Written answers
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Inland Waterways Development
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the studies she plans to undertake in relation to the feasibility of extending Erne navigation from Belturbet to Killykeen and...
- Scéim na mBóithre Áise
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cur síos ar na pleananna atá aici scéim na mbóithre áise a chur ar bun an athuair...
- Architectural Heritage
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes available to support built heritage projects in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19983/18]
- National Concert Hall
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional facilities that may be required at the National Concert Hall if the recommendations of the Boaden report in respect...
- Commemorative Events
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the public consultation into the way in which the significant events of the 1918 to 1923 period will be appropriately...
- Heritage Sites
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to support, maintain, preserve and promote heritage sites throughout the country with particular...
- National Museum
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on the board of the National Museum; when she plans to fill these vacancies; the process by which the...
- Departmental Reviews
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s post-project review on a cinema (details supplied); if the review has commenced; and if so,...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns in the Irish audiovisual industry regarding the need for certainty surrounding the...
- Commemorative Events
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the national commemorative events that will be taking place in Glasnevin during the remainder of 2018; and if she will make a...
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided in her Department's Estimates for 2018 for restoration work on the Ulster Canal; the works which will be...
- National Parks
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to designate further national parks in view of the fact that Ireland has a low number and square kilometres of national...
- Regional Development Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide additional information on the provisions contained in the Investing in Our Culture, Language and Heritage...
- Hare Coursing Data
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares dying at coursing clubs by club in 2017 and to date in 2018; if post mortems have been carried out in all...
- Commemorative Events
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the all-party consultation group on commemorations will next meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19980/18]
- Departmental Funding
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Galway 2020 to date; all expenditure, including salaries and rent; the governance structures in place to...
- Legislative Programme
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the main provisions and the current status of the Heritage Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Arts Promotion
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a location (details supplied) will commence hosting exhibitions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20002/18]
- Film Industry Development
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she was consulted in relation to the sale of a studio (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20004/18]
- Departmental Funding
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department's funding contribution to a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Commemorative Events
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 declaration of a Republic in 2019; and if plans will include all...
- National Museum
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the funding allocation for the National Museum of Ireland will be accounted for in view of the lack of a financial controller on...
- National Orchestras
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the findings of the independent review of orchestral services in RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Architectural Heritage
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports being provided by her Department for built heritage projects in County Limerick for 2018 and 2019. [19919/18]
- Cultural Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she will be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the...
- Wildlife Protection
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the Heritage Bill for the...
- National Monuments
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans to pursue ownership of the Granard Motte. [19973/18]
- National Concert Hall
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the refurbishment of the National Concert Hall will proceed as part of Ireland 2040; when the works will go to tender; and if...
- Irish Language
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to offer a grant or bursary scheme to parents wishing to send their children to the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a...
- Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s review of the cap in the percentage for the arts scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas a chinnteoidh an tAire go bhfuil an t-airgead atá curtha ar fáil do phleanáil teanga caite ar phleanáil...
- Film Industry
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to resolve the emerging difficulties within the film industry. [20136/18]
- Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí soiléiriú maidir leis na limistéir Phleanála Teanga i nGaillimh agus, go...
- National Monuments
70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the plans contained within the Investing in Our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018-2027 plan for caring for...
- Commemorative Events
71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that will be provided by the State to commemorate events following the public consultation into the way in which the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Expenditure
72. To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [20261/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
75. To ask the Taoiseach the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20457/18]
- Department of Defence
- Commemorative Medals
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if 1916 medals will be presented to those in the fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20233/18]
- Departmental Contracts Data
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in tabular form;...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits in the Defence Forces since 2011; and the number of those recruits who are no longer in the Defence Forces. [20390/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20447/18]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which an Irish citizen can apply to the Irish Embassy in the United States of America for a guided tour of the White House,...
- British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference under the Good Friday Agreement. [19725/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years, 2018 to 2022. [20451/18]
- Department of Finance
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
89. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 1 May 2018, the number of cases referred to the Central Bank by the FSO-FSPO by year and area, that is, investment...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in tabular form; the cost per...
- Approved Housing Bodies
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged consultants, other outside bodies or persons to conduct research, provide advice or assistance on the issue of the recent...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Application
92. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to offer relief to home owners that took out mortgages in recent years and now face potential interest rate increases. [20376/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20450/18]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Monuments
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the long-term plans for the historic St. Laurence's Gate in the centre of Drogheda; if the plan will include public access to the Gate;...
- Public Sector Pensions
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 27 February 2018, the status of pension increases which were due to be applied shortly...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
98. 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 drawn...
- Public Procurement Regulations
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process of establishing a framework under which service providers provide a range of third party investigations and recipient service...
- Caiteachas Ranna
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform ós rud é, de réir an Achta um Chrannchur Náisiúnta, 1986 go mbíonn sciar de bhrabús an chrannchuir le...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if specific funding will be allocated to Cavan County Council in 2018 in respect of the essential repair of roads damaged by flooding;...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20455/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Social Media in Education
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the use of social media by primary schools; the steps he is taking to ensure that children whose parents do not wish their child to...
- Schools Facilities
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a mechanism for the funding of a small theatre style room in a national school which would be used by the school community for drama,...
- Institutes of Technology
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an early parchment cannot be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for employment purposes by the relevant...
- Schools Building Projects Status
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request for a school extension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20248/18]
- Schools Amalgamation
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence on the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); if a meeting will be arranged with his departmental...
- School Accommodation
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Louth which have prefabs on site. [20277/18]
- School Furniture Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to national schools to purchase essential equipment such as dining tables and chairs. [20280/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a third junior infant class for September 2018; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts Data
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in tabular form;...
- Site Acquisitions
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule regarding the delivery of a new secondary school in the Citywest and Saggart areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building application by a school (details supplies); the reason the school principal is receiving contradictory answers when...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the decision not to expand the shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases in which the cost of contracted training procured by SOLAS has increased post the framework agreement; the number of cases in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20408/18]
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for an upgrade to a home economics room by a school (details supplied) has been approved in view of the condition of its...
- Departmental Budgets
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20448/18]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Property Services Regulation
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if specific action can be taken in the case of a property (details supplied) in which management companies have failed to...
- Departmental Staff Data
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of staff in his Department including executive agencies by grade and location in counties Clare, Kerry and Cork;...
- Courts Service Properties
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the recent refurbishments to Waterford Courthouse; the amount paid to the owners (details supplied) of the location...
- Immigration Policy
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status on the civilianisation of immigration control in Dublin Airport; the progress that has been made for civilianising...
- Garda Operations
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a recent audit of Garda property seized in the course of arrests or investigation; his views on the security...
- Garda National Immigration Bureau
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to civilianise immigration registration offices nationally following the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service...
- Departmental Contracts Data
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts awarded by his Department or any agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year...
- Legislative Measures
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he plans to take to reform legislation to protect front-line gardaí in view of an assault on an unarmed...
- Immigration Status
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Controls
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis on which a person (details supplied) is being held in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Criminal Prosecutions
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if guidelines are in place with respect to prosecutions in court here for overseas offences; the type of official from the...
- Garda Divisional Headquarters
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Garda divisional headquarters for County Galway is scheduled to open; the units that will operate out of this...
- Departmental Contracts Data
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20454/18]
- Garda Operations
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 1 May 2018, if he will direct officials in his Department who are engaged with the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial visits organised by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland, respectively in the past three...
- Work Permits Appeals
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when an appeal in respect of a work permit in the name of a person (details supplied) will be concluded; if the matter can be...
- Departmental Contracts
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts awarded by her Department or an agency under her remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in...
- Film Industry
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the commercial rationale for the sale and sale price of a studio (details supplied); and her views on whether the State's financial...
- Noise Pollution
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that there are adequate measures in place to control noise levels in concert halls and cinemas; if these measures...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital allocation across her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20443/18]
- Department of Health
- HSE Governance
160. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to a request to appoint the director general of the HSE to the board of a private company; and if he expressed a view on that...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since January 2018 for results of eye tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20209/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
162. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20231/18]
- Medical Card Eligibility
165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the income limit for a medical card for persons over 70 years of age to €1,000 per week for a married couple in view of the fact that...
- Health Services Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to provide annual rheumatology assessment for children with Down's syndrome. [20244/18]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
167. To ask the Minister for Health if contracts were renewed annually with a company (details supplied) from 2008; if he will provide the quality assurance certificate, that is, the screening...
- Hospital Appointments Status
168. 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. [20266/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a residential place for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20268/18]
- Home Help Service Eligibility
170. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours for a person (details supplied) who has maximum dependency and was approved for an additional 17 hours in September 2017 will be...
- Child and Adult Mental Health Services Staff
171. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action he is taking to ensure there is adequate staffing in CAMHS teams nationwide; his plans to provide additional resources for CAMHS services...
- State Claims Agency
172. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of non-disclosure agreements the HSE has entered into since 2016; the general health topic of the contract; the geographical area of the...
- HSE Staff Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of managers operating in the HSE; and the geographical location, departments in charge of, general salary scales and appointment date of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of children under 15 years of age awaiting medical equipment in County Cork; the length of time they are waiting; the nature of the...
- Disability Support Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue with regard to issues raised in correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Organ Donation
176. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to introduce the opt-out process for organ donation; the process involved in the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement...
- Disability Services Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is publishing a social care operational plan in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20300/18]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
178. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of times cervical screening programmes were reviewed since 2008; and his views on whether it is best practice to continually review...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Health if a person is allowed a deduction from their income for rental payments they are making or certain loan repayments in the context of the financial assessment...
- Departmental Contracts
180. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year, in tabular form; the cost per...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of general practitioners in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20326/18]
- Community Care
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients per general practitioner in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20327/18]
- Housing Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the stage at which his Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government are in relation to providing a new supported model of housing...
- Medicinal Products Supply
184. To ask the Minister for Health if the resources for the administration of the Ocrelizumab drug to persons (details supplied) with multiple sclerosis will be provided; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
185. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme will be introduced that will allow the scheme to be backdated three years for nursing home residents that pass on...
- Occupational Therapy Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time, the longest wait time and the number of persons on the waiting list for adult occupational therapy assessments in each primary care unit...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the FreeStyle Libre sensor for diabetics to persons over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20357/18]
- Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of...
- Health Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the meetings he has with representatives from a group (details supplied) in relation to services in Fingal; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Claims Agency Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all cases of misdiagnosis by the HSE in which the victim of the misdiagnosis has taken a case against the HSE and which the State...
- Home Care Packages Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the funding in place to offer public patients a home care package in each of the catchment areas in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages
200. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was discharged from hospital with a pending application for a home care package...
- Hospital Appointments Status
201. 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. [20377/18]
- Medical Card Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20378/18]
- Health Services Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the health services measure the number of children here affected by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; the resources allocated to the health...
- Hospital Appointments Status
204. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [20381/18]
- Mental Health Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a facility for adults to have an assessment for ADHD through the HSE. [20389/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
206. 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. [20391/18]
- Hospital Services
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of echocardiograms carried out in the six months previous to a second echocardiogram scanner being introduced at University Hospital Kerry per week...
- Mental Health Services Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists working at St. Vincent's, Fairview, Dublin 3; the number of patients seeing a psychiatrist; the extent of the waiting list to see a...
- Health Services Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure persons that suffer Ehlers-Danlos syndrome have adequate treatments here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20420/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of Translarna's reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20439/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Health the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022 [20452/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Rural Development Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a representative of an organisation (details supplied) will be included on the EU monitoring committee for the Rural Development...
- Farmers Charter Review
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a representative of an organisation (details supplied) will be included on the charter of rights committee; and if he will make a...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be authorised to administer a knowledge transfer programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in giving full effect to the decision of the Agriculture Appeals Office on an appeal lodged by a farmer...
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal submitted to his Department by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reconsidered. [20260/18]
- Young Farmers Scheme
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20265/18]
- Departmental Contracts Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in...
- Harbours and Piers Development
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the commitment to develop Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal, as outlined in Project Ireland 2040; if this commitment...
- Pigmeat Sector
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to hardship amongst pig farmers with small to medium sized piggeries due to low prices; and the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20442/18]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the price-monitoring group is monitoring recent price increases by waste management companies in the Dublin area,...
- Telecommunications Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the implementation of recommendations from the mobile telephone and broadband task force report is...
- Departmental Contracts Data
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011,...
- Climate Change Policy
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to address the expensive compliance costs on account of missing climate change and renewable...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is close to meeting its 16% of final energy consumption in electricity, transport and heat from renewable...
- Noise Pollution
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied there are adequate measures in place to control noise levels in concert halls and cinemas; if these...
- National Broadband Plan
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a universal service obligation in respect of the provision of broadband throughout the country;...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20445/18]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Roads Maintenance Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the requests received by his Department from a county council (details supplied) for funding due to extreme weather events; the funding...
- Ferry Services
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate with the Marine Survey Office, MSO, if a legal disclaimer system would suffice until such a time as funding can be...
- Road Network
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the national secondary classification of a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Capital Programme
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital grants will open for sports organisations; if changes will be made to the scheme in 2018; and if he...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to revise the conditions of the sports capital programme for clubs that may not own their own property in order that they can...
- Departmental Contracts Data
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts awarded by his Department or an agency under his remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in tabular...
- Road Safety Strategy
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to select a preferred approach to regulate and legislate if necessary the use of rickshaws for public hire in view of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's specific financial codes which are used to monitor expenditure under the heading of land transport. [20341/18]
- Public Transport
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on plans to create a unified and identical livery for all buses in receipt of a PSO payment; the potential impacts that this...
- Road Projects
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to assist farms with the cost of installing a road underpass; his views on the safety implications of farms not...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20458/18]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Contracts Data
252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts awarded by her Department or an agency under her remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by year in tabular...
- Child Care Services
253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the possibility of increasing wages paid to child care practitioners to reflect the qualifications they must possess to work within the...
- Youth Services Funding
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to allocate additional resources to Cork city and county, specifically LGBT youth supports. [20419/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital allocation across her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20444/18]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services Funding
258. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available for a project (details supplied); the funding provided to the end of 2017; the funding available in 2018; and if...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
259. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20456/18]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has an obligation to advise jobseekers who are taking up employment that they may have an entitlement to...
- Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the back to work dividend scheme does not facilitate an arrangement whereby payments can be collected by...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans or proposals under discussion to increase the age for the disability allowance application from 16 to 18 years of...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Administration
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for applications for partial capacity benefit; her views on whether the time it is taking to...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts awarded by her Department or an agency under her remit to a company (details supplied) since March 2011, by...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20345/18]
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports, monetary and otherwise available in circumstances (details supplied). [20354/18]
- Working Family Payment Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a FIS application by a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [20380/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the capital allocation across her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20449/18]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Assistance Payment
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the unrealistic repayment plans being forced upon HAP recipients who find themselves in...
- Planning Data
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews undertaken in the context of Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 in the...
- Local Authority Funding
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requests received by his Department from a county council (details supplied) for funding due to extreme weather events;...
- Planning Guidelines
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process that follows in circumstances in which a proposed Part 8 development is rejected by councillors at local authority...
- Homeless Persons Data
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 600 persons which he claimed on 30 April 2018 in a Departmental press release had been miscategorised as...
- Septic Tank Inspections
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend measures whereby grant assistance to fix domestic septic tanks can only be awarded if the tank is randomly...
- Homelessness Strategy
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated in 2017 to deal with the homeless issue; the funding provided to each local authority respectively; and...
- Supported Residential Accommodation Provision
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stage at which his Department and the Department of Health are at in relation to providing a new supported model of...
- Approved Housing Bodies
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has engaged consultants, other outside bodies or persons to conduct research, provide advice or assistance...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social houses on which construction work was completed in 2017, by local authority; and if he will make a...
- Homelessness Strategy
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the National Homelessness Consultation Committee has met per annum since its establishment to date; and if...
- Housing Data
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the findings of the working group on rural housing will be published; the timeframe for the publication of new guidelines...
- Water Charges Refunds
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and amount of water charge refunds paid to date; the plans of Irish Water for further repayments; the purpose to...
- Compensation Schemes
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stakeholders with whom he has met with a view to gathering a fund to establish a redress scheme for homeowners affected by...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital allocation across his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20453/18]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Oideachas Gaeilge
293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoi na deacrachtaí atá ag coláiste Gaeilge i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí...
- Arts Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects in County Dublin that received funding for the small scale local festivals and summer schools grants in 2017; and if...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
295. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to further resource park rangers nationally. [20421/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital allocation across her Department in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [20446/18]
- National Monuments
299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department is engaged in the restoration of major historical or cultural sites throughout the country; and...
- Creative Ireland Programme
300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the culture, arts and heritage sectors continue to generate employment throughout the country; and if she will...
- Arts Funding
301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Culture Ireland
302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans and vision for the utilisation of Ireland's culture as an international brand with consequent economic benefits; and if...
- Architectural Heritage
303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which particular historical sites or buildings in County Kildare are deemed to be at risk; the action taken or...
- Creative Ireland Programme
304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to enhance the promotion and development of an awareness of the arts and...
- Film Industry Promotion
305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location with obvious beneficial...
- Waterways Issues
306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to achieve an amicable resolution of issues between Irish Waterways and traditional dwellers and...
- Arts Funding
307. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to provide funding for the arts at local and community level, directly or indirectly;...
- Creative Ireland Programme
308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has had discussions with other Departments or interest groups with a view to creating greater awareness of...
- Arts Promotion
309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received from various amateur societies involved in the promotion of the arts throughout County Kildare...
