Written answers
Thursday, 17 May 2018
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent report on salary scale issues in respect of post-January 2011 recruits insofar as it relates to the Defence...
- Office of Government Procurement
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement has statutory or other authority to advise, consult or manage local authority procurement...
- Budget Targets
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public expenditure trends remain in line with original budgetary projections; if corrective measures are required;...
- Flood Relief Schemes Data
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the management of the River Shannon as part of the Managing Flood Risk in Ireland report; the timelines of the projects...
- Public Service Pay Commission Remit
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made with the Public Service Pay Commission regarding recruitment and retention issues in particular areas of the public...
- Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an updated report on the plan to develop flood defences on the upper Lee at Inchigeela; and if he will make a...
- Public Private Partnerships
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the interdepartmental-agency group he established in 2017 to review Ireland's experience of using PPPs will report; the detail of...
- Public Sector Pay
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated levels of pre-committed Government expenditure in 2018 and 2019 for demographic-related costs and pay equalisation in the...
- Departmental Contracts Data
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the number of contracts his Department and State agencies under his aegis hold with a company (details supplied) in view of...
- Legislative Programme
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in respect of the preparation of legislation regarding the changing of the compulsory retirement age for public...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Review
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans on foot of the IMF public investment management assessment for Ireland to ensure improvements in the efficiency and value for...
- Public Sector Pay
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has conducted an investigation into the prevalence of low pay across the different sectors of the public service; and...
- Gender Proofing of Policies
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanisms by which public performance budgeting will be achieved; the information that will be gathered to assess the efficiency and...
- Public Sector Pay
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the context of the increasing difficulty on recruiting and retaining employees in key areas of the public service, he will...
- EU Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of his Department's engagement with the European Commission in respect of the future continuation of the European Structural...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work being carried out in respect of gender equality budgeting; the way in which this will be monitored and inputted into the final...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief plans for areas in south County Kildare (details supplied); when they will be progressed; and if he will...
- Shared Services
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the errors and inefficiencies in the PeoplePoint shared service system; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Functions
38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the statutory duties of the Minister of State with responsibility for flood relief. [17970/18]
- EU Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his departmental officials have in respect of utilising the European Structural and Investment Funds to meet Europe 2020...
- Public Expenditure Data
40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the additional €2.6 billion of expenditure commitments for 2019 he outlined to the Select Committee on Budgetary...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Allowances
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a case (details supplied) is the only instance during the lifetime of the Government in which the official side has refused to honour the...
- Military Medals
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if centenary medals will be awarded to former Defence Forces members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Applications
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship through the foreign birth register; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Meetings
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with the French Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21843/18]
- Middle East Issues
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision by the United States and other countries to relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; the effect this...
- Foreign Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact that increased US sanctions on Iran will have; the estimated impact of such sanctions on Ireland in terms of trade;...
- Northern Ireland
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in implementing the Stormont House Agreement; the status of the institutions proposed to deal with legacy issues; and if...
- Department of Finance
- Economic Growth
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which pay demands in the public and private sectors are likely to impact on the growing economy to a negative or positive extent in the future;...
- Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
51. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal under the multiannual financial framework, MFF, programmes of a 3% call rate to be applied to a new common consolidated corporate tax...
- Motor Insurance Costs
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to reduce costs to businesses (details supplied). [21977/18]
- Dog Breeding Industry
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if a dog breeding establishment (details supplied) is registered and in compliance with the Revenue Commissioners. [21743/18]
- Motor Insurance Coverage
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that musicians have particular difficulty in obtaining motor insurance from motor insurance companies and in many...
- Tax Code
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy in Europe regarding the proposal being advanced on the taxation of the digital economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21787/18]
- Departmental Staff Data
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of assistant principal posts or equivalent in County Westmeath under his aegis; the number of employees due to retire in the coming year; and if he...
- House Prices
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials are examining the practice of developers advertising residential units as price on application; the effect it has on house prices; and if he...
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the law regarding inheritance tax for siblings that are joint owners of a home in which they live together; if there have been recent changes to...
- State Aid
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if the United States Government has sought a role in aspects of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/18]
- Banking Sector Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a State-owned bank (details supplied) is seeking access to the social media of potential mortgage holders; his views on the practice; if other banks...
- Startup Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for which applications for start-up relief for entrepreneurs are taking to be processed by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a...
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if extra resources have been provided to the Revenue Commissioners for the upcoming change in PAYE reporting in 2019; the amount that has been spent and will...
- Legislative Programme
65. To ask the Minister for Finance when legislation on limited partnerships will be introduced; the timelines for the enactment of such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Consumer Protection
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if small and medium sized enterprises are covered by the Central Bank's consumer protection code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21877/18]
- Motor Insurance Costs
67. To ask the Minister for Finance when the next progress update will be published on the report into the cost of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21878/18]
- Motor Insurance Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of motor insurance policies entered into under the declined cases agreement in each month in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination Expenditure
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred to date by the Central Bank in the tracker mortgage examination by the types of professional fees incurred and staff costs; the costs that...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that an insurance firm not in business here can enter the Irish market without barrier to entry, have access to the same databases and...
- Summer Economic Statement
73. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the summer economic statement 2018. [21886/18]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Consular Services Expenditure
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of consultancy services, value for money and policy review expenses incurred by his Department as at 31 December 2017. [21891/18]
- National Planning Framework
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures contained within the national planning framework that will help to avert the impending fines for missing Ireland's 2020...
- Cross-Border Projects
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had discussions with the British Government and with the European Commission on the need to ensure the continuation of funding...
- Garda Recruitment
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21869/18]
- Public Procurement Regulations
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which public procurement and reform thereto continues to be part of Government policy with particular reference to the need...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he expects for reform throughout the public sector to impact on economic performance in the future; and if he will make a...
- Fiscal Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he is satisfied of being able to continue to meet the targets set in the context of spending and reform; and if he...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he envisages recruitment in specific vital areas of the public sector to become a policy initiative in the future;...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has received communication from other Departments and bodies or agencies under their aegis seeking...
- Brexit Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he can take steps to minimising the impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Counselling Services Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned investment in mental health counselling at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21735/18]
- Third Level Fees
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to Irish and EU citizens living both in and outside of the EU who wish to undertake postgraduate study; if there are...
- Student Support Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legal aid is prohibited from taking a test case on a point of law as per section 21(6) of the Student Support Act 2011. [21768/18]
- Student Grant Scheme
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding their eligibility in terms of the change of circumstances criteria for SUSI...
- Schools Building Projects Status
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension to a school (details supplied); the actions his Department is taking to ensure its completion for the school year...
- Special Educational Needs Data
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra students in a new building for a school (details supplied). [21790/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21796/18]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been purchased for a new school (details supplied); if not, the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); when stage 2B approval will be granted and the project progressed; and if he will make...
- Teacher Recruitment
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application for an extra teacher for a school (details supplied) which is expected to have the necessary number...
- Schools Building Projects Status
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the estimated time of completion of the project; and if he...
- Third Level Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new higher education funding model will be introduced; and if there will be winners and losers resulting therefrom. [21830/18]
- Research Students
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a framework for career progression for researchers in universities will be introduced. [21831/18]
- Gender Equality
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legislation will be needed to implement gender equity measures in the third level sector. [21832/18]
- Third Level Institutions
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new third level institution will be established during the lifetime of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to cater to demographics....
- Third Level Funding
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide the necessary funding for third level institutions; the amount identified in the Cassells report in this regard; and his...
- Schools Amalgamation
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of a rearrangement of schools in locations (details supplied), extra supports will be provided to the schools concerned in...
- School Staff
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will continue to have an administrative principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the replacement of a portakabin; if the application will be expedited in view of...
- School Management
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss issues regarding the rules governing the allocation of release days to teaching...
- Brexit Supports
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is preparing or has completed a formal application to the European Commission seeking an adaptation to the European...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the right to work of non-EEA citizens here who are partners or spouses of Irish citizens. [21737/18]
- Garda Deployment
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the methodology used by the Garda Training College for the purpose of determining the allocation of new Garda recruits to Garda...
- Insurance Fraud
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for an organisation (details supplied) and An Garda Síochána to provide a cost-benefit analysis for the...
- Private Security Industry Regulation
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the regulatory context that applies to the use of private investigators by financial services firms here; and if he will make a...
- Wards of Court
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recommendation of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality report on wards of court requesting a...
- Probate Data
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff per district probate office in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the independent commission on information retrieval Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21903/18]
- Rights of Way Registration
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend the period for registering rights of way or otherwise amending the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act...
- Prison Service
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken by the Irish Prison Service to advise prisoners of their right to vote in the upcoming referendum; and if he...
- Family Reunification Applications
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to previous parliamentary questions and the respective replies thereto in the case of a person (details supplied), if a...
- Immigration Status
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 update will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if all details requested from the person have been...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate procedure to regularise residence here in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all the required documentation requested by the relevant section of his Department has been supplied by a person (details...
- Immigration Status
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21939/18]
- Residency Permits
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when consideration will be given to the long-term residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Visa Applications
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to previous parliamentary questions and the replies thereto in the case of a person (details supplied) if the ban on...
- Immigration Status
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21950/18]
- Residency Permits
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for stamp 4 can be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21953/18]
- Immigration Status
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can be awarded stamp 4 status in view of the fact that they have worked here for...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Personal Injury Claims
139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the second report from the Personal Injuries Commission will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21881/18]
- Legislative Programme
140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to transpose the EU’s trade secret directive, EU Directive 2016/943, into law; the timescale for same; if Dáil...
- Brexit Staff
144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff in the dedicated Brexit unit within her Department by staff grade in tabular form; and if...
- State Aid
145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the recent state aid modernisation working group meeting which took place here in April 2018; and if discussions...
- Trade Sanctions
146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the impact of potential new trade sanctions reported in the media (details supplied) in view of the volume of exports to...
- Departmental Reports
147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Addressing the Skills Needs Arising from the Potential Trade Implications of Brexit report by the expert group on future...
- Departmental Bodies Data
148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the 2018 funding allocation...
- Brexit Supports
149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if potential businesses can apply for direct grant aid under the recently announced extension of the rescue and restructuring scheme...
- Jobs Protection
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to protect jobs in Russian-owned companies based here that may be threatened by increased tariffs and trade...
- Brexit Supports
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingences and plans in place to protect enterprises and related jobs vulnerable to a hard Brexit as laid out in a media article...
- Planning Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the occasions since 2015 and dates on which a company (details supplied) raised the matter of the planning process for a data centre...
- Research and Development Funding
159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the original duration envisaged for the cycle of the PRTLI Cycle 5 when announced in 2010. [21975/18]
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the threshold for medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in the forthcoming budget in the context of restoring cuts implemented...
- State Claims Agency Data
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who had an adverse reaction to the swine flu vaccine who have cases before the courts involving the State Claims Agency; and if he...
- HSE Properties
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of the vacant health centre in Rathangan, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21736/18]
- Smoking Ban
163. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the smoking ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21738/18]
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
164. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the time persons over 75 years of age are forced to wait in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21739/18]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that received treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017, and to date in 2018, by category of treatment; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
166. 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. [21744/18]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, programme in place for ophthalmology service at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a...
- National Cervical Screening Programme Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the locations in which all smear test analysis and readings took place by county in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Cervical Screening Programme Administration
170. To ask the Minister for Health if organisations (details supplied) send their smears to the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital for analysis; if other public or private smears...
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21773/18]
- Disease Management
172. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps he is taking to meet Ireland's pledge to eliminate hepatitis C as part of the World Health Organization programme; the progress that has...
- Home Help Service Eligibility
174. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of home-help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
175. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21792/18]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
176. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to appoint a lymphedema nurse to Letterkenny General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21793/18]
- National Cervical Screening Programme Data
177. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the detection rates of pre-cancerous abnormal cells discovered by each of the four laboratories contracted to conduct the cervical...
- Services for People with Disabilities
183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a programme (details supplied); if it will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21820/18]
- Vaccination Programme
184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) raised in a media broadcast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21821/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
185. To ask the Minister for Health when funding in respect of a business case for a person (details supplied) will be sanctioned for respite services in County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Child and Adult Mental Health Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment through CAMHS for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21825/18]
- Audiology Services Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health the status of audits or examination of audiology services in counties Mayo and Roscommon; if the findings of such reports will be published; his views on the...
- Maternity Services Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce or alter maternity services in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal; and the short and long-term plans in this regard. [21848/18]
- General Practitioner Contracts
189. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commencement of negotiations for a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21849/18]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
191. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21861/18]
- Hospital Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was not contacted by a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21863/18]
- Ambulance Service Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health if an incident (details supplied) in which no ambulance services were available at the time in County Kildare will be investigated; and if he will make a...
- Psychological Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding provision of psychologists at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21870/18]
- Hospital Charges
195. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce charges on patients that pay for venesection clinic appointments in County Louth; the plans in place to monitor if venesection clinic...
- Legislative Programme
196. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding drafting of legislation concerning the deprivation of liberty in nursing homes and other residential facilities [21872/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
197. 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. [21874/18]
- National Cervical Screening Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that will be eligible for the redress scheme being set up in respect of the cervical cancer screening scandal; the approach with regard to...
- National Cervical Screening Programme Administration
199. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports available to women that previously had cervical cancer following a false negative smear test; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21912/18]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being paid his salary to the end of July 2018 in view of the fact that he resigned early; if this was part of his...
- Medical Conditions
202. To ask the Minister for Health if queries raised by persons (details supplied) in correspondence will receive a response. [21914/18]
- Housing Adaptation Grant
203. To ask the Minister for Health if a case regarding persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21919/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
204. To ask the Minister for Health the correct level of support payable through the nursing home support scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Cervical Screening Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been contacted in regard to CervicalCheck; when she will receive a follow-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fodder Crisis
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources have been provided to assist farmers whose herds are restricted and are suffering from the fodder crisis; and...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available for struggling fishermen in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21785/18]
- GLAS Payments
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in...
- Forestry Management
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 2 November 2016, the status of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- GLAS Payments
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken regarding a complaint made by National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, inspectors in relation to a farmyard...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21850/18]
- GLAS Data
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have received their 2017 balancing payment by county in tabular form; the...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of the sheep welfare scheme payment that have received their 2017 balancing payment by county, in...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of the AOES payment that have received their 2017 balancing payment by county, in tabular form; the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 8 May 2018, his views on whether all entitlements will reach a minimum value of 60% of...
- EU Funding
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated separately to the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the commitment to provide high speed broadband to each house and business in County Louth; the deadline...
- Brexit Issues
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence or had discussions with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's decision to exit...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Roads Maintenance Funding
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific funding will be allocated to Monaghan County Council in 2018 for the essential repair of roads damaged by flooding; and if he...
- Cycling Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional children cycling to school as a result of 2017 Cycle Right training; the criteria or metric his Department uses...
- Road Projects
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the upgrade to the N67 involves replacing stone walls with stake and wire fencing in view of the fact this is not in keeping...
- Motor Insurance Coverage
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some insurance companies are refusing to quote persons if they are not VAT registered;...
- Tourism Funding
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding opportunities available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21864/18]
- Road Safety Authority Reports
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated publication date of the upcoming Road Safety Authority report on cycling deaths; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital investment in cycling infrastructure in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by local authority; and if he...
- Dublin Bus
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with Dublin Bus the review of its advertising standards to include the banning of advertisements of food with high...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the types of grants available for groups wishing to rent premises for youth clubs or youth cafes on a permanent basis; the criteria...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Marriage Registrations
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process for registration of a marriage if required in less than three months; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
234. 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. [21745/18]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by each community welfare office under the exceptional needs payment in 2017. [21747/18]
- Fuel Allowance Data
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is carrying out an examination of the effectiveness of the fuel allowance payment; if other examinations...
- Child Maintenance Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has set up a working group to examine child maintenance; if such work is ongoing; and if she will make a statement on...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the closure of the defined benefit...
- Public Services Card
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will receive the Data Protection Commissioner's report into the public services card; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on all means of advertising, including the social welfare fraud campaign and campaigns run...
- Public Services Card
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on advertising the public services card in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who becomes unemployed and then receives jobseeker's benefit cannot claim for a child dependant over 18...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can be granted a back to education allowance to partake in a short course which is nine months in duration rather...
- Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of lone parents that are in receipt of the jobseeker’s transition payment; the number in receipt of the one...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Data
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21764/18]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
247. 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....
- Working Family Payment Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the claim for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of eligibility for the insolvency payments scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Delays
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are waiting approximately 19 weeks for a decision to be made on...
- Working Family Payment Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income supplement; and if...
- Pensions Legislation
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if concerns outlined in correspondence from a person (details attached) in respect of pensions will be examined; and if she...
- Bereavement Leave
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for statutory bereavement leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21904/18]
- Widow's Pension Eligibility
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action she will take in view of the decision in the case of a person (details supplied); when the widow's pension might...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in regard to rent support in the case of persons (details supplied); if the issue regarding the level of rent...
- Social Welfare Benefits Payments
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a one-parent family allowance and child benefit will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provision that can be made to alleviate hardship in the case of a person (details supplied) whose social welfare payment...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the implications for pension policy and future pension provision in the private sector of the unilateral...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department can offer further latitude for immediate expenditure by the various local authorities on...
- Planning Guidelines
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken in each of the years 2015 to 2017, and to date in 2018, to ensure Ireland has a planning system that is fit...
- Housing Data
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland loans that have been approved and drawn down nationally; the number of such loans that have...
- Commemorative Medals
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if 1916 medals will be presented to those in the Fire Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21762/18]
- Rental Sector
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if receivers are bound by the Tyrrellstown Amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/18]
- Advertising Regulation
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to curb the practice of developers advertising residential units as price on application; and if he...
- Departmental Communications
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the complaints made to media organisations, voluntary sector organisations or other organisations or persons...
- Ministerial Meetings
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the meetings held between him, his Departmental officials and a company (details supplied) regarding its affordable housing...
- Homeless Persons Data
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities whose initial homeless figures for March 2018 were amended; the number of families removed from the...
- Mortgage Insurance
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason applicants for local authority mortgage loans source their own mortgage protection insurance in view of the fact...
- National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability Strategy
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units under the national housing strategy for persons with a disability delivered during the...
- Approved Housing Bodies
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his Department's steps to address the classification of approved housing bodies as part of general Government...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units covered by the enhanced leasing scheme by county; the anticipated costs in 2018; and if he will make a...
- European Parliament Membership
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to initiate a boundary commission on European Parliament boundaries in view of a recent parliament decision to...
- Question Heading for question(s) 275
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of units provided through the repair and lease scheme in 2018; the number provided in 2017; and if he...
- Commercial Rates Yield
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an analysis was carried out by his Department or the local authority concerned on the potential revenue raised by...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Protection
277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the involvement of the Defence Forces in a pilot training scheme in conjunction with An Garda Síochána and the...
