spent in each of the years...
    • GLAS Payments
      398. 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. [10846/18]
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive an organics payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10848/18]
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the hen harrier scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of payments in ranges (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [10883/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      402. 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. [10898/18]
    • Fodder Crisis
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the transport subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment under the 2017 GLAS scheme has not issued to a farmer (details supplied) in view of the fact that the farmer has...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler farmers who have quality assurance. [10990/18]
    • TAMS Applications
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an inspection arising from a technicality which has been immediately rectified and certified under the TAMS 2 scheme for a farmer...
    • GLAS Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment under the 2017 GLAS scheme has not issued to a farmer (details supplied) in view of the fact that they had been...
    • TAMS Expenditure
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the spend on the TAMS scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11062/18]
    • Animal Welfare
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out an independent investigation following complaints regarding the treatment of animals in a facility (details...
    • Animal Diseases
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persistently infected bovines with BVD over the age of six months currently on farms here; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment under the 2017 GLAS scheme has not issued to a farmer (details supplied) despite the fact that the farmer has been...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a sheep welfare scheme action in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry can be amended; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Article 50(3) of CAP regulation 1307/2013 stipulates that educational requirements for farmers are optional for member states; if...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if students who sit examinations for educational courses that qualify young farmers for a green certificate before the end of 2018...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied) on an annual basis if implemented over the 2018 to 2022 period. [11228/18]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is technically possible under the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, to transfer pillar 2 funds to pillar 1 in order to increase...
    • Food Exports
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manufactured beef products exported to the United States of America on an annual basis in the 2015 to 2017 period by volume and...
    • Food Exports to China
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on getting access for Irish meat products such as beef, lamb and pigmeat to China; the remaining stages in the approval...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ANC review with regard to redesignation using a set list of biophysical criteria; if the new approach must be...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Expenditure
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the RDP 2014-2020 to the organic farming scheme in tabular form; the annual amount...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine [11238/18]
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied). [11260/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive an organics and a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11434/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11435/18]
    • Teagasc Administration
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive a green certificate before August 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the installation aid grant is being held up for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cuanta agus Céanna
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a chuirfear in iúl do na Comhairlí Áitiúla cén liúntas atá acu le haghaidh...
    • Harbours and Piers
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if discussions have taken place with Galway County Council in relation to transferring sole responsibility for Cleggan Pier to Galway...
    • Severe Weather Events
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation funds available to farmers that had farm equipment, infrastructure and produce damaged and loss of livestock by the...
    • GLAS Payments
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 167 and 168 of 21 February 2018, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and...
    • Forestry Grants
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on unpaid payments for forestry harvested under farm partnerships entered into by over 600 farmers with Coillte from the...
    • Farm Partnerships
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm partnerships per county that farmers have entered into with Coillte; and the number of hectares this covers by...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirements in place for properties that are rented out in the private rented sector in respect of minimum BER...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      448. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a catch and release scheme in an area; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he is taking to support, preserve and protect the principle of net neutrality; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his plans to provide access to high speed broadband to all persons living on the R130 Ashbourne to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an féidir leis poist ina Roinn féin a aistriú go ceantar Bhaile na hAbhann i bhfianaise an chinnidh...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will set a tariff for solar power in respect of the new RESS scheme; if this figure will be higher...
    • Postal Codes
      455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the possibility of integrating a system (details supplied) into his Department's work, for example, with...
    • Offshore Exploration Licences
      457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of revenue that his Department has generated through the sale of gas and oil prospecting licences in each...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the poor broadband connection available at a centre (details supplied) and the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a company (details supplied) will provide the design for the 300,000 premises included in the agreement with his...
    • Litter Pollution
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the county councils (detail supplied) that have applied for funding under the anti-dumping initiative; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issue that...
    • Energy Resources
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the storage capacity in the State for gas, oil and electricity respectively; the way in which this compares with weekly...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the information office for Transport 21; the amount spent on public information and publicity campaigns regarding the...
    • EU Funding
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated here to a fund (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the amount spent in each of the years 2014...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has compiled a report on making breathalyser devices available to motorists. [10855/18]
    • Traffic Management
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10917/18]
    • Vehicle Testing
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to the possibility of the imposition of a tractor testing system for professional agricultural tractors; and if...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce the specific improvement grant scheme which was used by local authorities for the realignment of roads; and if...
    • Vehicle Registration
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the processing of a vehicle change of ownership form will be expedited in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) is the...
    • Greenways Development
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Glenbeigh to Renard South Kerry greenway; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an organisation (details supplied) is seeking to have the number of work permits for non-EU nationals increased specifically for...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the forthcoming public consultation for the proposed new metro will commence; the timeframe for completion; the format the public...
    • Vehicle Testing
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the possibility of opening a test centre for DOEs can be examined; if a person can apply for a licence for this testing; and if he...
    • Road Safety Authority Expenditure
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs incurred by the Road Safety Authority regarding its use of broadcast and print media in relation to the public information...
    • Sport Ireland Administration
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been set aside in each of the past five years to address the issue of loneliness and social isolation within the...
    • Departmental Projects
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects committed to under the Project Ireland 2040 National Planning Framework; the deadline for each project's completion; and the...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of projects (details supplied) as conceptualised under the 2015 Capital Plan as of 1 February 2018; the amount that had been...
    • Road Projects
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application for planning permission will be made in the case of the N2 Slane bypass. [11343/18]
    • Parking Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new provider for the park by text system which covers stations in County Longford (details supplied) will update their mapping...
    • Road Projects
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a memorandum to Cabinet in relation to the N6 Galway city ring road will be submitted; when approval will be given to Galway County...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the dismissal of persons from the Irish Coast Guard; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding options available to a club (details supplied); the time of year funding they becomes available; if it should apply...
    • Road Network
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for road upgrading (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11468/18]
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Remit
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an issue with regard to the classification of particular vehicles and the implications it has for toll...
    • Public Transport Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fines issued by the revenue protection unit at Irish Rail in the past three years; the number of fines that were appealed;...
    • Rail Network
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times that a cost-benefit analysis was carried out on behalf of his Department on the re-opening of the railway line from...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide sufficient funds to Galway County Council to proceed with the next stage of the route selection on a road (details...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to Cavan County Council in respect of the road works programme 2018 in view of the widespread...
    • Fines Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fines issued by the revenue protection unit of the Luas operator in the past three years; the number of these fines that...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a new sports capital funding programme in 2018; when applications will be invited for the programme; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications or...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1089 of 7 November 2017 and in the context of a review of the overage exemption process (details...
    • Recreational Facilities
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding disability accessible playgrounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10984/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a submission regarding the ECCE scheme (details supplied); if a change in the date of birth start date...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the mother and baby homes commission of investigations failed in its first three years to issue a call for information...
    • Child and Family Agency
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the provision of a new Tusla building in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, which was due to be operational by quarter three...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the basis for changing the eligibility criteria for the ECCE programme, in particular the reduction of age eligibility from three years to...
    • Youth Services Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers funded in south-west County Cork; the way in which this number compares proportionally with the number of youth...
    • Departmental Funding
      514. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided for capital projects for scouting organisations by her Department in the past five years; and if she will make a...
    • Children in Care
      516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of non-EEA children currently in the care of the State; and the number of non-EEA children who were in the care of the State in...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on the implementation of Tusla's Signs of Safety programme in 2017; and the amount that has been budgeted...
    • HIQA Inspections
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the issues raised in the recent HIQA report relative to its findings generally and in particular relative to County...
    • Family Resource Centres
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was provided to each family resource centre in each year since 2008 in tabular form. [11466/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the apparent discrepancy between the fact that the age limit on the ECCE programme requires that children be no more than five years and...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases allocated to a social worker in each Tusla local office area; the number awaiting allocation, by priority level,...
    • Youth Services Provision
      525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her Department's work in relation to mapping of youth service provision across the State; the areas which are showing...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff assigned in her Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015; the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      528. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a panel has been established in her Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications or...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      529. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of applications made by local authorities under the art works in public space component of the town and village renewal...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      530. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the review of the dormant accounts disbursement scheme will include persons other than civil servants in the oversight of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided for capital projects for scouting organisations by his Department in the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      538. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of reviews of policy, schemes or legislation being carried out by his Department; the details of each review including...
    • CLÁR Programme
      539. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason County Kildare has been excluded from the CLÁR programme to date; if he will review this and consider including County...
    • Departmental Reports
      540. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next progress report will be published on the Realising our Rural Potential – Action Plan for Rural Ireland in view of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      541. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since 2015;...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      542. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a panel has been established in his Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of communications...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • EU Funding
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated here to a fund (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the amount spent in each of...
    • Public Services Card Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been offered public services cards each year since 2011 that did not go through the SAFE 2...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time from application to decision for fuel allowance application on average nationally; the number of...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the heat supplementary welfare allowance on a temporary basis in view of an extreme cold weather event;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision regarding their survivor's pension appeal. [10888/18]
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of active defined benefit pension schemes and members in each of the years since 2010 and to date in 2018. [10895/18]
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the free travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Code
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for changes to the social welfare system which would allow self-employed persons to apply for an invalidity or...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10926/18]
    • Employment Rights
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on agency staff in large corporations being overlooked or unable to apply for permanent positions within the same...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10957/18]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10958/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11002/18]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11039/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the section of legislation which requests persons in receipt the State pension (contributory) to provide bank statements and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are subsidised courses or workshops for spouses of self-employed persons who are not working or receiving...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a...
    • Child Benefit Administration
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy on the amount of information required from a non-Irish citizen who applies for child benefit;...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy on child benefit payments that prevents a father applying for child benefit payments; and if...
    • Public Services Card
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make it compulsory to have a public services card in order to access a range of services; the rationale for...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the credits available to pensioners vis-à-vis the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11086/18]
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 5 December 2017, the reason local authority representatives as office holders...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the importance of a proposed development (details supplied) in County Sligo; when a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a contributory pension by a person (details supplied) will be decided. [11113/18]
    • Pensions Reform
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions which will be put in place for those who qualified for a reduced State pension post-2012 pension changes when...
    • JobPath Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath since it commenced; the number of persons who have been subject to...
    • Tús Programme
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of placements currently available on the Tús scheme; her plans to make changes to this scheme; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has completed a review of the rules governing the participation of older persons on community employment schemes; if...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 574
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which...
    • Brexit Issues
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings she or her departmental officials have had with her British counterpart regarding Brexit and reciprocal rights;...
    • Disability Allowance
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances in which a person in receipt of a disability allowance can engage in part-time work; and if she...
    • Consumer Protection
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the considerable numbers of businesses and persons operating as fitters of new car parts,...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been transferred from the rent supplement scheme to the Department of Housing, Planning and...
    • Pensions Reform
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is planned to allow for a phasing in of the new total contributions approach for the first ten years or so to reduce...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a claim for jobseeker's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [11398/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason voluntary contributions cannot be used for entitlement for invalidity pension; her plans to amend same to include...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if approval of a carer's allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement...
    • Public Services Card Provision
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for mobile clinics in rural areas to issue public services cards (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a dependent spouse must obtain the consent of the PRSI contributor to receive optical, dental and other benefits....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the year a person reaches the qualifying pension age is included in the number of years divided into the reckonable...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering extending the fuel allowance since the extreme cold spell started. [11335/18]
    • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in full-time work or study in receipt of back to work enterprise allowance, back to education allowance...
    • Working Family Payment Data
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment. [11562/18]
    • Live Register Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 28 February 2018, the reason a breakdown of the top 20 employers is not...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision for payment to a person (details supplied) of an appropriate social welfare payment such as jobseeker's...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker’s allowance or emergency payment will be made in the case of person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review and repeal the decision whereby widows, widowers and survivors pension are not payable to persons married...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review and repeal the decision whereby widow's, widower's and survivor's pensions are not payable to persons...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out of the humanitarian assistance scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put protocols in place to deal with future severe weather events when it comes to the payment of social welfare...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the possibility of introducing a cold weather payment which would be paid automatically in cases in which temperatures...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of State pension (non contributory) payments that have been cut as a result of the fraud and error surveys carried...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit, supplementary welfare allowance, farm assist, one parent...
    • Pensions Reform
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the areas that will be examined for possible changes to or restructuring of PRSI contributions with a view to manage and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the costings of pay equality and the timeframe to achieve same (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff assigned in her Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a panel has been established in her Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the composition of the delegation from his Department on a working group further to a commitment in a Rebuilding Ireland...
    • Litter Pollution Legislation
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on concerns raised (details supplied) about the progress of banning micro beads; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the parameters of the rebuilding home loan scheme to allow persons who have lost a house during the...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commercial rates harmonisation process for each local authority; the expected timeframes for completion of...
    • Commercial Rates
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the commercial rates incentive schemes for each local authority, including those categorised as general or special, currently...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the current housing assistance payment model in order to speed up the process (details supplied); and if he...
    • National Planning Framework
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if carbon reduction and fuel poverty proofing has been carried out to prioritise investments outlined in the national planning...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes are envisaged in respect of the allocation of local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, following the...
    • National Planning Framework
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning authorities will be asked to revise their development plans to reflect the new situation in view of the recent...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the annual returns for approved housing bodies are provided to his Department; if so, the number in surplus; the surplus in...
    • Traffic Wardens Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of school traffic wardens employed nationally by county or local authority; if funding has been made available for...
    • Land Issues
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the updated position from the regional assemblies with respect to the amount of residentially zoned land; if the 41,788...
    • Regeneration Projects
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to County Louth under the regeneration programme since its commencement. [10937/18]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if approved housing bodies are reclassified by Eurostat; the level of new departmental oversight this reclassification will...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council staff in west County Cork excluding administrative staff for each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of operational licences for seaweed harvesting; of those, the number held by companies; the number not held by...
    • Planning Issues
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information and relevant documentation supporting the appropriate assessment screening determination that the proposed 35...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the information and relevant documentation supporting the environmental impact statement screening determination that an EIS...
    • Local Authority Housing
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for bringing forward the new national rental scheme for local authority tenants. [11097/18]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the anomaly whereby tenants on the RAS scheme cannot transfer to HAP even though there is a shortage of...
    • Housing Grant Applications
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a homeowners income is taken into consideration when a person applies for a grant under the housing grant scheme if the...
    • Water Charges
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the special provision that will be made for those persons who suffer from health conditions which require heavy water usage...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual grants that have been paid in each of the years 2015 to 2017 to approved housing bodies; the number of housing...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by a person (details supplied) will be examined; if there is an...
    • Planning Guidelines
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that are compliant with his Department's local area plan guidelines in respect of a specific...
    • Departmental Funding
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided for capital projects for scouting organisations by his Department in the past five years; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the number of empty local authority housing units in Galway city; the length of time these...
    • Rural Resettlement Scheme
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is currently formulating a rural resettlement scheme; and if so, the details of same. [11225/18]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registered homeless persons in the western areas of County Cork; the number in emergency accommodation in...
    • Departmental Funding
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which has been set aside in each of the past five years to address the issue of loneliness and social isolation;...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to purchase their home under the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in County Cork by local electoral area in tabular form at...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing list for County Cork by local electoral area at 31 December 2016 and 31 December...
    • Local Government Reform
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 28 largest towns that will be granted borough and district status under legislation proposed by his Department; the...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if third parties can apply to for funding from the local infrastructure housing activation fund towards private housing...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress county councils (details supplied) have made in purchasing industrial land for housing; and if he will make a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of expressions of interest his Department has received for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in each county...
    • Water Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the working group being set up by him to examine the investment needs of rural water and wastewater services will examine...
    • Planning Guidelines
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a further circular letter has issued on section 3.2.3 of the rural housing guidelines; if not, the reason therefore; the...
    • Local Government Reform
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on the amalgamation of Galway City Council and Galway County Council will be published; the process that will...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets and timeframes that are being worked to in terms of the proportion of new builds that have a heating generator...
    • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if specific funding will be allocated to Cavan County Council for the provision of services due to the additional costs on the...
    • Building Regulations
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on the requirement for air vents in new housing; the recourse which homeowners have in cases in which these have...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of the rent pressure zone system; the areas covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Charges Refunds
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and amount of water charge refunds paid to date; Irish Water's plans for further repayments; the purpose to which...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and date of meetings of the national emergency committee from 26 February to 5 March 2018; the Ministers that...
    • Planning Investigations
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the investigation into certain planning matters in County Donegal; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fast-track planning processes for much needed community services in view of the delays the HSE is experiencing in...
    • Mayoral Election
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in terms of a directly elected mayor for County Cork. [11644/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff assigned in his Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria enabling participants to be in both the National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme and the Department of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria enabling agri-environmental payments under the NPWS farm plan scheme on land that has been deemed ineligible under...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the flat payment rate per hectare in addition to the results based payment scale that has operated in each year since the NPWS...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the threat response plan for hen harrier areas will be completed; and her views on permitting afforestation in hen harrier...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who participated in the NPWS farm plan scheme in each of the years 2006 to 2017; and the funding allocated...
    • Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
      692. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh sé ina mhíbhuntáiste do chainteoirí Gaeilge agus do dhaoine sa Ghaeltacht nach mbeidh Nuacht...
    • Tionscadal Éireann 2040
      693. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí briseadh síos ar an maoiniú breise ar fad a bheidh ar fáil don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht...
    • Departmental Funding
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided for capital projects for scouting organisations by her Department in the past five years; and if she will...
    • Archaeological Sites
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for Newgrange and Tara as mentioned briefly in Project Ireland 2040 regarding the national development plan. [11341/18]
    • National Monuments
      697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason information on national monuments in the care of local authorities is not held by her Department; and if she will make...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11453/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff assigned in her Department to the press office, public relations or communications roles in each year since...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      700. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a panel has been established in her Department for communications officers; if a Civil Service position of head of...

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