Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services Regulation
      69. 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 (details supplied);...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will review its principles for redress and compensation under the tracker examination to reflect the fact that many consumers have employed...
    • Credit Unions
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking or plans to take to create a new strategy for the growth and development of the credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank to compile up to date data on the number and value of SME and farm loans held by unregulated loan owners; if the Central...
    • NAMA Portfolio Value
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal rules surrounding the expected surplus from NAMA; if it will be considered a financial transaction; if it will be possible to utilise the proceeds...
    • Tax Code
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy on the EU Commission's proposals to tax digital revenues in each country of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13626/18]
    • Banking Sector
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the decision by the previous Government to allow bailed out banks carry forward 100% of losses for two decades in some cases. [13656/18]
    • Project Ireland 2040
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he is satisfied that the targets already identified for 2018 and thereafter in the context of Project Ireland 2040 are achievable and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, will contribute to delivering more affordable housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Corporation Tax
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the decision to appeal a matter (details supplied); and when the appeal will be heard. [13652/18]
    • Motor Insurance
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with representatives from the motor insurance industry with regard to the refusal to insure motor vehicles over ten years of age; and if he will...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) concerning the use of section 110 tax relief in the IFSC; the actions he plans to take on foot of...
    • Insurance Costs
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest report of the Cost of Insurance Working Group; if the role of profit of the insurance industry in increasing premiums has been...
    • Illicit Trade
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with cross-Border illegal trading in products such as fuels and tobacco; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the economic impact assessments his Department has commissioned on Brexit. [5754/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe to implement the report on the cost of employer and public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/18]
    • Credit Union Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being undertaken by his Department to implement the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach's recommendation that...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the special liquidator of IBRC regarding the release of internal documents by a former official of the bank (details...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist persons faced with increases in the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is planning the way in which a soft border would work on the Border if the EU requires same when the UK exits the customs union. [4562/18]
    • Corporation Tax
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the escrow account to be set up with regard to a matter (details supplied); when he expects the company concerned to start paying into the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with the European Central Bank in relation to the regulation of the banks' number of distressed mortgages; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on mortgage write-downs for mortgage holders in view of the willingness of a bank (details supplied) to offer a discount on loans it transfers to...
    • Banking Sector
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the diminution of banking services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/18]
    • Tax Code
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of the Central Bank that cash buyers such as international funds are putting home ownership beyond the reach of families; and his...
    • Banking Sector
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with financial institutions off-loading their description of distressed mortgage loans; his views on the decision by a bank (details...
    • Brexit Issues
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will seek to avoid disruption to Irish Sea movements under duty suspension between here and Great...
    • Corporation Tax
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the impact on Ireland and other EU member states of planned changes to taxation in the USA. [5421/18]
    • Pension Levy
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken a review of the quantum of the reduction in pension benefits payable to persons in the private and commercial sector as a...
    • Lobbying Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he has been personally lobbied by Israeli Ministers on this issue; his plans to address...
    • Tax Code
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 30 January 2018, if he will consider adopting a system similar to the Australian model on inheritance tax whereby...
    • Banking Sector
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance when the public banking investigation report will be published; the engagement his Department has in respect of this issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Communications
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that alternative telephone numbers to 1850 and 1890 in all Departments of the Revenue Commissioners are provided in order that those...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the apparent contradiction in the approach to research collaborations between the IDA and the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Tax Compliance
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners have audited only five section 110 companies for tax purposes; the action he has taken in ensuring they fulfil all their...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations and policies in place to ensure the rental proceeds of buy to let mortgages which are in distress are paid over to the bank which holds the...
    • Brexit Issues
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact he views Brexit will have on the banking and insurance sector; and if the German community bank, the Sparkasse, will shortly be commencing...
    • Tax Compliance
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the revenue compliance of dog breeding establishments; if he will authorise an audit by the Revenue Commissioners for licences of dog breeding...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials in his Department have examined a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13659/18]
    • Credit Unions
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on the credit union sector, in...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of recommendations of the Cost of Insurance Working Group examining motor insurance; the recommendations which have already...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with senior management of the main banks in relation to the potential sale of loan books to vulture funds; and if he will make a...
    • Property Tax
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision on the future of the local property tax will be made. [13937/18]
    • EU Budget Contribution
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future level of Ireland's contribution to the EU budget and multi-annual financial framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Central Bank
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the engagements and discussions he has had with other EU leaders on vacancies at the European Central Bank. [9660/18]
    • NAMA Board
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appointments to the Board of NAMA advertised in January 2018; if he has considered appointing persons with the requisite skill in...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to block sales by financial institutions in which the State has a majority share holding to unregulated vulture funds. [11006/18]
    • Corporation Tax
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of proposed EU tax changes on his Department's estimates of Ireland's corporation tax revenues in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will...
    • Insurance Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the national claims information database to be fully up and running; when he expects enacting legislation to be brought forward and passed;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk on 8 March 2018. [13931/18]
    • Government Information Service
      135. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to replace www.merrionstreet.ie as a website and a social media identification (details supplied). [13841/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      137. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the appointment of a US ambassador here when he met recently with US President Trump. [13856/18]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      138. To ask the Taoiseach if he has used a personal email address for Government business since his appointment, including in an email to a person (details supplied) on 9 July 2017 at 15:38....
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      141. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed regulatory matters when he met the CEOs of companies (details supplied) when he was in the United States of America recently. [14145/18]
    • Seanad Reform
      142. To ask the Taoiseach the process that has been agreed to appoint a chair to the Seanad Éireann reform group. [14147/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      143. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which justice issues are discussed; and when it last met. [14148/18]
    • Central Statistics Office
      144. To ask the Taoiseach the frequency with which officials from his Department meet with the CSO. [14149/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases from his Department before the conciliation and arbitration scheme; the number of years these cases have been before the...
    • Military Medals
      146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will amend existing protocols in order that medals of the Defence Forces awarded for service during the period 1916 to 1921 can be worn by...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has made a submission to the Public Service Pay Commission on behalf of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Budgets
      148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that was spent of the overall budget allocated to his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2017 for all aspects of the budget; the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his EU counterparts regarding the terms of transition recently finalised in Brussels on 19 March 2018. [13844/18]
    • Good Friday Agreement
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in Dublin, Belfast, London and the United...
    • Ministerial Travel
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason India was not included in the ministerial programme of St. Patrick's Day visits in 2017 or 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will make special arrangements to provide additional staff, working hours and supports to the Passport Office to address...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking along with EU and UN partners to bring a total cessation to the seven-year civil war in Syria; the steps he is taking...
    • Passport Controls
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to allow the new public services card to be used as an alternative to a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Relations
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise the issue of increasing trade ties between the EU and India at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the assassination of a person (details supplied) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; if this murder will be raised...
    • Extradition Arrangements
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest of a person (details supplied) in the Czech Republic on foot of an extradition warrant from...
    • School Placement
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are guidelines or legislation in place to ensure school places for children of Irish citizens who are serving the State overseas;...
    • Visa Agreements
      161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is discretion available to a person (details supplied) in a scenario. [13986/18]
    • Passport Applications
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13989/18]
    • Foreign Policy Review
      163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the review of strategic relations with Germany; the objectives of the exercise; when it commenced; the policy areas being...
    • Northern Ireland
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the possibility of appointing an independent chair to facilitate talks in Northern Ireland. [13930/18]
    • Human Rights
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the human rights situation in Bahrain; and the way in which the Irish objective criteria applies in the case of Bahrain at...
    • Human Rights Investigations
      167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the engagement by the embassy in Mexico on the human rights situation relating to the recent Honduras election. [14081/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it is planned to have a British Irish intergovernmental conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/18]
    • International Agreements
      170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the historic status quo agreement on the rights of all inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the way in which he and his European Union...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Agreements
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that will now be taken before the OECD makes final recommendations on digital tax. [14155/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reintroduction of tax relief on union subscriptions for workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13548/18]
    • Tax Code
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update Ireland's limited partnership legislation with regard to the funds industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13592/18]
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of two additional mobile X-ray scanners for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his definition of non-performing loans; if it includes loans that have been restructured and that the borrower has adhered to the conditions of the...
    • European Financial Forum
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's or his involvement in the European Financial Forum. [7006/18]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland's economic development compares favourably with other European countries within the eurozone, notwithstanding the impact of...
    • Tax Avoidance
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has further examined the issue of tax avoidance by so-called vulture funds; if such entities are subject to corporation tax in respect of interest...
    • Credit Union Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is examining an amendment to the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 to allow credit unions lend to affordable...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the OECD report entitled, Taxing Energy Use 2018, on the role of carbon taxes here and throughout the OECD. [11010/18]
    • Vacant Properties Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant properties which have been surrendered to mortgage lenders around the country; the average length of the vacancy; the number of vacant...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if the concerns expressed at EU level regarding the employee incentive and investment scheme have now been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the strategic review of the Central Bank print works; the options under consideration by the bank in regard to the future of the print works;...
    • NAMA Transactions
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the person or body to which the National Assets Management Agency sold a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13882/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the measures that have been taken to meet and engage with insurance companies regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers,...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if all lenders are on course to meet their commitments made under the tracker mortgage examination in terms of providing redress and compensation by set...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a comprehensive review of all corporate tax reliefs and expenditures to establish if such tax reliefs benefit the public and society or...
    • Tax Credits
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons' (details supplied) tax credits were reduced from €36,000 to €27,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14124/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe to implement measures to address the escalating costs of business insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/18]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance when he was first informed of a bank's (details supplied) planned sale of a loan portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14115/18]
    • Mortgage Lending
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have had contact with the Single Supervisory Mechanism on the classification of certain restructured mortgages as non-performing loans...
    • Economic Policy
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to have discussions with his counterparts at EU level with a view to preventing an economic crash in the future; and if he...
    • Credit Availability
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which adequate working capital remains available to small and medium-sized enterprises with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance when the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/18]
    • Economic Growth Rate
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects the economy to grow in the context of this and subsequent years, notwithstanding the potential threat of Brexit or other...
    • Brexit Issues
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to make provision for issues arising from Brexit in such a way as to maximise opportunities for the economy; and if he will...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the policy of lending institutions that are set to repossess family homes, even in instances in...
    • Job Creation Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of jobs projected to be created within the economy over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14238/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that due regard has been given to the economic effect of works in a populated area of significant economic, heritage...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pensions for retired public servants (details supplied). [13531/18]
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he has quantified the likely contribution of reform in the public sector in the context of economic performance in...
    • Public Sector Pay
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further reforms that may be introduced regarding the manner in which public contracts or procurements are undertaken with a view to...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the context of the preview of the capital programme, he has identified specific issues requiring particular investment to address...
    • Brexit Issues
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department monitors the impact of Brexit on the public and private sectors with a view to addressing such...
    • Drainage Schemes
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will carry out works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13578/18]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a Civil Service pension award is clarified on reaching pension age; if the terms of contract remain available to indicate entitlement...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an organisation (details supplied) has requested a meeting with him; when this meeting was initially requested; when it is planned to...
    • Public Sector Staff
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public service redevelopment scheme is widely used by the public and Civil Service; the activity of the scheme for 2017; if staff...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the implementation of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works which have been completed on the Clare river flood relief scheme, encompassing, Claregalway, Carnmore, Lisheenavalla and...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to carry out works to protect the structure and improve the safety of a house (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be prioritising adults with low skills and qualification in the FET (details supplied); if so, if adequate resources will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13525/18]
    • Apprenticeship Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons enrolled in the commis chef and the chef de partie apprenticeships in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has identified a need for additional primary school places in the Greystones area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of school places in the Greystones area; the number of children due to begin primary school in September 2018; and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new places provided for primary education in the Greystones area in the past five years; the number of additional spaces planned;...
    • School Accommodation
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13587/18]
    • Nursing Education
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available for mature students on the various nursing courses in GMIT Castlebar; his plans to provide additional places for...
    • Education Centre Network
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each director and chairperson of the Donegal Education Centre in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form;...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil an deontas €103 in aghaidh an dalta, a íocann a Roinn le hiar-bhunscoileanna a dhéanann teagasc...
    • Schools Designation
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for co-educational status; the reason for the delay in view of...
    • School Staff
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to end the discriminatory two-tier system of payments made to school secretaries in primary and post-primary schools...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition process in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to meet the temporary accommodation requirements of a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2018-2019...
    • School Curriculum
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hardcopies of primary language curriculum handbooks for English-medium schools still available from his Department; if same will be...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects that have been required to apply to local authorities for an extension of duration of planning permission...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13773/18]
    • Schools Establishment
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans from a new co-educational, multidenominational, non-fee-paying, second-level school for children attending primary schools of...
    • School Placement
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines or legislation in place in relation to ensuring school places in schools for children of Irish citizens who are serving...
    • School Patronage
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ownership of a school (details supplied) in County Louth will be clarified. [13852/18]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site for a new school (details supplied) will be purchased and publicly announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13862/18]
    • State Examinations
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the decision to refuse a reasonable accommodations application for the junior certificate for a child (details supplied) in County...
    • School Staff
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if circular 0071/2014 will be reviewed with a view to defining exceptional circumstances; if the circumstances and criteria for such exceptional...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review with respect to a school (details supplied) which was due for completion in mid-January 2018; the direct contact with...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the opening of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13908/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a schedule of accommodation for an approved extension of a school (details supplied) will be provided; if a timeframe is available for work to...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will promote a public awareness campaign targeting parents and children and young persons regarding the importance of digital citizenship...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an alternative school placement can be found for a person (details supplied) who has been expelled from school; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a school can apply for a devolved grant for a school extension or upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14057/18]
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a staffing appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) was rejected; the further recourse available to the school to have this...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties schools are experiencing owing to the deficiencies in the National Vetting Bureau (Children...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14122/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants available to schools to make them more accessible for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied) will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14249/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of social or affordable homes that have been built as a result of investment made through the immigrant investor...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests for additional funding, staff resources or expertise that have been made by the Data Protection...
    • Data Protection
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward appropriate legislation to hold technology companies accountable for the protection of data and...
    • Peace Commissioners
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are guidelines for peace commissioners using their PC suffix while advocating a particular position in referenda...
    • Garda Recruitment
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new recruits in relation to Garda recruitment are still being drawn from those that applied in 2016; when those that applied...
    • Residency Permits
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for legislative change in view of the ruling regarding the standing of personal insolvency practitioners, PIPs, in...
    • Garda Operations
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána in the event that a person is reported by a member of the public as being suicidal in a...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in the Waterford division that received major refurbishments in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the works...
    • Prison Deaths
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recommendations of a report (details supplied) have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contact he has had with the independent Garda youth diversion project service providers in relation to the proposed new...
    • Garda Reports
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to publish the 2011 Garda report into the activities of undercover British police officers. [13798/18]
    • Immigration Status
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for permission to stay in Ireland in the case of a person (details...
    • Garda Data
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based in Blanchardstown Garda station; and the number of Garda vehicles available to them in each of...
    • Garda Strength
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí based in Clondalkin Garda station in each of the past six years; and the up to date figures...
    • Garda Transport Data
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans in the Dublin region that were scrapped in 2017 due to the fact they...
    • Garda Vetting Applications Data
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vetting applications that were submitted in 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number that were fully processed in...
    • Garda Stations
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new Garda station for Macroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13005/18]
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the roll-over from the temporary premises when the newly refurbished courthouse in County Waterford reopens;...
    • Garda Stations
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Rush Garda station will be reopened. [14037/18]
    • Passport Applications
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a passport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision Data
      318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 21 March 2018, the name, location and intended future use of the direct provision...
    • Garda Promotions
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the vacant position of superintendent in Nenagh, County Tipperary, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14048/18]
    • Work Permits Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of jobs that are categorised as highly skilled for the purposes of employment permits. [13549/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will next meet the CEO of Science Foundation Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 25 January 2018, if IDA lands are available in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies supported by the IDA in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form....
    • Work Permits Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visas granted to non-EU workers on film and television productions in receipt of State funding in each of the years 2007...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13583/18]
    • Ambulance Service
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the ambulance service in the event that a person is reported by a member of the public as being suicidal in a public place with their life being in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a procedure carried out at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were receiving Versatis on the drug payment scheme and the medical card in November 2017; the number of persons removed and still...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13524/18]
    • Health Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation facing the family of a person (details supplied). [13526/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      336. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13545/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      337. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities, as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme; and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if Melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme for children with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit disorder; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the calculations used in determining the assessment of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      341. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional parking spaces in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has plans to extend the free meningitis B vaccination or provide financial support for the vaccination in respect of children born...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for orthodontic work. [13614/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/18]
    • Blood Transfusion Service Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for mobile blood donation vans to travel to workplaces and schools in an effort to increase blood supplies; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity at each of the community hospitals in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of bed closures which...
    • Nursing Home Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the pricing system in respect of long-term residential care with service providers, and as recommended by the review of the fair deal scheme...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities for drug and alcohol rehabilitation that are available for long-term inpatient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13700/18]
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion and publication of the integrated care programme for the prevention and management of chronic disease, ICPCD, model of care;...
    • Hospitals Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the thrombolysis rates in each hospital providing thrombolysis here in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13719/18]
    • Hospitals Discharges
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the sites in which the extension of early supported discharge is proposed for 2018; the progress to date on same; the status on the NCP's recommendation for a...
    • National Stroke Programme Implementation
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which stroke units are in development; the status on their development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13721/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the challenges in terms of pathways of care, estate and manpower that need to be addressed in terms of thrombectomy as referred to by a person (details...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a report following a review of the audiology services in the HSE west remains in draft form and has not been published; and if he will ensure prompt...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by an organisation (details supplied) for funding to provide additional services to school leavers with intellectual difficulties in County...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      364. 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. [13760/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has held with the HSE regarding the 500 beds to be delivered in the winter of 2018-2019; his plans for same; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Jeyes report recommendations with regard to a service (details supplied); the status of all residential and day-service...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) on the orthodontist waiting list. [13769/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      368. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a medical card application submitted in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme in view...
    • Mental Health Services
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) that presented multiple times at both Blanchardstown and Naas hospitals with suicidal ideation over the course of six...
    • Maternity Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a decision will issue by the South-South West Hospital Group regarding approval of a capital submission for a dedicated obstetric theatre for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [13803/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children presenting to emergency departments for mental health issues in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number of these presentations...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if the immediate publication of the review of pricing system for long-term residential care facilities as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      378. To ask the Minister for Health when the result of the assessment of the PKU treatment drug Kuvan will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13807/18]
    • Family Resource Centres
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if a timescale has been put in place to provide a written commitment from the HSE on the capital cost of renovations to a centre (details supplied); and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 15 November 2017, when the new 50-bed mental health unit at University Hospital Galway will be operational; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the changes and the timeline for changes to the fair deal scheme regarding the treatment of family farms in the financial assessment of the application...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by members of an organisation (details supplied); if he has received correspondence on same; if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      385. 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. [13853/18]
    • Dental Services Staff
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for two extra full-time dental hygienists for a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved home care package scheme applications waiting allocation of carers by local health office; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities; if he will introduce an independent appeals process within the...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of areas in County Wexford that do not have a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13873/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) whose medical services are being moved to a different part of the county will be examined; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue Bill. [13877/18]
    • Nursing Home Services
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new residential nursing care unit at Merlin Park Hospital; when a planning application will be lodged for a new facility; when...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      393. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide access to a treatment (details supplied) through the HSE for spinal muscular atrophy; if a child that has type two spinal muscular atrophy...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 3 October 2017, if the attention of the HSE staff management has been drawn to the way in which it can request to...
    • Health Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the body with responsibility for the creation of surgical and medical procedure codes in private medicine have not kept them up to date and as a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has followed his request to re-engage with a company (details supplied) in relation to the provision of Respreeza; if not, the reason for same; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an assessment of need for a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time in County Wexford; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines in place in relation to the sale of medicines containing codeine. [13955/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      402. To ask the Minister for Health when a fair deal scheme appeal by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13956/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13962/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13965/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of community mental health teams in each CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13972/18]
    • Health Services Data
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the types and number of different testing methodologies for borreliosis being employed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13973/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the timeframe for same; and if an early appointment will be provided. [13975/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who has been granted extra days of respite care per month is still waiting three months after they were granted same due...
    • Medical Qualifications
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to establish a recognised standard of training for practitioners of acupuncture (details supplied); if academic validation of...
    • Health Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was informed on 7 February 2018 that the HSE will not provide additional items for their medical equipment. [13988/18]
    • HSE Funding
      412. To ask the Minister for Health further to correspondence (details supplied), if his Department has released the full €35 million of funding for developments to the HSE for 2018; and...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health further to correspondence (details supplied), the number of sites without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations involved; the number of staff...
    • Legislative Measures
      415. To ask the Minister for Health when the general scheme of a Bill reflecting the 165 changes recommended by the expert group review of the Mental Health Act 2001 will be made available; the...
    • Hospital Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when he will undertake the consultation he committed to in December 2017 with local interested parties on the future of the emergency department in Portlaoise...
    • Disease Incidence
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of samples submitted for testing for Lyme borrelia for each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if capital investment is planned for the laundry department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; his views on whether the facilities and equipment of the laundry...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment works at Kanturk Community Hospital, Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14036/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the opening of pre and post lung transplant rooms at the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14055/18]
    • Public Health Policy
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the public health guidelines that exist in relation to the maximum number of hours different children should spend playing computer games; the way in which...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      425. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive notification of their appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14059/18]
    • General Practitioner Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason general practitioners are accepting patients for just six months at the request that they allocate themselves another general practitioner within...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made towards the construction of the south Donegal community hospital project, Ballyshannon; when a contractor will be appointed;...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the amount which has been allocated in 2018 for the construction of the new mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital. [14066/18]
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the average time from registration to discharge for all patients presenting at the accident and emergency department in University Hospital Galway; the average...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      432. To ask the Minister for Health when changes to cap the financial contribution that can be applied on family farms under the fair deal nursing home scheme will be introduced following the...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if core funding will be made available to an association (details supplied) for its helpline, its advocacy work and to support its branch structure; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish nationwide Parkinson's nurse specialist service and surgical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14077/18]
    • Disability Support Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the accounts of persons at a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny are managed; if weekend allowances are paid to the persons or family...
    • Medicinal Products
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the role and function of the protein biologics in yeast, the yeast manufacturing process used extensively in the production of Gardasil by a company (details...
    • Psychological Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no adult psychological services in CHO areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an orthopaedic outpatient appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14125/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted of procedures for issuing medical cards to persons with cancer as per the programme for Government; and if so, the findings and...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Data
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacists that made late applications for payment for medical card prescriptions for 2008, 2009 and 2010; and the number of these claims...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure whereby pharmacists making late claims for payment of medical card prescriptions have their claims dealt with. [14129/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting to get a scoliosis operation in Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14135/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the monitoring or accountability of services in place for persons with intellectual disabilities that attend day services in training centres or day centres;...
    • Health Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14171/18]
    • Hospital Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scheduled inpatient procedures cancelled or postponed to date in 2018. [14179/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the publication of the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities will be ensured as recommended within the review of the fair...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility for a home care package in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14245/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a medical card; if this case can now be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new diabetes centre at Sligo University Hospital; if the shortlisting of contractors has been completed; when a contractor will be appointed;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a reduced penalty will be applied in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13585/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take on foot of a decision on an appeal lodged by a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13611/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to the crop loss compensation scheme by county; the number of approved applicants; the number of...
    • GLAS Payments
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the second payment under the GLAS will be paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13729/18]
    • Pesticide Use
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food, and...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if foreshore licences or other licences have been issued for Lough Foyle in the history of the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Payments
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 8 March 2018, when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment for 2017; and...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 8 March 2018, when a person (details supplied) will receive an organics payment; and if...
    • GLAS Payments
      466. 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. [13772/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a basic payment scheme appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Herd Number Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a herd number by a person (details supplied). [13851/18]
    • Transport of Animals
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assurances that will be provided to ensure that calves exported to the EU mainland receive adequate rest, food and water...
    • Animal Welfare
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows and calves killed at a location (details supplied) during Storm Emma; the recommendations he will make in relation...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the second payment of the sheep welfare scheme will be made available to recipients; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Payments
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); when a payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14042/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2017 GLAS payment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/18]
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of organic farming payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14044/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduced rate of ANC payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Afforestation Programme
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the results of the mid-term review of the forestry programme 2014-2020 promised at the end of 2017 will be published; if no...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for an oyster fishing licence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce an option on a form (details supplied) under the rules for the movement of animals to bed and breakfast...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant positions in the BPS section of his Department; the number of persons that transferred out of the section in...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a claim for compensation by a person (details supplied) will be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14100/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a GLAS payment; the reason the processing of the farmer's application...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farm penalty was imposed on a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was a reduction of BPS payments due to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14248/18]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Deontais Ranna
      499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government ó tharla go bhfuil ar dhaoine táillí bruscair a íoc de réir meáchain anois, cé na...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address issues with regard to the salmon quota for an angling club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Air Pollution
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the air pollution standards which currently apply; the EU air pollution regulations; the EU air pollution regulations...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the length of time residents living in rural amber areas of Tallaght and Rathfarnham will be waiting for the roll-out...
    • Waste Management
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the roles, responsibilities and powers of the National Waste Collection Permit Office; if the Office has enforcement...
    • Air Pollution
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the body that has responsibility to protect the public from air pollution from domestic chimneys; if a complaint can be...
    • Electric Vehicles
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which persons in counties Sligo and Leitrim can be expected to consider changing from diesel and petrol...
    • Departmental Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of funding provided by his Department to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland; the number of staff employed...
    • Internet Safety
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the creation of a digital safety commissioner will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Postal Codes
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 8 March 2018, if a matter regarding an Eircode will be addressed; and if...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Tax
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy rationale behind the introduction in 2008 of the new system of linking motor tax and VRT to the CO2 emissions from vehicles;...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be made available to Kerry County Council to fully recondition the Dale Road, Abbeydorney, County Kerry; and...
    • Driver Test Regulations
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the system for driver tests (details supplied). [13586/18]
    • National Transport Authority Administration
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the National Transport Authority in each of the years 2014 to 2017; the key functions of this body; the way in which the...
    • Traffic Management
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been in contact with Dublin City Council on continuing traffic gridlock, especially at thoroughfares and bridges...
    • Road Safety Authority Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 28 February 2018, the details of the additional fields in the electronic traffic incident...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a compulsory purchase order overrules a way leave; if so, if the way leave stands as a legal document (details supplied); and if he...
    • Noise Pollution
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that decibel levels are above allowable limits at areas beside the M50 at Castleknock; if his...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund pilot programmes for dockless bike share programmes in Cork city and county similar to those are operated in other...
    • Noise Pollution
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation to make Fingal County Council the competent independent authority for noise regulation. [13746/18]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an issue with the de-icer operators at Dublin Airport and that this issue caused delays during recent...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will seek applications for the large scale sport infrastructure fund as announced in budget 2018; the number of years...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the appeal under the sports capital grant scheme as submitted by a sports club (details supplied) whose original...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his position articulated during a debate in Seanad Éireann on 15 February 2017, that there is no need to place the Irish...
    • Greenways Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be provided on the funding status of phase 4 of the Royal Canal greenway; the requirements that need to be...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names and titles of the persons who made up the membership of the appeals board that made the decisions to grant funding recently on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital allocation for his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the areas in which this spend will be made in each of these...
    • Bus Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no buses serve the IFSC area from Dublin 15; if new bus routes serving the IFSC area...
    • Taxi Regulations
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no taxi suitability test centre (details supplied) resulting in enforced costs on those travelling to other centres...
    • Road Projects Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade a road (details supplied) to regional road status within County Donegal; if this road will form a strategic part of...
    • Noise Pollution
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 10 May 2017, in the context of this litigation being completed, if he will request that this...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the marking system in respect of an application for a sports capital grant by a centre (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to publish the promised review of the national sports policy; his plans to reintroduce the local authority swimming pool...
    • Rail Network
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the design work will commence on the electrification of the Kildare rail line to Hazelhatch, County Kildare; when planning approval...
    • Road Projects Status
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the upgrade of the traffic safety works to be carried out on the N5 at the village of Termonbarry, County Roscommon; and...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital allocation for her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the areas in which this will be spent in each of these years;...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children at risk cases which Tusla has categorised as founded and unfounded for each of the past 12 months in tabular form;...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when capital funding for renovation works will be made available to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedure a person who was born and adopted in the 1950s in Dublin should take in order to find their original birth certificate...
    • Youth Services Provision
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the funding cuts that have taken place in regard to organisations (details supplied); the funding received since 2007,...
    • School Completion Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding cuts to clubs (details supplied); and if alternative funding will be allocated. [13901/18]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is support either financial or otherwise, for a person that was born in a mother and baby home to attend counselling and or to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of progress made by her Department in order to find a solution to the current inequitable administering of commercial rates...
    • Special Care Beds Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity for special care beds in each of the special care units nationally (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a request to provide funding for the provision of a family resource centre for Longford town in 2018 (details...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Services Programme
      561. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the case of an association (details supplied) in County Kerry will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      562. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the assessment of the Comptroller and Auditor General that the low level of disbursement from the dormant accounts funds...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Expenditure
      574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on the Local and Community Development Programme in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and the allocated spend for 2018,...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the compulsory retirement age will be applicable to the private sector in view of the recent change to the public service...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13588/18]
    • Employment Rights
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to the rights, including terms and conditions, of au pairs working here; the obligations of the host...
    • Social Insurance Fund Review
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a system of illness benefit for self-employed persons is now available; the steps that have been taken to implement same;...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a situation in which a portion of the income of one spouse which is directed into a legally formed trust fund for...
    • Public Services Card
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific section of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that legislates for public services cards. [13613/18]
    • Pensions Reform
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new method for calculating pensions will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13615/18]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait times for claims decisions, reviews and appeals by scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13724/18]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of payments of disability allowance and children’s allowance to persons (details supplied); and if they are...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can further appeal their application for a State (contributory) pension; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for all social welfare payments in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      587. 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...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be carried out on the case of a person (details supplied). [13801/18]
    • Pension Provisions
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 273 of 8 February 2018 and 539 of 20 February 2018, if provision is made in her...
    • Employment Support Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of carer's allowance are not eligible for a grant (details supplied) in view of the fact they...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for jobseeker's allowance will be re-examined; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be an increase in the electricity allowance under the household benefits package to recognise the increase in...
    • Public Services Card
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exact date invitations to register for a public services card were first sent by her Department to persons who have been...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of carer's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the six year rule will be abolished for participants over the age of 55 years on the rural social scheme, RSS, and...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address queries (details supplied) regarding the RSS and Tús; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address queries (details supplied) with regard to JobPath issues and Tús; and if she will make a statement...
    • Tús Programme
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address queries (details supplied) with regard to extending Tús participation; and if she will make a...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to award free travel passes to persons with epilepsy and their travel companions in view of the fact that many are...
    • Pension Provisions
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recent decisions to allow homemakers pre-1994 to discount those years from pension calculations will be enacted;...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment schemes currently in place; the detail of the schemes being run; the location of each; the...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost saving to her Department as a result of the revised model of funding agreed for the rural social scheme; and if she...
    • JobPath Programme
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which participants for JobPath are selected; if there has been a change in this regard; if it is a random...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on JobPath, Tús, the rural social scheme and community employment schemes in each of the years 2015 to...
    • JobPath Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of participants in each year that have entered full-time employment after participating in JobPath since the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of years or length of time participants can spend on community employment, the rural social scheme, Tús and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a review of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in view of the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to prevent a company (details supplied), whose appeal against An Bord Pleanála's ruling that this company must...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the compensation paid to businesses affected by the flooding of 28 June 2012 in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a foreshore licensing application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Loans
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the variances there are in the Rebuilding Ireland assessment tool via the calculator tool on a website (details supplied) and...
    • Building Regulations
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a redress scheme for purchasers of houses and apartments that were not properly constructed and that are...
    • Housing Provision
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and name of local authorities that have applied to his Department for permission to enter into contacts to directly...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the review of the local authority tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Grant Payments
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the various works for which eligible persons are entitled to receive grant aid from their local authority under the housing...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of topping up among tenants availing of the housing assistance payment where...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that have been taken to examine buildings with cladding in the Dublin metropolitan area; the way in which such an...
    • Fire Safety
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken to ensure fire safety and fire safety compliance with regard to apartment complexes and new timber framed...
    • Planning Guidelines
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will commence section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016; the reason...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that the developers of defective apartment complexes built during the boom are prevented from...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the affordable rental scheme pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13888/18]
    • Fire Safety
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the high level taskforce to reappraise Ireland's response to fire safety standards announced in June 2017...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the eligibility criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan in relation to employment status in view of the fact that the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council will be selling off a number of pieces of land to fund...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to raise the threshold for social housing supports in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Loan Scheme
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the problems facing persons renting and or sourcing loans post bankruptcy. [13967/18]
    • Fire Stations Provision
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding which was announced three years ago to provide extra space in Mountrath fire station will be released; when...
    • Protected Disclosures
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1767 of 16 January 2018, if he will make available an unredacted copy of the report...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an area will be designated as a rent zone (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14112/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis on which the target of 500 Part V units was set for 2018; and the details of the targets by each local authority...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason carers who are in receipt of carers' allowance are not allowed to have their allowance income included in the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his Department's steps to address the classification of approved housing bodies as part of general Government...
    • Housing Provision
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units covered by the enhanced leasing scheme, by county; the anticipated costs per annum in 2018; and if he will...
    • Development Contributions
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's policy in relation to the imposition of development levies on approved housing bodies developments; if a...
    • Referendum Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to set the date for a referendum on the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution; if the date will be set...
    • Register of Electors
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publicise the deadlines for the supplementary registers for the upcoming referendum on the Thirty-sixth Amendment...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when applications will be invited from local authorities for the second round tranche of LIHAF; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • EU Directives
      656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares of land designated special areas of conservation in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application for a licence to exercise leisure animals, horses and ponies in Ballykeeffe Woods, County Kilkenny will be...
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of foreign visits taken by Creative Ireland personnel and or staff within her Department for purposes related to...
    • Architectural Heritage
      660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ongoing archaeological monitoring that has taken place during each of the past ten peat extraction seasons along the​...
    • Ferry Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will conduct a review of the decision to remove the contract from a company (details supplied) that operates a...

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