Written answers

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications Administration
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to address delays with regard to the issuing of passports. [21118/18]
    • Middle East Issues
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unilateral decision by the USA to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its further humiliation of the people...
    • Syrian Conflict
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unlawful bombing of Syria by the Israeli authorities and Israel's stated intention to escalate its aggression against...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts made to address the issue of the undocumented in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Israeli Settlements
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at EU level to address the illegal occupation and settlement construction on Palestinian land in violation of...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the resources being allocated to the passport office in Cork to allow for faster processing of passport applications; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects passport renewals for children to be processed online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/18]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the efforts to restart the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the contact he has had with the government of the United Kingdom regarding the Taoiseach's plans to institute annual...
    • Middle East Issues
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take in response to the ongoing killings by the Israeli defence forces of unarmed protesters in the Gaza Strip; and...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to...
    • Middle East Issues
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the withdrawal of the USA from the Iran nuclear deal; his further views on whether the deal has been a success to date; his...
    • Northern Ireland
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the British Government and the DUP have blocked legacy inquests (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to ensure...
    • Passport Applications Data
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround time for passport applications; the number of persons waiting to have passport applications processed through the Passport...
    • EU Meetings
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the efforts to obtain a seat at the UN Security Council for the 2021 to 2022 term; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Sanctions
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the withdrawal of support for the EU sanctions targeting Syria will be considered; if the relevant working groups in Brussels that review...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports being made available with regard to the escalating humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. [21119/18]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing civil war in Yemen; if the Saudi Arabia-led coalition which conducts airstrikes on a daily basis will be condemned;...
    • EU Meetings
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the supporting the future of Syria and the region meeting which took place recently in Brussels; the next steps of the...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he along with his EU and UN colleagues continue to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones...
    • Middle East Issues
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the historic significance of 15 May 2018 as the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (details supplied); if meaningful sanctions...
    • Passport Applications Data
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed through the passport office in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • All-Island Civic Dialogue
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the fourth civic forum that was held in Dundalk on 30 April 2018. [18796/18]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 2 May 2018, the evidence that was produced to support the briefings that led to the decision to...
    • Foreign Policy
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the re-election of Mr. Viktor Orbán in Hungary; his views on the threat to freedom and democracy in Hungary; and if he will...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the next steps of the Brexit negotiations; if a contingency plan is being prepared for the possibility of negotiations...
    • Human Rights
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations will be made at EU level regarding the human rights abuses in Libyan detention centres; and his views on the reports from...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to develop a roadmap to reach the 0.7% ODA-GNI target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21126/18]
    • Official Engagements
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been contact between his Department and United States authorities in relation to President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom;...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if he will make...
    • Northern Ireland
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with leaders of political parties in Northern Ireland. [17879/18]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to emphasise the fundamental importance of the Good Friday Agreement in the context of discussions between...
    • Middle East Issues
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Israeli soldier (details supplied) convicted of manslaughter for killing an injured...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparation his Department is making in anticipation of either a hard or soft border. [20509/18]
    • Brexit Staff
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of the Taoiseach in respect of Brexit negotiations. [20957/18]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Functions
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of Northern Ireland affairs. [21023/18]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 81
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the current rates of emigration and immigration. [21117/18]
    • Departmental Functions
      82. To ask the Taoiseach the supports provided by his Department to Independent Ministers and supporters of the Government. [21243/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committee meetings he attended in April 2018. [21444/18]
    • Departmental Budgets
      84. To ask the Taoiseach the amount set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability for the past 25 years to date; the way in which it is determined the amount that is forecast to be needed...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      85. To ask the Taoiseach the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20860/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times and the dates Cabinet committee C (European Union Including Brexit). [20769/18]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the circumstances in which the Office of the Attorney General in defending cases taken against the State or public bodies will seek to negotiate a confidentiality clause...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      88. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues. [21271/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20850/18]
    • Naval Service Data
      90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service deployments that were carried out in support of the joint task force on drug interdiction in 2016, 2017 and to date...
    • Departmental Budgets
      91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of funds set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability for the past ten years to year end 2016; the way in which it is...
    • White Paper on Defence
      92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the White Paper projects that have been completed; and if project summary statements for closed projects are available. [21165/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Army Barracks
      94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if memorial plaques have been removed from Columb Barracks, Mullingar; and the person or body responsible for their removal. [21294/18]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to examine additional recruitment measures to increase the numbers in the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an aontaíonn sé gur cuid lárnach de phróiseas na síochána ó thuaidh í an reachtaíocht Ghaeilge...
    • Syrian Conflict
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he undertook to encourage EU and UN member states to pursue a full diplomatic resolution to the Syrian conflict in relation to the...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is now a legal requirement for Irish citizens to have a public services card to renew a passport; if so, the relevant primary or...
    • Registration of Births
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding passports and foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20854/18]
    • Passport Applications Administration
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the number of passport applications has increased in 2018 by 18% to over 800,000 applications; his plans to resource the Passport...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of the Taoiseach in respect of liaising with EU Brexit chief...
    • EU Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of the group emerging on the fringes of the European Council involving the Dutch, Baltic and Irish Governments. [18893/18]
    • Brexit Documents
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the backstop agreement between the EU and UK Government with regard to ensuring no hard border on the island of...
    • Syrian Conflict
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions with his counterparts in the EU and elsewhere in regard to plans for the withdrawal of foreign military powers...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to a passport application will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received reports on the use of dual use drones against unarmed civilians on the Gaza-Israeli border; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport printing machine will be provided to the Cork Passport Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the need for the British...
    • Middle East Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be raising concerns regarding the withdrawal of the USA from the Iran nuclear deal at the next EU Council meeting; and if he has...
    • Western Balkans Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union continues to foster good relations with the countries in the western Balkans with particular...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to pursue the issue of the Good Friday and subsequent agreements and the return of the Northern Assembly...
    • Brexit Issues
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to pursue the vital national objectives of Ireland in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which humanitarian aid from Ireland and other EU countries continues to be monitored to ensure that such aid goes directly to...
    • Foreign Policy
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ten major trouble spots globally; the extent to which Ireland and the EU continue to assist in such situations; the progress achieved to...
    • EU Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which it is planned to ensure that Ireland's position as a member of the EU is not diminished in the course of Brexit related...
    • Human Rights
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which child soldiers continue to be used in various war situations throughout Africa; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are ongoing within the European Union to address the issue of Euroscepticism; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) that holds a primary medical certificate will be permitted to sell their car and buy a second hand automatic whilst retaining...
    • State Claims Agency
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance further to information provided (details supplied), if he will provide minutes of meetings to consider reports among he and his officials and minutes of...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20853/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and cost of a tax scheme in place to attract skilled workers from abroad; his plans to review or extend these schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Revenue Commissioners guidance in 2017 on the taxation of temporary foreign workers is unclear or in need of revision; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if the complaints process of a bank (details supplied) involves independent persons not employed by the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Claims Agency
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial information held by the State Claims Agency (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form. [21074/18]
    • Budget Consultation Process
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €400 million earmarked for demographic change he specified at the Oireachtas Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on 18 April 2018 was...
    • National Development Plan Expenditure
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on fiscal space of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 by year in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget Measures
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if already published fiscal space figure projections include the allocation of €500 million to the rainy day fund for each of the next five years; and...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency relating to historical child sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/18]
    • Tax Code
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be expected to be raised if intangible assets onshored between 2015 and 2018, the period in which there was no cap on the...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional corporation tax that could be expected if the bailed out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on losses that could be carried...
    • VAT Exemptions
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which and when he will implement the budget decision to put in place a VAT refund scheme for charities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by 10 percentage points and by 10%, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the extra revenue collected in each of the years since 2011 due to increased enforcement and staffing of the Revenue Commissioners; the target for this extra...
    • Tax Credits
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the self-employed tax credit to €1,300, €1,400, €1,500 and €1,650, respectively in circumstances...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on the 2019 fiscal space of abolishing the help-to-buy scheme. [21180/18]
    • Tax Code
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from ending the capital gains tax exemption from the sale of property held in REITs. [21181/18]
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual earners who are subject to USC with an income over €70,044. [21185/18]
    • Knowledge Development Box
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to date per annum of the knowledge development box; the breakdown by size, that is, SME or larger, of applications to the scheme to date by...
    • Property Tax Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21191/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings made by reducing the maximum tax relief available on private pension contributions by percentage rates (details supplied). [21194/18]
    • Tax Code
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1.7 million, €1.5 million and...
    • Tax Yield
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated by measures (details supplied). [21202/18]
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from the introduction of an additional USC rate (details supplied) on a person’s income in excess of...
    • Tax Yield
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering the personal pay as you earn and earned income credits by 0.7% per €1,000 on individual income between...
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by increasing capital acquisitions tax to 34%, 35% and 36%, respectively. [21217/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from the abolition of tax relief for private health insurance premiums and the capping of such relief at...
    • Tax Exemptions
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated revenue from expected changes to legislation which have been modelled by his Department in regard to taxing some forms of tax exempt income...
    • Universal Social Charge Abolition
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of revenue from abolishing the universal social charge in full. [21225/18]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of exempting earners at or below €20,800 from USC. [21226/18]
    • Research and Development Supports
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from limiting the research and development tax credit to a company’s corporate liability in a given period (details supplied)....
    • VAT Rate Application
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated extra fiscal space available in 2018 if the 9% VAT rate for the tourism sector was returned to 13.5%. [21233/18]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of maintaining mortgage interest relief at its current rate in 2019. [21235/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21264/18]
    • Motor Insurance
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the motor insurance key information report of the cost of insurance; the controls in place regarding the high cost of car insurance faced by...
    • EU Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have AEO status; the number awarded AEO status in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the average number of AEO...
    • European Stability Mechanism
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Klaus Regling, Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism on 8 May 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Banking Sector Reform
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance when the public banking report compiled by his Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the comments by the chair of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the need to reform the administration of the business...
    • Consumer Protection
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) to equip persons to make better financial decisions; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Claims Agency
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials in his Department have been involved in reviewing the way in which the State Claims Agency handles sensitive cases. [21063/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a completion date for construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget Targets
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €1.5 billion earmarked for capital spending he specified at the Oireachtas Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on 18...
    • State Properties
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a location (details supplied) will be redeveloped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21391/18]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the OPW to issue Dublin City Council with a formal letter regarding the new pedestrian way to a location (details...
    • Translation Services Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are open tenders through the Office of Government Procurement for multi-supplier frameworks for translation and interpretation;...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the 2008 Labour Court recommendation regarding pension provision for supervisors of community employment schemes;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20858/18]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works has decided not to complete the proposed flood mitigation works at a location (details supplied);...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the proposed works to be carried out at a property (details supplied). [20916/18]
    • Public Appointments Service
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the outsourcing of the aptitude tests for Public Appointments Service competitions to a UK provider will be reconsidered in view of...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works holds or is in the process of acquiring economic interest in the site of the former customs post at...
    • State Properties Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State’s annual bill for the rental of buildings and property; and the State’s annual income from the rental of...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the provision of mobile phone services in an area (details supplied) will be facilitated. [21080/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a report by a company (details supplied) on proposed flood defences at Burnfoot, County Donegal will be submitted to the OPW; and...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status in relation to providing structures at a location (details supplied) by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts being made to resolve the issue of establishing an agreed pension entitlement as per the claim being made by community...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a report (details supplied) on the cost of a tidal barrier in Little Island, County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a new round of applications will open for positions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21380/18]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public display of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme will proceed on 28 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 16 January 2018, the status of the report commissioned by the Office of Public Works to...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Boards Places
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate welding course can be facilitated in the case of person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pensions
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the new public service pension scheme for new teachers who commenced work since 2013; the contribution rates that will apply; when...
    • Multidenominational Schools
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a statement (details supplied); and his further views on whether that to be truly multi-denominational a school must give equal...
    • School Staff
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation of an additional post under circular 0010/2018 for a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability for the past 25 years to date; the way in which it is determined the amount that...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20851/18]
    • Schools Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special school (details supplied) located at three sites in counties Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny; the enrolment numbers; the...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level grants that are allocated to students (details supplied); the way in which the system operates; if means are disregarded in these...
    • Education and Training Boards Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the local and regional drugs taskforces that have a representative from his Department on the taskforce in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school supports for children with dyspraxia here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20914/18]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a proposal for the establishment of panels for second level teachers has been examined; and if such a proposal has been discussed by his...
    • School Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are vacancies for teachers under the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; and if so, the details by subject; and if he will...
    • School Admissions
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20933/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a complaint in relation to the non-provision of a SNA that was lodged with the National Council for Special Education on 15 March 2018...
    • Institutes of Technology
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an external facilitator has yet to be appointed to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Galway-Mayo Institute of...
    • School Accommodation
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students from a school (details supplied) in County Meath who are due to enter second level education in September 2018 will be...
    • Departmental Reports
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the report into the death of a person (details supplied) which was conducted by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason history has been removed as a compulsory subject from the junior cycle curriculum. [21051/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent decision not to grant a special needs assistant for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed and reversed; the reason the NCSE...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a Teaching Council number by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21065/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if phase two of a school (details supplied) in County Galway will receive the necessary signatures from DEIS officials to ensure that the new...
    • School Accommodation
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year second level places available in each school in County Meath for the 2018-19 school year; and if he will make a...
    • School Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the policy of capping the grant for ancillary service staff for primary schools, that is, caretakers, cleaners and so on, at...
    • Site Acquisitions
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site or specific community in which he plans to locate a school (details supplied) has been identified; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Patronage
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of patronage diversity at second level in the Cabra, Phibsborough and Dublin 7 school planning area particularly for...
    • Child Abuse
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cease the prior complaint requirement for eligibility for ex gratia payment to school sexual abuse victims; and if he will make a...
    • State Claims Agency
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason information relating to ex gratia scheme applications to the State Claims Agency is being refused in view of it being requested in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are vacancies on the board of the NUI; the process on the way in which these vacancies are normally filled; if his Department is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) who has missed their education for most of the past year due to section 29 processes can receive an additional year...
    • Departmental Properties
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding discussions between his Department and Meath County Council for the provision of lands for a public park in Ashbourne....
    • Schools Building Projects
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a new primary school in Ashbourne is needed. [21390/18]
    • DEIS Eligibility
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be considered for an allocation of DEIS status at the next available opportunity; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the parents of the 27 children that avail of the services and support of the ASD unit in a...
    • Residential Institutions
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the survivor consultation talks; when these talks will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a special needs application by a school (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Action Plan on Bullying
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken on foot of the Action Plan on Bullying. [21427/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement and level of support he and his officials have had and offered to Garda youth diversion projects and local...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra assistance is available for poorer communities that wish to apply for the recently announced funding to install CCTV...
    • Garda Deployment
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the significant drop in Garda numbers (details supplied); if he will raise the matter with...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a join family Irish national spouse visa by a person (details supplied) will be processed and granted to...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Eligibility
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria applicable for receipt of endowments under the immigrant investor programme; if there is a specific criteria which...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20857/18]
    • Road Safety Data
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 23 of January 2018, the number of persons that have been killed or sustained a...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the rules in relation to asylum seekers' access to the workforce have time and employment sector restrictions on...
    • Data Protection
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a submission by the Royal College of Physicians in relation to the digital age of consent;...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the timing of citizenship ceremonies will be examined in cases in which a ceremony takes place after the deadline for the...
    • Commissions of Inquiry
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commission an inquiry into the circumstances regarding the death of a person (details supplied) and potential...
    • Prisoner Data
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in Limerick Prison in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [20985/18]
    • Prison Service Expenditure
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for Limerick Prison in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [20986/18]
    • Garda Data
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of newly recruited gardaí who have been allocated to the Sligo-Leitrim Garda division in each of the years 2015...
    • Crime Data
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repeat offenders under an Act in 2016 and 2017 (details supplied), respectively. [21040/18]
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotions within the Legal Aid Board by grade and ratio of men to women since June 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding received by an organisation (details supplied) in 2016 and 2017. [21155/18]
    • Citizenship Status
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been reached on the legal status of a child born here to a mother with subsidiary protection (details...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 3 May 2018, the location of the file sent to the INIS on 14 February 2018 and...
    • Immigration Status
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21393/18]
    • Immigration Policy
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for habitual residency for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21396/18]
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of his Department regarding a matter (details supplied); if emergency housing has been sourced at a location; and if...
    • Court Poor Box
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the judge of a local District Court controls distribution of the courts discretionary fund; if the distribution of moneys...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Issues
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which the trade section of her Department continues to establish and expand trading interests both inside and outside...
    • Economic Growth
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has identified specific targets for trade growth throughout the European Union having particular...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20846/18]
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the high potential start-up feasibility study grant that have been approved by county to date. [20973/18]
    • IDA Ireland Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of properties and the number of acres of land owned the IDA in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Supports
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications that have been received to date for loans under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of these that have been...
    • IDA Ireland
      322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the newly built IDA advanced factory in Castlebar remains empty; and the steps she has taken and is planning to take to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in her Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 and 201 of 1 May 2018, the amount of wages recovered in regard to the 281 Marine Survey...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated to Enterprise Ireland’s Market Discovery Fund; the number of applications for this grant to...
    • EU Directives
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will request that the EU cultural and energy directorates maintain the exemption (details supplied) afforded to all stage...
  • Department of Health
    • State Claims Agency Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases related to medical negligence that the State Claims Agency resolved through mediation; the number that were resolved after a court case;...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a new scheme in relation to the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/18]
    • State Claims Agency
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the State Claims Agency to take a similar approach to cases involving damage by a drug (details supplied) [20793/18]
    • Patient Transport
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for transporting patients between two facilities (details supplied); if it is standard practice for residents in this rehabilitation facility to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      332. 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. [20797/18]
    • Health Services Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for staffing in neurology services and in the context of the upcoming budget in line with the neurology and epilepsy models...
    • Electronic Health Records
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if electronic transmission of blood test results has ceased in some cases; the areas in which this has ceased; and the actions he will take to resolve the...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times his Department or the HSE has sought and or obtained a gagging order in respect of persons that have taken a legal action against either...
    • Public Health Policy
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has worked in collaboration with the United Kingdom Department of Health on the development of health or reproductive health policy over the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the contacts he or his Department have had with a company (details supplied) in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20807/18]
    • Public Health Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the policy position with respect to the use of the term fatal foetal abnormality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/18]
    • Health Strategies
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has discontinued funding for the Age Well Programme in the mid-west despite the great success this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [20821/18]
    • Hospitals Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of introducing 9,000 new hospital beds over five years; the estimated cost of staffing 9,000 beds annually; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be restored for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal at Stranorlar Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be allocated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20826/18]
    • Home Care Packages
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if an extra carer will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20827/18]
    • Disease Classification
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent case in Northern Ireland in which 2,500 persons have been recalled over concerns regarding incorrect diagnoses of multiple sclerosis...
    • HSE Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the value of services and goods provided by all successful tenders for awards from the HSE since 2000, by company name in tabular form. [20835/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20840/18]
    • HSE Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20855/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of victims of the swine flu vaccine that are included in the number of cases the State Claims Agency presented to Dáil Éireann in April...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which samples are tested in cases in which a woman has been called back for further testing, that is, colposcopy; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff by category required to meet additional acute bed targets annually in the coming five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if the inconsistencies in payments made under a scheme (details supplied) to facilities will be examined; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties...
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a no-fault compensation scheme for mistakes made within the health service. [20871/18]
    • Statutory Retirement Age
      356. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that HSE drivers who are 64 years of age now and work in the western region, will be able to work until they are 70 years of age if they so...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the position of stroke specialist nurse at South Tipperary General Hospital which has been vacant since January 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric rheumatology waiting lists; the number waiting more than three, six, nine, 12,15, 18 and 24 months, respectively, in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants practising paediatric rheumatology; the locations in which they are based; the whole-time equivalent spend on paediatric rheumatology...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (detail supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20887/18]
    • Stroke Care
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided by the HSE for the establishment of stroke survivor groups and the engagement of co-ordinators to facilitate the process in County...
    • Nursing Home Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care home (details supplied); the number of patients in the home; the number of staff; the number of qualified nursing staff; the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20895/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the local and regional drugs task forces that have a representative from his Department on the task force in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      367. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20912/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for occupational therapy for children with dyspraxia in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the occasions on which he or either of his two predecessors communicated with the Health Service Executive under the terms of section 5 of the Health Service...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the HPRA in reporting side effects in the context of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20928/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [20932/18]
    • Disabilities Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of June 2017 or latest day available by each local...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months by each...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months; and the...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve funding for a nurse to administer the drug Ocrelizumab which has been pre-approved for 12 patients (details supplied) diagnosed with...
    • HSE Staff Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the staff numbers at a facility (details supplied) by administration, management and healthcare staff; the categories of healthcare provided; the comparison of...
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the quality assurance site visits to laboratory providers since outsourcing in 2008 of the cervical screening programme. [20946/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a procedure carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation of a child (details supplied) requiring mental health services with parental consent will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the full medical card income threshold in line with the guidelines of the medical card income for those over 70 years of age threshold in...
    • Prescriptions Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of prescriptions written over the past five years for opiate painkillers (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      388. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the detoxification treatment provision for those who have become dependent on opiate painkillers (details supplied); the detail of the inpatient...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if pulmonary hypertension will be included on the long-term illness card scheme (details supplied). [20989/18]
    • First-Aid Training
      390. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the guidelines and supports (details supplied) in place for voluntary cardiac first responders community groups that operate schemes under the...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an audit or an assessment of the supply and demand for nursing home beds carried out in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      392. To ask the Minister for Health when the vaccine compensation scheme, as included in a Programme for a Partnership Government, will be implemented; the reason for the delay in its delivery;...
    • Medical Card Administration
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recommend to the HSE that a dedicated unit be set up within the medical card division to deal specifically with applicants diagnosed with cancer...
    • Disability Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the threat of closure facing a facility (details supplied) for adults with disabilities in County Donegal owing to its...
    • Psychological Assessments
      397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a psychological appointment. [21034/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech therapy. [21037/18]
    • Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of cancellations for CAMHS appointments at the HSE James Joyce Centre, James Joyce Street, Dublin 1 in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and...
    • Respite Care Grant Eligibility
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will change the in loco parentis rule for respite care (details supplied) in order that care givers can have effective respite; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Reports
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the report into the death of a person (details supplied) which was conducted by the Midlands Health Board; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps being taken to ensure that appropriate long-term care is put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [21047/18]
    • Dental Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of dentists, dental nurses and surgeries in counties Longford and Westmeath offering children's dental services; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a service (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21094/18]
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the part of the health budget from which the funding to pay awards of the court for medical negligence cases and other cases brought against the HSE is issued;...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist inflammatory bowel disease nurses employed; the number employed on the same date in 2017; and the estimated full year cost of...
    • HSE Funding
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by the HSE to a centre (details supplied) in each year since 2013, in tabular form; if his attention has been drawn to the high...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a person (details supplied) for a medical procedure will take place. [21162/18]
    • HSE Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21163/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason key staff in the ophthalmology department in the Regional Hospital Mullingar are not being replaced (details supplied). [21166/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21273/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/18]
    • HSE Funding
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request funding from the HSE towards the establishment of stroke survivor groups in south County Tipperary and the engagement of co-ordinators to...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which an MRI scanner will be provided for Mullingar Regional Hospital; and the reason for the long delay in equipping the hospital with the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed at a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; the capacity in which they are employed; the terms of contact of each in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the staff vacancies at a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; the type of vacancies available; the length of time the posts have been vacant; when he...
    • Health Services Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo in each of the years from 2015 to 2017, inclusive, and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      421. 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. [21302/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      422. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 23 January 2018, if funding is available for a project (details supplied) in 2018; and, if so, the timeframe for...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated stroke specialist nurse at South Tipperary General Hospital will be appointed; the efforts that have been made to recruit for the post which has...
    • Hospital Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if plans exist to put a high dependency unit into Mayo University Hospital; if consideration has been given to this matter in view of the clear demand for this...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of children with a suspected diagnosis of autism are being told that their child will not get seen by...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an appointment scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/18]
    • Dental Services Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if the dental clinic in Duleek, County Meath will remain open in the coming year. [21333/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied) has been processed by the HSE. [21336/18]
    • HSE Correspondence
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied). [21337/18]
    • Legal Proceedings
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to include persons who have been diagnosed with narcolepsy disorder as a result of the swine flu vaccine in the cases that the State...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a home help assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new assessment of needs process; and the work carried out with stakeholders such as a society (details supplied) that have...
    • Nursing Home Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Health his long-term plans for the Rosalie Centre, Castlerea, County Roscommon; if the centre will remain open and be restored to its full capacity of 33 residents;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times for CT scans for oncology patients as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the system for the provision of dental care in primary schools; the body which parents should contact regarding concerns of a lack of treatment...
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and addressed; if an alternative screening provision for repeat testing will be offered; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application mechanism for a person (details supplied) who suffers from severe epilepsy and is seeking access to medicinal cannabis...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21394/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has not committed to establishing a community intervention team in County Donegal in its community...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons due to receive IV treatment within 15 days in University Hospital Waterford that had their treatment delayed by more than 15 days by...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a knee replacement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21425/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20798/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20845/18]
    • Fishing Industry
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide compensation to mussel fishermen (details supplied) who suffered a loss of stock and equipment due to storms in...
    • Fishing Licences
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats registered to fishermen whose address is on an offshore island not connected to the mainland by a causeway or...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the full environmental impact assessment will be carried out on a bay; when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 27 February 2018, when a review decision will be made in respect of a person (details...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for ANC will issue to a person (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20968/18]
    • Marine Safety
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications approved under the marine tourism safety scheme operated by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in each of the years 2011...
    • Dairy Sector
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work of the multi-stakeholder industry group established in November 2017 with a view to addressing the labour...
    • Coastal Erosion
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or its agencies has carried out or is conducting an analysis of significant shoreline changes such as sand removal...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20998/18]
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the transfer of farm entitlements in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to problems with issued knowledge transfer payments particularly for partnership farms; the steps he...
    • Fodder Crisis
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with the banks in relation to the need to introduce low-cost loans to assist farmers facing particular...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on appeals lodged by farmers on Killery mountain with respect to land eligibility and burnt land for the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contingency plans to address future shortages of phosphorus in view of Ireland’s dependence on mined and imported...
    • Departmental Funding
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to projects or initiatives (details supplied) in tabular form. [21150/18]
    • Teagasc Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff Teagasc has working on the agricultural catchments programme; and the annual running and...
    • Beef Exports
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 8 May 2018, the qualifying countries referred to. [21154/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21167/18]
    • TAMS Payments
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the penalty for an overclaim on a TAMS payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to debate the findings of the review of the appeals procedure further to the completion of the review; his plans to...
    • Special Protection Areas
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is technically feasible to introduce a new forestry management protocol covering special protection areas important to the hen...
    • GLAS Payments
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be no 15% balancing payments for GLAS issuing until all management plans are completed for all participants in the...
    • Commonage Management Plans
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if staff will be put in place to complete the commonage management plans under the GLAS scheme in circumstances in which the existing...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are circumstances which apply if a farmer must retire from farming due to ill-health and, with no possible succession...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electricity Grid
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of pedestrian crossings in counties Westmeath and Longford that remain to be connected to the ESB network....
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding SEAI grants for solar panels; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20848/18]
    • Waste Management
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capacity constraints with regard to handling Ireland’s waste volumes; and the way in which future municipal...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if details have been finalised regarding changes to the warmer homes scheme; if so, the details of these changes; when...
    • Landfill Sites
      481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the landfills accepting construction waste by capacity and location in tabular form. [21077/18]
    • Waste Management
      483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the allowance of €75 for households with medical waste will come into effect; the way in which persons will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department commissioned a video (details supplied); and if so, the cost of producing the video. [21357/18]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Brexit Issues
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingency planning that has been done in relation to the aviation sector to plan and prepare for a potential hard Brexit in view of...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of abolishing the charge of an excess in circumstances in which a vehicle is taxed for less than 12 months, that is,...
    • Tourism Ireland Expenditure
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure to date by Fáilte Ireland on each of the 24 projects named in 2017 as a stage 1 pass project via the grant scheme...
    • Tourism Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Fáilte Ireland will announce details of the small grant scheme for the Wild Atlantic Way; the criteria that will be used to...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20861/18]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in the planning for the capital improvement works in preparation for the proposed electrification of the Maynooth commuter train...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a record of a notification sent in 2000 to a person (details supplied) regarding the need for a medical examination in order...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the rail link from County Sligo to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/18]
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount drawn down to date under the grants scheme for large tourism projects, established in mid-2016 by Fáilte Ireland, by...
    • Transport Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a campaign established by a group (details supplied) in response to existing transport proposals...
    • Driver Test
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA accepts payment for driver tests before a date for the test has been confirmed; when a policy of accepting payment prior to...
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disabled parking permit; and when a decision will issue regarding the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost, since 2011 to date, of outside consultants used by the NTA, TII and other relevant organisations in the planning of the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an approved sports capital grant application (details supplied) has been finalised following the response to a final query from the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the road improvement scheme for the N81; if it has been removed from TII funding plans; if so, the way in which this route...
    • Road Network
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Galway County Council has submitted an application regarding outstanding issues on the N18 motorway (details supplied). [21344/18]
    • Rural Transport Programme
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the extension of the rural transport programme to reduce rural isolation will be proofed to ensure that all routes will...
    • Road Network
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further consideration will be provided to the request for additional funding in respect of the roadworks programme 2018 (details...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times, including the expected longest waiting times, for driver tests in each county; and the number of persons awaiting test...
    • Tourism Funding
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if tourism grants are available through Fáilte Ireland for which individuals rather than groups can apply; and if not, his plans to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Foster Care Agencies
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of contracts for services that Tusla has with a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Budgets
      514. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability for the past 25 years to date; the way in which it is determined the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20847/18]
    • Child and Family Agency Policy
      516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason foster carers are no longer covered by public liability insurance through Tusla; if the cover provided by the HSE before Tusla...
    • Youth Services Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the voluntary sector in youth work provision is protected in the context of a review of the youth service grants; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress and or engagements she has had with the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of overhauling the provision of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in her Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20859/18]
    • National Planning Framework
      521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to a campaign established by a group (details supplied) in response to the national planning framework...
    • CLÁR Programme
      522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available for the CLÁR Programme in 2018; the number of CLÁR projects that have been applied for by the local...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employers’ rate of pay related social insurance of...
    • Public Services Card
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns that section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 undermines...
    • JobPath Programme
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Turas Nua is a private limited company; the payments made to Turas Nua to operate its contract with her Department; the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new applications for carer's allowance lodged with her Department; the number approved; and the number...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of open applications in the social welfare appeals office; the length it usually takes from the time a case is...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20852/18]
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the change in rules that allows persons on JobPath to take up places on community employment and Tús schemes extends...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification on the annual statement of a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in schemes (details supplied) in tabular form [20893/18]
    • Drugs Task Forces
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the local and regional drugs task forces that have a representative from her Department on the task force in each of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance by way of an exceptional needs payment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Pensions Reform
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage rate of pension that would be payable for new applicants post-2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a farm assist appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21001/18]
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a renewal of the working family payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Public Services Card
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork requires a long form birth certificate to get a public services card....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21052/18]
    • Pensions Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awarded a full contributory pension based on having no more than the minimum ten qualifying years and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase staffing in the carer's allowance section in view of the time it is taking to have applications...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review further the allowance for board and lodgings that can be offset against the moneys paid to au pairs; if...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when applicants to the Ability programme will be informed of the result of the application process; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Gender Recognition
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; the date she expects the review group’s findings to be...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      553. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's benefit allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a claim for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) was unsuccessful; if this claim can be reconsidered;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a place on a community employment scheme. [21361/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 8 May 2018, if a person (details supplied) can seek statutory redundancy from...
    • Pension Provisions
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) will be contacted to address the outstanding pension issues with the approximately 200...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in November 2017 will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21417/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      568. 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. [21418/18]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Limerick city is not designated as a rent pressure zone despite an increase of 17.1% in rents in the past 12...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20856/18]
    • Local Authority Housing
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an instruction was issued to local authorities that rural council houses built on sites purchased at a nominal...
    • Planning Issues
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the works that have been undertaken in relation to the establishment of an independent planning regulator; when it will be...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have been excluded from the homeless housing list by local authority in tabular form as a result of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding owed by his Department to each local authority for social housing projects in tabular form; the projects and...
    • Electoral Register
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward reform in order that persons that are naturalised after the deadline for inclusion in the...
    • Water Charges
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20918/18]
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of recipients of the housing assistance and homeless housing assistance payments by area and household income at...
    • Housing Agency Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the types of land controlled or owned by the Housing Agency (details supplied); the amount that is zoned residential; and the...
    • Vacant Properties
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the context of the Action Plan for Housing, his Department has reviewed a study (details supplied) which showed there...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Drogheda is eligible to apply for grants which are designed to specifically target urban regeneration in view of the fact...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislative changes to a local authority housing scheme (details supplied) are being considered; and if he will make a...
    • County Development Plans
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the county development plan for County Meath will be completed; when the regional social and economic strategies will be...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the official information booklet and website published for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme does not clearly...
    • Local Authority Members
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for setting the number of councillors to be returned to Cork City Council at 31 in the terms of reference to...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to the nitrates action programme annually in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the 2018 funding allocation...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the mortgage calculator for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is...
    • Residential Tenancies Board Administration
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the money transfers made from the Residential Tenancies Board to local authorities to fund inspections of privately rented...
    • National Planning Framework
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the quantum of zoned residential land in each local authority area has been reviewed in comparison to the requirements of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a...
    • Pyrite Issues
      593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the pilot pyrite remediation project recently announced for north County Mayo is aimed at dealing with all homes affected...
    • Housing Issues
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a lot of new houses being advertised on property-for-sale websites...
    • National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability Strategy
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of five year strategic plans by each housing and disability steering group. [21322/18]
    • Land Acquisition
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding lands in Ashbourne identified publicly by his Department for public housing but in the ownership of the...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made inquiries into the fact that Wicklow County Council paid €3 million to CPO land at Charlesland in view...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Archives
      604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a copy of the Royal Irish Constabulary investigation notes can be located on the death of a person (details supplied) in 1910;...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20849/18]
    • Waterways Ireland
      606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Waterways Ireland has reduced the opening time of the locks on the Shannon Erne waterway in the period 1 April to 16...
    • Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna
      607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist ag a Roinn i gcomhar le pobal Árann agus Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe plean forbartha a...
    • Foilseacháin Ghaeilge
      608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh le tuilleadh cúnaimh a thabhairt don fhoilsitheoireacht i nGaeilge; agus an...
    • National Parks Facilities
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the National Parks and Wildlife Service to allow jarveys that use the Mission Road in Killarney access to the...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the National Parks and Wildlife Service to erect a fence at Ballydowney, Killarney, County Kerry, to stop deer...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if she will make a statement...
    • Wildlife Protection
      612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of efforts being made to eradicate the American mink from offshore islands under the protection of the State, in...

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