Written answers
Thursday, 10 May 2018
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel
11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce flexible working time and shift arrangements to improve the work-life balance for Defence Forces members in particular for...
- Brexit Issues
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of his Department's preparations for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20213/18]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports provided for members of the Defence Forces who undergo traumatic experiences while serving on UN mandated missions. [20397/18]
- Commemorative Events
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Defence Forces involvement in peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Medical Services
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to change the need for compulsory medical examinations for serving Defence Forces members over 40 years of age; the rationale for...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to scrap or lower intelligence tests which are used to select recruits to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a...
- Commemorative Events
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to mark the 40th anniversary of Ireland's participation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Deployment
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel deployments both nationally and in County Louth with reference to Storm Emma. [20425/18]
- Curragh Plains Representative Forum
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of progress on items included in the work programme of the Curragh forum for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Missions
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the public and the Houses of the Oireachtas were sufficiently informed in regard to overseas missions (details supplied)...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding a review of pay and the other issues PDFORRA were seeking to have through the conciliation process regarding the terms and...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the review of the conciliation and arbitration scheme; and when it will be completed. [20295/18]
- Air Corps Equipment
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the purchase of new aircraft for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20292/18]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve the pay and conditions of Defence Forces members. [20422/18]
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2012 restructuring of the Defence Forces will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20385/18]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an exit snapshot survey or interview has been carried out by the Defence Forces on members leaving the force; if so, the findings of the...
- Naval Service Vessels
28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the expected delivery of a fourth new ship, the LÉ George Bernard Shaw, to the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Training
30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce technical apprenticeships for aircraft maintenance; the number of apprenticeships the Defence Forces offer across...
- Defence Forces Operations
31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces engaged in aid to civil power duties with regard to US military aircraft present at Shannon Airport to...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken or are being taken to address the difficulties in both recruiting and maintaining members of the Defence Forces,...
- Defence Forces Contracts
35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the contracts for purchase of arms by his Department, whether one-off or continual, to be used by his Department; and if he...
- Overseas Missions
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to UNIFIL, UNDOF and UNTSO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20414/18]
- Defence Forces Expenditure
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Fine Gael MEPs who voted in favour of a European Parliament report requesting each member state to spend 2% of its GDP on defence;...
- Army Barracks Closures
40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the planned future use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [20423/18]
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the actions taken by his Department on foot of the decision of the European Committee of Social Rights to provide for the...
- Defence Forces Strength
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the personnel strength of the Defence Forces was lower at the end of February 2018 than at the end of February 2017; and if he will...
- EU Meetings
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20415/18]
- Brexit Issues
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the EU counterparts he has met formally in the past six months to discuss Brexit related issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Data
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20615/18]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20621/18]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which recruitment to the Defence Forces is likely to adequately replenish the strength of each branch of the Defence Forces in...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of non-commissioned officers that have retired from each branch of the Defence Forces in each of the past five years to date; his...
- Defence Forces Resources
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces continue to be trained and have their military equipment upgraded in order to be in a position to meet...
- Defence Forces Equipment
58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which his Department continues to monitor all equipment including aircraft, fixed-wing and-or helicopters in the Air Corps; the...
- Naval Service Equipment
59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Naval Service continues to be equipped to the most modern standards in order to be in a position to effectively...
- Defence Forces Operations
62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure that the charts available to the Defence Forces or the rescue services are fully...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which promotional vacancies remain to be filled in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Operations
64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which discussions continue to take place at EU level with a view to assuring a high degree of preparedness in the event of a...
- Defence Forces Deployment
65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had discussions at EU and UN level with regard to future deployment of the Defence Forces overseas; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ministerial Meetings
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet formally with the Polish Foreign Minister, Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, to discuss the Middle East peace process, Brexit and EU...
- United Nations
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the campaign for a United Nations parliamentary assembly; when a parliamentary assembly will be inaugurated; and if he will...
- Visa Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is now time to examine the possibility of requiring Israeli citizens who reside in illegal settlements to undergo the...
- Brexit Issues
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent visit of Mr. Michel Barnier here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20766/18]
- Brexit Data
71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Departments which have conducted and published Brexit sectoral response plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20768/18]
- Department of Finance
- Economic Growth
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected increase or demand for workers and employees due to demographic changes for the years 2018 to 2028. [20703/18]
- Tax Yield
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from DIRT in 2017; the forecasted yield in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20533/18]
- Tax Code
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the historical mechanisms used to hypothecate funding from a tax for specific purposes; the details of previous taxes or levies in tax history that have been...
- Knowledge Development Box
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SMEs that have applied for and been successful, respectively, in their applications under the knowledge development box; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs Application
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if the start-up company relief section 486C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 will expire in 2018 as planned or if there will be an extension in budget 2019;...
- VAT Rate Application
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a situation in Belgium (details supplied); if there is a facility for a similar measure to be applied here in terms of VAT...
- Tax Credits
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a specific tax credit available for international screen production companies that bring post-production and visual effects work here; and if he...
- Tax Collection
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if the most recent notice of tax assessment will be sent to a person (details supplied). [20752/18]
- State Claims Agency Data
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on solicitors' fees, barristers' fees, guardians ad litem and settlements in personal injury, property damage and clinical negligence claims...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff Data
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20620/18]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20626/18]
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be granted to Kerry County Council to carry out repairs on flood defences on the north Kerry way at The Kerries,...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the interaction his Department has had with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport on the need for supplementary funding of local...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding of €215,000 will be made available to the local authority to allow comprehensive flood relief works be carried out on...
- Departmental Expenditure
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budgetary projection within his Department due to demographic change for the years 2018 to 2028. [20707/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Youth Guarantee
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of EU funding made available to Ireland under the youth guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20672/18]
- Public Sector Staff
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which antenatal appointments for public servants and civil servants are categorised in the context of leave calculation and or...
- European Globalisation Fund
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is technically possible to receive approval at EU level to support companies through an adjustment period caused by Brexit by adapting the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 27 March 2018, if the tender for appointment of a replacement architect for a building project...
- Departmental Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with undertaking a national audit of all learning centres in respect of the availability of potable water; and if he will...
- Schools Facilities
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with undertaking a national audit of secondary schools in respect of the equipment, infrastructure and facilities available...
- School Curriculum
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with undertaking a national audit of all learning centres in respect of healthy school environments and conformation with...
- Legislative Programme
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016; his plans to include a provision that will provide him with the...
- Service Level Agreements
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the service level agreements that exist between appointed design teams and schools in the context of school building projects; if...
- Schools Building Projects
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a school that is waiting a number of years for a 2B submission to be made by a design team in order to...
- Departmental Staff Data
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20616/18]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20622/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of the design phase of a proposed new school for (details supplied) in view of the delays in the project to date; and if...
- Internet Safety
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affair's Report on Cyber Security for Children and Young Adults; the action his...
- School Accommodation Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the demographics of south County Kildare remain under review for the purposes of the provision of a new secondary school; and if he will make...
- Schools Building Projects Status
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20685/18]
- Departmental Strategies
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected increase or demand for workers and employees due to demographic changes for the years 2018 to 2028. [20700/18]
- Departmental Expenditure
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary projection within his Department due to demographic change for the years 2018 to 2028. [20704/18]
- Teacher Training Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the announcement he made on 3 October 2017 in relation to the entry requirements into primary teacher training programmes; if his...
- Schools Building Projects Status
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the opening date of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/18]
- General Data Protection Regulation
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support his Department is providing to schools to deal with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data...
- Departmental Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available through his Department for a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20770/18]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Strength
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers within the Donegal division; the increase in those numbers in each year since 2014; if further provision has...
- Garda Data
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that undertook each category of Garda driving training course in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 119 of 16 May 2017 and 505 of 16 January 2018, the number of persons arrested for...
- Prison Service
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 8 February 2018, the way in which the Circular OPS 12/2011, Consolidated...
- Legal Services Regulation
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 509 and 573 of 16 January 2018 (details supplied), in view of press...
- Departmental Staff Data
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20619/18]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20625/18]
- Garda Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles in the Garda fleet; the number of vehicles brought into and taken out of service, respectively by...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of Swords courthouse; the projected timeline for planned developments within the building; and if he...
- Court Accommodation Provision
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of Balbriggan courthouse; the projected timeline for planned developments within the building; and if...
- Garda Data
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the personnel stationed in the Garda Training College in Templemore by rank, including those seconded to Templemore; the field...
- Garda Stations
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a new Garda station in Tallaght; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is overcrowding in...
- Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed the role of the Property Services Regulatory Authority to encompass a supervisory role for management owner...
- Departmental Strategies
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected increase or demand for workers and employees due to demographic changes for the years 2018 to 2028. [20702/18]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a report was prepared for the GSOC directorate regarding work practices and case management in the Longford office of GSOC...
- Departmental Data
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been found not guilty of an offence by reason of insanity and have been discharged from the...
- Visa Applications
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is now time to examine the possibility of requiring Israeli citizens who reside in illegal settlements...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Remit
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has personnel with adequate experience and skills and has the...
- Job Losses
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the job losses at a company (detail supplied) in County Kildare; if she has engaged with workers...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to review the role of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in supervising management owner companies; the...
- EU Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated separately to research and development under the MFF programmes 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 and in the proposed...
- Department of Health
- Public Sector Staff
159. To ask the Minister for Health the regulation in place in terms of public service employees, in particular in terms of external applicants for senior roles such as the CEO of the Health...
- HSE Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in respect of public servants, in particular the HSE, including the CEO and senior officials, taking up paid work in addition to their public...
- State Claims Agency
161. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the number of cases which have come under the remit of the State Claims Agency arising from the failure to inform women who had a...
- Health Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had to pay for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20512/18]
- Nursing Home Beds Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in County Louth prior to the establishment of HIQA in 2007. [20513/18]
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the projected completion dates of planned projects for the provision of public nursing home beds; and the resulting numbers of new build nursing homes, new...
- Hospital Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the transfer of services from the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda to St. Mary's, Drogheda; and the funding allocated in this...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Cancer Screening Service awarded a contract to a company (details supplied) in 2010 that obliged or enabled the company to establish a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for surgery at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the HSE regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has...
- Vaccination Programme
173. To ask the Minister for Health if the urgent introduction of a no-fault vaccine payment scheme for persons debilitated by narcolepsy as a result of being vaccinated with the drug Pandemrix...
- Health Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to implement the recommendation by the national stroke programme as part of the phased introduction of early supported discharge for a...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of stroke unit beds to meet the predicted increase in stroke numbers; the further cost of bringing stroke units to...
- HIQA Reports
176. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to advance the recommendations of the HIQA health technology assessment of mechanical thrombectomy; if the costs contained in the HTA...
- Hospital Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the need to address infrastructural and equipment issues in relation to the provision of thrombectomy services in Beaumont Hospital;...
- Health Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the need to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the South/South West hospital group area; and if he will make a...
- Hospitals Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and configuration deficits in each of the early supported discharge teams; the additional funding that is needed to address same; and if he will...
- HSE Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide updated figures on the prevalence rate of heart failure here; the mortality rate for same; the annual diagnosis for heart failure; and if he...
- Health Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the availability of cardiac rehabilitation services here; the number of hospitals that do not have cardiac rehabilitation services; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
185. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the spending and funding allocated to and by the Healthy Ireland Fund since its inception; the way in which the fund was spent; and if he will...
- Obesity Strategy
186. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources allocated to community based programmes aimed at healthy food and healthy living in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure (1 comment)
195. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the HSE on campaigns and educating persons to change lifestyle as a preventive measure against chronic disease relating...
- HSE Staff
201. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was first drawn to the request by the CEO of the Health Service Executive to seek permission to serve on the board of a company (details...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
202. To ask the Minister for Health if Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry tendered for the CervicalCheck contract; the year or years the tender was submitted; and the reason the tender was unsuccessful....
- Mental Health Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Youth Mental Health Pathfinder initiative; and the roadmap and timeline to full implementation. [20598/18]
- Mental Health Services Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated in the mental health services in each of the years 2007 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/18]
- Hospital Car Parks
207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national review of hospital cark park charges; if free parking for those suffering from other long-term life threatening illnesses...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
208. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and formats by which each of the HSE’s hospital group managers were told of the 2014 audit of cervical cancer cases; if he will publish the...
- Hospitals Building Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to provide a comprehensive status report of plans for refurbishment, renovation and new building works at a...
- Departmental Staff Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20617/18]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20623/18]
- General Practitioner Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to ensure that a general practitioner service remains in Carnew, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/18]
- Hospitals Building Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the new national children's hospital; when it will become fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20635/18]
- Hospital Staff Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated number of medical personnel that will staff the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20636/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting more than six months for scoliosis treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20637/18]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
218. To ask the Minister for Health if twin to singleton reductions will be permitted under the provisions of the assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures on breastfeeding rates here; the level of funding provided to support programmes; the details of such support programmes; and if he will...
- Hospital Staff
221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no funding has been allocated for the appointment of an MS specialist nurse at University Hospital Limerick; if the Health Service Executive will...
- Narcolepsy Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20694/18]
- Health Service Capacity Review
223. To ask the Minister for Health when funding submissions (details supplied) made to the HSE will be answered; the position of the HSE regarding same; the reason for the delay in responding to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given independent housing despite several assurances from the HSE; the location in which and when they will...
- Departmental Strategies
225. To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase or demand for workers and employees due to demographic changes for the years 2018 to 2028. [20701/18]
- Hospital Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20708/18]
- Mental Health Services Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the appointment of an additional 15 clinical midwife specialists in mental health; the number recruited to date; and the location of the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
229. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has had to suspend operations for a number of days due to lack of staffing; the reason the HSE has not filled the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Versatis patch to be made available on the medical card and long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/18]
- Hospital Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Negligence Claims
233. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on solicitors' fees, barristers' fees, guardians ad litem and settlements in cases related to personal injury and medical...
- Home Help Service Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives home help hours; if funding will be provided to the HSE to ensure same is funded...
- Ambulance Service Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance; and the full year cost of additional personnel required for its staffing. [20790/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department takes to monitor breaches in the codes of practice regarding the selling and supply of goods through...
- Health Promotion
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided to Bord Bia over the past five years for healthy foods initiatives; the EU funding programmes which are...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20511/18]
- TAMS Payments
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issues regarding TAMS payments under the dairy equipment scheme will be resolved as promised in view of the fact the penalties...
- EU Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided for the EU school milk scheme in terms of EU financing and Exchequer funding; the number of schools in...
- School Milk Scheme
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of products that are provided here under the EU school milk scheme in each of the past five years in respect of the five...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20594/18]
- GLAS Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2017 GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20651/18]
- GLAS Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS section will accept a review request in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Fodder Crisis
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the continuation of the fodder transport scheme to mid-May will be ensured (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Animal Identification Schemes
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for introducing electronic identification for sheep alter in 2018; and the level of consultation he had with famer...
- Farm Waste Management
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of anaerobic digesters producing biogas in operation nationally by county, in tabular form; his plans to increase the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to date for 2018 basic payment scheme, BPS; and if the extension of the current deadline will be examined in...
- EU Funding
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated separately to the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategy being deployed at EU institutional level and with his European counterparts to resist cuts to Pillar 1 and 2 of CAP as...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed MFF allocation over the 2021-2027 period for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund compared to the 2014-2020...
- Wildlife Conservation
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the project team for the new Freshwater Pearl Mussel Programme. [20786/18]
- EU Regulations
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) in respect of rule changes to an EU measure. [20787/18]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- EU Directives
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on EU Directive 2016/1148; his views on whether the implementation of this directive represents an...
- Broadband Service Provision
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding broadband services for a crèche (details supplied) which is located within the blue area on...
- Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to expanding the remit of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, to cover the...
- Broadband Service Charges
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the list of charges approved by the regulator for broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20648/18]
- Internet Safety
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affair's Report on Cyber Security for Children and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the management of Bus Éireann to provide a double deck vehicle on the airport route which services Mullingar,...
- Road Safety Authority Expenditure
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the Road Safety Authority and his Department in each of the past five years on road safety campaigns in tabular form;...
- Light Rail Projects Status
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the MetroLink project; the steps he is taking with regard to concerns in relation to the proposed route; and if he will...
- Rail Services Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART extension project to serve Donabate, Rush and Lusk, Skerries and Balbriggan; the projected timeframe for each...
- Sport Ireland Expenditure
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure on the sports campus in Abbotstown since its establishment by type of sport, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure on the provision of sports capital programme since 2010 on a national basis by type of sport in tabular form; and if he...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis that has been carried out on the need for supplementary funding of local authorities for road repairs and maintenance...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Public Liability Insurance
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of implementing public liability insurance cover for foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20634/18]
- Early Years Sector
274. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish an interim report on her Department's sustainability and cost review of the early years sector. [20646/18]
- Internet Safety
275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affair's Report on Cyber Security for Children and Young Adults; the...
- School Completion Programme
276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the school completion programme; the action her Department is taking to continue to support this programme; and if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Services Programme
277. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will request Pobal to accept a business plan requesting an increase to three FTEs in respect of a club (details supplied) in...
- Tidy Towns Committees Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding opportunities or grants that are available to tidy towns committees in order to improve their local area; and if he will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobs Initiative
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason participants on the jobs initiative programme that are now required to work 39 hours per week up from 34 hours per...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- School Meals Programme
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the free school meals programme in each of the past five years; the rates of payment per meal, child and day,...
- Carer's Allowance Review
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a comprehensive review of a carer's allowance which was recently withdrawn from a child's (details supplied) parents even...
- State Pensions Payments
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons living outside the Republic of Ireland that receive a State pension payment from her Department; and...
- State Pensions
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of a State pension payment that are under 66 years of age; the associated cost involved; and the...
- Local Employment Service
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a report (details supplied) on the local employment services will be released; if not, the reason therefor; and when it...
- Employment Support Services
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been through the employability service since its introduction; the number that have...
- Invalidity Pension
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20717/18]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be determined; if same can be expedited; and...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for applications for each social welfare payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for appeals for each social welfare payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait time for case files to be forwarded to the appeals office for each social welfare payment section, in tabular form;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing the files of a person (details supplied) on foot of a request from the appeals office;...
- Jobseeker's Benefit
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has the right to reduce jobseeker's benefit for non-attendance at Intreo meetings (details supplied). [20764/18]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Property Registration
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a folio issue (details supplied) within his Department; the timeframe for a resolution; and if he will...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of money paid in financial penalties to the EU as a result of non-compliance with sewage running into water courses...
- Homelessness Strategy
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided toward homelessness in 2017; the amount allocated to County Laois and the midlands; and if he will make a...
- National Planning Framework
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will undertake an audit in addition to tracking and collation of specific data in relation to the existence and nature...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been made on a turnkey housing application by a person (details supplied); if a stage payment arrangement...
- Housing Estates
303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the preparation and finalisation of a national protocol with regard to taking estates served by developer-provided...
- Departmental Staff Data
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20618/18]
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20624/18]
- Planning Issues
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is funding or exemptions available to convert a shop into an apartment or housing; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the new tenant purchase scheme without further delay. [20676/18]
- Departmental Staff Data
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the housing delivery office per annum since its establishment; the average length of service in...
- Rental Sector
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding his plans for a national deposit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20692/18]
- Homeless Persons Data
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria used to calculate homelessness figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20693/18]
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rent caps for the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme will be reviewed and revised up to reflect the increase in...
- Home Loan Scheme
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have applied to Westmeath County Council for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; the number approved;...
