Written answers

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Defence
    • Brexit Issues
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his Department's preparations for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/18]
    • Public Service Pay Commission Reports
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the report of the Public Service Pay Commission on issues affecting the Defence Forces is on schedule to be published before the end of 2018;...
    • Defence Forces Resources
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to have available to them the equipment, training and personnel to meet all...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the issues of pay and conditions for members of the Defence Forces and the lack of suitable equipment to enable them to...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the feedback received on the national implementation plan for PESCO projects; and the date on which the plan will be published. [27733/18]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to ensure better pay and working conditions for members of the Defence Forces; the further steps being taken to ensure...
    • Departmental Communications
      55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has engaged with the Department of Education and Skills with regard to the need to upgrade schools on the Curragh Camp; and if...
    • Curragh Plains Representative Forum
      56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the establishment of a new lands management team and a new environmental maintenance contract for the Curragh plains; the work...
    • Planning Issues
      57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action that will be taken by the Defence Forces on foot of the recent decision regarding the construction of an incinerator at Ringaskiddy...
    • Overseas Missions
      59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes are planned to the Defence Forces current overseas missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27758/18]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that have been taken to ensure the safety of Irish troops deployed to the Golan Heights. [27732/18]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      61. To ask the Taoiseach the number of media advisers employed in his office between part-time and full-time staff; the Civil Service grade of each media adviser; and the cost over a full year of...
    • State Bodies Data
      63. To ask the Taoiseach the number of positions on the boards of agencies and commercial State companies under his Department's aegis in tabular form; the quorum required for a board meeting;...
    • Foireann Roinne
      64. To ask the Taoiseach an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach Gaeilge; cén grád...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      65. To ask the Taoiseach if personnel in his Department have been removed from their positions, have been transferred to other roles or had their employments terminated in the past four years due...
  • Department of Defence
    • Planning Issues
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the recent decision of An Bord Pleanála to approve the development of a commercial incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork has...
    • Foireann Roinne
      67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if personnel in his Department have been removed from their positions, have been transferred to others role or had their employments terminated...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is Defence Forces policy to give presentations in secondary schools with a view to recruitment; the length of time this policy has been in...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the 24-hour duty allowance rate for a soldier; when the allowance rate was set; his plans to review the allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces continue to be strengthened in line with established norms and having regard to national and international...
    • Defence Forces Training
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to benefit from training and technology available to other forces in the EU,...
    • Overseas Missions
      73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Irish troops continue to serve overseas on EU or UN-related missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28041/18]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which pay and conditions throughout the Defence Forces continue to be monitored and improved by his Department; and if he will make...
    • Air Corps
      75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which an audit has been carried out of training and equipment in the Air Corps, having particular regard to the need to ensure the...
    • Naval Service
      76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he continues to improve and update equipment and training throughout the Naval Service; the extent to which the Naval Service...
    • Naval Service Operations
      77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the ability of the Naval Service to deal with an emergency that may arise in the context of...
    • Defence Forces Training
      78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which summer training courses continue to be available to members of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps Reserve; and if he will...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Enlargement
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to pursue and advance the cause of the Western Balkans in the context of EU enlargement, having particular...
    • Passport Applications
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria for applying for a first-time passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27412/18]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise with the United States Government the fact that Ireland has been without an ambassador from the United States of America...
    • Passport Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting times for passport applications; the action he is taking to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Human Rights
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations with the Italian Government following its announcement to instigate a register for Roma persons in Italy; his...
    • UN Security Council
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasoning for the decision of the Irish mission in the United Nations to offer save the date to all of the UN ambassadors for a concert...
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the former head of the strategic communications unit is now deployed to his Department; if so, the role he will play; the person he will...
    • Foireann Roinne
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach...
    • Human Rights
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) in relation to the security forces in Honduras and other issues in that...
    • Passport Services
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if extra resources will be allocated to the Passport Office to clear the backlog in applications and answer applicants' queries promptly in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
    • European Council Meetings
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the EU colleagues he has spoken to prior to the June 2018 EU Council meeting; and if they support Ireland in relation to the December 2017...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Costs
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if provisions can be put in place to cap the premiums on insurance for community based groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees invoiced and the amount paid to a person and or a company (details supplied) since the commencement of the liquidation of IBRC; and if he...
    • Tax Strategy Group
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Tax Strategy Group papers will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27380/18]
    • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the age at which a person is deemed to qualify under the Revenue Commissioners terms as a young farmer; if the upper age of a young farmer...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to request insurance companies to insure those homes which were affected by flooding in Inishowen in 2017 (details supplied) without applying...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of shares in a cooperative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27404/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the rent a room tax relief scheme threshold by €1,000 intervals to €20,000. [27439/18]
    • Tax Deduction Systems
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of a deduction for pre-letting expenses incurred by a landlord in bringing a property which has been vacant for a...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of a capital gains tax relief of 4% per annum which would accrue on an annual basis for a property purchased with a...
    • Living City Initiative
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of expanding the living city initiative criteria to all areas. [27447/18]
    • Tax Exemptions
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if a VRT exemption will be introduced for mountain rescue vehicles and other vehicles used solely in such rescue activities; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Reviews
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review section 135(3A) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as inserted by section 23 of the Finance Act 2017; if there is evidence that it has...
    • Tax Exemptions
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the annual exemption limits for persons aged 65 years of age and over by €1,000 for a single persons and €2,000...
    • Financial Services Sector
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of each of the 30 actions identified in the IFS2020 strategy in tabular form; if they have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance when the investment limited partnership (amendment) Bill will be introduced; when the new legislation will become law; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Stability and Growth Pact
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount by which Ireland would miss its MTO target in 2019 if the €500 million dedicated to the rainy day fund were to be spent in 2019; and if he...
    • Contract Manufacturing
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was drawn to the potential effects of contract manufacturing on GDP figures in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27776/18]
    • Foireann Roinne
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach Gaeilge;...
    • VAT Yield
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT paid in relation to concerts performed by foreign resident music artists here in each of the past five years; and the rate of VAT that they...
    • Mortgage Lending
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the requirements on lenders to provide information to consumers when they are offering incentives such as cashback offers in the context of the new...
    • Personal Contract Plans
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his engagements to date with the Central Bank and-or the regulator regarding personal contract plans for car finance; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the cost of insurance working group in regard to motor insurance; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, transferred to another role or had their employment terminated in the past four years...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down from the European Investment Bank; the date of commencement; the repayment schedule; the interest rate and purposes of each...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a specific State regulator for financial auditors here; the way in which the regime compares to that in the United Kingdom; the way in which...
    • Tax Yield
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised in inheritance tax in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [27988/18]
    • Carbon Tax Collection
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure there is no illegal avoidance of carbon tax on solid fuel taking place particularly in view of the fact that the tax take on...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person who is employed in the public sector and has exceeded the allowed sick leave days for a four-year period due to being...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the anger that exists among community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors in regard to...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments, agencies and individual Votes to which the €1.5 billion in additional capital expenditure for 2019 as outlined...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments, agencies and individual Votes to which the €0.3 billion in carryover costs associated with measures introduced...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects making up the €1.5 billion in pre-committed capital expenditure as highlighted in the summer economic statement; if...
    • Foireann Roinne
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 8 May 2018, when the OPW and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will...
    • Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 April 2018, if there has been progress in relation to an application under the minor...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teacher Retirements
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be able to retain their current rate of occupational pension benefit on medical grounds if...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be classified as DEIS band 1. [27394/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the re-tendering process for a schools project campus development (details supplied) in view of the fact that of the contractor is...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27424/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an assessment of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding for a new building; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teacher Retirements
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals that have taken early retirement or retired due to ill health in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site for a school (details supplied) was purchased at the site on the southern end of the Ballycullen Road, Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/18]
    • Schools Establishment
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 12 June 2018, the date he expects a school (details supplied) to open; and if he will make a...
    • Institutes of Technology
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for each one point reduction in the academic staff to student ratio for institutes of technology. [27506/18]
    • Third Level Staff Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for each one point reduction in the academic staff to student ratio for universities. [27507/18]
    • Third Level Funding
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing core funding to publicly funded third-level institutions by 1%. [27508/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the rate of the student grant by percentage rates (details supplied). [27509/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding available to part-time third level students in academic years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring maintenance grants for postgraduate students to pre-2012 levels. [27511/18]
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation to provide training places for adults with literacy problems and learning difficulties. [27514/18]
    • Third Level Costs
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing 100 higher education places for students of returning emigrants or those that came through the direct provision...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase the student assistance fund by 20%. [27516/18]
    • Fund for Students with Disabilities
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the support scheme for students with disabilities by 20%. [27517/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to remove apprenticeship fees. [27518/18]
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to remove post leaving certificate course fees. [27519/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student contribution charge by amounts (details supplied). [27520/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to implement the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 in full. [27521/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the new pilot scheme for in-school speech and language therapists; the number of schools involved; the demographic of the schools;...
    • Capitation Grants
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one point increase in capitation grant for primary schools. [27525/18]
    • School Transport Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore school transport to the same level of funding per capita as 2008. [27527/18]
    • Modern Language Teaching
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation made to the modern languages in primary schools programme in the last year of its existence. [27528/18]
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of the active schools flag initiative. [27529/18]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one point reduction in the pupil teacher ratio at primary level. [27530/18]
    • Schools Administration
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing one release day per week for teaching principals for schools by numbers attending (details supplied). [27531/18]
    • School Staff
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to reverse staffing cuts to small schools with less than 86 pupils to 2011 and 2012 levels. [27533/18]
    • DEIS Scheme
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the rural co-ordinator service under the home school liaison service. [27534/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing 100 additional English teachers as additional language posts. [27536/18]
    • DEIS Scheme
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, programme by 20% in addition to the new schools...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring guidance counsellors to one per 500 pupils ex-quota at post-primary schools. [27538/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development and location for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the demand for school places in...
    • School Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27596/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the site on the Hazelhatch Road, Celbridge currently owned by the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition process of a site at Donacomper, Lucan Road for the purposes of a new build for a school (details supplied) which...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27611/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient funding will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27616/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when construction will commence; and if all issues...
    • School Transport Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a larger size bus will be put in place in a specific location (details supplied) to accommodate the number of pupils. [27635/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27637/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the full capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27658/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of the national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27659/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures followed when a school is compelled by him to establish an autism unit; the funding provided for the school to establish such a...
    • School Curriculum
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected numbers of students studying physical education at leaving certificate level from September 2018; and his plans to add additional...
    • School Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the appointment of a third teacher for the second class in a school (details supplied) in order that there can be three...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 31 May 2018, the number of times his Department has been in contact with the school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a full-time special needs assistant in September 2018. [27764/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); when a design team for the new school will be appointed; the timeframe for the project; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 in trying to obtain information...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tender documents have been issued in relation to prefabs for a school (details supplied); the community consultation that was undertaken in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Cork; and when construction will commence. [27789/18]
    • Foireann Roinne
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach...
    • School Staff
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals in primary schools by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27829/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site inspection has been carried out at a location (details supplied) by the design team for the project to evaluate the extent of work...
    • School Patronage
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in sanctioning an application by a school (details supplied) to become co-educational; when a decision will be conveyed...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 8 May 2018, the full extent of the works envisaged for a school (details supplied); if a design team...
    • Student Accommodation
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding affordable student housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27877/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding adjacency rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27879/18]
    • School Curriculum
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the list of schools that will be implementing computer science at leaving certificate level in 2020 will be announced; and if new...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment terminated in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of building for a school (details supplied) when he expects planning permission to be applied for and the school...
    • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 that fall under his Department’s...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for a new build replacement school has been received; the status of the application; when it is...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pilot speech and language units to be set up in schools by his Department in conjunction with the HSE will provide such a unit in the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location identified for a school (details supplied); if he has consulted with local schools to date in this regard; and the status of the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Naturalisation Applications
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made regarding an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Family Reunification
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a person (details supplied) to live here with their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Controls
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria required and the process of application for a stamp 4 immigration permission. [27504/18]
    • Direct Provision System
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the humaneness or otherwise of the system of direct provision here in which vulnerable refugees are kept for years...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order for a person (details supplied) will be rescinded to allow them remain here; and if he will make a...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a claim by a person (details supplied) lodged with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal in 2012 has not been...
    • Immigration Policy
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to update residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Prison Suicides
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol in regard to prisoners on suicide watch; the frequency with which they are checked; and the possessions they are...
    • Prison Service Staff
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was removed from the payroll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27411/18]
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a stamp 4 visa; and when a decision will issue on the case....
    • Commencement of Legislation
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when all parts of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Leave to Remain
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 4 application (detail supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27496/18]
    • Private Security Authority
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 25 January 2018, if the matter will be re-examined in view of the fact that...
    • Immigration Status
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27553/18]
    • Visa Applications
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available for a person (detail supplied) to extend their stay here following a working holiday visa; and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new application for family reunification has been received in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • EU Directives
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement that has taken place between him, his Department and the implementation group with civil society organisations...
    • Residency Permits
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if permissions to reside here will be renewed on a temporary basis for Venezuelan nationals based on their most recent passport...
    • Garda Vetting
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are procedures in place under the Garda vetting rules whereby a person with a previous record for offences is not...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 19 June 2018 (details supplied), if representations sent on the person's behalf on...
    • Foireann Roinne
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the 42 day rule, that is, being out of the country for more than 42 days, in place for those applying for...
    • Leave to Remain
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/18]
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 8 May 2018, when the promised review of the future delivery of court services in...
    • Departmental Properties
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the use of land at a location (details supplied). [27913/18]
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if members of An Garda Síochána have remote access to the PULSE system for example on laptops or desktops from home...
    • Garda Strength
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed at Clondalkin, Lucan, Ronanstown, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole; and if he will make a...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour prosecutions issued in the Dublin metropolitan west division in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if personnel in his Department have been removed from their positions, have been transferred to another role or had their...
    • Traffic Management
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the roll-out of red light running cameras in Dublin city other than at the junction of Benburb...
    • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport Data
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans allocated to the Kildare Garda division as of 31 December 2016 and 2017...
    • Firearms Seizures
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms recovered in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rifles, handguns, shotguns and other...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in relation to allowing persons seeking asylum here the right to meaningful, unrestricted work while their...
    • Prison Service
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the prisons which are remand prisons; if remand prisoners can be transferred to another prison; the person that must request...
    • Prisoners Treatment
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions remand prisoners are kept in; the entitlements prisoners while on remand to visits, wearing their own clothes...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to review employment permit regulations to include the role of health-care assistants; and if she will make a statement on...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place to Castlerea, County Roscommon, in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in...
    • EU Legislation
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a submission by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the transposition of the EU Trade Secrets Directive and...
    • IDA Ireland Staff
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of individual contractors employed by the IDA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27543/18]
    • Enterprise Ireland Staff
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of individual contractors employed by Enterprise Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27544/18]
    • IDA Ireland Staff
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employees in the IDA in salary brackets (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits undertaken by chairs of Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to counties Westmeath and Longford from 1 July 2017...
    • Work Permits Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for employment permits from asylum seekers that have been made in the past three months; and the number of...
    • Foireann Roinne
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an...
    • Brexit Issues
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will commission an independent report into the economic benefits a united Ireland economy would bring to the island of Ireland;...
    • IDA Ireland Supports
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action the IDA has taken in 2018 to assist the owners of a site (details supplied) to identify a suitable replacement industry for...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to address Ireland's reducing competitiveness; the measures or initiatives planned to reduce the cost of doing...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to attract foreign direct investment in view the fact that Ireland is included in the EU top ten for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if personnel in her Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
    • Trade Missions
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for a trade mission to Japan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27987/18]
  • Department of Health
    • Commencement of Legislation
      293. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 20 to 23 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27489/18]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      295. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce standards for employment in the care sector; his further plans to require all care workers in the State to register for same; and if he...
    • Seirbhísí do Dhaoine faoi Mhíchumas
      296. To ask the Minister for Health cén soláthar an bhfuil sé i gceist a chur ar fáil maidir le cúnamh speisialta urlabhra agus teanga a chur ar fáil do ghasúr...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a full residential package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      298. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement consultant psychiatrist has been appointed to fill a vacancy (details supplied) owing to a retirement in the CAMHS service in County Donegal;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      299. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/18]
    • Health Services Reports
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report due to be published by the HSE working group established to examine lymphoedema services here; the publication date for the report;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the appointment will be expedited. [27388/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home support payment for a person (details supplied) will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27395/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be put in place to ease the funding burden on a group (details supplied), particularly in circumstances in which it provides a positive...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27399/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      306. 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. [27408/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      307. 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. [27409/18]
    • Health Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the future of a centre (details supplied) in County Meath; and if the centre will be properly funded. [27419/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      311. 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. [27450/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to make the drug Raxone available on the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider setting up a specialist centre for a condition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27463/18]
    • Hospital Staff
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate staff will be allocated to alleviate pressure on beds which is the main cause of the trolley crisis in University Hospital Limerick in view of...
    • Autism Incidence
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of completed assessments of need in Cork city and county that resulted in a confirmed ASD diagnosis in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      316. To ask the Minister for Health when a medication (details supplied) will be made available under the general medical scheme in order that persons can have the cost of this included in the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be compensated for the cost of a cervical smear test to be carried out in a laboratory here. [27481/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the inclusion in the demonstration project of persons under 18 years of age as eligible for receipt of a personalised budget with regard...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of lidocaine patches for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of 24-7 cover in view of the fact that the HSE has committed to roll out fully 7-7 mental health service cover for the areas that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [27542/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of general manager of University Hospital Waterford has been advertised; when the manager will be appointed; his plans to appoint a substitute...
    • Medical Card Applications
      325. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Protection
      326. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding lacunae in data protection legislation that may be preventing mental health...
    • HSE Properties
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant permission for a feasibility study to be carried out at a property (details supplied). [27562/18]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home care packages; the waiting lists for home care packages in each CHO area; and the way in which this compares with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27577/18]
    • Disease Management
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients found to be colonised with CPE are informed of this fact; and if their having been informed is documented. [27587/18]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of remuneration paid to general practitioners for attending patients at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to address the inadequate speech and language, occupational therapy, psychology and physiotherapy being provided at a school...
    • Dental Services Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason dental care is not provided to pupils at a school (details supplied) will be investigated; if funding for the service will be restored; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a wheelchair and orthotic shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 25 April 2018, the reason for the delay in the commencement of a day placement for a person (details supplied)....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for orthotics and lumbar support by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for knee replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27614/18]
    • Disability Support Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the work and cost of a unit (details supplied) in County Kildare. [27621/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if a situation with regard to a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [27625/18]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons are waiting for a methadone programme in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/18]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for addiction services in counties Kildare and Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the duration on a waiting list for a child to see a urologist at Children's University Hospital, Temple Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dental care under the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27633/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27634/18]
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the HPV vaccine administered here to date; and the number of cases of anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reactions reported to the HPRA...
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE review of the medication PrEP; when he expects this review to be concluded; the action he plans to take to introduce a PrEP programme...
    • Hospital Services
      363. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 22 May 2018, if he has received the report requested from the HSE regarding access to scans at University Hospital...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for psychology services in County Donegal children and youth services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the correct and appropriate level of nursing home contributions in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27666/18]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; if there are supports in the interim for those who would benefit from the legislation but were not in...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if improved respite care will be granted at the weekend for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); when the procedure will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the family of a service user (details supplied) of a facility which provides accommodation for adults with intellectual disabilities in County...
    • Emergency Aeromedical Service
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of taskings the emergency aeromedical service has carried out since it was established; the types of taskings by county in tabular form; and if he...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to fill the post of consultant orthodontist in CHO area 8; the length of time the post has been vacant; the increased efforts...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27797/18]
    • Health Services Reports
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of paediatric audiology services will be extended to other areas in which the audiologist at the centre of the review in counties Mayo and...
    • Foireann Roinne
      376. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach Gaeilge; cén...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether resignations (details supplied) were at least partly as a result of the lack of resources at primary care level and the resulting over...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of primary care resources for child and adolescents with mental health issues and that it is leading to a higher...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of CAMHS across the country by discipline and since 2008; if these figures can be compared to the recommendations in A Vision for Change;...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration
      381. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether CAMHS psychiatrists that triage a referred patient to be seen by primary care in the first instance would be correct to reject the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of need of children with disabilities that are carried out by community healthcare organisation annually. [27826/18]
    • Disabilities Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifications that must be held by assessment of need officers; the number of officer positions nationally; his views on whether this number is adequate...
    • Legislative Programme
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the planned timeline for the introduction of legislation in relation to the duty of candour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if a 24-7 home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the care plan in place for another person; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was implemented at hospitals across the State by hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the waiting lists for neurology treatments in CHO 6 and 7; the waiting list times for CHO 6 and 7; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 27 February 2018, when a comprehensive schedule of additional bed locations will be determined throughout the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was assessed on a discretionary basis for a medical card; the reason the person was not considered for a medical card or general...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his engagement with the pharmaceutical industry and organisations involved with multiple sclerosis here with a view to ensuring that new...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27880/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27881/18]
    • Paediatric Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for children for a first consultation with an orthopaedic specialist in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Temple Street...
    • Hospital Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the international best practice wait times for scoliosis first assessments; if they are being adhered to; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason scoliosis four month surgery wait targets are not being met; the barriers for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27886/18]
    • Paediatric Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which offers of outsourcing for scoliosis corrective surgery are made; his views on whether the method of offering outsourcing is allowing parents...
    • Hospital Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the cohort of scoliosis patients that will have access to a facility (details supplied) under outsourcing initiatives; the way in which this initiative will...
    • Hospital Procedures
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of MAGEC rods in the Children’s Hospital Group; the reason these rods are not available to all children across the group;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to implement to deal with the imminent shortage of general practitioners, particularly in rural practices; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, has met officially with a person (details supplied) since their appointment; the date and location...
    • Infectious Diseases
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to avoid outbreaks of measles here; the further steps he is taking to avoid vaccine complacency and to increase the uptake of the...
    • Home Help Service
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the increases in the number of older persons waiting for home supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/18]
    • HSE Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support carers recruited by the Health Service Executive, HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the outcome of a review into the additional care needs of a person (details supplied); the reason since receiving a reply from his Department on...
    • Parking Charges
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if there are car park subsidies for persons in receipt of social welfare payments and attending hospitals to visit a sick relative. [27930/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of mental health supports that are in place for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      416. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of a dedicated community neurorehabilitation team in counties Laois and Offaly. [27936/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the practice of admitting children and young persons to adult mental health units to cease. [27937/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the differing public health standards here, in contrast to Northern Ireland, in which a procurement model will purchase quadrivalent...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment terminated in the past four...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      424. 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. [27980/18]
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the rates of payment made to each home care provider for home care and nursing care respectively through section 39 funding and the 2016 home care tender; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      427. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a consultation with a view to having a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the funding issue facing a centre (details supplied) in order that it may carry on with its work; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      429. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 23 May 2018, the number of biochemistry and haematology blood tests taken in general practices in County Louth and...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the details of waiting lists for developmental checks for babies in Ballymun and Finglas. [28061/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the details in relation to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28078/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Funding
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a shortfall in funding (details supplied) will be made up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27475/18]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the OPW will intervene and enable remedial works to be completed at Inishmurray Island, County Sligo in order to allow the MSO to...
    • TAMS Appeals
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a review of an animal welfare, safety and nutrient storage scheme application by a person (details...
    • GLAS Payments
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a balancing payment under the GLAS scheme will be issued to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27401/18]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the report, An Analysis of Abatement Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Irish Agriculture 2021-2030, carried out...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing the 2017 basic payment scheme and area of natural constraints payments to a farmer (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment due to a person (details supplied) under the AEOS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Labelling
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 25 January 2018, the reason there cannot be Irish language and Irish only food labels;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27639/18]
    • Foireann Roinne
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to plant a parcel of land. [27846/18]
    • Fur Farming
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind continued licensing of fur farming here in view of the animal cruelty involved in caging mink in confined spaces...
    • Afforestation Programme
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer (details supplied) can plant land or sell the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27921/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27978/18]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the on-farm developments that qualify for a TAMS grant under the health and safety measures. [28005/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Galway with regard to an overclaim has been issued; if so, the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the financial supports available for an insulation upgrade to a 1950s bungalow that is privately owned and the owners...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being caused to rural businesses and rural communities by the lack...
    • Electric Vehicles
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB is no longer rolling out new charging infrastructure in the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of broadband services in Ballymore, County Westmeath; if work is still scheduled to take...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 19 June 2018, the amount collected from the plastic bag levy in each of...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Foireann Roinne
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Legislative Measures
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the Waste Reduction Bill 2017 will be enacted; his views on a campaign (details supplied); his views on...
    • Hazardous Substances Disposal
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amounts, nature and dates of hazardous material or hazardous waste exported from Haulbowline Island for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the per capita waste management and enforcement staff numbers in the EPA and waste officers in local authorities here...
    • North-South Interconnector
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the publication of the studies on the North-South interconnector has been delayed; the timeframe for...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the annual support of €75 for medical incontinence wear has been introduced; if so, the way in which it can...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Legislative Programme
      471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to publish legislation to facilitate the installation of services along public roads; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Policy
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a cost assessment has been conducted in connection with the establishment of a national cycling office; and if so, the estimated cost...
    • EU Directives
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the legislation to implement the package travel directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/18]
    • Taxi Licences
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to amend section 15 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to allow discretion on compassionate grounds, for...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to announce application deadlines for the 2018 sports capital fund. [27454/18]
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date to his Department arising from a ticketing issue and related matters during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016;...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driver test in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Olympic Games Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he or Sport Ireland have extended funding to the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, since 2016; whether the OCI has requested...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned train station at Ashington and Pelletstown, Dublin 7; the precise location of the station; and if he will make...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Status
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a local authority swimming pools programme that closed for applicants on 31 July 2000; the status of the 57...
    • Sport Ireland Remit
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken or plans to take with regard to engagement with youth and voluntary sports groups to encourage such bodies to...
    • Foireann Roinne
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an...
    • Road Network
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 494 of 29 May 2018 and 485 of 19 June 2018, if he will initiate a grant scheme for the provision...
    • Driver Test Centres
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional staff will be allocated to a driver test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/18]
    • Swimming Pool Programme Status
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1218 of 21 March 2017, the status of funding for a swimming pool (details supplied) to address...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the building of a stadium (details supplied); if all required information from the club has been received; when he expects...
    • Motor Insurance
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to real time recorders of speed in cars that can be shared with insurance companies, which would result...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
    • Departmental Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and current funds made available for walking and cycling investment in each of the past five years; the amount of funding he...
    • Public Transport Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the payments made from the green public transport fund. [27967/18]
    • Road Safety
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of his Department’s involvement with the rollout of eCall (details supplied). [27968/18]
    • Cycling Policy
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken a review of the national cycle policy framework; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [27969/18]
    • Smarter Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken an annual review of the Smarter Travel policy as provided for in the document itself; and if so, if he will provide...
    • Departmental Funding
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects funded by the National Transport Authority's sustainable transport measures grant programme for the greater Dublin area in...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided relating the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/18]
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the status of the Luas for Finglas. [28063/18]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Years Sector
      502. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline her views on a matter (details supplied) on a capital funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27382/18]
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) will report on the alleged failures of Tusla in its handling of an alleged case of neglect and abuse of a...
    • Traveller Education
      504. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the estimated cost of restoring the teacher service for Travellers. [27535/18]
    • Foster Care
      505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the status of a person (details supplied) in foster care. [27623/18]
    • Family Support Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline her plans to grant funding to a group (details supplied) in view of the nature of the specialised services they provide; if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider a decision to refuse Pobal funding for a group (details supplied); the reason the application was unsuccessful; and...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out in tabular form the number of social workers hired in each year since 2014. [27743/18]
    • Adoption Legislation
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if emergency legislation is required in respect of persons that may have been the subject of bogus birth registration and have no...
    • Adoption Registration
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the estimated number of improper adoption arrangements by religious bodies, nursing homes and other bodies in which no detailed...
    • Foireann Roinne
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an...
    • Adoption Legislation
      513. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the position in relation to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; the way in which she plans to assist those...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if personnel in her Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
    • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
      515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 that fall under her...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Services Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a new library (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/18]
    • Community Development Initiatives
      517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if RAPID or SICAP grants are suitable for funding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/18]
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      518. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2018 capital allocations for the town and village renewal scheme and the CLÁR programme will be finalised and published....
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his plans to revitalise small towns and villages being devastated by rural decline in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated under local improvement schemes in 2018 in counties Roscommon and Galway; if there will be an additional round of...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development
      522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of jobs created under the Action Plan for Rural Development in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      523. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are circumstances in which the seniors alert scheme is available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Foireann Roinne
      524. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an...
    • Community Services Programme
      525. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be awarded for a project (details supplied). [27816/18]
    • Charities Regulation
      526. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will request the Charities Regulator to undertake an examination of the final situation of an organisation (details supplied)....
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      527. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of progress of the national policy on social enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      528. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment...
    • Departmental Reviews
      529. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the six monthly report on Realising our Rural Potential will be published in view of the fact that it was due to be published in...
    • Social Isolation
      530. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the report ,A Connected Island, An Ireland Free from Loneliness; his views on the findings of the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 per child. [27523/18]
    • School Meals Programme
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing funding to the school meals programme by percentage rates (details supplied). [27524/18]
    • Social Insurance
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the A1 application process; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's support grant application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27370/18]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on rent supplement payments to landlords being paid rent...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a fuel allowance payment was made to a person (details supplied). [27501/18]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an increase of payment for a qualified child relative to children allowance was made to a person (details supplied). [27503/18]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will continue to receive the one-parent family payment until they complete their final year of...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment placement in respect of a person (details provided) will be extended to allow them complete a...
    • Disability Services Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the refusal to grant an application by a centre (detail supplied) in County Sligo in order for it to make an...
    • Pensions Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all pension payments by payment type, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date upon which the four-year rule with respect to the back-to-work enterprise allowance was reduced to two years; and...
    • JobPath Programme
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues following recent changes which now allow persons on JobPath to also take part in a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a social welfare payment. [27620/18]
    • Foster Care Supports
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a guardian payment is €400 while a fostering payment is €365; and the reason there is a difference...
    • Registration of Births
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Employment Rights
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements to holidays for employees working in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27712/18]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Administration
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the med 2 form needs a signature from the spouse of the claimant; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for payment of rent supplement arrears in the case of a person (details...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has enough contributions to apply for an invalidity pension. [27780/18]
    • Foireann Roinne
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27836/18]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if personnel in her Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their...
    • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 that fall under her...
    • Citizens Information Board
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received the 2017 annual report of the Citizens Information Board; if so, if she is satisfied with the way in...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on RAS, HAP and all other housing payments to landlords...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending the eligibility criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan for applicants with...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a recent meeting (details supplied); if he will liaise with his ministerial colleagues to...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial supports available for the removal and replacement of an asbestos roof on a privately owned residential...
    • Departmental Funding
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) has received a grant; if so, when it received the grant; and the location in which the...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of one, two, three and four bed local authority new build units on the basis of costings submitted to his...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning rebate scheme uptake; the cost per annum by local authority since its establishment; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of doubling the number of whole-time equivalent staff working on the private rented...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of establishing a national deposit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27441/18]
    • Residential Tenancies Board Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [27442/18]
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of recommencing the shared ownership scheme stood down in 2011. [27448/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of recommencing the 1999 affordable purchase scheme stood down in 2011. [27449/18]
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if standard cost efficiency guidelines have been issued for the procurement of emergency accommodation in privately operated...
    • Property Registration
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 12 June 2018, if the matter raised will be re-examined in view of the fact that...
    • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter (details supplied) regarding the local government boundary review will be clarified. [27485/18]
    • Working Family Payment
      581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the way in which the working family payment is treated as income when registering for social housing supports...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the mortgage allowance per annum since its inception until its disestablishment; the number of units...
    • Foreshore Issues
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an official from the foreshore licence unit will visit a house (details supplied) in County Kerry to inspect the flood...
    • Constituency Boundaries
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the review of the European Parliament seat and boundary review; if there is further consideration or...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report on the future of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing same;...
    • Student Accommodation
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his commitment to bring student residences under the rules of the Residential Tenancies Board in respect of rent...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he plans to take in circumstances in which individuals have been refused a loan under the Rebuilding Ireland home...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of county councils that have received in full their 2018 allocations for the provision of the housing adaptation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the gross voted capital expenditure for his Department in 2017 and 2018 by function, that is, housing, water, local...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the disparate systems of differential rents for social housing will be completed; if his attention has been...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for a person to be reclassified as a first-time buyer for the purpose of applying for the Rebuilding Ireland home...
    • Foireann Roinne
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new community-based housing bodies are eligible for capital funding for the construction of voluntary houses; and if he...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of loans that have been applied for and approved, respectively, under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the 875 persons removed from the March and April 2018 homeless report by local authority and by family type in...
    • Vacant Properties Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for renovation of houses under the Galway County Council voids programme; the number of these that...
    • Local Authority Housing
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Prospect Hill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28062/18]
    • Labour Activation Projects
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance available for young persons to train and gain employment in public projects in their local area (details...
    • Land Ownership
      606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative measures and-or ministerial guidelines that are in place to ensure that the ownership of council lands cannot...
    • Derelict Sites
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his future plans for a location (details supplied) which has been derelict for a long time after being purchased by a vulture...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Boat Permits
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a commercial boat licence is available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Heritage Sites
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available to help conserve and protect a historic structure (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Job Creation
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans to help create high-skilled quality jobs in the Gaeltacht of Baile Ghib, County Meath; and if she will...
    • Industrial Development
      612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the local community’s concerns in the Gaeltacht of Baile Ghib regarding the proposed...
    • Commemorative Events
      615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the minute silence to commemorate the Great Irish Famine, which took place on the Friday prior to the National Famine...
    • Foireann Roinne
      617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar...
    • Turf Cutting
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the NPWS will provide consent for turf cutting activity on the lands of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry which are...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if personnel in her Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their...

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