Written answers
Thursday, 24 May 2018
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Supports
9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of Brexit "Be Prepared" grant supports provided by Enterprise Ireland to date to persons and businesses; and if she will make...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the second call for collaborative projects under the regional enterprise development fund will be issued; the amount that will be...
- Brexit Supports
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard SMEs and export businesses in Dublin from a hard Brexit scenario; the supports in...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will liaise with the IDA to ensure that additional land may be made available for development in County Wexford; and...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanism by which her Department monitors the achievement of goals under the regional action plans for jobs; the progress on each...
- Trade Sanctions
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has assessed the impact that United States sanctions on Iran will have on multinational and indigenous companies...
- EU Meetings
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the recent meeting of the Digital 9 EU conference; the key issues discussed at the meeting and the way in which...
- Economic Competitiveness
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which she plans to assist businesses with challenges such as escalating insurance costs and commercial rates; and if she...
- Research and Development Data
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the Innovation 2020 research and development intensity target of 2.5% of GNP will be attained; and if she will...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the business survey results (details supplied) carried out recently; her plans for greater diversified funding for small...
- Proposed Legislation
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the introduction of legislation to enhance the powers of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in view of the...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date with the Action Plan for Jobs for the north-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19109/18]
- Employment Rights
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will examine the ongoing failure by NERA and WRC management to secure compensation for underpayments in the social...
- Foreign Direct Investment
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for the site in Athenry, County Galway, for future foreign direct investment in view of the fact that a company (details...
- Work Permits Data
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent changes she made to employment permits for workers from outside the European Economic Area; and her further views...
- Action Plan for Jobs
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the key measures in the Action Plan for Jobs 2018 for persons with disabilities. [22873/18]
- Brexit Supports
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the uptake of the Brexit loan scheme for Irish businesses in the first two weeks since its launch on 28 March...
- Brexit Issues
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to minimise the impact of Brexit in County Donegal; the engagement she has had with the IDA to ensure it secures new...
- Economic Competitiveness
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reverse competitiveness deficiencies and to make Dublin an attractive location for businesses to locate in;...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission will report on the operation of the household waste collection market; her...
- Gender Balance
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in achieving more gender balance in funded research under Science Foundation Ireland's Agenda 2020 strategy; and if she...
- Retail Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions with the Minister for Finance and-or on a European level on fair taxation of imported goods that are being...
- International Bodies Membership
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding will be provided for Ireland to join CERN in order that significant commercial and research benefits can be obtained from...
- Exports Data
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on recent CSO trends in goods exports; the key components of goods exports to date in 2018; and the impact Brexit...
- National Minimum Wage
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures taken by her Department to prevent breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 in the hospitality sector; the further...
- Film Industry Development
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the conditions that surrounded the sale of the State's stake in a studio (details supplied); the way in which this fits into the...
- Industrial Development
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of enterprises set up in the past 12 months that are deemed to have a high tech employment requirement; the extent to which...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on recent failures related to the payroll system in the Defence Forces leaving members with late payment of wages and late distribution...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and particularly the recent killing of Palestinian persons will be raised at the next EU Foreign...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs Abolition
46. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce a tax relief scheme as part of budget 2019 for trade union subscriptions; if USC and PRSI will be included in this exemption in view...
- Tax Code
47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 66 to 70, inclusive, of 16 May 2018, the details of the amendment to the legislation that will be brought forward in...
- Departmental Legal Costs
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of legal fees incurred in the case being pursued by the State relating to the decision of the European Commission regarding the alleged grant...
- Insurance Data
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance policies in which premiums were returned since 2010; the value of the premiums returned in which an insurance policy was classed as...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the information contained in the insurance link database; the body which owns the database; the procedure for a new insurance firm entering...
- NAMA Operations
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the spending commitments or paying down of debt which has been entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he will...
- Tax Treaties
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the blacklisting of Ireland as a tax haven by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/18]
- State Claims Agency
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funds set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability by the State Claims Agency, SCA, per year for the past 25 years; the way in which the...
- Tax Collection
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if an arrangement can be made for a person (details supplied) to meet with the relevant Revenue Commissioners official with a view to reaching agreement on a...
- Legislative Programme
56. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects limited partnership legislation to be introduced; the number of limited partnerships established here each year since 2013; the way in which...
- Mortgage Data
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of securitised Irish PDH mortgage loans here; the number of securitised Irish BTL mortgages here; the number of securitised Irish commercial loans...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Legal Costs
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legal fees incurred to date by the Office of the Information Commissioner in respect of the proceedings in the High Court and Court...
- State Bodies Expenditure
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of the Information Commissioner is subject to budgetary constraints when engaging in litigation whether as an...
- Public Sector Pensions
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all existing public servants can work beyond 66 years of age under a new scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Development
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the 2018 digital economy and society index by the European Commission; and his further views on more than half of the Irish adult...
- Departmental Reviews
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the independent review of existing career guidance tools and career information for students and adults will include special schools in its...
- Schools Building Projects Status
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request for a school extension by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22935/18]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 17 May 2018, if he will address concerns (details supplied). [22943/18]
- Student Support Schemes
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are facilities or schemes to financially aid pupils of minority faiths who are not within commuting distance of a non-Catholic secondary...
- Higher Education Authority
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason four members of the Higher Education Authority who are not ordinarily resident in the State have remained as members of the authority...
- Higher Education Authority Administration
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a group within an application (details supplied) that has been established for communication by members of the...
- DEIS Eligibility
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to issues raised in a Topical Issue debate of 22 February 2018 (details supplied), when a decision will be reached on this application;...
- School Staff
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teaching numbers at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the proposed change; if the matter will be...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/18]
- Garda Procedures
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can seek recourse from the State in cases in which the State Claims Agency refused...
- Garda Vetting
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22948/18]
- Garda Complaints Procedures
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 10 March 2015, if a full investigation will take place into the level of Garda...
- Court Procedures
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to rectify an apparent inconsistency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Prison Investigations
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of each of the two reports commissioned into the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his Department's dealings with a visa application by a person (details supplied) which is currently before the...
- Garda Deployment
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when additional personnel and resources will be allocated to counties Cavan and Monaghan Garda division; and if he will make a...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Sex Offenders Act 2001 to ensure that victims are informed when a sex offender is appealing to be removed...
- Garda Equipment
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of the roll-out of body cameras for all gardaí; if he has received such a request from the Garda...
- Immigration Status
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and eligibility for upgrade or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) can be reconsidered; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is eligible to apply for long-term residency or naturalisation; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Deployment
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of Garda sergeants in a station (details supplied) has been halved...
- Drugs Dealing
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the further steps that can be taken to protect families and communities from intimidation by drug dealers. [23096/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Contracts
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with her Department and State agencies under her aegis have...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of hectares of land in the ownership of the Industrial Development Authority that are idle. [22896/18]
- Foreign Direct Investment
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if land use efficiency targets are set for foreign multinational corporations occupying IDA procured land; and if not, the reason....
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if land procured by the IDA for use by foreign multinational corporations is retained in ownership by the State or the IDA and leased...
- Competition Law
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to order a break up of the big four accounting and auditing firms as is being discussed in the United Kingdom; the research...
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a record of the outcome of an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the Employment Appeals Tribunal relative to a bank;...
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that received funding under Enterprise Ireland’s high potential start-up feasibility grant in each of...
- Unified Patent Court
107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe for holding a referendum on the implementation of the unified patent court; the impact Brexit will have on its...
- Trade Strategy
108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which her Department has made alternative proposals in anticipation of Brexit with particular reference to the need to...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new enterprises seeking and obtaining the support of her Department both in the manufacturing and services sectors; the...
- Skills Development
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department remains in contact with second and third level educational institutions with a view to ensuring an...
- Enterprise Data
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which innovation remains a feature in the generation of business and new enterprise at home and abroad with particular...
- Brexit Supports
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied with the availability of grant aid or other supports to assist business and enterprise here...
- Brexit Issues
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied that the growth of business and enterprise here continues to be soundly based in the face of...
- Economic Competitiveness
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she remains satisfied that adequate incentives, supports, modern technology and innovative services remain...
- Foreign Direct Investment
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she remains satisfied that Ireland remains an attractive location to do business; her views on whether...
- Department of Health
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
118. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funds estimated to be required to settle cases (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive is required to make further contributions...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
119. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused Versatis patches in view of the person's exceptional medical conditions; the eligibility criteria in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22895/18]
- Medical Card Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
122. To ask the Minister for Health if there are planned changes to the fair deal scheme; if so, the details of same; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will...
- Disabilities Assessments
123. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the new standard operating procedure in the assessment of need process used by the HSE; if he was consulted regarding these changes; and if he...
- Health Services Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to the development of a service (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the increasing requests for same; and...
- HSE Reviews
126. To ask the Minister for Health if the internal review into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE has been published; and if he will provide a...
- Health Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see their community ophthalmic physician in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/18]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
131. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a second consultant to a service (details supplied); when a clinic will be reinstated at a hospital; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
132. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated in 2018 to provide for the full implementation of national policies and guidelines in regard to antimicrobial resistance and healthcare...
- Narcolepsy Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a judgment (details supplied) of the European Court of Justice; and if he will direct the State Claims Agency to cease its...
- Protected Disclosures
134. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 810 of 16 January 2018 and 990 of 17 April 2018, the reason no reply has issued from the HSE; and if the replies will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [22946/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
137. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22953/18]
- National Drugs Strategy
138. To ask the Minister for Health the further steps that can be taken to protect families and communities from intimidation by drug dealers. [22954/18]
- Health Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in County Westmeath are waiting up to 12 months to access the community ophthalmic physician, COP;...
- Health Screening Programmes
141. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that sixth class visual screening which has been abolished by the HSE in counties Longford and Westmeath is replaced by an...
- Health Services Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to roll out a national scheme to allow children whot do not need medical or surgical management to be examined in the community by an...
- Emergency Departments Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in April 2018; and the hospitals in...
- Home Care Packages Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area. [22984/18]
- Medical Card Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards as of 1 May 2018. [22986/18]
- Ambulance Service Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to...
- Hospitals Data
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service Data
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each LHO area in each month from January to April 2018; and the way in which this compares against the target for...
- HSE Staff Data
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 May 2018 or the...
- Hospital Beds Data
154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 18 May 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
- Health Services Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 27 March 2018, the reply for which was subsequently provided by the HSE, the methodology used to calculate and...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
156. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical product will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23005/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
157. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) at a HSE facility is paying a higher rate of rent than other residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disabilities Assessments
158. To ask the Minister for Health if the national disability team has produced new standard operation procedures to assess needs; if they have been implemented by the HSE; and the consultation...
- Medicinal Products Availability
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request to meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding access for MS sufferers to new medications; and if he will meet with the...
- Health Services Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence regarding a crisis in staffing level in a location (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...
- Disabilities Assessments
161. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed regarding a new assessment of needs process being used by the HSE by groups; the steps being taken to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23035/18]
- Disability Services Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams he plans to provide in each local health office area; and the number of such teams in place in each local...
- Disabilities Assessments
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the HSE’s implementation of the standard operating procedure for the assessment of need (details supplied). [23038/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services in CHO1 at the end of April 2018, by periods...
- Disabilities Assessments
170. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) that the preliminary team assessment model to be used under the HSE’s new standard...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
173. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the fair deal scheme as it is currently applied to farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23097/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- State Bodies Data
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial details and contributions of all service level agreements between the Marine Institute and SEAI since 2012 to date; and...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22910/18]
- Trade Data
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantities of pig, poultry and cattle manure imported and exported between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in each...
- Animal Disease Controls
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1144 of 17 April 2018, the reason the person has not been contacted since the cattle were...
- Transfer of Entitlements Application
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of entitlements will be restored to a person (details supplied); if correspondence from the person will be responded...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm payments due to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22970/18]
- Brexit Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff assigned to the dedicated Brexit unit in his Department by staff grade in tabular form;...
- Departmental Staff Data
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff working in the dedicated market access unit established in the meat and milk policy...
- Young Farmers Scheme
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal in the draft report by the European Parliament’s agriculture committee (details supplied); and if...
- Brexit Supports
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received to date to the recently launched Brexit loan scheme for food businesses specifically by company...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Data
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of LDPE or HDPE beverage containers sold here on an annual basis; and the number that are recycled. [22915/18]
- Waste Disposal Charges
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which a company's (details supplied) charges compare to similar schemes in other EU countries. [22918/18]
- Litter Pollution
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the fees a company (details supplied) collects fund litter clean up and litter bin collection in view of the fact...
- Waste Disposal
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of separate collection of compostable litter in place; and the plans in place to collect more compostable...
- Waste Management
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce the amount of plastic packaging generated (details supplied). [22921/18]
- Departmental Legal Cases
194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is subject to budgetary constraints when engaging in litigation whether as an applicant, defendant or notice...
- Offshore Exploration Licences
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department carries out screening for environmental impact assessment for applications to explore for oil or gas...
- Air Pollution
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the quantity of ammonia that was emitted to the atmosphere in each of the past five years here as a result of the...
- Inland Fisheries Stocks
198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review by Inland Fisheries Ireland of trout stocks has been considered when drafting the designated salmonid...
- Renewable Energy Generation
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the responsibility of SEAI for the development and operation of the Galway Bay marine and renewable energy test site at...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation changed regarding driver licence changes which means that a driver licence will expire on the anniversary of its start...
- Bus Services
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop will be placed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23008/18]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a new library for Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22892/18]
- Action Plan for Rural Development
204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons who applied to schemes (details supplied); and the number of approved applicants in each of the years 2016 to...
- Rural Development Programme Data
205. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 per measure 19, support for Leader local...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Registration of Marriages
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the regulations appertaining to permission to marry their fiancé in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Tús or community employment personnel will be made available to a group (details supplied) in view of the fact that...
- Disability Allowance Payments
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment of disability allowance is due to a person (details supplied). [22966/18]
- Social Welfare Appeals
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision taken in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed immediately based on medical evidence...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a one parent family allowance and other payments can be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Disability Allowance Applications
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance refused and refused on appeal can be re-examined in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disability benefit and allowance was disallowed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious hardship caused in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case can be...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Approved Housing Bodies
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative measures and-or public procurement guidelines in place to ensure that public funds and the ownership of State...
- Social and Affordable Housing
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place during the scheme assessment process to ensure that the provision of affordable housing by local...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on the future of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing same;...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the screening procedures undertaken and communicated to the public here to determine whether a transboundary impact on the...
- Election Management System
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of foreign nationals have received polling cards in County Meath for...
- Planning Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings held between Dublin City Council and his Department regarding the development of Poolbeg west in the...
- Rent Pressure Zones
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his commitment to bring student residences in under the rules of the Residential Tenancies Board in respect of...
- Planning Data
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local area plans, strategic development zones and county development plans in operation by local authority in...
- Electoral Commission Establishment
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans for establishing an electoral commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23048/18]
- Planning Investigations
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the report on certain planning matters in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Water Services
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an ongoing issue (details supplied) with Irish Water will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23059/18]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Council
234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost per annum of the town centre health check programme; the number of checks undertaken per annum since its...
- Irish Language
235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated to the language planning fund on a national and per county basis in each year since funding commenced; the...
- Heritage Council Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be made available to a scheme (details supplied) to reopen it to new bookings in 2018; and if she will...
