Written answers

Tuesday, 1 May 2018

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18897/18]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans with regard to recruiting more social workers. [18786/18]
    • Child Care Services Provision
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the childcare needs in the zero to two years of age group will be addressed in Dublin 1 in view of the concerns of public health nurses....
    • Children and Family Services Provision
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the terms of reference have been drawn up for a working group (details supplied); if so, if she will provide a copy of same; the members...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure by her Department on the Tuam mother and baby home inquiry, in particular, for advertising, the appointment of consultants,...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the working group tasked with streamlining children's mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist parents burdened with high childcare costs in view of the fact that the subsidy for childcare introduced in September...
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with an organisation (details supplied); if she has received a copy of the Elliott report; and her plans to...
    • Child Protection
      46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a recent article and documentary detailing the alleged mishandling of disclosures of serious abuse at a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 22 February 2018, her plans to examine her Department's relationship with Pobal with a view to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration is being given to the reintroduction of three enrolment points to the early childhood care and education scheme in order to...
    • Youth Services
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the State should have a representative on the board of an organisation (details supplied) to protect the interests of...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to protect the children of illegally adopted persons who are unaware of their status from receiving false medical...
    • Youth Services Funding
      52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contingency plans available to fund an organisation (details supplied) if her Department's line of funding is not restored before 30...
    • Child Protection
      53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions being taken to investigate serious issues and allegations regarding risk to children awaiting a service and the neglect of those...
    • Foster Care Supports
      54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the issue of public liability insurance cover for foster carers will be rectified; the progress made in resolving the issue to date;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 22 February 2018, her plans to commission an independent review of the operating system for...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communication technology...
    • Internet Safety
      58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's work to implement the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group; the actions she is...
    • Family Resource Centres
      59. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which €160,000 in funding was allocated to the new family resource centres in view of the fact that existing centres...
    • Child Abuse
      60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied that adequate protection is in place to ensure early reporting and prompt action in cases of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Data
      61. To ask the Taoiseach the population of each of the New Ross, Enniscorthy and Wexford Garda districts, respectively. [18683/18]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      62. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the €2.5 million was spent by the strategic communications unit since its inception in September 2017. [18765/18]
    • Departmental Budgets
      63. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Revised Estimate for his Department. [18863/18]
    • Government Information Service
      64. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of the GIS in co-ordinating cross-departmental information campaigns. [18864/18]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      65. To ask the Taoiseach when the citizen research for the strategic communications unit will commence. [18865/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Army Barracks
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Crimean War cannon placed in the Curragh will be returned to Port Laoise (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken or written to the Israeli ambassador about Israel's 70th anniversary commemoration celebrations. [19090/18]
    • Syrian Conflict
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence. [18641/18]
    • Human Rights Cases
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to appeal the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of persons (details supplied). [17815/18]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the academic scholarships available for Palestinian citizens to study here; the courses that are covered by the scholarships; and the...
    • Northern Ireland
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the negotiations on reconvening the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18862/18]
    • White Paper on Irish Aid
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the consultation process will commence on the planned White Paper on Irish overseas development assistance; the expected publication...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department have briefed him on the status of Brexit negotiations and the preparations being made for March 2019. [18808/18]
  • Department of Finance
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason officials from the Revenue Commissioners have not been attending county council joint policing committee, JPC, meetings in the north-west region...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in respect of the ongoing assessment by the Revenue Commissioners of certain benefit-in-kind, BIK, issues relating to staff and ex-staff of banks...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a family (details supplied) that has been discharged from bankruptcy is unable to get mortgage approval two years later; and if he will make a...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the uptake of the knowledge development box in view of the fact that the initial estimate in budget 2016 was €31 million in the first year...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a mechanism in place whereby the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman can refer issues and investigations to the Central Bank if it is of the...
    • Banking Operations
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Central Bank has taken regarding system issues whereby money has not shown up in some bank accounts (details supplied); if the attention of the...
    • Bank IT Systems
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the role the Central Bank has in ensuring that information technology systems in place in banks are adequately designed, serviced and resourced to manage the...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent reports that suggest insurance companies are using management fees to inflate premiums and to prevent outsiders from entering the market;...
    • Legislative Measures
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the central bank (national claims information database) Bill; when it will be introduced and enacted; if concerns put forward by an organisation...
    • Credit Ratings
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons' credit ratings with the central credit register will be affected if payments were rejected as a result of the information technology issue at banks...
    • Corporation Tax
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of payments a company (details supplied) will make into the escrow account; when the entire amount will be paid into the account; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the action the Central Bank will take against a bank (details supplied) following its computer problems; the rights of the affected customers in this regard;...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact nature of the 4,000 new cases in the Central Bank's April 2018 update on the tracker scandal; the new groups that have been included; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount transferred to parent companies outside Ireland that is classified within management expenses by participants in the insurance market here,...
    • Tax Agreements
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a double taxation anomaly whereby a UK resident pays tax on the income from a property in Ireland in both jurisdictions; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Data
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance companies providing pet insurance; the annual revenue in 2017 obtained from pet insurance based on data obtained from the Central Bank;...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars registered here in each of the past four years and to date in 2018; the number of those registrations that were pre-registered, that is, the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate PCP finance packages particularly in the car loan finance sector. [19067/18]
    • Stamp Duty
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty received in each month from January to March 2018 against the budgeted intake for those months by agricultural property, commercial property,...
    • Universal Social Charge Review
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the working group on the future of PRSI and the USC in respect of contribution rates and ensuring contribution classes are actuarially...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Payments
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure for calculating the amount of compensation due to landowners in the event that part of their land has to be taken over by...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high-level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time antenatal leave or absence from work remains on a person's personnel record if she is employed within the public...
    • State Properties Data
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 17 April 2018, the number of sites and suitable acreage for residential construction by...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) in each year since March 2011, in tabular form; the costs per contract;...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration is being given to reducing the turnover requirements for public tenders to ensure that smaller suppliers of goods and...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the PPP projects in the water sector; the cost of each; and his plans to begin posting these details on the Government's...
    • Public Private Partnerships Cost
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the PPP contracts that account for an increase in PPP liability from €6 billion in 2013 to €9.6 billion in 2016; and the...
    • Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide funds for coastal protection works in Leenane, County Galway, on foot of an application from...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of new temporary clerical officer posts (details supplied) in the Civil Service that will be for persons with...
    • Proposed Legislation
      118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public service superannuation (miscellaneous provisions) (amendment) Bill will be published; the committee in which will the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the high level forum set up to deal with the issue of pension provision for the supervisors and assistant supervisors of community...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down to date of the Youth Guarantee funding from the EU. [18804/18]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of persons qualifying for the long-term illness scheme; if provision will be made for persons within this category who do not...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be notified of a decision on its application for the summer works scheme which was submitted in 2015; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Dublin which have an ASD unit; the number of children attending each; the number of pupils awaiting access to an ASD unit...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on a permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Welfare Service Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational services that can be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18583/18]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each primary and secondary school in County Wexford that does not have a physical education hall; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to organise meetings for groups of survivors of residential institutional abuse. [18603/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to schools in north County Dublin by catchment area for the provision of ASD units; the amount of this...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for backdating the restitution of the settlement reached between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) over past...
    • Education Fees
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a policy decision taken by the CDETB to raise fees for adults taking music lessons at a college (details...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 6 February 2018, the actions he has taken to ensure that the attention of employees of bodies under...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its proposed new build extension downsized; if other similar projects are being reduced in size as...
    • Teacher Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have retired since 2010; the number of teachers that have been recruited since 2010, by primary and second level in...
    • Teacher Career Breaks
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have availed of career breaks, duration of career breaks and on-career breaks in each year since 2010, by primary and...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project to provide a permanent replacement school for a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers recruited in each of the years from 2005 to 2017, inclusive, and to date in 2018, by county and in tabular form....
    • School Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive additional teachers in September 2018. [18723/18]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a requirement (details supplied) for persons seeking to have professional qualifications for regulated construction industry...
    • School Transport Administration
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes implemented in the school transport scheme ahead of the next round of school bus places being allocated; the meetings he has held on...
    • School Transport Appeals
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the responses issued to the appeal made by the parents of a child (details supplied) for the provision of school bus services....
    • School Accommodation Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accommodation funding that was granted to a school (details supplied). [18766/18]
    • School Staff
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) will no longer meet the threshold for an administrative principal...
    • State Examinations Commission
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is necessary for teachers to have taught the politics course to be employed by the State Examinations Commission to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to ensure the maintenance of the existing prefabricated structure until the new school...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports and or grant aid available for a student (details supplied) who accepts a college placement in the United Kingdom; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage the plans are at; and if he will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application to the Teaching Council by a person (details supplied) to have their Canadian degrees recognised here for teaching...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive capital funding for refurbishment; if this school is on a list in his Department; the status of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the capital plans for each secondary school in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18855/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new and additional places created and the capital expenditure including summer works, minor works, emergency works and other...
    • Teacher Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teaching posts provided in 2017; the number of these appointed to meet demographic needs; and the number that arose...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional resource teacher posts provided in 2017. [18916/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the building of a permanent school structure at a school (details supplied); the reason the timeframes indicated to parents have...
    • Foirne Scoile
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcasfaidh sé le toscaireacht ó scoil (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Dhún na nGall chun a cás eisceachtúil ó...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects (details supplied). [18929/18]
    • School Fees
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) increased its fees for music lessons by 50%; and if this increase will be reconsidered in view of the fact...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher training graduates who have completed a special educational needs component in their initial teacher training; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the overall contract for the construction of a new education campus (details supplied) in County Cork will go to tender; when the campus...
    • Third Level Staff
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in respect of the implementation of the Cush report regarding part-time and fixed-term employment in third...
    • Teaching Contracts
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in respect of the implementation of the Ward report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18971/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recent announcement for the construction of a new school in Gurranabraher, County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible to register with an ETB as a registered tutor for drama, music or otherwise; and the procedure for such registration. [19029/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department plans to deal with the provision of a sports hall for a school (details supplied); and the details of project...
    • School Patronage
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location and patronage of the new schools recently announced in the capital plan for County Kildare; if such details are not available, if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on an issue raised in correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19039/18]
    • School Discipline
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the section 29 procedure is inappropriate in the case of a proposed expulsion or suspension of a child with special needs;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification Policy
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rights to work of non-EEA citizens here who are partners or spouses of Irish citizens. [18589/18]
    • Criminal Law
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if guidelines or restrictions exist on the use of electronic anti-loitering devices, commonly referred to as mosquito alarms;...
    • Wards of Court
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children or young adults who have been made wards of court in the past ten years; the degree to which the process...
    • Garda Recruitment
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons working for police forces in other jurisdictions are not considered or permitted for direct entry as members...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to update a GNIB card in the case of a person (details supplied); the dates for which stamp 4 has been...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts that will be made to include those persons who were detained in the Magdalen laundries or mother and baby homes and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Insurance Industry
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position on recommendation No. 26 in the cost of insurance working group report of January 2017 on the establishment of a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sergeants, inspectors and superintendents, respectively in County Wexford on 21 April 2011 and on 21 April 2018;...
    • Prison Regulations
      187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if section 44.(1) of the Prison Rules 2007 SI 252 of 2007 will be amended to include the phrase "(k) Members of the Oireachtas"...
    • Visa Applications
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appeal for a visa by a person (details supplied) will be considered and granted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Operations
      189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 20 March 2018, the status of the work of the multi-stakeholder group and the...
    • Immigration Controls
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used by immigration officers for carrying out additional checks including interviews in respect of persons...
    • Garda Recruitment
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date...
    • Legislative Process
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the report arising from the pre-legislative scrutiny on the communications (retention of data) Bill 2017 that...
    • Garda Deployment
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in each division within the Dublin metropolitan region in 2017 and to...
    • Prison Service Staff
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details suppled) will be called for an appeal hearing. [18997/18]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are board vacancies in respect of the criminal injuries compensation tribunal; if so, when they will be filled; if he...
    • Jury Service
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if travel expenses for jurors will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19038/18]
    • Bench Warrants
      198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants issued in 2016 and 2017; the number outstanding in this regard; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Programme for Government
      199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the programme for partnership Government commitment on the introduction of mandatory sentencing for robbery with...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Workplace Relations Commission fishing boat inspections that took place from 1 September to 31 December 2017. [18648/18]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      202. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her officials have met recently to discuss the implications for foreign direct investment here due to the most recent...
    • Residency Permits
      203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the dependent partner (details supplied) of an Irish citizen in circumstances in which the Irish citizen's...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
      204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent reports from the Central Bank and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on personal contract plans;...
    • Work Permits Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for employment permits from asylum seekers that have been made in the past month; and the number of...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had communications with the Health and Safety Authority on updating the Electricity Regulations 2007 on portable appliance...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      207. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports that are available to a small start-up company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18953/18]
    • Enterprise Data
      208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to conduct a survey to quantify the costs of traffic congestion to businesses in the cities of Dublin, Cork and Galway; and...
    • Jobs Protection
      209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had contact with a company (details supplied) over the threat posed to the business and to hundreds of jobs due to...
  • Department of Health
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      210. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines regarding travel expenses for local authority members who are also members of the HSE regional health forums in view of their additional travel...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      211. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a reimbursement option open to a person (details supplied) following a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18552/18]
    • HSE Properties
      212. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 930 of 17 April 2018, the number of bids submitted; if there is a time limit on the sale of the property; when it first...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      213. To ask the Minister for Health the status of hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied); and when the individual can expect a date for the surgery to be performed in St. James's...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      214. To ask the Minister for Health when parents' representatives will be included on the primary care steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18567/18]
    • HSE Reviews
      215. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy of in loco parentis will be reviewed in view of the impact this rule is having on families caring for children or adults with significant...
    • Paediatric Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list to be assessed and treated, respectively, for juvenile arthritis at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the...
    • Hospitals Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for essential upgrade works at Falcarragh Community Hospital, County Donegal; if so, when this funding will be made available;...
    • Home Care Packages
      218. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the in loco parentis clause from all HSE homecare nursing packages for sick children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Ocrevus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18587/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      220. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person is referred to the NTPF scheme; if it is the doctor or consultant who refers the person; the length of time they must be on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      221. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; and if they can be referred to the NTPF scheme. [18596/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18602/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      225. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery required for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/18]
    • Nursing Home Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made regarding the funding of a new nursing home (details supplied) in County Laois; if a preliminary design has been completed; and the...
    • Hospital Transfers
      228. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton to local rheumatology services at Letterkenny...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      229. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to remove the in loco parentis clause for home-care nursing packages for sick children in view of the adverse impact it is having for...
    • Health Services Funding
      230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of funding to an organisation (details supplied) in 2017 and to date in 2018. [18656/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason priority patients on the orthodontic waiting list are not being seen within one year; if the waiting list initiative for orthodontic treatment will...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      232. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be replaced; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18673/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      233. To ask the Minister for Health the CHOs that do not make individual placement support available to their mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18680/18]
    • Laboratory Facilities
      234. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of PCI cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [18690/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the impending threatened closure of a general practitioner practice (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his attention has...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      240. To ask the Minister for Health when vacancies for an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist and a speech and language therapist who are leaving their posts or going on maternity leave in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      241. 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. [18703/18]
    • Hospital Transfers
      242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive a transfer from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to the National Rehabilitation Hospital....
    • Hospital Beds Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [18705/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [18706/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      246. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity in the redeveloped National Rehabilitation Hospital; and when this facility will become operational. [18708/18]
    • Paediatric Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the services available for children with spina bifida who are required to attend for medical services in Our Lady's Children's Hospital,...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the travel abroad scheme for ophthalmology treatment in 2017 and to date in 2018, from the CHO4 area; the subsequent...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      249. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was informed by Chamber House in 2016 that an appointment for speech and language therapy would be available in March 2018 and...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds allocated in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for persons with an acquired brain injury for the past five years, in tabular form. [18720/18]
    • Medical Inquiries
      251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Irish Medical Council investigation into a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/18]
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      252. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether he has a duty of care with regard to a person (details supplied); his further views on whether there is an onus on him to obtain a...
    • Autism Incidence
      253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children up to 18 years of age who have been assessed and diagnosed with autism in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Properties
      255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review the traffic arrangements at a site (details supplied) under its control in view of the danger it is posing to customers...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary care unit proposed and agreed in Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 will be cleared by the HSE for funding to commence its build. [18768/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for an ophthalmology procedure; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fair deal nursing home scheme (details supplied) which is due to be amended. [18774/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in all acute hospital settings; the number of additional...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for excluding persons over 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes from accessing the FreeStyle Libre blood glucose monitor; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Charges
      261. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 of 13 December 2017 and 121 of 24 January 2018, if his officials have examined the matter and provided him with...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      262. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an assessment of results arising for respiratory disease sufferers that have benefitted from the warmth and well-being scheme;...
    • Medical Inquiries
      263. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of reviews and investigations by organisations (details supplied) and the measures that were put in place to ensure a similar situation does not...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund a hoist for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18823/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of acute inpatient psychiatric beds in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18835/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      266. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment at Mayo University Hospital since being referred in 2007 for a hearing aid and further...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      267. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to advertise the vacant position of public health nurse for Causeway, County Kerry; and if there are other areas in County Kerry without a...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity at each community hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of bed closures which have occurred at each of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 24 October 2017, the progress that has been made in the provision of accommodation, services and a care package...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of administrative posts in each of the seven hospital groups; the details of the grades of each hospital group; the estimated or actual...
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      271. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE are monitoring the use of e-cigarettes or vaporisers; his views on the increased number of outlets selling these products; if...
    • Hospital Facilities
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cystic fibrosis unit in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18858/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant registrar posts in each Cork city and county acute hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/18]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE and his Department for reports by external companies in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by report; the cost of...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      276. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 24 April 2018, the number of the 200 additional beds opened in winter 2017-18 that will remain open indefinitely;...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      277. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin and the excellent work carried out by the facility; the funding provided to...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses in each acute hospital in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by hospital in tabular form. [18872/18]
    • Counselling Services Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for persons referred to HSE counselling services after being deemed eligible following their appearance before the Commission of...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Health when additional inpatient psychiatric beds for children and young persons will be opened (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a home care package to enable them to be discharged from hospital; and when a decision will...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the 20-week anomaly scan at Cavan General Hospital; if it is now open to all women; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18917/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      285. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence regarding recruitment and retention of nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of results for a person (details supplied) following their appointment on 28 March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/18]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a full-time bed in Castleblayney, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18954/18]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of aligning nursing salaries with those of therapy staff at all points on the salary scale. [18956/18]
    • Hospital Services
      291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital for the administration of injections for macular degeneration (details supplied); and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section failed to take into account certain items for the purpose of assessing and determining the eligibility of persons (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      293. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a psychiatric assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/18]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      294. To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for new hospitals in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18976/18]
    • General Practitioner Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a general practitioner service from a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the steps he will...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in each of the hospitals in the South/South West Hospital Group in each of the years 2009 to 2017, by category; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      297. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issue raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding paediatric rheumatology; his views on whether there is a need to have...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the fair deal nursing home scheme. [18999/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional paediatric rheumatologists to address the number of children on the waiting list to be diagnosed and treated for juvenile...
    • Paediatric Services
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to abolish in loco parentis in view of the motion unanimously accepted in Dáil Éireann on 27 March 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of cutbacks facing a community service (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19018/18]
    • Health Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if the circumstances of a paramedic service call-out (details supplied) will be investigated; if a review of the service will be carried out to ensure such...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 17 April 2018, the number of the 44 approved neurologist posts that have been filled. [19036/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19045/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is refusing to meet with the family of a person (details supplied); if a meeting will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources for persons with a condition (details supplied) will be provided; the reason they cannot access the cross-Border directive for...
    • Smoking Ban
      310. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the smoking ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19053/18]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of his Department's new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support services; the way in which he expects...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the time persons over 75 years of age are forced to wait in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017 and to date in 2018, by category of treatment; and if he will...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if the NCCP has drawn up a plan for the development of an integrated cancer control and surveillance service for defined population subgroups with an inherited...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the legislative controls and restrictions in place for the purpose of regulating the sale, supply and use of hookah instruments for the smoking...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a person (details supplied) for home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19085/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19115/18]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans for financial assistance for fertility treatment; the criteria attached in this regard; the proposed timeframe for same; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Management
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the condition for a person (details supplied) to replant forestry after felling can be removed in view of the fact that no premium...
    • GLAS Payments
      322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the remaining 15% of the 2017 GLAS payment will be expedited in view of the fodder crisis and the associated financial pressure...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a sheep welfare payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an anomaly in the agriculture mapping system (details supplied) whereby maps submitted to the system do not always correlate when...
    • Fodder Crisis
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources have been provided to assist farmers whose herds are restricted and suffering from the fodder crisis. [18613/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in respect of a GLAS payment; and if he will make a...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in respect of attendance at a group; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      328. 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...
    • GLAS Payments
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all outstanding moneys will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18761/18]
    • TAMS Applications
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/18]
    • Aquaculture Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received from aquaculture and seafood processing enterprises in County Waterford and research institutions...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the engagement between his Department and Enterprise Ireland since the beginning of December 2017 to explore the...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commercial fishing vessels registered to owners in County Waterford; and the comparative figure for 2012. [18830/18]
    • Greyhound Industry Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1121 of 17 April 2018, if the figures provided by Bord na gCon (details supplied) are for...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department will not accept the verbal confirmation from the NPWS that works carried out by a farmer (details supplied)...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Salmon Hardship Scheme
      338. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the introduction of a comprehensive licence for salmon fishing will be supported for traditional salmon fishermen...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      339. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 422 and 430 of 5 December 2017, the position regarding the proposed roll out of...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Funding
      340. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be provided to Inland Fisheries Ireland to enable it to carry out a research programme at a location...
    • Fishing Licences
      341. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if salmon fishing licences will be introduced for persons living on islands (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      342. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18557/18]
    • Waste Management
      343. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a similar system to the television licence system can be put in place to identify households that are not contracted...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of broadband around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18571/18]
    • Departmental Strategies
      345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has developed a national e-commerce strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18635/18]
    • Energy Efficiency
      346. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been upgraded under the warmth and well-being scheme; the average cost per home; and the...
    • Sustainable Development Goals
      347. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the voluntary national review of the sustainable development goals which is due in July 2018; if he or...
    • Inland Fisheries
      348. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if in addition to seeking funding from the Exchequer for financial supports for former eel fishermen who have been...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding and works are required to address a flooding problem at a location (details...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18561/18]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met with and or had telephone conversations with persons from a college (details supplied) in respect of a sports capital grant...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish a report (details supplied) that recommends significant changes to reduce the chances of certain clubs and or schools...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of written notifications sent by the Road Safety Authority in 2015 to learner drivers for the offence of driving...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of applications for sports capital funding in 2018; and when the scheme will open for applications. [18653/18]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding from the TEN-T programme for the Dunboyne to Navan rail line. [18722/18]
    • Traffic Management
      360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his review of transport and traffic challenges in Dublin city will be published. [18764/18]
    • Road Projects Status
      361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18819/18]
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation of 2017 sports capital programme funding by county; the allocation by county compared to the distribution on a per capita...
    • Tourism Promotion
      365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals to create a coastal touring route along the south eastern seaboard; if a decision has been made by Fáilte...
    • Driver Test Centres
      366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reversing compound will be provided for the RSA to carry out truck driver tests in County Galway in view of the fact that truck...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appeals mechanism which was available for unsuccessful applications for the 2017 sports capital grant; the way in which unsuccessful...
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in the Bus Éireann fleet in west County Cork that are wheelchair friendly; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Transport Authority
      373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will publish an integrated implementation plan for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18633/18]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      375. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children born in Mother and Baby Homes will be eligible for redress to address the psychological impact of having been separated from...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      376. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports for children living in emergency accommodation; if further studies on the impact of homelessness have been undertaken; and the...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children or young adults that Tusla is assisting with housing needs; the costs associated with same for each of the past four...
    • Child Protection
      378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has sought clarification as to whether all family hubs funded by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government have child...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the progression of the transitional justice for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Communications
      380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [18744/18]
    • Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
      381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding set aside in each of the past five years for vulnerable and disadvantaged young persons between 16 and 24 years of age in...
    • Youth Services Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a youth service (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will receive formal acknowledgement of its funding application for 2018. [18833/18]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      383. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the invitation to Mr. Pablo De Greiff, UN Special Rapporteur, was extended to provide international human rights oversight of the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      387. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average wait time in responding to a request for a review of an investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19002/18]
    • Child and Family Agency
      388. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a request (details supplied) was made to Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19003/18]
    • Youth Services Funding
      389. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding funding for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19047/18]
    • Children in Care
      390. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she plans to take to ensure children's safety is paramount while they are in foster care; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      391. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase substantially the maximum level of grant aid in respect of the provision of new childcare facilities in cases in...
    • Child Protection
      393. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to improve the services available for the protection of children in the home, in foster care or in...
    • Youth Services Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department can provide for adequate funding for youth services and youth development services across the country...
    • Child Abuse
      395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time taken to investigate cases of children at risk of the various forms of abuse; the degree to which a systemic response is...
    • Child Protection
      396. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which support services can be made available to children who may be at risk as result of being undocumented non-nationals;...
    • Aftercare Services Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the back-up facilities available on an ongoing basis for children and young adults on leaving institutional care; her plans to improve this...
    • Child Protection
      398. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department continues to support voluntary bodies involved in the provision of care or support to children at risk;...
    • Youth Services Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the extent to which her Department continues to support an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      400. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the ongoing efforts by her Department to counteract internet bullying in respect of children and young adults outside of an...
    • Youth Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the extent to which research has been undertaken to identify the most common causes of concern and stress among young persons in...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Charities Regulation
      402. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the role of the Charities Regulator in the removal of a mural at a centre (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the status of the roll-out of a pilot scheme aimed at providing cash incentives to persons to entice them to restore old...
    • Community Services Programme
      404. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a community service contract in respect of a sports and recreation club (details supplied) will be reviewed following the...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the status of his Department's review of local community development committees; the improvements that have been made as a...
    • RAPID Programme
      407. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his plans to increase the funding allocated to the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19060/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to allow old age pensioners who avail of the free travel scheme and who travel on trains to receive a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if issues exist in terms of spousal inheritance for wives who previously had their personal public service number changed...
    • Public Services Card Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 939 of 20 March 2018 if her Department holds biometric data on individuals in...
    • Public Services Card Authentication
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of registrations to SAFE level 2 that have taken place since SAFE registration began in 2011; the number and or...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appropriate rent supplement to which a person (details supplied) otherwise would be entitled will be refunded; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when her Department's report into barriers facing seasonal workers accessing social welfare payments in County Donegal will...
    • Public Services Card Data
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 939 of 20 March 2018, the purpose of the latest tender by her Department for facial...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures available from her Department to assist a person (details supplied) in order to extricate themselves from...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons are being recruited to her Department while at the same time employees in the carer's allowance section...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal to a decision on a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Insurance
      428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the criteria to receive PRSI treatment benefit is resulting in the discrimination of young persons; and...
    • Working Family Payment Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in receipt of FIS in circumstances in which the worker is employed in the public sector or the...
    • Social Insurance
      430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an assessment under Scope; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions Payments
      432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on State pension payments in 2017; and the number of recipients for each payment. [19042/18]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for asking parents of teenage children with a disability to complete the section of the application form for...
    • Legislative Process
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage the provision set out in section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 is at to enable...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the changes which will enable persons on JobPath to participate on Tús and community employment...
    • Labour Activation Programmes Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage and number of unskilled workers over 50 years of age who received full-time employment through Turas Nua from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the administrative cost of means-testing each social welfare payment which is subject to means-testing in 2016 and 2017; the...
    • Pensions Reform
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the design of a total contributions State pension model; when it will be released for public...
    • Social Insurance
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the development of a consultation paper on a rate setting or funding approach for the Social Insurance...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress she has made to set a formal benchmark target of 34% of average earnings for State pension (contributory)...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Grant Payments
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing insulation or energy efficiency grants his Department is supporting for social housing tenants; and if he will...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to support a person buying a second home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/18]
    • State Properties Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1619 of 17 April 2018, the number of the 1,700 ha owned by local authorities that have...
    • Ministerial Communications
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, following a High Court judgment (details supplied), he will remove his predecessor’s public statement of 24 April...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to comply with the EPA guidelines for wastewater treatment when purchasing a one-off home in...
    • Water Charges
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18674/18]
    • Planning Issues
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the strategic development zone around lands at Ireland West Airport, Knock; if development is restricted to the...
    • Fire Service Staff
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained fire personnel who are due to retire in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18770/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the co-ordination and monitoring unit to assist local authorities and regional assemblies in...
    • Regional Assemblies
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of support staff directly employed or seconded to each regional assembly in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to provide a new fire station to south County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme for persons within certain income bands who cannot afford to buy a home...
    • Housing Regeneration
      456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids that have been refurbished in Cork city and county in the past year since the end of quarter one 2017; and...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 604 and 605 of 24 April 2018, the number of exits from homelessness in 2017 to local...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision with regard to the issuing of seaweed harvesting licences has been made by his Department; if a policy on this...
    • Housing Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for families that entered into the affordable housing scheme and now need to move due to geographical or family size...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented properties by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/18]
    • Housing Loans
      464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow county council mortgage holders who are first-time buyers and in the early stages of their mortgage to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units delivered in each of the years 2015 to 2017, by local authority; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change planning legislation with respect to unauthorised developments; if so, if such changes will impact on...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 8 March 2018, the position regarding the matter. [19026/18]
    • Electoral Register
      470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the new format of the electoral register as produced by Dublin City Council, Fingal County...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding plans to regulate the short-term lettings sector; and when same will be published. [19124/18]
    • Water Abstraction Regulation
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the water abstraction legislation as required by the water framework directive will be published. [19125/18]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts Funding
      473. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided to a centre (details supplied) for each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Arts Centres
      474. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget line and estimate under which the latest tranche of funding for a centre (details supplied) arose. [19024/18]
    • Film Industry
      475. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish the economic analysis of the Irish film, television and animation sector carried out by companies (details...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      476. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision on a site visit regarding a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme application by a person (details...
    • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
      477. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a fhoilseofar an t-athbhreithniú ar scéim na gcúntóirí teanga. [18688/18]
    • Commemorative Events
      478. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting of the all-party consultation group on commemorations will meet in view of the fact that the group has not...
    • Architectural Heritage
      479. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding national monument legislation. [19032/18]
    • National Museum
      480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland; and the persons who left the board in each of the past...

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