Written answers

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      46. To ask the Minister for Health the role of his Department in approving an increased salary level for a CEO of a section 38 organisation that has been unable to recruit a suitable candidate at...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      49. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 5 December 2017, the staff that have been recruited to enable St. Finbarr's Ward, UHG to support an orthopaedic...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      52. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 10,000 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in Galway University Hospital in April 2018. [23511/18]
    • Health Service Capacity Review
      53. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the State will provide the 13,000 extra residential care beds that the Health Service Capacity Review anticipates will be required; and if...
    • Hospital Equipment
      54. To ask the Minister for Health if the walk-in x-ray facility is still operational at Roscommon University Hospital; if not, the reason for the withdrawal of the service; the x-ray facilities...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      55. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish a redress scheme for the women and surviving families affected by the cervical cancer screening scandal; the role of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      56. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the waiting lists throughout the health service with particular reference to specific procedures such as...
    • Emergency Departments
      57. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Mayo University Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same...
    • Hospital Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his commitment to examine a number of proposals to improve cardiac care in the south east, including the deployment of a modular...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      59. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing the child and adolescent mental health services in CHO6 to the level envisaged in A Vision for Change. [23577/18]
    • Question Heading
      60. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to Irish Medical Organisation data which predicts that 41% of general practitioners in County Mayo will retire over the next...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that have been made to the CervicalCheck helpline; the number that have been returned; the number that are awaiting a return call; and if he...
    • Disability Services Funding
      62. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the funding cut to the Louth-Meath branch of an organisation (details supplied) for the running of the early intervention therapy programme;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      63. To ask the Minister for Health the supports provided by the HSE to persons affected by diseases such as polio. [23521/18]
    • Referendum Campaigns
      64. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the referendum campaign on the eighth amendment. [18940/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      65. To ask the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to expedite outpatient appointments for the 4,806 children that have been waiting for a consultation in Crumlin Children’s...
    • Emergency Departments
      66. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Connolly Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same period...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      68. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns being expressed by psychologists in relation to new assessment of needs procedures for children with disabilities. [23548/18]
    • Emergency Departments
      69. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the substantial increase in overcrowding in Naas Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same period...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      70. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some 468 children and teenagers in County Louth had been waiting over a year for a first assessment for occupational therapy in March 2018. [23570/18]
    • HSE Planning
      71. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan prepared by the HSE regional management on the future of the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. [23556/18]
    • Hospital Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Health if the central sterilising supply department at the Mater Hospital will be retained within the public health system; if plans are in place to outsource the...
    • Emergency Departments Services
      73. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the level of emergency department provision in the UL Hospital Group area is adequate for the population catchment of the group both in...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      74. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 12,000 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in County Limerick hospitals in April 2018. [23551/18]
    • Hospitals Funding
      75. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be forthcoming for a request for additional funding of €1.8 million from Letterkenny University Hospital to enable it to open an...
    • Hospital Groups
      76. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the planned €2 million reduction in the Saolta Hospital Group’s expenditure in 2018. [23518/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      77. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 15,309 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in Waterford University Hospital in April 2018. [23509/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      78. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 1 May 2018, the reason for the inpatient day case action plan failure to provide the NTPF scheme to patients that...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      79. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists that have been recruited by the HSE in 2018; the sectors of the health service to which...
    • Emergency Departments
      80. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Sligo University Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      81. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some 926 children and teenagers in counties Laois and Offaly had been waiting over a year for a first assessment for occupational therapy in March...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      82. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the monitoring of the cost efficiencies in test strip usage begin; and if he will request the HTAG to bring forward the review of FreeStyle...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      83. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 12,000 adults and children had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in Tallaght in April 2018. [23520/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      84. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some 440 children and teenagers in counties Cavan and Monaghan had been waiting over a year for a first assessment for occupational therapy in March...
    • Health Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Health if waiting lists for ophthalmology treatment in County Cork will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23463/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      86. To ask the Minister for Health if the extended waiting times for minors for orthodontic treatment in the CHO4 area will be addressed; if he will consider extending the private procurement...
    • Emergency Departments
      87. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in the emergency department in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny over the first four months of 2018 relative...
    • Hospital Facilities
      88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the two orthopaedic theatres which closed in Merlin Part University Hospital, Galway in September, 2017; if the theatres have been reopened; if...
    • Suicide Prevention
      89. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take in response to the increase in suicide rates in 2017 among young mothers in Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Tallaght, which for the...
    • Hospital Groups
      90. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be reviewing governance structures in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23502/18]
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      91. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of proposals to improve the legal approach to managing clinical negligence cases. [23434/18]
    • HSE Expenditure
      92. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE’s budget; if spending is within profile; if hospitals are in budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23500/18]
    • Health Services Reform
      93. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of reorganisation of the health services, consideration will be given to the establishment of regional bodies consisting of public...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      94. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is now operating assessment of needs for children with disabilities on a new standard operating procedure; and the organisations which were consulted...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to expedite outpatient appointments for the 3,944 children that have been waiting for a consultation in Temple Street Hospital...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing the child and adolescent mental health services in CHO7 to the level envisaged in A Vision for Change. [23558/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been little progress to date on the appointment of consultants to Letterkenny University Hospital, including a consultant paediatric post...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the four fold increase since April 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Our Lady’s Hospital,...
    • Health Services Charges
      99. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the living kidney donor reimbursement scheme to provide for the reimbursement of stay-at-home parents that donate a kidney; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      100. To ask the Minister for Health when a plan to tackle outpatient waiting lists will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23503/18]
    • Health Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Health if services provided by a service (details supplied) will be guaranteed to have a location in Dublin 1. [18609/18]
    • Hospital Services
      102. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be a permanent cath lab at Sligo University Hospital. [23516/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      103. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 28 February 2018, the reason the HSE has not issued a reply to date; when the renal dialysis unit will open in...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      104. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for drug task forces to provide community responses to problem alcohol consumption and promote community awareness of alcohol related harm; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      105. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward proposals to reform the nursing home support scheme in relation to farming families. [23554/18]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to deliver a general practitioner out of hours service for north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23493/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      107. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is addressing the lengthy waiting time for student appointments with CAMHS; and his role in ensuring children have prompt access to...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      108. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for pay restoration for persons working for publicly funded organisations that took pay cuts during the economic crisis; his views on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      110. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being put in place to address the impact that demographic changes and an ageing society will have on persons with disabilities. [23506/18]
    • Maternity Services
      111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the external independent clinical review of maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital. [23507/18]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      112. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE's waiting times for assessment of need for children with disabilities will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23446/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      113. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed extension for Macroom Hospital will advance to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23462/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be announcing new measures to address the long waiting times for paediatric outpatient appointments. [23508/18]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      116. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies the HSE south west group has in place to deal with the chronic staffing shortages across key disciplines, that is, consultants, doctors, nurses...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on planned changes to introduce a screening process in the assessment of needs for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Advertising Regulation
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the targeted advertising of junk food to children and young persons online. [18727/18]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      120. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the ongoing and continuing difficulty in growing the nursing and midwifery workforce; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care hours provided for the first quarter of 2018 in each CHO area; the way in which this compares with applications for respite care;...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general practitioner contractual review process particularly in relation to the provision of routine phlebotomy services; and if he will make...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing the child and adolescent mental health services in CHO1 to the level envisaged in A Vision for Change. [23560/18]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy in relation to the provision of out of hours emergency scan services for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      126. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 50 bed mental health unit will open at GUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23459/18]
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      127. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. [23510/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new neuro interventional angiography suite at Beaumont Hospital; if there is a contingency plan should the suite cease to operate suddenly; and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the Heads of Government and State he plans to meet in the next threemonths. [23421/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings he has attended since January 2018. [23339/18]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      131. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to publish an update on the delivery of A Programme for a Partnership Government. [23340/18]
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government on supporting an enhanced approach to government by Ministers of State playing a more...
    • Ministerial Transport
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [23355/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts
      134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been...
    • Air Corps Expenditure
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on overseas aircraft maintenance for the Air Corps in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Transport
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24030/18]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent poll showing that 69% of persons in Northern Ireland wish to remain in the EU; and if he discussed same with...
    • Brexit Documents
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the rights and equality guarantees included in the current version of Article 1, Protocol 1, of the draft agreement on the...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he plans to ensure that outstanding commitments from the Good Friday Agreement are brought forward in the context of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been...
    • Middle East Issues
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have spoken with the Israeli ambassador since Israel announced it does not agree with a UN inquiry into the killings...
    • Ministerial Travel
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Israel and Gaza in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23318/18]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his officials' continued talks on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23319/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts he has had with the Secretary for State for Northern Ireland on reconvening the Northern Ireland Assembly; if he has spoken to...
    • Ministerial Transport
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24031/18]
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance when the relevant legislation protecting the persons who are owed money by a company (details supplied) will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Credit Union Services
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for credit unions to deliver a debit card facility to their members. [23103/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the rural renewal scheme in terms of the benefits for mortgage relief; the length of time for which this and other benefits under the scheme...
    • Tax Collection
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield lost to the Revenue Commissioners due to the non-enforcement of a foreign artists withholding tax on visiting artists earning income...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of a non-performing loan, NPL, in the context of buy-to-let mortgages; if such a loan can be deemed to be an NPL if the terms of an agreement...
    • Tax Rebates
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on issuing of tax refunds to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23168/18]
    • Mortgage Repayments
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on allowing mortgage holders make their normal repayments on a weekly or fortnightly basis as opposed to monthly in an effort to reduce their...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the position concerning financial institutions adding their legal fees to the arrears of a borrower, including mortgage holders and SME borrowers; the amount...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are re-examining the classification of personal contract plan, PCP, arrangements as lease agreements as opposed to hire purchase...
    • Vehicle Registration
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the calculation method used for vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23180/18]
    • National Economic Dialogue
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance when in 2018 the national economic dialogue will take place; if representatives of civic society bodies, such as those from the disability advocacy sector,...
    • VAT Yield
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual VAT intake in 2017 on plastics and materials used in the production of fodder and silage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23193/18]
    • Insurance Industry
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the insurance accident claims database, to be administered by the Central Bank, to come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open claims in relation to the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the number and value of outstanding claims in which the claimant has...
    • Tax Code
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax exempt status of Irish pension funds that acquire property directly with no tax on the rental income of the pension fund and no capital gains tax were...
    • Irish Real Estate Fund
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the net receipts from dividend wildholding tax from the IREF regime in 2017 and to April 2018. [23207/18]
    • Home Building Finance Ireland
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of NAMA staff that will transfer into Home Building Finance Ireland; the date on which they will transfer; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of restoring tax relief for trade union subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23246/18]
    • Property Ownership
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an industry standard procedure for persons to retrieve the deeds of their property from their bank in circumstances in which the property is now...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to a possible extension of the home renovation incentive; the cost-benefit analysis that has been carried out on the scheme; and if he...
    • Deposit Interest Rates
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional fiscal space that would accrue if the planned reductions to DIRT did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the payment of professional subscriptions by employees in circumstances in which they are not reimbursed by their employer do not attract tax...
    • Departmental Contracts
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been tendered for; if his...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance 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 recent...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure real estate investment trusts, REITs, do not charge excessive rent given their preferential tax treatment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a scenario (details supplied). [23363/18]
    • Tax Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the special assignee relief programme, SARP, per annum. [23430/18]
    • VAT Yield
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT received by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of electronic services provided to unregistered customers resident in all other European...
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to publish an annual analysis of tax at risk, including, but not limited to, the number and amount of tax in...
    • Tax Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies opting to be treated under section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 which have failed to submit accounts to the Revenue...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for small business to be approved by the Revenue Commissioners for the employment and investment incentive, EII, scheme; if an application for a...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) who has to pay 27% of the amount of their car insurance premium on top of the quotation due to the fact the person...
    • Fiscal Policy
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the programme for partnership Government commitment on the rainy day fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reinstating tax relief on union subscriptions. [23631/18]
    • Insurance Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance companies operating here with a licence from the Central Bank to provide insurance policies that are not members of an organisation...
    • Property Tax Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the local property tax was abolished, ignoring all adjustments made at county level, that is, if all counties charged...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress and steps taken by him and the motor insurance working group to ensure drivers will see significant motor insurance premium...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure insurance companies inform consumers of the specific reason or reasons their premium has increased; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance Claims
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress made to date in the establishment of a national claims information database; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to introduce a national scheme to protect individual houses from flooding, particularly those that...
    • Garda Station Closures
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions OPW officials have had with An Garda Síochána regarding the reopening of Garda stations; the projected cost...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform maidir le Ceist Dála Uimhir 100 i gcomhair freagra scríofa ar 9 Bealtaine 2018, cad chuige nach raibh an méid iomlán...
    • Living Wage
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of making the public sector a living wage employer with a minimum hourly wage rate of €11.70 per...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Buncrana and Luddan scheme, while included in the proposed measures for flood risk management County Donegal summary, is...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a reply will issue to a query raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to the single public service pension; and if he...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions which have taken place since the Dáil Éireann motion to provide community employment supervisors and assisted...
    • Public Sector Pay
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost over one year of equalising pay amounts for post-2011 entrants to the public service within one year (details supplied)....
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of information sharing between the OPW and insurance companies in respect of flood risk; his views on the practice of...
    • Office of Public Works
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if parkland (details supplied) was disposed of by Dublin City Council to the OPW in 1986; when the disposal will be finalised; if the...
    • Construction Industry
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish a construction sector group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23705/18]
    • Civil Service Renewal Plan
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his departmental officials have discussed the retirement cliff for the Civil Service in view of the age profile and the impact...
    • Ministerial Transport
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24035/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SNA services at a school (details supplied) have been cut for the next academic year; if this cut will be reversed in view of the fact...
    • National Development Plan Funding
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be made available and when for capital developments planned for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo under Project...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23126/18]
    • State Examinations Commission
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address a matter (details supplied) relating to the employment of superintendents by the State Examination Commission for leaving...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a contractor (details supplied) has withdrawn from a tender process for a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23161/18]
    • Third Level Fees
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been deemed suitable for a course in IT Carlow but cannot afford the €9,750...
    • Schools Planning
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used for dividing the country into 314 school planning areas; when the criteria was last reviewed; and the body responsible for its...
    • Schools Facilities
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to support the development of an astroturf pitch at a school (details supplied); the other schemes that can be...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sole SNA working in a school (details supplied) in County Sligo has been withdrawn; the...
    • School Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request by a person (details supplied) to become an administrative principal will be examined in order that the appointment can be made in...
    • Schools Facilities
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding for a sensory garden for a school (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that the school has a...
    • School Accommodation
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23259/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of capitation grants for primary schools in County Waterford; the difference between the amount in capitation grants approved and...
    • DEIS Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if priority will be given to include a school (details supplied) in the DEIS school programme which is under review; and if his attention has...
    • Capitation Grants
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23280/18]
    • School Management
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 103 of 30 November 2017 and 151 of 12 December 2017, the action he would take in the case in which a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision was made in relation to a school construction project (details supplied) to change the plan from a 2 phase to a 1 stage...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which special needs assistants and other support services teachers are allocated to DEIS schools; the changes made in relation to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of one to one therapy that will be provided under the speech and language and occupational therapies pilot or demonstration project;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if capital expenditure is now planned for the building project for a school (details supplied); if work will take place in 2018; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on an application by school (details supplied) for five classrooms will be decided upon; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school teachers in County Cork can access the redeployment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23426/18]
    • Foirne Scoile
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad múinteoir a bheidh ceadaithe i mí Mheán Fómhair seo chugainn, 2018, do scoil (sonraí tugtha). [23427/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to invest further in capitation grants for primary schools. [23497/18]
    • Summer Works Scheme
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new summer works scheme; the proposed expenditure for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23586/18]
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary upgrading or provision of play areas at primary schools will be included in the categories of necessary works eligible for...
    • Capitation Grants
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore and increase the capitation grants to primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/18]
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses that are available at the LIT campus, Clonmel for the coming academic year; the courses that have been withdrawn from LIT Campus,...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the SNA position and hours for a school (details supplied) and the ASD unit in the school; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when viewing the application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for an extra teacher, cognisance will be taken of the fact...
    • Special Educational Needs
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concerns of persons in regard to the impact that a SNA reduction will have on a child (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the facilitation of an extension for a school (details supplied) with particular reference to demographic demand in the...
    • State Examinations Fees
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the decision to more than double the fee to repeat the leaving certificate examination to €116; and if he will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the educational qualifications achieved by a person (details supplied) in the UK have not been recognised here; his views on whether...
    • School Transport Appeals
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of running and maintaining the school transport appeals board; the value of payments to staff and all associated staff in each of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planned specialist autism unit at a school (details supplied) will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23665/18]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report underway in respect of the SUSI grant is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/18]
    • School Closures
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request from parents, pupils and teaching staff to close a school (details supplied) on a phased basis over a year or more will be given...
    • Schools Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each primary and secondary school in County Mayo that does not have a physical education hall; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education Expenditure
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget spent by his Department on the provision of music tuition for children in each of the past ten years. [23733/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid annually for free legal aid as a result of insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Functions
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or officials in his Department were involved in the Judicial Appointments Commissions Bill 2017. [23442/18]
    • Insurance Fraud
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to deal with fraudulent insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23107/18]
    • Garda Training
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have received specialist training to interview children as witnesses,...
    • Transport Policy
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made with the Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Housing, Planning and Local Government, Culture,...
    • Immigration Controls
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the immigration checks at Dublin Airport in view of frequent complaints; and the actions that are being...
    • Direct Provision Data
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision residents over 18 years of age that have been in the asylum process for nine months or more and...
    • Garda Operations
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the divisional data contained in the August 2017 report into the examination of the recording of breath tests...
    • Garda Transport Data
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked motorcycles allocated to the roads policing unit in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Rickshaw; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated for local community CCTV schemes; the amount drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of proceedings outstanding in the Circuit Court for repossession of family homes by the year in which they were...
    • Money Laundering
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce or extend existing anti-money laundering regulations to those companies providing secretarial services...
    • Peace Commissioners Data
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names and districts of peace commissioners in County Louth in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the need to amend section 5 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 has been examined in order to include...
    • Judicial Appointments
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if barristers that are working outside of the Law Library as in-house counsel are eligible for appointment as judges; and if he...
    • Garda Reports
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that have been taken as a result of the 2012 Garda professional standards report Into the Bray district, which...
    • Urban Development
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the attention of the land values reference committee has been drawn to the outstanding arbitration process holding up...
    • Garda Oversight
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made in terms of implementing a statutory power in order to facilitate unannounced visits by the...
    • Human Rights
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in terms of the implementation of the OPCAT protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23650/18]
    • Statutory Instruments
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a statutory instrument to address the code of practice for mediators will be implemented; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child Abuse Prevention
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if discussions have taken place in terms of synchronising or streamlining the contact between the differing number of Garda and...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue in relation to a GNIB card for a person (details supplied) being frozen; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Code of Ethics
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are two different ethics training programmes being conducted internally in An Garda Síochána for rank and...
    • Crime Levels
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if serious crime is on the rise in County Clare in view of comments by a judge at Ennis Circuit Criminal Court that extra...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make the application process for installing crime preventing CCTV systems less arduous in view of the fact that...
    • Motor Insurance Fraud
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he and the motor insurance working group have made in the establishment of an anti-fraud unit within An Garda...
    • Prisoner Data
      301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult prisoners that select on a daily basis to be held in single separation by prison in March 2015 to 2017 and...
    • Garda Data
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel in each Garda district by category as of 30 April 2015, 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [23750/18]
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the immigration arrangements including visa options for persons in Venezuela that wish to move here; and if he...
    • Ministerial Transport
      306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same....
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant posts in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; when these posts will be filled; and if she will...
    • IDA Ireland Jobs Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23691/18]
    • Ministerial Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24027/18]
  • Department of Health
    • Prisoner Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners awaiting admittances to the Central Mental Hospital from various prisons by prison as of 23 May 2018, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/18]
    • Disability Services Funding
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be available to a group (details supplied); if so, when the funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a 25 bed mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23110/18]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner card for persons in receipt of carer's allowance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23111/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be refunded for a cataract operation. [23121/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      319. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out; the position of the child on the waiting list; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23128/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number occupied, empty and closed, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Funding
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if funding issues are causing beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital to remain empty and not staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting a significant amount of time for an appointment at Croom Hospital;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      324. 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. [23136/18]
    • Health Services Staff Training
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on GDPR training to date by HSE area; and the cost by HSE area in tabular form. [23142/18]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied) who needs further residential treatment for substance addiction; and if he will make a statement on...
    • General Practitioner Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of areas in County Wexford without a general practitioner; the position regarding these vacancies; when it is planned that such posts will be...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the underspend on mental health services within CHO1 when compared with the CHO’s 2017 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23152/18]
    • Commemorative Events
      338. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to initiate a national day for the front-line emergency and security services in view of a request by a forum set up to advance the project (details...
    • Mental Health Commission Reports
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons detained here under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to issue a status update with regard to the Finglas primary care centre in view of the fact that the same response has been received...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      341. 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. [23181/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the payment mechanism in place for families that have recently lost a relative under the care of the fair deal scheme; if the balance on an account can be paid...
    • Health Care Professionals
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychological consultants in perinatal services in each hospital here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23187/18]
    • Substance Misuse
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issue of steroid abuse here; if punishing gym owners will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23189/18]
    • Psychological Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for psychology services by county and age; and the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form. [23190/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in St. Vincent's University Hospital. [23191/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for the provision of an additional education officer for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23194/18]
    • Medical Card Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to provide a full medical card to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23195/18]
    • Primary Care Centres
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised by a school (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      351. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/18]
    • Medical Qualifications
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to have qualifications recognised here in order that a person may work as a doctor such as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times under the reimbursement scheme for FreeStyle Libre for type 1 diabetic children in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity of University Hospital Sligo in 2008; the bed capacity of the hospital at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23235/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the resource capacity being allocated to implement the alcohol action plan strategy in drugs task forces, for example, in the canal communities local drug...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card eligibility will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if a CNS post for multiple sclerosis has been filled at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23248/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit facility is in place under the BowelScreen programme; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23253/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO area that were awaiting a child and adolescence mental health services, CAMHS, appointment for over one year in June 2017;...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23264/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons using mental health services that are malnourished or identified to be at risk of malnutrition; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to mitigate against malnutrition in mental health patients; if his attention has been drawn to the impact that malnutrition has on the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      363. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of a mandatory nutritional screening programme in the community setting; his views on the benefits of nutritional screening in the...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of mental health services in the community setting who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which malnutrition is identified and managed in patients of mental health institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting access to the community ophthalmic physician; the numbers waiting more than three, six, nine, 12, 15, 18 and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      370. 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. [23284/18]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23285/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can avail of rehabilitation services; the position of the person on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to allow advanced nurse practitioners to provide initial assessment for access to CAMHS will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to open day hospitals to provide an alternative to acute hospital admission for those seeking access to CAMHS will be examined; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Contracts
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been tendered for; if his...
    • Home Help Service
      376. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated extra home help hours in view of their exceptional medical conditions; if the HSE will provide an extensive...
    • Paediatric Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of equipment (details supplied) in the treatment of children with scoliosis; the steps he has taken to satisfy himself that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to correct the inequity in waiting times, which can differ in children's hospitals by up to two years in some cases, for outpatient...
    • Paediatric Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of vests for bracing therapy for children being treated for scoliosis; the steps he has taken to ensure that vests for...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the four-month waiting list target for surgeries for children suffering with scoliosis not being met as committed to previously; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when an outpatient appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for an...
    • Health Products Regulatory Authority
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HPRA plan to limit or ban the use of transvaginal mesh in view of bans and restrictions imposed in other jurisdictions; if not, the reason for...
    • Health Services Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have had a transvaginal mesh implanted; the number who have suffered complications in connection with this mesh; the number who have...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the role and responsibilities of Irish health services and the HSE in providing care to a person that qualifies for the treatment abroad scheme in connection...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the CHO4 area waiting for ophthalmology surgery following initial assessment; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and...
    • Medical Card Administration
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if blood pressure monitoring equipment and services are covered by the medical card scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Transfers
      391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Galway to Dublin due to the exceptional medical circumstances in this case; the reason for the delay...
    • Medical Card Delays
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23314/18]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied); when the review will be concluded; and if he...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time nursing care service will be reinstated at Easkey health care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23326/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      395. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed standard operating procedures on the assessment on needs process; when it is planned that the new procedures will be implemented; and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of audiologists working in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; if this number will be increased; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      399. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a third consultant ophthalmic surgeon for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to a family (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the overwhelming evidence that their child needs help. [23336/18]
    • Health Insurance
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the practice of health insurance companies preventing policy holders from switching to another plan within that insurance company except upon...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the scoliosis list; the length of time each has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23343/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23344/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the inpatient and outpatient list for gynaecological procedures in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23345/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time women have to wait for surgical procedures in CUMH after they have been diagnosed with breast cancer and prescribed mastectomies or...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy to ensure that the presence of hospital acquired infection is recorded on the death certificates of persons that die as a consequence of...
    • International Programmes
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the amount contributed to the World Health Organisation in each of the past six years; the programmes that benefitted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting cataract treatment in each of the past four years by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/18]
    • Health Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Health when a final response will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23365/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was advised that the waiting list for CT was 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23369/18]
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of home help or home care packages when a person is below 65 years of age but suffers from various diseases including...
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 15 May 2018, if there is tagging or priority identification in relation to smear tests for women that have been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) waiting for a procedure at the Mater Hospital will receive an appointment for the operation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the HSE's waiting times for assessment of need for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/18]
    • HSE Staff
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees that have not been released from their contracts within the time limit set out for post-recruitment release arrangements under the HSE...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the attention of the parents and members of a group (details supplied) was not drawn to the new standard operating procedures put in place as part...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 16,000 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in County Cork hospitals in April 2018. [23513/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which children or teenagers liable to self-harm continue to have ready access to support services such as counselling and follow-up visits; the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to provide 92 children that attend a school (details supplied) speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours available from Old County Road public health centre, Dublin 12 on 1 January 2018 and 1 April 2018 (details supplied). [23227/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long waiting times for ophthalmology services in both primary care and acute hospitals. [23545/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the use of a prosthetic is unavailable and not provided for by the HSE in County Donegal but is available in other parts of the country free of...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being made by the Health Products Regulatory Authority and or the Health Service Executive to licence and make available for reimbursement the drug...
    • Home Care Packages
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the in loco parentis clause in homecare nursing contracts for sick children in view of the difficulties it is creating for parents (details...
    • Home Help Service Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours granted and the number of home help hours that are actually provided by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23627/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23628/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      434. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the change in the HSE procedure for the statutory assessment of need; if he has approved the new assessment of need standard...
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the actions which were taken by the HSE on foot of complaints received from the family of a person (details supplied) relevant to their care while a patient of...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency and locum staff in hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by nurses, doctors and so on and by hospital and CHO in...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health when the appropriate number of MS specialist nurses for the mid-west region will be filled in view of the recommendations of the 2016 national clinical...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be brought forward. [23675/18]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to matters raised by persons (details supplied) in correspondence; if the open disclosure policy will be applied in the case; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      440. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation. [23681/18]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the initial financial allocation in 2017 for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the expenditure incurred to year...
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure allocated for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2018; the number of hours of support...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for the procedure in view of the fact that it...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if funding streams are available for a counselling service for persons in County Louth with drug and alcohol addictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assisted in ascertaining the proposed medical treatment for their son. [23692/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding payment for venesection and phlebotomy therapy treatment for haemochromatosis patients who do not qualify for a medical card; when...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23701/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      449. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for children waiting for an outpatient appointment in the three Dublin children's hospitals especially the 10,000...
    • Vaccination Programme
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical research which has been conducted by his Department and or the HSE into claims of links between the swine flu vaccine and conditions such as...
    • Budget Submissions
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of reducing the household charge for family carers in advance of budget 2019 will be examined; if the possibility of extending the provision...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 22 May 2018, the reason the case of the woman concerned (details supplied) was not referred to in the reply; and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care assistants in each location in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23734/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2017 United Nations Committee against Torture made a recommendation to the State on mental health provision to hire additional medical personnel and...
    • Prison Medical Service
      455. To ask the Minister for Health when the last audit was carried out in all prison services specifically examining prisoners mental health, addiction and health needs for each prison; and if...
    • Prisoner Health
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that determine an inmate getting access to mental health supports while in prison; the make-up of each mental health team by prison in tabular...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      457. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issues raised in correspondence regarding HSE recruitment (details supplied). [23759/18]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community registered general nurses in each location in a region (details supplied); the number of these nurses dealing with children; the number...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the most serious waiting list situations in respect of various procedures at various public hospitals as recorded over the past three years; the degree to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national treatment purchase scheme can be utilised to alleviate waiting lists at various public hospitals throughout the country; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for hip replacements at various hospitals throughout the country; the longest period of time that a person has been on...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate numbers of nurses are likely to become available throughout the public health sector over the next three years; and if he will...
    • Hospital Procedures
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision is being made to ensure that patients awaiting access to surgical procedures can have their waiting period minimised, thereby...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres already provided for and in operation throughout the country on a county basis; the number proposed for the future; and if...
    • General Practitioner Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners practising throughout County Kildare; the extent to which each practice is sufficiently supported to meet growing demands;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has identified the quantum of deficiencies within the health services which has resulted in delays to waiting lists at...
    • HSE Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are afoot to ensure the retention of adequate health personnel at all levels to meet eventualities and eliminate overcrowding at...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the use of the single European market can be identified as a means of alleviating the impact of persons currently faced with the high cost...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which lack of theatre space of a particular category has been identified as a contributory factor in the ongoing delays experienced by persons on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for all orthopaedic and cardiac procedures; the extent to which contributory factors in the context of waiting lists...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a hospital appointment. [23801/18]
    • Ministerial Transport
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24032/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • GLAS Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23729/18]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23730/18]
    • Departmental Investigations
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ongoing investigation into establishing the perpetrators of the illegal fire at Killery, County Sligo (details...
    • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 734 and 735 of 20 March 2018, when a reply from Bord Iascaigh Mhara will issue. [23127/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer (details supplied) with designated land will be accepted into the new environment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Appeals
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23226/18]
    • Teagasc Courses
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a recognition of students with dyslexia with regard to passing exams for the green certificate (level 6) in agriculture;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers accepted into the new environment scheme for farmers with designated land by farms under 10 ha, 10 to 15 ha, 15...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the new environmental scheme for farmers with designated land; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Schemes
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new environmental scheme for farmers with designated land is open to new applicants at present; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that determines eligibility for the new environmental scheme for farmers with designated land; and if he will make a...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants that were successful and unsuccessful, respectively under the Scottish derogation; the number of...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the number of contracts his Department and State agencies under his aegis hold with a company (details supplied) in view...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the knowledge transfer scheme to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; when...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the TB epidemic on 18 farms in Ballyduff Upper, County Waterford; the way in which he plans to...
    • Live Exports
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to violations of EU transport regulations by trucks transporting livestock from Rosslare (details...
    • Forestry Sector
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 22 February 2018, the status of the investigation into the compliance with EIA...
    • GLAS Issues
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) who has complied with the terms and conditions of the GLAS scheme and paid their commonage adviser...
    • Milk Prices
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the current volatility of milk prices. [23640/18]
    • TAMS Administration
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider permitting grant applications for the development of cattle underpasses under the TAMS scheme on the grounds of...
    • Teagasc Administration
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23702/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares deemed eligible for basic payments in 2016 and 2017; the average payment per hectare; the amount that was...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management Regulations
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the regulation of scrap metal here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23752/18]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Disposal
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce plastic waste; if his Department has closely liaised with the large grocery retailers...
    • Advertising Regulation
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a specific set of guidelines or requirements for agencies when delivering circular advertisements or...
    • Departmental Contracts
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the number of contracts his Department and State agencies under his aegis hold with a company (details...
    • Inland Fisheries
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 1 May 2018, if eel fishery owners that rented or leased their eel fishery...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre optic broadband will be extended in an area (details supplied). [23315/18]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 1 May 2018, which was further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 422 and 430...
    • Fishing Licences
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the prices charged by Inland Fisheries Ireland for the purchase of licences and permits for angling...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if new requirements are being introduced to require waste companies to charge for recyclable material collected in the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety Authority Campaigns
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider running an RSA safety campaign during the summer months in view of the increased prevalence of scrambler and quad...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the DART and rail short hop zone to Laytown, County Meath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Laytown...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a person (details supplied) who wishes to travel can renew their driver licence; and if special arrangements can be made...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Aviation Authority is no longer recognising written examination certificates...
    • Pilot Training Courses
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority will continue to fully recognise all training undertaken at pilot training organisations that transfer...
    • Rail Services Data
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the details of Luas usership; and the number of persons that enter and exit at each stop by month and year. [23173/18]
    • Driver Licences
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if media reports on the expenditure of €2 million by the Road Safety Authority in the design and building of an online application...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File Access
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the arrangement in place between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the integrated...
    • Driver Licences
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans to designate Northern Ireland as a country of birth on driver licences for persons born in counties Antrim, Armagh,...
    • Taxi Licences
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the number of taxi licence holders who have completed form S15N and the section 15 nomination process in each...
    • Departmental Contracts
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the estimated cost of increasing the funding for the Rural Transport Programme by 5%. [23370/18]
    • National Transport Authority
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the estimated cost of making all public transport services fully wheelchair accessible; and the breakdown of the cost...
    • Road Projects Status
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the planned capital spend for 2018 and the intended allocation for 2019 for construction of the A5 motorway as...
    • Tourism Ireland Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set down the estimated full year cost of restoring funding to Tourism Ireland to 2008 levels. [23373/18]
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the level of funding expended on the local improvement scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the associated number of...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to secondary roads improvement schemes by 1%, 2%, 3% and 5%, respectively....
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the estimated cost of completing the next stage of all regional or secondary roads projects under construction or in planning....
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for the upgrade and maintenance of regional and secondary roads over each of the past ten years; and the expected...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for public cycle lanes over each of the past ten years; the breakdown of maintenance on existing cycle lanes and spend on...
    • Public Service Obligation Data
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation for the PSO in each of the years 2011 to 2017; the allocation for 2018; and the planned allocation for 2019, in tabular...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of both current and capital investment needed to put Iarnród Éireann on an economically sustainable footing....
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of restoring funding for secondary roads improvement schemes to 2008 levels. [23389/18]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of restoring funding to the sports capital programme to 2008 levels. [23390/18]
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; and the breakdown of the distributions of...
    • Rail Network
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of updating trains and rail infrastructure to cope with projected capacity increases in each of the years 2018 to...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of implementing the remaining measures in the Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan. [23398/18]
    • Road Tolls
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of removing tolls from all tolled roads; and the amount of that cost comprising compensation for the companies...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the revised deed of covenant and deed of charge for the 2015 Sports Capital Programme allocation to a company (details supplied) has...
    • Railway Stations
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of a new train station at Pelletstown, including funding; if delays in the provision of funding could see...
    • Rail Services Staff
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of train and tram drivers who have been convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol each year for past five...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a response from the NDLS in relation to a driver query; and if...
    • Health and Safety
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 22 May 2018, if a comprehensive reply will issue on whether the Marine Survey Office will...
    • Sports Facilities Expenditure
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the availability of funding for the development of a project (details supplied). [23639/18]
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made regarding the establishment of a motor insurance database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23713/18]
    • Bus Services
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the full implementation of the BusConnects programme; the associated budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide Dublin Bus with more tag on options and-or points other than the single onboard tag on point with a view to decreasing...
    • Rail Services Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the confirmed arrival and departure times for commuter trains to and from Mullingar rail station, specifically the 17:05 and 19:05 from...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Years Sector
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost per child of introducing a baby box scheme similar to that operating in Scotland. [23659/18]
    • Child Detention Centres
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the first quarter of 2018 held in Oberstown Detention Centre who were held in single separation by month; and if...
    • Children in Care
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children aged between 0 and 18 years of age who died while under the care of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to...
    • Departmental Contracts
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with her Department and State agencies under her aegis have been...
    • Child Protection
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the development of multi-agency specialist child centres to deal with issues of child sex abuse; and if she will make...
    • Child Care Costs
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department’s independent cost review of the childcare sector which was scheduled to go to tender in September 2017 will be...
    • Family Resource Centres
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of establishing ten new family resource centres; and the estimated full year cost of running these centres. [23657/18]
    • Child and Family Agency
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of employing an aftercare worker. [23658/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the higher and lower capitation grants under the ECCE scheme by €5, €10, €15 and...
    • Early Years Sector
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of reinstating the childminding advisory service. [23663/18]
    • Child Care Costs
      574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost under the affordable childcare scheme of increasing the monthly universal subsidy in €20 intervals up to...
    • Early Years Sector
      575. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspectors employed by Tusla to inspect all services in the early years sector; and the total pay and non-pay costs of this...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of recruiting 100 new professionally qualified social workers. [23668/18]
    • Child and Family Agency
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of implementing and supporting the aftercare plans held by persons that are 18 to 21 years of age by allocating 15 hours...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of funding under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme over the past 10 years, including 2018; and the expected...
    • CLÁR Programme
      581. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the application for CLÁR funding by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be considered; and if he will make a...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid for rural development Leader projects to the Wicklow LAG by year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the grant scheme announced previously to help first-time buyers refurbish derelict buildings in rural areas and towns;...
    • Ministerial Transport
      586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24036/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes introduced since 2010 to the means test for the qualified adult increase payment under the invalidity pension in...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed in relation to payments through post offices; and if she will make a...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a decision in respect of a family income supplement,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving in each of the years since the inception of sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason correspondence sent to her office has not yet been responded to; if the issue regarding the behaviour of JobPath...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a carer's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Telephone Support Allowance
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for payment of the telephone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23184/18]
    • Pension Provisions
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consultation process that is to take place with current occupational and future pensioners regarding the EU IORP II...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive documentation to confirm entitlement to a respite care grant; and if she will...
    • Free Travel Scheme Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the solutions available for small bus operators from her Department to record passenger numbers in view of the fact that a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23323/18]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) was refused; and if she will make a...
    • JobPath Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of information shared with Seetec. [23351/18]
    • Maternity Leave
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maternity policy in Intreo offices for jobseekers who are pregnant and after giving birth; if women are required to be...
    • Traveller Education
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a specific Traveller employment strategy in view of the high levels of unemployment in the Traveller community...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse one parent family allowance and child benefit allowance in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance was extended to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23588/18]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a treatment optical benefit claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Parental Leave Expenditure
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity, paternity and adoptive benefit by €10, €25 and €50 per week...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in relation to a carer's allowance claim in payment since March 2018;...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Polling Stations
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to cease using primary schools as polling stations and to use community centres and other local facilities instead;...
    • Irish Water
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasoning behind the decision to prevent parliamentary scrutiny by means of parliamentary question of Irish Water and its...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address an anomaly in the housing assistance payment whereby private rented properties may be deemed not to qualify...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the free Leap card scheme, which was introduced under Rebuilding Ireland to remove transport costs for children living in...
    • Electoral Register
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the efforts being made by his Department to counteract voter fraud and protect the integrity of the electoral register; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses that have been built in Cork city since January 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids that have been refurbished in Cork city in 2017; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement...
    • Turf Cutting
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason it is taking so long to sign legislation regarding bogs under section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000,...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on the pyrite remediation scheme for each year since its introduction; the number of units remediated in each year;...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units brought into social housing use via NAMA by year and local authority; the number by local...
    • Regeneration Projects
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the establishment of a new national regeneration and development agency as provided for in the National...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his Department's policy on direct housing acquisition from the private sector for social housing proposes; and...
    • Turf Cutting
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the rental accommodation scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018;...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make changes to the housing aid for older persons and the housing adaptation grant scheme operated by local...
    • Ministerial Transport
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same....
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Heritage Council Funding
      642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the Heritage Council in capital and current spending in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if...
    • Museum Projects
      643. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the Irish Museum of Modern Art in capital and current spending in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular...
    • Chester Beatty Library
      644. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the Chester Beatty Library in capital and current spending in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular from;...
    • National Concert Hall
      645. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the National Concert Hall in capital and current spending in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular from;...
    • Arts Funding
      646. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the Crawford Art Gallery in capital and current spending in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and...
    • Heritage Schemes
      647. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the heritage in school scheme has closed for further bookings; the steps being taken to resolve the matter; the reason...
    • Departmental Funding
      648. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) has received funding in the past five years; if so, the amount provided; and if she will make a...
    • Arts Council Grants
      649. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Arts Council grant funding awarded to a company (details supplied) in the past five years; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      650. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding provided to a company (details supplied) since its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      651. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with her Department and State agencies under her aegis...
    • Arts Funding
      654. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget spent on the provision of music tuition for children in each of the past 10 years. [23635/18]
    • State Properties Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 23 January 2018, the number of units which remain vacant held by Údarás na...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of the undeveloped lands in the ownership of Údarás na Gaeltachta by county in tabular form; the length of...
    • Ministerial Transport
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24029/18]

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