Written answers

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was omitted from the school buildings programme. [22441/18]
    • DEIS Administration
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS funding will be reinstated for schools in County Donegal experiencing high levels of deprivation and for which families are forced to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) did not commence construction in 2017. [22444/18]
    • Special Educational Needs
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the process for children with intellectual disabilities transitioning from second level education will be reassessed; his views on new measures...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal with construction due to commence in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • School Staff
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation regarding a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be addressed in view of the fact that it is still without an...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which supports are provided to children with special educational needs in County Carlow through SNAs, special classes and resource...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a co-educational, non-denominational, non-fee-paying secondary school for children in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12, in view of the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site will be purchased to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeline of works to ensure that the school...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent survey of special needs assistants which indicated that they require and need more training for their roles. [22431/18]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to assist a school (details supplied) in the process of ensuring that its two student bodies can be housed together on one...
    • Schools Property
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the potential impact on schools (details supplied) should the proposed preferred route of MetroLink proceed; if he has discussed the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of special education units nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the adequacy of the capitation grant payable to schools to meet the operational costs associated with running a school; his...
    • School Accommodation
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to tackle the growing use of prefabricated classrooms in schools. [22420/18]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the engagement with education partners will commence; if it will assist in developing a better timeline for the planning and delivery of...
    • Schools Property
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the ongoing dispute between a school (details supplied) and a trust regarding the playing pitches attached to the school; and...
    • School Enrolments
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of demand for junior school places in Swords, County Dublin (details supplied); if he is satisfied that a strategy is in place that will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) did not commence construction in 2016 or 2017. [22445/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the annual rate of enrolment in key apprenticeship trades in order to meet the demand for construction workers by 2020 to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when SNAs and teaching staff on similar contracts will receive notification of their employment in schools for the 2018-19 school year. [22390/18]
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 15 May 2018, and with regard to the February guidelines published by the Department of Justice and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools (details supplied) will go to tender stage for new school buildings; the timeline for project delivery; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Dublin 8 and 12 were not included in his recent announcement (details supplied) regarding the establishment of new schools. [22392/18]
    • School Admissions
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure there is no discrimination in the admissions policy to publicly funded schools; the timeframe in this regard; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the provision of special educational supports for children in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the schools involved in the bundle of five that are currently being constructed under a PPP process will be available for the new school year;...
    • Internet Safety
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the progress of the PDST technology in education team and the larger Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 in supporting...
    • Skills Development
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability on an ongoing basis of sufficiently qualified young persons with the skill set...
    • School Accommodation
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse grant aid to a school (details supplied) for the provision of additional accommodation will be reversed; and the grounds...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that one in five teaching positions in Irish at second level are being filled by teachers without a qualification to teach...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) did not commence construction in 2016 or 2017. [22447/18]
    • Schools Extra Curricular Activities
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the successful campaign by students in a school (details supplied) to make the school plastics free; his plans to use this as a...
    • Adult Education Provision
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision of a college (details supplied) to raise the fees payable for music lessons for adult students only; and if he will make...
    • Capitation Grants
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the commitment in the programme for partnership Government to provide an annual increase in capitation to schools to help meet day-to-day...
    • School Excellence Fund
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools supported by the school excellence fund; his plans for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22276/18]
    • Third Level Costs
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding the introduction of income contingent loans for third level education; the issues regarding student debt and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special needs assistant allocations for the 2018-19 year will be announced. [22429/18]
    • School Expulsions
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether in the case of a proposed expulsion or suspension of a child with special needs the section 29 procedure is inappropriate;...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure made in County Limerick in each year since 2011; the number of extra school places, including additional and replacement...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) will advance to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22410/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the school building programme in respect of the six schools affected by the collapse of a company (details...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken on the demand from teachers for more progress on the issue of new entrant pay. [22418/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for either new building or improvement works by schools (details supplied); the options being considered for the new...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the content and duration of the professional master of education course. [22421/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays in assessments for children attending school who have developmental issues and may require...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional secondary school places in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22457/18]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 204 of 27 June 2017 and 244 of 20 September 2017, if an economist on secondment from the Irish Government...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the participation rates of men and women in the labour force by age ranges (details supplied); and the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 participation rates for the same age...
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      102. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has finished examining the report on the strategic communications unit of 27 March 2018, which stated that information from a company was still...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      103. To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he has held with companies (details supplied) since 2017; and the areas of Government or public policy he has discussed at these meetings. [22096/18]
    • National Digital Strategy Implementation
      104. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy; if he plans to include a digital safety commissioner as part of this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22137/18]
    • Commemorative Medals
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 676 of 9 May 2017, the progress on plans for a commemorative plaque or framed medal with an accompanying...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he plans to acknowledge the role of paramedics and advanced paramedics in the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the permitted strength by rank and unit for the Reserve Defence Forces; the effective strength of the force at the most recent date available;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflicts
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the killing of Palestinians at the Gaza border on 14 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22141/18]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish ambassador to Israel was invited to the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem; if so, if she attended; and if he will...
    • Passport Applications Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from non-Irish residents processed in County Cork since January 2018 date; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's preparedness for Brexit and his Department's role in same. [22298/18]
    • Passport Applications Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department is meeting the expressed time targets with respect to turnaround time both for the renewal and issuing of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if revenue from the sugar tax will be hypothecated for strategies to tackle obesity, including treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/18]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if the ongoing situation in which persons seeking car insurance policies who wish to pay by direct debit are being charged a further 20% on top of the premium...
    • Vehicle Registration
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to enabling commercial vehicles used for special occasions to have personalised registration plates; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his efforts to have a bank's (details supplied) split mortgages reclassified as performing loans by the single supervisory mechanism; and if he...
    • ERASMUS Programme
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if the ERASMUS+ master degree loans scheme backed by the European Union is being considered by his Department; if the loan product has been discussed with the...
    • Tax Code
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the issue of cohabiting couples being treated differently from married couples for tax purposes has been examined; his plans to amend the situation; if the...
    • Living Wage
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if a policy in which all State-owned banks work towards paying all their workers a living wage will be committed to; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22140/18]
    • VAT Exemptions
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22192/18]
    • EU Regulations
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the position under the European Union (Consumer Mortgage Credit Agreements) Regulations 2016 with regard to the calculation by banks here of break fees for...
    • Revenue Documents
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that can be taken when a person's accountant has not submitted tax returns and is withholding the person's accounts (details supplied); and if he...
    • NAMA Property Construction
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if the development under way in Malahide beside the old rugby club site is part of the promised delivery of housing by NAMA; the number of units that will be...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the protocol agreed between an organisation (details supplied) and his Department; his views on whether policyholders should be...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the pathways by which the application of VRT and VAT on an imported vehicle for use by a charitable organisation can be offset in view of the difficulties and...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will carry out an investigation into specific mortgage loans made by banks to their own directors as reported in the media on 16 May 2018...
    • Tax Credits
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of research and development tax credits availed of in bands (details supplied) in 2015 and 2016; and the number of firms that availed of same by...
    • VAT Yield
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of proposals (details supplied). [22477/18]
    • Tax Yield
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of changing the limits in operation for CGT, capital gains tax, reliefs over a full calendar year between assets...
    • Financial Services Sector
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his departmental officials had with the new strategy on the IFSC. [22296/18]
    • Cycle to Work Scheme Administration
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cycle to work scheme. [22512/18]
    • Tax Yield
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by reducing the research and development tax credit to each of 20%, 15% and 10%, respectively. [22549/18]
    • Tax Code
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal and regulatory basis of the transfer pricing regime used by multinationals here; his plans for changes in this area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Motor Insurance Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent, actual or estimated average and total cost of whiplash claims; the most recent, actual or estimated typical premiums for drivers by...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public and civil servants making additional voluntary contributions to their public and Civil Service pension schemes at the latest...
    • Tax Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of rental income in years (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22661/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood relief works in the Ouvane River in Ballylickey, Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017....
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts that have been arranged through a grant arrangement instead of a public procurement process for services by his...
    • State Properties
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if plans have been made to open the Dublin Castle courtyard on 26 May 2018; and if not, if same will be examined. [22262/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding issued to a group (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of...
    • Pension Provisions
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made regarding a Civil Service pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén fáth nár foilsíodh an Creat Pleanála Náisiúnta agus an Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta, 2040,...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an nglacann sé leis nach bhfuil dóthain státseirbhíseach ina Roinn chun déileáil le fiosrúcháin...
    • Outdoor Events Planning Permission
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has designated a specific section of the Phoenix Park for a concert (details supplied); the size of the area allocated; and...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants who applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connaught and Ulster,...
    • Labour Employer Economic Forum
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a new mechanism for the way in which the Government will engage with organisations (details supplied); and if there will be...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22201/18]
    • Adult Education Provision
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 1 May 2018, if his Department sanctioned a fee increase aimed solely at adult and mature music...
    • Capitation Grants
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capitation grant from €170 a year for each primary pupil to the previous level of €200 in line with...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students attending a two year HND in social care in a college (details supplied) with an expectation that they would be able to...
    • Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad den 19 dteiripeoir urlabhra agus teanga agus den 12 theiripeoir saothair atá le fostú sa scéim...
    • ERASMUS Programme
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ERASMUS+ master degree loans scheme backed by the European Union is being considered by his Department; if the loan product has been...
    • Departmental Properties
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is agreement to sell land to Meath County Council in Ashbourne, County Meath; and if the lands are required for educational purposes....
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 1 May 2018, the reason no funds have been drawn down to date; and when all funds will be drawn down...
    • School Accommodation
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 28 March 2018, when the report of the technical review for schools (details supplied) will be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of the ten schools and educational facilities that were linked to a company (details supplied). [22127/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22138/18]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has or will be given to the relaxation of the requirement of Irish for primary schools teachers; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22186/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment will be completed in the case of a school (details supplied). [22187/18]
    • Teacher Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons expecting to graduate as secondary school teachers; the subjects in which they will be qualified to teach; and if he will...
    • Education Policy
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the Action Plan for Education 2018 can achieve its targets for STEM education in view of the fact that difficulties already...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of initial teacher education programmes for post-primary teaching is needed in order to ensure an adequate supply of teachers in a...
    • Education Policy
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on single-sex schools; if his Department has carried out research on the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the demographic figures and statistics utilised by his Department for school planning purposes for school planning areas in counties Clare and...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 May 2018, if a meeting will be organised with departmental officials as requested previously; his...
    • Schools Building Projects
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the bundle of schools and a company (details supplied); when each school affected will be open; and when subcontractors...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the delivery of a new school for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22319/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 148 and 149 of 8 May 2018, the measures which can be put in place for a child (details supplied) in view...
    • Special Educational Needs
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a family (details supplied) in County Kildare to find help with a primary school place for their son. [22338/18]
    • National Training Fund
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the national training levy in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the use of this funding by type of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis was done by his Department of the reason there are low levels of registrations in the construction sector and especially in wet...
    • Departmental Contracts
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the number of contracts his Department and State agencies under his aegis hold with a company (details supplied) in view of its...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for second level schools in Gaeltacht areas that as part of plean na Gaeilge proposals of the roinn na Gaeltachta strategy for language...
    • Teaching Contracts
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 98 and 114 of 10 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an education and training...
    • State Examinations
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if late applications are accepted for sitting the 2018 leaving certificate examinations; if so, the circumstances in which these applications...
    • Schools Building Projects
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new ASD unit and additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of broadband to a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22552/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his plans to build post-primary schools at locations (details supplied); the way in which the school patrons will be selected in...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to an increase in their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/18]
    • School Patronage
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the patronage of various school authorities has been handed over from the religious communities to his Department; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of autistic and other special needs teaching places and that they are available...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios are likely to improve over the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education Standards
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that the primary, secondary, third and fourth levels of education here are comparable to the best...
    • School Patronage
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which minority religious schools continue to be facilitated arising from recent agreement on the issue; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and second level school places available in Maynooth, County Kildare; the degree to which this is adequate to meet current...
    • Education Policy
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains confident that investment in education and the sciences at all levels will continue to be available in the future...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the number of SNAs required at primary and second level throughout County Kildare is being met and likely to be improved...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to Kildare County Council to establish an apprenticeship training school in a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Compensation Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in cases of historical sexual abuse in which a prior complaint cannot be established but the perpetrator has been convicted of the crime,...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who avail of home tuition by county in tabular form. [22715/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects a report on the impact of legal and other fees on personal injury awards under recommendation No. 22 of the...
    • Human Trafficking
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to persons (details supplied) who were victims of human trafficking on Irish-flagged fishing...
    • Coroners Service
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the regulations in place for the operation of the Coroner Service. [22606/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of gardaí stationed in Monasterevin; the opening times of the station; and his plans to increase...
    • Army Barracks
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22017/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the Garda numbers for Dunboyne, County Meath; and his plans to increase Garda resources in the area. [22091/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending...
    • Visa Applications
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the length of delays in the processing of applications for visitor visas from India to Ireland; the reason...
    • Courts Service Data
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of convictions arising under section 26 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004; and if he will make a...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a serious incident which took place in Clongriffin DART Station, Dublin 13, on 8 May 2018...
    • Public Order Offences
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of persons arrested and charged under section 7 of the Public Order Act 1994 in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Motor Insurance Fraud
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to establish a fully functioning integrated insurance fraud database for the industry to detect patterns of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) who was approved for Irish citizenship in December 2017 will be invited to attend the...
    • Garda Strength
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda strength by reference to division and rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22487/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers in the Donegal division to date; his plans for improving Garda numbers in the county in the years ahead; his...
    • Garda Stations
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for Donegal town Garda station to date; the improvement plans for same; the staffing numbers he plans for the...
    • Garda Reports
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 17 April 2017, when the relevant reports will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 15 May 2018, if this application will be sent to an address; if a list of...
    • Garda Stations
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ballinspittle Garda station will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22567/18]
    • Garda Vetting
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the process time for Garda vetting has increased recently; the measures he has taken to reduce the time back to the...
    • Children's Rights
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the courts interpret the voice of the child with specific reference to guardianship of children Acts from 1964...
    • Direct Provision Data
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of all direct provision centres; the person or body they are owned by; the amount direct provision has...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting. [22720/18]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific outcomes that were achieved from the engagement between the Personal Injuries Commission and medical stakeholders with...
    • Skills Development
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the hospitality skills oversight group examines the need to sustain hotels in rural towns and their associated economic benefits;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by her Department in the year ending 31 December 2017....
    • Proposed Legislation
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects to introduce the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has met with the Judiciary regarding the compilation of the next book of...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce more granularity to the book of quantum under recommendation No. 20 of the report on the cost of motor...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress on each action committed to under the cost of motor insurance report published in January 2017; the separate action and...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the management training schemes provided to small and medium enterprises and small businesses. [22472/18]
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the introduction of the new sectoral employment order, SEO, for the construction sector on 19 October 2017, if State...
    • Brexit Supports
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received to the recently launched Brexit loan scheme by company size of less than ten, 11 to 49, 50 to 249...
    • Industrial Disputes
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the pay and conditions issues raised by a person at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Rights
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has reviewed the case of persons (details supplied); and her views on whether the employment practices of their employers were...
    • Departmental Reports
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in the publication of the report on investigative failures leading to the collapse of a trial (details...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding provided to local enterprise offices in County Cork to date in 2018; and the direct supports in place for small...
  • Department of Health
    • Vaccination Programme
      300. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the State Claims Agency's dealings with those who have suffered adverse reactions from the Pandemrix swine influenza vaccine administered...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding emergency respite services for persons with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the position regarding the provision of a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      302. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of services for persons with special needs between 18 and 65 years of age in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if a review system for...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if the reported inconsistencies in the number of hours of respite care provided to persons with special needs in the different HSE areas across the south-east...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the provision of transport services for persons with special needs to day care centres in counties Carlow and Kilkenny is adequate for...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in north County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of extending the provision of general practitioner visit cards to those in receipt of the respite care grant in advance of budget 2019 will...
    • Food Safety Standards
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse available to a business or individual against which complaints that are subsequently proved to be unfounded are made to the Food Safety Authority;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital waiting...
    • Disability Services Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the HSE taking a decision to provide a person (detailed supplied) with a placement at a service for acquired brain injury; and if...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency and locum nurses in 2017 in each CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22000/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria the HSE uses to warrant mental health supports as valid for patients using maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for home help hours to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22008/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions are being made to accommodate women with a free general practitioner visit and a repeat smear test who were previously within the 24 to 60 years...
    • Hospital Services
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that University Hospital Kerry, UHK, through a company (details supplied) stated in writing that the hospital does...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is preparing the details of proposed changes to the model of assessment of needs; if so, the details of the proposed changes; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of bariatric care in the west of Ireland, specifically Letterkenny University Hospital, University Hospital Galway and...
    • Obesity Strategy
      327. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional senior dietitians and psychology staff at University Hospital Galway to deal with issues of obesity and eating disorders; and...
    • Departmental Meetings
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if adverse events were outlined at management meetings in his Department; if the attention of his predecessors were drawn to same; and if he will make a...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in files being released for persons affected by the cervical smear test scandal to enable a review of their cytology slides. [22032/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22036/18]
    • General Practitioner Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent general practitioners per county; the number working with private lists and public lists, respectively, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members contracted to work at University Hospital Kerry who also operate in private practice; and the measures in place to ensure that this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a referral for a person (details supplied) to be seen in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Access
      337. To ask the Minister for Health if adding chartered physiotherapists to the list of practitioners entitled to order X-ray examinations will be considered in regard to the transposition of an...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health budget in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22059/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22061/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical psychologists employed by the HSE in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22062/18]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on mental health agency staff by the HSE in each the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22064/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community mental health teams in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22065/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS services as a percentage of recommended A Vision for Change levels in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date 2018, by CHO area...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels by profession in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by CHO area, in...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who were admitted to adult mental health units in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the publication date of the review of the Jigsaw youth mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, budget by CHO area as a percentage of recommended A Vision for Change levels in each of the years 2014...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the youth mental health task force recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22072/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, as a percentage of recommended A Vision for Change levels in each of the years 2014...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [22085/18]
    • Hospital Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Health when the final report into the review of scans at University Hospital Kerry will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22093/18]
    • Referendum Campaigns
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy consideration has been given to the way in which the removal of the constitutional right to life may impact women who may wish to take legal...
    • Maternity Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that the reputation of the maternal healthcare system here is being undermined and damaged by claims it is dangerous to the health...
    • Hospital Procedures
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22107/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the process in place in his Department to ensure that significant policy issues of public interest are escalated to the level of his office in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if an appointment will be expedited. [22111/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the organisations and service provider representatives to the health sector or contracted directly or indirectly by the HSE which were met by Ministers for...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 8 May 2018, the whole-time equivalent perinatal psychiatric posts located in each hub here in tabular form; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for juvenile arthritis treatment in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and the waiting times for same. [22123/18]
    • Hospital Staff
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Health Organization, WHO, recommendation for paediatric rheumatologists for a population the size of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the structure and services at a centre (details supplied); the timeframe for the action required; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if a MARS MRI scan will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22130/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22142/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22190/18]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the Jigsaw project in County Tipperary to provide an appropriate early intervention mental health service for the county;...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted respite care at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22202/18]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the pharmaceutical drugs that have had their prices reduced with reference to the framework agreement; the details regarding each drug; the scale of the price...
    • Medical Card Applications
      376. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be urgently processed in view of the ongoing health needs;...
    • Hospital Equipment
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the X-ray equipment in Roscommon University Hospital that is used for hip and spinal X-rays is out of order; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding assessments of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22217/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      380. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [22218/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which the details of the failure rates for CervicalCheck are published; the way in which women are advised by CervicalCheck of these failure...
    • Primary Care Centres
      382. To ask the Minister for Health his long-term plans for the Kerry community services building at Rathass, Tralee; and if another use for the building has been identified [22231/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when a MRI appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22234/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts being made to secure a permanent second consultant breast surgeon post at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [22265/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a sufferer of agoraphobia who cannot receive a house call from the mental health services or a general practitioner and who also...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made to make the drug sapropterin available to patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide specially trained nurses, home care packages and multidisciplinary care for persons with Huntington's disease (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      389. 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. [22281/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received orthotic shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      391. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 23 January 2018, the reason the referred reply to the HSE has not been supplied; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      392. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an ENT appointment at Tallaght Hospital. [22336/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      393. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for a medical procedure. [22337/18]
    • Medical Records
      394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the refusal of a hospital to release personal medical documentation to a person (details supplied) under a freedom of information request made on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if officials of his Department have met officials of the State Claims Agency to discuss and request the possibility of a non-adversarial approach to dealing...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to receive a full-team assessment as recommended by the Cherry Orchard primary healthcare centre,...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases pending due to potential or alleged failures under the BowelScreen programme. [22400/18]
    • General Practitioner Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners practising here; the number who are not on the specialist general practitioner register; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the midlands Health Service Executive. [22434/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to authorise eye care for children aged 12 to 16 years of age who have medical cards in mid-western areas of Dublin and other areas throughout the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 18 years of age and over who have been assessed as having a need for residential aftercare services; the number of those over 18...
    • Primary Care Centres
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the Castlebellingham health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22504/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chief operations officers, COOs; the pay scale of each COO; the number of staff attached to the COOs' offices by grade and annual salary cost of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [22510/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative and clerical positions in the HSE in each year since 2011, in tabular form. [22511/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an early date for an assessment with the HSE's early intervention team. [22525/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive home care support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/18]
    • Patient Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if the central patient data project has been finalised; if it is at full operational capacity in St. James's Hospital; the name of the information technology...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in respect of child mental health in CHO area 7; the locations of the services; his plans to create new posts in line with a growing...
    • Health Services Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [22532/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter relating to a person (details supplied). [22534/18]
    • National Cancer Strategy
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant delay between screening, diagnosis and treatment of persons with PJS and that this is putting their lives in...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the process for a person to receive access to a medical product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/18]
    • Health Strategies
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of a national oral health policy. [22544/18]
    • HSE Properties
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed development of the new car park at a centre (details supplied); when the works will take place; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on treatment received by persons under 18 years of age in each country outside Ireland in each of the past four years in tabular...
    • Disability Services Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when the person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. [22556/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied). [22558/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public inpatient beds for children under 18 years of age by location; and the way in which this capacity compares with demand. [22565/18]
    • Hospital Admissions
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children under 18 years of age who were admitted to adult inpatient units in each of the past five years [22566/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if all beds are now occupied at Bandon Community Hospital; if a date has been agreed for the commencement of respite services; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients from the Castletownbere area of west County Cork are discharged from hospitals in Cork to convalesce in Clonakilty as opposed to the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Health when respite will be granted to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22584/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      432. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if the matter can be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) who was placed on the priority list for assessment and diagnosis in September 2017 will be expedited; and if...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22607/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork last received respite; when respite will be provided again; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22632/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if home help for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22633/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if a private care hospital bill will be cancelled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22636/18]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for urgent assessment in the cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some patients have...
    • Health Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason Roscommon HSE eye clinic is unable to carry out field eye tests due to having no lenses for the machine used for this test will be investigated;...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if treatments for haemochromatosis such as scheduled phlebotomies are available under the long-term illness scheme; if not, if there are plans to extend...
    • Hospital Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22712/18]
    • Autism Incidence
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, ASD, by county in tabular form. [22717/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22722/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Hazardous Waste Removal
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been committed to the clean-up of Haulbowline Island, County Cork; the amount that has been spent to date; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the greyhound industry Bill; and when Second Stage will take place in Dáil Éireann. [21984/18]
    • Horticulture Sector
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a hardship fund for those who suffered significant damage to glasshouses during recent storms but do not plan...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of the report on carrying capacity for Kilmakilloge harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017....
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22191/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in respect of the basic payment scheme...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) can be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/18]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources which have been made available for social farming in 2018; the way in which this may be made more sustainable for the...
    • TAMS Applications
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing same; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the position of an organisation (details supplied) regarding funding to the beef data and genomics programme over a...
    • Live Exports
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to potential breaches of EU regulations regarding animal exports (details supplied) to mainland...
    • GLAS Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments for a person (details supplied); if consideration has been given to this case in respect of the penalty in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of studies on the recovery of salmon fish stocks; and the actions taken to replenish them since 2007. [22114/18]
    • Waste Management
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 499 and 504 of 6 February 2018, the progress made on the introduction of the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will examine the implementation of the national broadband plan in an area (details supplied) to ensure that an...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the lack of high speed broadband at a location (details supplied); and the timeline for high speed...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions held between his Department and a company (details supplied) regarding the recent emissions scandal;...
    • Postal Services
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location where An Post delivery boxes are manufactured; the company that manufactures them; and if he will make a...
    • Internet Safety
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the promised digital safety commissioner; his plans to make the appointment by the end of 2018; and if he...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to control the predation of salmon stocks around the coast by seals, the population of which is...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the residents of Bower in Balbriggan, County Dublin, will be in a position to access high speed broadband. [22423/18]
    • Renewable Heat Incentive
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding the introduction of a new RHI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22449/18]
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to issue by-laws governing the fishing of pike in advance of the completion of a review by Inland Fisheries...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Insurance
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for giving ownership of the database to identify uninsured drivers to an organisation (details supplied); if this database...
    • Rail Network Safety
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the flood defences for the DART line. [22619/18]
    • Road Safety
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce safety regulations for the testing of driverless cars here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22018/18]
    • Traffic Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a time series analysis of congestion on the M50 junction 16 to 17 to M11 junction 14 to 15 for the past ten years; and...
    • Tourism Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department and Fáilte Ireland support economically deprived towns that receive economic boosts from tourism,...
    • Tourism Policy
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the tourism action plan 2018-2020 will examine the role of hotels as economic drivers of rural towns; the measures he plans to support...
    • Hotel Accommodation
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a sufficient capacity of hotel beds in County Wexford; the supports made available to the hotels; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a business (details supplied) will be a casualty of the MetroLink project. [22056/18]
    • Integrated Ticketing
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the Leap card scheme to include other public transport services not covered by the scheme; if his attention has...
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Bus Éireann's recent recruitment plan for 200 extra staff with none allocated to County Donegal (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017....
    • Parking Regulations
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary powers will be provided to Clare County Council and each local authority to address the illegal parking of caravans and...
    • Sports Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to all national sports federations in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Toll Operators
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the isolated technical issue experienced as a consequence of an extensive toll collection system replacement undertaken in...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the results of the internal audits carried out in 2017 and to date in 2018 by Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the legality of heavy machinery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22287/18]
    • Driver Licences
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify a matter relating to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22299/18]
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish citizen (details supplied) can exchange a New Zealand driver licence with permission to drive vehicles in classes 1 to 5 for...
    • State Airports
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the possibility of renaming Dublin Airport as Lemass international airport Dublin; and if he will...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter relating to a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22317/18]
    • Transport Policy
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a follow-up meeting request from a committee (details supplied) will be facilitated with a view to discussing transportation projects...
    • Railway Stations
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed footbridge will be completed at Carlow train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22371/18]
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that imported vehicles (details supplied) are complying with standards to ensure their roadworthiness;...
    • National Transport Authority
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is acceptable for the National Transport Authority to refuse to attend a council meeting and engage with locally...
    • Road Network
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated to Cavan County Council in 2018 towards necessary improvement works on a national route (details supplied);...
    • Ports Policy
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of Brexit, he will bring forward to 2018 the review of the national ports policy, as has been requested by Galway Harbour...
    • Traffic Management
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the research that has been carried out to alleviate traffic congestion on the south link road in Cork city, the Jack Lynch tunnel, the...
    • Road Tolls
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is not his policy decision to introduce toll gradients on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22602/18]
    • Dublin Bus Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used in the selection of the 24-hour routes operated by Dublin Bus; and if there are plans for further expansion. [22615/18]
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Sutton to Sandycove cycle route; and the details, costings and timeline for completion. [22616/18]
    • Bus Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the existing Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleet that has hybrid energy-efficient and diesel engines. [22617/18]
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capacity in the Dublin port tunnel. [22618/18]
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the funding for the community involvement scheme will be announced. [22643/18]
    • Public Transport Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the viability of a Dublin orbital paratransit service has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22713/18]
    • Marine Safety
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process regarding the Marine Survey Office conducting a health and safety re-evaluation for operators landing at Inishmurray Island,...
    • Boat Permits
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will obtain from the Marine Survey Office examples whereby licences with limitations were provided to boat operators in order to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Funding
      523. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the retrofitting phase of a project (details supplied) will go for tender; when it is expected retrofitting will commence on the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocations made to projects and community facilities in Dublin 24. [22055/18]
    • Children in Care
      525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases since 2011 in which a newborn child has been removed from the custody of its parents directly or soon after birth;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by her Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22134/18]
    • Aftercare Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of residential aftercare places in each region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22488/18]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Charities Regulation
      533. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of complaints received from the public and-or internal staff regarding a centre (details supplied) exhibiting artwork; the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      536. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an application through the CLÁR scheme. [22081/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      540. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017....
    • Control of Dogs
      543. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to remove the need for personal information on dog collar tags, including names and addresses of owners, in view of the fact...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      544. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages, as committed to under the Action Plan...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      545. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on continuing with the current annual limit imposed of 15 applications per county to the town and village renewal scheme;...
    • EU Funding
      546. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the cut of 21% in the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development at EU level for the multi-annual financial...
    • Recreational Facilities
      547. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of public playgrounds maintained by each local authority nationally in tabular form. [22581/18]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      548. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in the context of the allocation of moneys by his Department for accommodation roads under the road improvement scheme, he will...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22550/18]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if non-taxable subsistence payments while working in rehabilitative employment are exempt from the means test for the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a State pension contributory in the case of person (details...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments and supports which can be accessed by the self-employed; the criteria for each; and the year each...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments being made to persons categorised as self-employed; and the number receiving each payment. [22024/18]
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the wage subsidy scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of workers supported by...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22110/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [22119/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by her Department in the year ending 31...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused entry onto a community employment scheme; and if the decision will be...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [22183/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to draw six weeks carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has conducted an analysis of the impact increasing primary social welfare payments has on income thresholds...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a partial capacity payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) following a review of the person's case and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are supports offered to allow a person to retrain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22289/18]
    • School Meals Programme
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the school meals programme was increased by 10%; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the legislation governing the domiciliary care allowance scheme to allow for individual half rate...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 8 May 2018, the estimated number of self-employed workers in question based on...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if the case will be reviewed in view of new medical evidence....
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 15 May 2018, if an exceptional needs form can reissue in the case of a person...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) may avail of an extension to their job posting in view of the fact that a due...
    • State Pensions
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans for the early introduction of the total contributions approach for persons in receipt of a reduced State...
    • Bereavement Grant
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the reintroduction of the bereavement grant. [22605/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her recent announcement will impact on a person (details supplied); the benefits this person can expect in...
    • Invalidity Pension
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary in which a contractor carried out work under the unfinished...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis upon which his Department approved the grant of funding under the local infrastructure housing activation fund for...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the rent threshold applicable under the housing assistance payment scheme for Galway city and county in...
    • Referendum Commission
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Referendum Commission has given consideration to the regulation of referendum posters specifically in circumstances in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make changes to the housing assistance payment scheme in order to speed up the process (details supplied); and if...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the concerns of a company (details supplied) that election integrity is being undermined; the policy responses he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31...
    • Postal Voting
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances under which it is possible to obtain a postal vote for elections and referenda. [22199/18]
    • Electoral Reform
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of proposed legislation to cease the practice of early voting on offshore islands prior to the date of polling on...
    • Planning Issues
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a directive will be issued to Wicklow County Council within the prescribed 40-day timeline to bring Bray's 2018 local area...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all sections of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 are in effect; if not, the sections that have yet to be...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of money spent on family hubs in 2017; the estimated amount in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the housing assistance payment per annum since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commemorative Medals
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when members of the fire and rescue service across the State will receive 1916 commemorative medals. [22366/18]
    • Local Authority Housing
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the enforcement of Part IV of the Housing Act 1966; the number of notices served under section 65 in each...
    • Local Authority Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he plans to take on foot of the recommendation in the report of the expert advisory group on local government...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate with officials in Sligo County Council the reason advice is being issued by the council that no new...
    • Housing Provision
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress with the assessment of the submissions received under the Rebuilding Ireland enhanced social...
    • Local Authority Funding
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to local authorities for disability grants, mobility grants and adaptation grants in each of...
    • Construction Contracts
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding housing construction in County Donegal in respect of PPP contracts...
    • Planning Issues
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it was intended that SHD legislation would be used for such large scale residential developments on lands which were zoned...
    • Building Regulations
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is in receipt of correspondence issued by a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the invitation contained...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 8 May 2018, if she will address a matter (details supplied); and the details of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for a group (details supplied) to purchase a building; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Monuments
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if permission was given for works to be completed at a well (details supplied). [22043/18]
    • Film Industry
      621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the protest by film workers recently regarding working conditions and salary levels; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the training and development and incidental expenses incurred by her Department in the year ending 31 December...
    • National Parks
      628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to implement a full and comprehensive information campaign for visitors to Killarney town and Killarney...
    • Arts Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22198/18]
    • National Parks
      630. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if signs will be erected throughout Killarney National Park to better inform visitors of the way to protect themselves from tick...
    • Departmental Funding
      631. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 May 2018, the purpose of the €1 million paid to date to Cork City Council; if...
    • Departmental Reports
      633. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the economic analysis study of the audiovisual sector in the Republic of Ireland; and if she will make a statement...
    • Irish Language
      634. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she is not satisfied to provide funding for groups (details supplied). [22413/18]
    • Commemorative Events
      635. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the 1918 commemoration events that will be held in the remainder of 2018; and the funding allocated to each such commemoration....

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