Written answers
Thursday, 21 June 2018
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the cuts in funding to Irish language and culture organisations which have resulted in the restriction of...
- Heritage Sites
7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications made for funding under the 2018 structures at risk fund; the criteria used in selecting the successful...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Data
10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of development applications which have been referred to the NPWS, particularly in County Donegal, that have been...
- Departmental Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding being provided for small scale local festivals in County Clare in 2018. [26720/18]
- Cláir Ghaeilge ar RTÉ
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén ionchur a bhí nó atá aici le maidir le líon na gclár Gaeilge a chraolann RTÉ taobh amuigh de...
- Departmental Schemes
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the music capital scheme 2017-18; the status of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Areas of Conservation
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s input into the planning and construction stages of large scale road projects within special areas of...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard é stádas na gcúig phlean teanga atá curtha ós comhair na Roinne faoi láthair; cén...
- Cultural Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the performance delivery agreement in relation to Galway 2020; the details of the agreement in respect of the...
- Creative Ireland Programme
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the activities happening for Cruinniú na nÓg in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26718/18]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to strengthen the resources of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [27073/18]
- Seirbhísí Oileán
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici maoiniú a sholáthar d'oileáin i nDún na nGall maidir le bóithre...
- National Cultural Institutions
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a director will be appointed to the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27115/18]
- Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if extra funding will be sanctioned to make up the shortfall of funding needed to repair a theatre (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Strategies
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she does not have a detailed national music strategy. [27052/18]
- Seirbhísí Iompair
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cur síos ar na pleananna atá aici Scéim na mBóithre Áise a chur ar bun an athuair...
- National Monuments
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new national monuments which have been designated in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Creative Ireland Programme
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme; and the level of involvement of schools in County Dublin in the programme. [26775/18]
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to built heritage projects in County Offaly in 2017 and 2018; her plans in this regard for 2019; and if she...
- Foras na Gaeilge
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the itemised breakdown of the cost of works to the value of €945,000 which Foras na Gaeilge commissioned from the landlord...
- National Orchestras
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to implement the Boaden report's recommendation that the NSO become a national cultural institution (details...
- Commemorative Events
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the Great Famine Online project. [26776/18]
- Wildlife Conservation
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given consideration to the reintroduction of the grey wolf in national parks; if research or studies have been carried...
- Waterways Ireland
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the blueway projects identified for development in 2018 and 2019; the level of funding available for such projects; and if she will...
- National Biodiversity Plan
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the objectives, targets and actions contained in the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021; and if she will make a statement...
- Cultural Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to promote and support cultural events throughout the country in view of the desirable objective...
- Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the review of the cap in the percentage for the art scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27113/18]
- Wildlife Protection
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a cross-departmental discussion will be considered in order to respond to a growing need for powers of enforcement, particularly...
- Waterways Ireland Data
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding in 2018 provided to Waterways Ireland for work on the Erne, Shannon Waterway; the projects to be undertaken;...
- National Orchestras
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding she plans to set aside under her Department's capital plan to facilitate the future relocation of one of the RTÉ...
- Heritage Sites
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of heritage sites and buildings deemed to be at risk throughout the country; if particular actions are proposed to...
- Seirbhísí Oideachais sna Gaeltachtaí
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon phleananna aici cúntóirí teanga a chur isteach i scoileanna nach bhfuil aon chúntóirí...
- Departmental Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the funding being provided for small scale local festivals in County Kildare in 2018; and if she will make a...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ós rud é gurbh é mí Iúil na bliana seo caite an chéad sprioc a luadh leis an bPlean...
- National Monuments
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department and the national monuments service, NMS, have not protected the togher in Mayne Bog, County Westmeath...
- Cultural Policy
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the contract in place in respect of the creative director of Galway 2020; the terms of the contract; the moneys paid...
- Department of Defence
- Military Aircraft Landings
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if the Defence Forces were engaged of the monitoring of the foreign military...
- State Bodies Data
53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s aegis in...
- Defence Forces Operations
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Irish troops participated in Exercise Siil 2018; if so, the role they played in the exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft Landings
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 165 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if an aeroplane was in fact involved in military operations (details...
- State Bodies Data
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s aegis...
- EU Treaties
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a protocol (details supplied) in regard to common defence and the Treaty of Lisbon; if a copy of the text of the protocol will...
- Election Monitoring Missions
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a new call for election monitors will be issued. [27316/18]
- Military Aircraft Landings
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if the plane in question was located in Irish controlled airspace when...
- Human Rights Cases
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) who is presently detained by the Israeli authorities was raised by him; and if he will make a...
- Department of Finance
- Pensions Reform
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if the promised review of the Interdepartmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group on the cost of funded supplementary pensions will include public sector...
- Tax Reliefs Application
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the anticipated cost of the VRT rebate on the purchase of electric vehicles is factored into calculations of the fiscal space. [27193/18]
- Fiscal Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the anticipated cost of the 0% benefit in kind rate has been factored into calculations of the fiscal space. [27195/18]
- Ministerial Staff Data
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the name, responsibilities and salaries of all advisers appointed by him since July 2017, in tabular form. [27197/18]
- Tax Data
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of corporation tax receipts that will be collected by the Revenue Commissioners in each year into the future; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Costs
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the CSO to report on the cost of public and employer liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27201/18]
- Insurance Industry Regulation
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance firms selling business in the market here that are prudentially regulated in the UK and that rely on the freedom of movement of...
- State Bodies Data
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s aegis in tabular form;...
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Central Bank review into tracker mortgages; and if all institutions are being monitored in terms of their compliance with the timelines...
- Motor Insurance Costs
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of progress on addressing the cost of motor insurance; the steps that have been implemented to date; the steps that are yet to be carried out; and...
- Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a law to protect persons in their homes if they are in arrears in making mortgage payments if they can show they have made an effort to engage with...
- Fiscal Policy
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the fiscal space and the financial contractual obligations to consultants being honoured operating under the 2008 consultants' contract; and if...
- House Purchase Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis or a survey has been undertaken to measure the uptake and success of the help to buy scheme; if the scheme will be extended and or modified in...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost by year of running the special savings incentive accounts for each of its operations; the number of SSIA accounts created; the average cost per...
- Tax Code
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a flat rate of taxation on dividend income of 20%, 30% and 40% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/18]
- Property Tax
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of allowing the local property tax as a deductible expense against rental income. [27308/18]
- Mortgage Interest Relief Data
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of increasing mortgage interest relief at 5% intervals up to 100% for rental income. [27309/18]
- Tax Credits
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of the full reintroduction of a rental tax credit based on the system in place on 7 December 2010. [27310/18]
- VAT Rate Application
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full year cost of reducing VAT on residential construction from 13.5% to 9%. [27313/18]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to renew FEMPI legislation in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27210/18]
- Office of Public Works Properties
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the old Garda barracks building in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27165/18]
- State Bodies Data
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s...
- Appointments to State Boards
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grievance mechanisms in place if a person is of the view that they have been wrongly excluded from being appointed by the Public...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Public Sector Pensions
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will have a pension penalty if service is broken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/18]
- Capitation Grants
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the student capitation grants will be restored to their full amounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27125/18]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of exempting refugees and asylum seekers from the three year residency requirement to avail of SUSI grants; and if he will make...
- State Bodies Data
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s aegis in...
- Schools Building Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school building project in Maynooth, County Kildare; the action...
- Schools Complaints Procedures
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if complaints received directly by him from a parent or a pupil of grievous bodily harm in a school setting are dealt with by him; if not, if they...
- School Staff
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by persons (details supplied) will receive a reply. [27277/18]
- Minor Works Scheme
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put the minor works grant on an annual footing with greater certainty on timing to provide clarity for schools that rely on it as an...
- Capitation Grants
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the level of the capitation grant for schools will be reviewed to ensure its restoration to pre-cut levels; his plans to further increase the...
- Third Level Fees
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to student fees and the impact of Brexit will receive a response;...
- Schools Amalgamation
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary and national school mergers and amalgamations since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27301/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); when the building works are likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Support Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correct procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) who wishes to transfer college after suffering a physical assault in their...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when works will commence on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/18]
- Prison Committals
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the daily increase in numbers incarcerated at Cloverhill Prison from 337 on 15 June 2017 to 424 on 15 June 2018;...
- Prisoner Data
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners at Cloverhill Prison sleeping on the floor in April, May and June 2018, in tabular form. [27139/18]
- Personal Insolvency Act
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to act on the recommendations made by the Insolvency Service of Ireland as part of its section 141 consultation...
- State Bodies Data
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his...
- Garda Reform
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €28.6 million allocated to Garda reform as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent;...
- Data Retention
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €4 million allocated to protecting the security of the State as outlined in budget 2018; the amount...
- Data Protection Commissioner
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €4 million allocated to regulatory functions and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner as...
- Assisted Decision Making
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €3 million allocated to assisted decision making as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been...
- Coroners Service
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €2 million allocated to the Coroner Service as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been...
- Courts Service
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €1.5 million allocated to courts reform as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent;...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the model for resettlement being delivered by the Irish Refugee Protection Programme in the various counties in which it is...
- Garda Data
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults perpetrated against members of An Garda Síochána in the course of their duties in each of the...
- Immigration Status
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to become an Irish citizen; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility for upgrade of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has submitted representations pursuant to section 3 of the...
- Citizenship Applications
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to become an Irish citizen; and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied); if...
- Immigration Status
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they have been signing on at their...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish SMEs and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario; and if she will...
- Action Plan for Jobs
124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the key measures in the Action Plan for Jobs 2018 for persons with disabilities. [27129/18]
- Gender Balance
125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in achieving more gender balance in funded research under Science Foundation Ireland’s Agenda 2020 strategy; and...
- Skills Shortages
126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to resolve the issue of the serious shortage of chefs here. [27187/18]
- State Bodies Data
127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under her Department’s...
- Brexit Data
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have completed the Brexit scorecard to date since it was established (details supplied) by company size...
- Enterprise Ireland Data
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of be prepared grants to date by county in tabular form....
- Brexit Data
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of since being established by county; and the...
- Insurance Costs
132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the ten proposals as outlined by an organisation (details supplied) on reducing the costs of business insurance as...
- Foreign Direct Investment
133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a survey (details supplied) and the way in which Ireland has fallen out of the top ten most attractive European countries...
- Job Losses
134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) and put supports in place for employees who will be made...
- Gender Balance
135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies in place to increase female participation in the labour force; and if an analysis of this area has been carried out....
- Skills Shortages
136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for implementation of all the recommendations regarding the recently published report by the Expert Group on Future...
- Industrial Disputes
137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied). [27327/18]
- Job Creation
138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and the plans of the industrial promotion agencies to assist in 2018 and 2019 in the maintenance of existing employment and...
- Industrial Development
139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when decisions are likely to be made in relation to the identification of suitable sites as locations for the establishment of data...
- Foreign Direct Investment
140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a centre (details supplied) will be given further consideration in respect of the location of inward investment; and if she will...
- Department of Health
- Commencement of Legislation
141. To ask the Minister for Health when the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced (details supplied). [27140/18]
- Hospital Consultant Remuneration
142. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the agreement reached with consultants in June 2018; the cost of retrospective payments to consultants as a result of the agreement; the cost of...
- Home Help Service Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/18]
- Home Care Packages Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area. [27131/18]
- Medical Card Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards as of 1 May 2018. [27132/18]
- General Practitioner Services
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by general practitioner visit cards as of 1 May 2018. [27134/18]
- General Practitioner Contracts
148. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [27135/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
149. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited [27137/18]
- Hospital Consultant Remuneration
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the settlement reached with hospital consultants on 15 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/18]
- Maternity Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the disciplinary proceedings which were enacted as a result of the publication of the Report of the External Independent Review of Maternity Services at...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
153. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the schedule of supports being offered to women affected by the controversy surrounding the CervicalCheck screening service; the number of women...
- Hospital Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a business case for a modular catheterisation laboratory for the south east; the decision date for the business case; and if...
- Ambulance Service Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason intermediate care staff are the only grade in the Ambulance Service not entitled to a long service increment in view of the fact that this...
- Ambulance Service Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions in which intermediate care operatives have been tasked before the community responders groups in 2017 and to date in 2018. [27149/18]
- Emergency Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the volunteer community response groups are being tasked to 999 emergency calls and in some cases dispatched to calls beyond the scope of that for...
- Ambulance Service
159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason none of the control measures identified in the risk assessment reports regarding the design and ergonomics of the intermediate care vehicles carried...
- Patient Transport
160. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent nationally on private ambulances for patient transport in comparison to that which is spent on the intermediate care service overtime in each...
- HSE Expenditure
161. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it costs the HSE for one discharge from the emergency department to a local address if a private ambulance is used in comparison to an intermediate...
- Ambulance Service Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no career progression prospects for intermediate care operatives in view of the fact that intermediate care operatives cannot go to a...
- Health Services Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sexual assault treatment units here; the location of each unit; the opening hours of each unit; the location to which complainants are brought if...
- HSE Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to private investigators to investigate hospital consultants in preparation for the court case regarding the 2008 consultant contract. [27163/18]
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
165. To ask the Minister for Health the value of private activity in public hospitals by publicly employed consultants on type B contracts for each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Data
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued per LHO in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [27168/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
167. 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. [27169/18]
- Ambulance Service Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of ambulances suitable for an echo or delta response; the number of echo and delta response calls; the number of echo and delta response...
- Ambulance Service
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify non-service issues for purposes of raising a parliamentary question in relation to the National Ambulance Service. [27175/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. 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. [27176/18]
- Departmental Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date regarding the development of a new statutory homecare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27177/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the continued increases in persons waiting for home care supports in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
174. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 14 June 2018, and in view of the recent settlement that has been agreed, the role his Department played in the...
- State Bodies Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s aegis in tabular form;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €35 million allocated to the waiting list initiative as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the way in which the...
- Hospital Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €50 million allocated to acute services as outlined in budget 2018; the amount has been spent; the way in which the money has been...
- Health Services Expenditure
178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €32 million allocated to older persons as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the way in which the money has been...
- Patient Safety
179. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €2.5 million allocated to patient safety and quality as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the way in which the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €15 million allocated to disabilities as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the way in which the money has been...
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
181. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €35 million allocated to mental health as outlined in budget 2018; the amount has been spent; the way in which the money has been...
- Primary Care Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €40 million allocated to primary care as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the way in which the money has been...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €7.5 million allocated to social inclusion as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the way in which the money has...
- Health Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the test results of a facility (details supplied); the impact this delay is having on the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27257/18]
- Hospital Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health if delays in x-ray readings at a hospital (details supplied) will be addressed; if extra staff to clear the backlog will be allocated; the number of persons...
- Hospital Appointments Status
186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27262/18]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27266/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for cataract surgery. [27267/18]
- Psychological Assessments
189. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a physiological assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27271/18]
- Dental Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no provision for dental care at a centre (details supplied); the reason the service has been removed; if it will be replaced; if so, when...
- Home Care Packages Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health the budget by CHO for home care packages in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27279/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
195. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that patients with MS have faster access to...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the new primary care centre in Rowlagh, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, including planning application, construction and completion; the services to be...
- Medicinal Products Availability
197. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to make the drug Pembrolizumab available through the HSE in view of the comments of leading oncologists of the value and importance of this...
- Medical Card Drugs Availability
199. To ask the Minister for Health if medication required while abroad can be covered by the medical card scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Eligibility
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2017 GLAS scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
- Departmental Meetings
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant officials in his Department will agree to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss issues with the foal levy....
- GLAS Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason 2017 GLAS payments for a person (details supplied) have not been finalised despite all the necessary documentation being...
- Fisheries Protection
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the authority which has jurisdiction over an area (details supplied) for the purpose of sanctioning spurdog fishing by gill net; and...
- Animal Identification Schemes
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in cases in which a person purchases untagged goats, the purchaser can have the goats tagged without obtaining a dispatch docket...
- State Bodies Data
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s...
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains covering 56...
- GLAS Data
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have received the 2017 balancing payment; the number that have passed all...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of the sheep welfare scheme payment that have received their 2017 balancing payment; the number that...
- GLAS Data
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of all contracts for active GLAS 1, 2, 3 and GLAS Plus participants; and the year in which the contracts commenced and...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Public Appointments Service did not run a competition for technical agricultural officers as previously advertised in...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Waste Reduction Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27159/18]
- Broadband Service Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the fibre optic broadband system at a location (details supplied) can be extended due to poor broadband connectivity...
- State Bodies Data
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his...
- Mobile Telephony Services
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request mobile phone operators to provide mobile phone coverage in an area (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Haulage Industry
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish trucks that use Britain as a land bridge to export goods to mainland Europe each week; his contingency plans if this...
- Tourism Promotion
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which his Department encourages the creation of historical or heritage journeys in respect of various heritage sites...
- Driver Licence Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [27136/18]
- Appointments to State Boards
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the selection process and criteria employed to make appointments to the board of the DAA; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the exact low emission technology for BusConnects have been determined; the technologies being considered; the details of the research...
- Park and Ride Facilities
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of park and ride facilities at train stations; the cost of constructing each of these facilities; and if he will make a...
- State Bodies Data
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s...
- Irish Aviation Authority
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 29 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been an effective...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Services
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will request Tusla to urgently engage in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Bodies Data
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under her Department’s aegis...
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if five additional family accommodation units were opened in County Dublin in early 2018; if five additional family units in County Galway...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- State Bodies Data
232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department’s...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €5 million allocated to the Leader programme as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
234. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €3.7 million allocated to the national rural development schemes as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
235. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €3 million allocated to the town and village regeneration as outlined in Budget 2018; the amount that has...
- Cross-Border Projects
236. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €2.9 million allocated to the PEACE programme as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent; the...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Expenditure
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €1 million allocated to the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme as outlined in budget 2018;...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Back to Work Allowance Data
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a back to work enterprise scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the ring-fencing of carer's allowance will be considered for families of children with rare neurogenic conditions; and if...
- Respite Care Grant
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's respite grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [27191/18]
- State Bodies Data
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under her...
- Disability Allowance Applications
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a claim for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27264/18]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supplementary welfare payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Payments
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason correspondence of 8 June 2018 was issued to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact they were out of...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for a carer’s allowance in respect of their spouse in the event of...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an increase in rent support can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Ministerial Staff Data
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name, responsibilities and salaries of all advisers appointed by him since July 2017, in tabular form. [27197/18]
- Fire Stations Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be guaranteed that Ballyshannon fire station will remain open; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum income limits for housing assistance payment, HAP, and the mortgage to rent scheme; if so,...
- Home Loan Scheme
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of home loans applied for; the number of home loans drawn down under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme for...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing completions by each local authority in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of uptake of the repair and leasing scheme in County Meath under the Rebuilding Ireland...
- State Bodies Data
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under his...
- Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €149 million allocated to housing assistance payment as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €31 million allocated to the social housing current expenditure programme as outlined in budget 2018;...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €17 million allocated to homeless services and emergency accommodation as outlined in budget 2018;...
- Rental Sector
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €9 million allocated to the RTB and Housing Agency to support social housing deliver as outlined in...
- An Bord Pleanála Data
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €2 million allocated to An Bord Pleanála to assist in speeding up the planning process as...
- Meteorological Services
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €3 million allocated to Met Éireann as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that has been spent;...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €326 million allocated to social housing construction and acquisition as outlined in budget 2018; the...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €26 million allocated to repair and leasing initiative as outlined in budget 2018; the amount has...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €25 million allocated to the local infrastructure housing activation fund as outlined in budget 2018;...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the €10 million allocated to urban renewal and regeneration as outlined in budget 2018; the amount that...
- Fire Safety Regulations
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 30 May 2018, if a list of compliant buildings will be established which can be...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the housing capital budget to 2008 levels. [27307/18]
- Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of increasing housing assistance payment limits at 5% intervals. [27311/18]
- Housing Adaptation Grant
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the housing adaptation grant funding to 2011 levels. [27312/18]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Orchestras
275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in relation to the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra in order to secure the future of the orchestras; and the discussions she...
- State Bodies Data
276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of positions on the board in respect of the board of agencies and commercial State companies under her...
- Heritage Sites
277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department has evaluated the economic potential of various local, historical and heritage sites throughout...
- Film Industry Promotion
279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to encourage internationally the use of Ireland as a film location with obvious beneficial...
- Arts Funding
280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Creative Ireland Programme
281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she can assist various local musical and dramatic societies in respect of annual productions; and if she will...
- Arts Promotion
282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to enhance the promotion and development of an awareness of the arts and...
- Arts Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her support for the arts sector continues to result in continued activity and employment; and if she will make...
- Turf Cutting
284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she remains satisfied that all issues of concern to traditional turf cutters throughout the country in respect...
- Creative Ireland Programme
285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to liaise with local voluntary groups throughout County Kildare and countrywide in respect of...
