Written answers

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Legislative Measures
      13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to renew FEMPI legislation; when a report on same will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has held with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the need to carry out drainage work on the River Erne in counties...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the levels of capital expenditure which will be allocated for infrastructure projects in County Donegal; the timeframe for these...
    • Economic Policy
      16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects public expenditure and reform targets to remain an integral part of economic strategy in the future; the...
    • Budget Measures
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work he and his officials are carrying out with the Department of Health on reported ongoing deficits in health expenditure; and his...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the budgetary expenditure projections for 2017-2021 in the summer economic statement 2018 include provisions for possible Brexit...
    • Insurance Coverage
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of consultation between the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works and flood relief and an...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with retired public servants on pension restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/18]
    • Coastal Erosion
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to prevent further coastal damage at Portrane in the immediate term and the development of a long-term plan to...
    • Departmental Funding
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if specific funding will be provided to local authorities such as counties Cavan and Monaghan for improvement works on roads which were...
    • Brexit Issues
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has held discussions with the European Commission on the possible allocation of additional funding for the Border region in view of...
    • Recreational Facilities Provision
      25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deliver a playground at a location (details supplied) for which planning permission already exists. [28767/18]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the inter-departmental inter-agency group he established in 2017 to review Ireland’s experience of using PPPs will report;...
    • Public Sector Pay
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 17 May 2018, if work has concluded on revision of the estimated cost associated with new...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he plans to incorporate further reforms throughout the civil and public service with a view to achieving better value...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the public objection and local opposition to aspects of the proposed flood relief plans for Ballyhale, County Kilkenny; and...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements his Department will have with the public sector committee of an organisation (details supplied) between now and budget...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public private partnership model of funding public projects has been reappraised in view of the winding up of a company (details...
    • External Service Delivery
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a cost-benefit analysis will be conducted into the outsourcing of public service work to private agencies across Departments and State...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review existing public procurement contracts in view of the liquidation and insolvencies of over 40 construction firms since...
    • Climate Change Policy
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an evaluation has been carried out of the cost to the Exchequer of failure to meet the Paris Agreement's targets in respect of climate...
    • Interdepartmental Meetings
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has been in consultation with the Department of Health on the outcome of the audit on pay restoration for section 39 workers; and...
    • Expenditure Reviews
      37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the 2018 spending review and the role and work of the IGEES in the 2019 budgetary process. [28989/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018;...
    • Naval Service Operations
      39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person (details supplied) who put the wristbands on persons while on the LE Niamh when the vessel participated in rescue operations in the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if...
    • Military Uniforms
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the issue of foreign soldiers in US military fatigues being seen regularly inside and outside Shannon Airport;...
    • European Council Meetings
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues that were discussed at the EU meeting he attended on 25 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28655/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to or met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland recently; the position regarding reconvening the Northern Ireland...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with President Juncker when he was in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28658/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to or met with the leaders of Sinn Féin, Ms Michelle O'Neill and Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, since they met with Prime...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Ministerial Communications
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to or spoken to President Erdogan of Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28788/18]
    • Electric Vehicles
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department;...
    • Middle East Issues
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which reconstruction or improvement works in Gaza are being hampered by the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Danish counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28962/18]
    • Disability Support Services
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is an access officer assigned to the Passport Office, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/18]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 to increase the budget allocated to the emigrant support programme by 15%. [29230/18]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the frequency with which the Irish Aid election observer panel is renewed; the rules of the application process for interested persons; and...
    • Human Rights
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken or will take over the widely reported issue of migrant family separations in the United States of America to help...
  • Department of Finance
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officers that are employed by each port here in tabular form. [28699/18]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the customs facilities that are in place at ports; and the breakdown of each port's capacity of temporary storage facilities for customs clearance. [28700/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the IMF Director General, Ms Christine Lagarde; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/18]
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the evaluation which has been carried out in respect of the ongoing retention of the 9% VAT rate; the estimated cost of the tax reduction in 2018; the...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax relief incentive for union subscriptions will be restored for primary school teaching staff. [29215/18]
    • Exchequer Deficit
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Ireland's current borrowing requirement has fluctuated in each of the past ten years to date expressed as a percentage of GNP and GDP; and...
    • Banking Sector
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the proposal to set up Sparkasse here; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/18]
    • Post Office Network
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to utilise post offices to provide additional banking services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28646/18]
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has used its discretion to examine cases outside the designated time limits since the passing...
    • Government Expenditure
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Exchequer spending for each of the years 1997 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [28733/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding the summer economic statement 2018. [28755/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the cost of insurance working group; the steps he is taking to address the increase many businesses are experiencing in their...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have claimed relief under the knowledge development box to date; the cost of the measure to date; the number of those companies...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding calculations. [28860/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports in place for first-time buyers who purchase a second-hand property specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28875/18]
    • Electric Vehicles
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if he will make...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the €1 million lifetime limit in qualifying gains under entrepreneur relief was increased to €6.5...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a person (details supplied) can apply for tax relief on nursing home expenses in view of the fact the Revenue Commissioners office in counties...
    • Fuel Laundering
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional measures will be introduced to deal with the problem of fuel smuggling and trading in illicit diesel products; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 19 June 2018, his views on whether it is acceptable for the Central Bank to refuse to confirm the costs incurred...
    • Mortgage Lending
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) had a licence to grant mortgages prior to 2008. [29066/18]
    • Credit Union Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if the policy or regulation that prevents credit unions from introducing a debit card facility unless they have an asset base of €75 million will be...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of the rent tax credit for each year the credit was in operation; and the corresponding number of claimants of the tax relief...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if funding was allocated to purchase two additional custom cutter vessels for the Revenue Commissioners....
    • Tax Rebates
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a tax refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29262/18]
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on NAMA selling back loan notes to the NAMA debtor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29321/18]
    • EU Budgets
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if his French or German counterparts have written to him or contacted him about the letter signed by EU leaders regarding suggested reforms to the EU budgetary...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of legislation regarding changes governing public service retirements. [28666/18]
    • State Properties
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a land folio (details supplied) will be released to Sligo County Council in order to enable the community in the area to develop...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the professional added years schemes which operate in the Civil Service (details supplied). [29009/18]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of work on a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29033/18]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons working in the public sector on a wage of less than €11.70 per hour. [28722/18]
    • Public Sector Pay
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned unwinding of FEMPI measures in line with the PSSA for each of the years 2019 to 2023, disaggregated by wage bracket. [28726/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his...
    • State Claims Agency
      103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State Claims Agency in the last number of years advised him that there were cases of possible negligence arising from the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided to an area (details supplied) which has been included in the flood relief scheme in the flood risk...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the interaction with the main spending Departments; the Departments that are close to profile in 2018; the...
    • Public Service Pay Commission
      109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made with the Public Service Pay Commission with regard to recruitment and retention issues in particular areas of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if essential flood relief works will be undertaken by the OPW or if specific funding will be allocated to a local authority to have...
    • State Properties
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to retro-fit State buildings to conserve water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29226/18]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if correspondence has been received from a club (details supplied) regarding a site in County Sligo; if the contents were given due...
    • Museum Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to create a museum of policing in the former Garda station in Kevin Street in view of its historical role (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Properties
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 19 June 2018, the timeline for the former Department of Social Protection premises being...
    • Economic Policy
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his preferred options to meet ongoing social and economic requirements in the context of current and capital expenditure in line with...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which each or all Departments remain compliant with his Department’s guidelines in regard to procurement and reform...
    • Brexit Issues
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to prepare for a worst case scenario arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Counselling Services Provision
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of students seeking counselling, further to the concerns expressed recently by an...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in terms of revenue forgone over a full calendar year of a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) based on current participation...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28718/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018;...
    • School Services Staff
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for increasing caretaking and cleaning resources at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will be examined; and if he will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Wexford to carry out necessary works will be approved; and if he will make...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parish boundaries will be recognised when places on school buses are being allocated. [28765/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payment to persons who have carried out work on projects funded by the State (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to advance an application by a school (details supplied) for an ASD unit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Establishment
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of establishing a State-backed school of English at the St. Loman's Hospital site, Mullingar, was considered; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been no capital investment into the printing apprenticeship programme. [28827/18]
    • Third Level Facilities
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ring-fence funding for counselling services on third-level campuses, as requested by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to revert to the rates of the student assistance fund that were available in 2012 in view of the fact that the increases are not...
    • Student Accommodation
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the escalating cost of rents in Dublin, which is driving...
    • Electric Vehicles
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be sourced to undertake a large-scale project to examine the benefits of cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure in schools;...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in craft-based apprenticeships; the number in new apprenticeships in 2016 and 2017 and to date in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school supports for children with dyspraxia here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28932/18]
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are vacancies for teachers under the Kildare and Wicklow Education Training Board; if so, the details by subject; and if he will make a...
    • Action Plan on Bullying
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken on foot of the action plan on bullying. [28934/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase capitation grants to meet the actual costs of running primary schools in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Minor Works Scheme Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount available in 2018, 2019 and 2020 under the revised minor works grant scheme; the number of schools that have had funds directed to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension of a school (details supplied); the proposed start date for works to begin; the timeframe for the completion of the...
    • Energy Conservation
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the introduction of a mandatory seasonal disconnect of gas facilities in schools in order to save money during the summer months...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for completion of a new post-primary school in Kingswood, Dublin 24. [28971/18]
    • School Patronage
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the patronage process in respect of a new post-primary school announced for the Citywest area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter relating to a school (details supplied) in terms of the purchase of a site from SDCC by his Department. [28973/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building project (details supplied) in County Cork; the timeline for the completion of same; if his attention has been...
    • Capitation Grants
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school capitation grant levels will be reviewed with a view to restoring the standard rate of €200; his plans to implement a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when proposals regarding nursing support for schools will be put in place in view of the advice given to him by the NCSE in early 2017 that...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the preferred site of a school (details supplied). [29025/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29034/18]
    • State Examinations Commission
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications required to obtain a post as an examiner correcting the leaving certificate examination papers; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Provision
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind the cancellation of the intermediate welding course in KCETB; and if provisions will be made for students to complete the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that the providers of school furniture under the schools bundle 5 construction project will be paid in full; if...
    • School Accommodation
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an ASD special class requested by its local SENO has been operating out of temporary...
    • School Transport
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a school bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29084/18]
    • School Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines in respect of schools' voluntary contribution; if his attention has been drawn to incidents in which a school has withheld...
    • State Examinations Fees
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the examination fee payment application in each year since 2008 to date by school based candidates and VTOS and...
    • Schools Administration
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the response to a query (details supplied). [29147/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the situation of a SNA (details supplied); his views on whether in cases in which a SNA has had his or her hours cut by a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether Ireland is five pupils per class above the EU average, OECD 2017, in primary schools; his plans to progress the reduction...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to revise or reverse mandatory Gaeltacht fees for student teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/18]
    • School Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the almost 5,000 middle management posts lost in the recession should now be restored; and the way in which he plans to...
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the level of grant aid received by primary schools will be increased; and if assurances regarding the payment of the minor works grant to...
    • School Staff
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore middle management positions to the primary school network (details supplied); if the posts which were lost will be restored;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a grant for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied). [29213/18]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if proposals to end the current pay disparity among primary school teaching staff will be brought forward in budget 2019; and his plans for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will have finalised the form for assistant technology to allow it to pass on an application by a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the slow progress in developing and introducing new apprenticeship schemes; if he is satisfied that the support given to...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) has been received for the construction of an extension; if so, the status of the application;...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is a registered teacher with conditions can teach. [29313/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and provision made for the continuation of the person's SNA for the 2018-19 school...
    • State Examinations
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is provision for students who miss the leaving certificate examinations due to exceptional circumstances to be allowed to resit these...
    • State Examinations Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons required overall in recent years, including 2018, to correct papers and to assess projects in the State examinations; and...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in the most recent years for which statistics are available who were in receipt of a principal teacher's allowance...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make training available for principal teachers on enactment of the schools admission legislation in view of the fact that these...
    • School Enrolments Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on roll in the 20 smallest schools; if his Department takes responsibility to manage school amalgamations in circumstances...
    • Teaching Contracts
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps in place to promote teacher well-being; and if such measures will be augmented in view of international concerns regarding the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Controls
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an analysis has been conducted of the possibility of introducing trusted traveller schemes similar to those in operation...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protocols attached to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if each of the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced in all respects; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Management Companies
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dwellings, that is, houses and apartments paying management fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a holiday visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29265/18]
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign soldiers who have been charged with and convicted of contravention of section 317 of the Defence Act 1954...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports (details supplied) of the INIS meeting with the Central Bank regarding concerns about an anomaly in the...
    • Irish Prison Service
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positions to be filled in the Irish Prison Service as part of the current recruitment drive; when interviews will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and...
    • Road Safety
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to address the issue of vehicles parking in cycle lanes during designated cycle hours which forces...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he will take to address anti-social behaviour issues on DART services; the resources that will be provided to An...
    • Garda Data
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 22 June 2018, if he has directed that the data should be collected and collated in...
    • Irish Prison Service
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person who gave authority for the destruction of records (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Prisoner Data
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the percentage of the prison population serving sentences for drugs-related offences; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Station Closures
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan, will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28836/18]
    • Judicial Appointments
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his views on whether the model being proposed in respect of judicial appointments is not in line with European...
    • Residency Permits
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has recently taken up residence here having been...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra assistance is available for poorer communities that wish to apply for the recently announced funding to install CCTV...
    • Employment Rights
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to remove the unconstitutional ban on asylum seekers' right to work; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the programmes available for refugees here under the EU relocation programme for permanent housing; and if he will...
    • Garda Training
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of gardaí with foreign language skills in each Garda division; and the resources available to and...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a public apology on behalf of the State will be issued to the family of a person (details supplied) in view of failures...
    • Departmental Reform
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the reform measures that have been implemented in his Department since January 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drugs Crime
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of reports that have been made to the drug related intimidation...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the actions and investigations being undertaken on foot of the report of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of these...
    • Garda Deployment
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out in tabular form the number of gardaí by rank and division in County Louth. [29080/18]
    • Garda Overtime
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recent media reports that the overtime budget for An Garda Síochána for the Dublin region has been reduced by 38%...
    • Garda Recruitment
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the post of Garda crime prevention officer for the Garda north Dublin region will be filled; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda operations Pump and Aires; the number of persons arrested and charged to date in respect of each; the...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized for having no tax in the An Garda Síochána R district in 2017 and to date in 2018; and...
    • Garda Training
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Parliamentary Questions Nos. 304 to 306, inclusive, of 27 February 2018 referred to An Garda Síochána...
    • Garda Resources
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be provided to An Garda Síochána in the Louth division to support the establishment of a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review being undertaken by officials of the Irish Prison Service and his Department in consultation...
    • Leave to Remain
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for renewal of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Garda Transport Data
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that were allocated to the Kerry Garda division in 2016, 2017...
    • Prison Discipline
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for possession of a mobile device by prisoners in the Midlands Prison in 2016, 2017 and to date in...
    • Leave to Remain
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to address the current INIS waiting list of over 12 months before processing an application for leave to...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the INIS has changed policy with regard to the publication of quarterly statistics for student visas as part of the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department completed reviewing the suggested terms of reference for the independent serious incident review...
    • Prison Building Programme
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when construction of the F wing will begin in the Midlands Prison; the number of prisoners it will accommodate; and if he will...
    • Garda Commissioner Appointment
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the newly appointed Garda Commissioner will have full access to State files on the Miami Showband massacre and the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 26 April 2018, when a reply will issue. [29419/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel assigned to the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29422/18]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Workplace Relations Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the various avenues or mechanisms available to a person who has received a partial recommendation from the rights commissioner under...
    • Legislative Programme
      262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her predecessor made a submission to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the impact of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in her Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date...
    • Advertising Regulation
      264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation is being considered to require online advertising campaigns that employ models to sell body-focused products to specify...
    • Electric Vehicles
      265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at her Department building and other buildings used by her...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland plans to expand its office network in Europe and North America; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits Applications
      267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of applications under the critical skills work permit system; the steps...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will enable employers providing home care to thousands of clients and which advocate the highest standards of regulated home...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Programmes
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of the employability programme in association with mental health organisations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      270. 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. [28641/18]
    • Dental Services Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive a dental appointment before the child commences secondary school; if an appointment will be scheduled; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dieticians based in County Wexford; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28711/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      274. 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. [28714/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      275. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 12 June 2018, when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Health if the need of a person (details supplied) to receive additional mental health services will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28727/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      277. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to administer the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine to teenage boys; the timeframe for same; the age at which boys will be included in the scheme;...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has had home help hours reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28729/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Children and Families Relationships Act 2015 (details supplied); when it will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence regarding the lack of services at a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be addressed; his plans to improve the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      283. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a consultant. [28798/18]
    • HSE Properties
      284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future use of buildings and land on a site (details supplied); if the older buildings, some of which are unoccupied, are to be retained; if...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the status of financial support for couples who have to pay for in vitro fertilisation; and his plans in this regard. [28803/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that appropriate and adequate home help is provided to a person (details supplied); if same can now be addressed by way of...
    • HSE Properties
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit or feasibility study has been carried out to assess the possible future use of the St. Loman's Hospital site, Mullingar; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the recent announcement that Ireland will be joining with EU partners to address the issue of the cost of critical orphan drugs; and if he will...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if beds are closing in Dingle Community Hospital due to nurse shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28817/18]
    • Dental Services Provision
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the provision made for children (details supplied) to receive a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28818/18]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care hours provided for the first quarter of 2017 compared to the number of respite care hours provided in the first quarter of 2018 in...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ambulance took almost five hours to attend to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim on 11 June 2018; if inquiries will be made into the...
    • Magdalen Laundries Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reason survivors of the Magdalen laundries cannot receive the podiatry services they require owing to their county of residence; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      294. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) who was placed on the waiting list in October 2016 will be expedited. [28846/18]
    • Hospital Services
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Parkinson's care at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital; the services available on both sites; his plans to introduce a nurse,...
    • Hospitals Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a funding submission made by a hospital (details supplied); when he expects same to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being asked for certified accounts in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in filling a position (details supplied) at St. Patrick's Hospital, Fermoy, County Cork;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the refurbishment or upgrading of a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28915/18]
    • Hospital Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made regarding the provision of a modular laboratory at University Hospital Waterford that would provide both diagnostic and...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HSE cost evaluation processes on making pre-exposure prophylaxis available free at the point of use; his views on HIV diagnosis rates: his plans...
    • Obesity Strategy
      303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 8 May 2018, if reports of the reformulation sub-group in line with its terms of reference will be made available;...
    • Food Labelling
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the European Commission hosted joint meeting on front-of-pack nutrition labelling on 22 June 2018; the response by his...
    • Health Services Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the data mapping of all services offered by the HSE, including voluntary and community groups in Dublin 8. [28927/18]
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the data sharing arrangements between the Revenue Commissioners and the medical card section for the purposes of establishing means; the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that owns the lease for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the HSE and the hospital board's plans for the building after the new...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Places
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of medically supervised detox beds in Cork city and county; the HSE's plans to increase the number of such detox beds; the services...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the steps the HSE has taken to address the issues raised in the 2006 report Drug and Alcohol Detoxification: A Needs Assessment for Cork and Kerry, by a person...
    • HSE Reports
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE report, Alleged HSE Maladministration and Corporate Fraud, which was commissioned in March 2016 by a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the specific investment planned in 2019 to target understaffing in the neurology centres of counties Limerick, Waterford and Sligo in which the number of...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the recruitment of a clinical nurse specialist in multiple sclerosis at University Hospital Limerick; and when recruitment...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      317. To ask the Minister for Health when he will receive the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy from the HSE; and the timeframe for the publication of the plan....
    • Health Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Health when parking facilities and improved sight lines will commence at a health centre (details supplied). [28969/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      319. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for a hip operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [28975/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to address the delays in orthodontic treatment in County Kerry; if the HSE will fund treatment from private...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue an apology to the family of a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances of the person's death; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Properties
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a vacant building (details supplied) in County Cork; if the use of the building has been refused by the other relevant State bodies and is now...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 29 May 2018, the agencies used by the HSE in each of the years detailed; and the amount paid to each agency in...
    • Legislative Measures
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if the drafting of legislation to allow termination of pregnancies will include provisions to protect advice centres, medical practitioners and hospitals from...
    • Home Help Service
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29001/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on the waiting list at the South Lee child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in Cork; the length of time...
    • Nursing Home Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of pay in line with international comparators (details supplied). [29016/18]
    • Health Services Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in County Louth in each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. [29017/18]
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the qualification of a qualified pharmacy assistant; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE with a view to ensuring that the necessary capital investment is provided to enable a purpose-built ambulance station to be...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to request the north Leinster division of the national ambulance service to honour a recommendation made by the rights commissioner in a...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in the investigation of the abuse suffered by persons (details supplied) while in the care of the HSE; if the investigation is...
    • Autism Support Services
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a pilot autism strategy to examine the existing services and supports available to individuals with autism and their families in the south east,...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      339. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the restoration of pay in section 39 agencies; his further plans to consider applying the new pay levels retrospectively; his views on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29115/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      341. 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. [29117/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the wards and-or departments that are closed in the Mater Hospital; the length of time each has been closed; when each will be reopened; and if...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical consultant posts and nursing posts for which funding was approved in 2016 and 2017 that remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29133/18]
    • Health Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the provision of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29135/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the longest waiting time for CAMHS in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29137/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is employed on a rural social scheme was asked to provide a notice of assessment in respect of employment and-or...
    • Hospital Staff
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if all sonographers are in place to provide the anomaly scan at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital; the timeline for the provision of the scan on site in Cavan to all...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      350. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      351. 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. [29159/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE puts arrangements in place in respect of funding for a person who lives in a county and in which a service has been approved in the adjoining county...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      353. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29174/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if a CAMHS referral to a psychologist in CHO 8 for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no trauma patients are being taken in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29180/18]
    • Health Services Reports
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only two national trauma centres have been identified for the delivery of trauma treatment in the report of the trauma steering group, A Trauma...
    • Hospital Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 19 June 2018, the reason the reply received from the HSE does not contain the information as requested; if this...
    • Gender Recognition
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken on foot of the World Health Organisation declaration that transgender identities are no longer and can no longer be classified or...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent appeals process will be introduced as part of the fair deal scheme review (details supplied); and if an independent appeals avenue will be...
    • Hospital Charges
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received communications from a person (details supplied) with regard to being charged €80 each time the person needs to have blood drained due...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract surgery in Cork University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and times for those waiting for speech and language therapies in each of the areas in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to remove the role of healthcare assistants from the ineligible categories of employment for employment permits on a controlled basis...
    • Vaccination Programme
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his engagement with the advocacy groups and families representing the young women who claim to have suffered adverse health effects...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment for cataracts. [29240/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an appointment to see a consultant in orthopaedics in University Hospital Waterford; and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29243/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs officer will be appointed, further to recent correspondence (details supplied) that the vacant post would be filled by 28 May 2018;...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was advised that the waiting list for a CT scan was 12 months; if a national plan is in place to address the matter; his...
    • Hospital Equipment
      378. To ask the Minister for Health when the lenses for a specific machine at Roscommon HSE eye clinic will be replaced in order to allow field eye tests resume in view of the fact that patients...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if FreeStyle Libre sensors will be made available to persons with type 1 diabetes under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 18 April 2018, if the second occupational therapist has commenced the role in County Kildare. [29306/18]
    • Hospital Services
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultation process has commenced relating to the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, as previously indicated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was not notified that a nursing home was no longer taking respite patients; the reason the person was turned away; and...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed in CHO area 7; if there is the capacity to deal with infant development checks; if not, if infants are redirected...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was not approved for lidocaine 5% medicated plasters prescribed by their general...
    • Hospital Admissions
      385. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to a hospital for an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who requires treatment for Lyme disease can avail of the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      387. 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. [29326/18]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if a capital submission plan for the upgrade of St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Stranorlar, Lifford Community Hospital and Ramelton Community Hospital was...
    • Hospital Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues surrounding the Church of Ireland chapel in St Joseph's Community Hospital, Stranorlar, have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      393. 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. [29337/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      395. To ask the Minister for Health when a second speech and language therapist will be allocated to a school (details supplied) for learning disabilities in County Sligo; when a behavioural...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when Fampyra will be approved to treat MS for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29436/18]
    • Disease Management
      397. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide stem cell treatment for MS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29437/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure that local authorities have the necessary resources to prevent cruelty to animals; and if he will...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of a young farmer in a partnership payment for 2017 for a person (details supplied); when they will receive...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm payment application by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28643/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a balancing payment under the GLAS scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an academic study (details supplied); and his plans to apply the findings of the study to cattle...
    • GLAS Issues
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the grass-cutting date on traditional hay meadows under the GLAS scheme will be brought forward to allow farmers to avail of the...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28937/18]
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the electronic tagging of sheep will be delayed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28960/18]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will stop horse racing during the heatwave in view of the life-threatening risk posed to horses by heatstroke; and if he will...
    • GLAS Appeals
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS appeal regarding the farming activity on a commonage by a person (details supplied); when he expects a decision...
    • Teagasc Courses
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are sufficient places to accommodate the number of applicants who wish to do a green certificate course. [29163/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29177/18]
    • GLAS Administration
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the information technology unit will amend the systems to allow the GLAS section make payments to participants who did not...
    • Afforestation Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision is expected on an afforestation licence appeal by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Diseases
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an increase in incidents of mycoplasma in the cattle herd recently; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Illegal Dumping
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce minimum fines for illegal dumping, particularly in cases in which waste companies are involved;...
    • Environmental Regulations
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the incinerator levy suggested in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28786/18]
    • Quarrying Sector
      421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of quarries here; and the number that are in use by county. [29093/18]
    • Waste Management Data
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding streams that exist for the development of new and existing civic amenity facilities; and the amount that...
    • Waste Management
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the basis on which disposal charges are set for civic amenity facilities. [28670/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/18]
    • Electric Vehicles
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the roll-out of fibre broadband in County Wexford under the national broadband plan; and if he...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding micro generation of solar energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28913/18]
    • Electricity Generation
      433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names and roles of each person that attended a meeting (details supplied); the person that wrote the note for...
    • Fuel Laundering
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual cost related to the clean-up and restoration process due to fuel laundering by local authority in 2016, 2017...
    • Electricity Generation
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the carbon capture and storage study has been completed; if his attention has been drawn to the report; and if not,...
    • North-South Interconnector
      437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in publishing the studies in relation to the North-South interconnector; the timeframe for...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Staff
      439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, was...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Bike Schemes
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meetings he or his officials have had with Cork City Council to discuss the extension of the public bike scheme. [28636/18]
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the inability to renew a learner permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his departmental officials have had meetings with or made representations to relevant EU officials and bodies regarding an early...
    • Haulage Industry
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of operators in the haulage sector; and the number of these operators that have AEO status. [28703/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if officials from his Department have met with or made representations to the relevant EU and UK officials to ensure that the United...
    • Haulage Industry
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if support or funding is being provided to Irish exporters and hauliers seeking to acquire AEO status. [28706/18]
    • Ports Policy
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the national ports policy states that competition between ports here should be a key policy goal in view of the fact that...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to advance the Atlantic economic corridor project in terms of upgrading the roads, rail and ports infrastructure...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the designated hours for cycle lanes across Dublin should be extended; the action he will take in this regard; and...
    • Airlines Regulations
      454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on measures to ban the policies of airlines in which staff earn commission for the sale of alcohol on commercial flights; his...
    • Rail Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he plans to take to ensure DART drivers remain safe while working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28773/18]
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected waiting times and number of those waiting for a practical driver test by county in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 1 May 2018, if he will provide the methodology of his Department's report, The Cost of...
    • Greenways Development
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the national greenway strategy will be published; if the Sligo greenway can be given priority for the benefit of the area; and if he...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29082/18]
    • Road Projects Status
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all the land owners and property owners affected by a development (details supplied) have been contacted; the number of individual...
    • Offshore Islands
      464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of landing licences on Inishmurray Island; if the decision to ban boats from landing on the island will be reversed; and if he...
    • Taxi Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the conversion of the taxi and hackney fleet to a fully wheelchair accessible fleet. [29168/18]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the St. Andrews's Agreement commitment to co-fund the construction of the A5 to Derry; and the estimated cost of the project...
    • Regional Road Network
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2018 budget allocation for investment in regional and local roads; and the estimated cost of increasing same by 5%. [29170/18]
    • Public Transport Data
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the green public transport fund to support the uptake of energy efficient technologies for PSO...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the alternative urban bus fleet trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29251/18]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the targets for Dublin Bus to reduce emissions by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29254/18]
    • Driver Licence Fees
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend or abolish the fees associated with the renewal of driver licences for persons aged 70 years and over; if concessions...
    • Road Network
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval will be sought to progress with the N6 Galway bypass project to planning and construction; the reason for the delay in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a digital copy of his Department's monthly expenditure report to the end of June 2018. [29425/18]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase wages in the early childcare sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28713/18]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; when it will be fully functioning; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in her Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in each net income bracket (details supplied) who are in receipt of childcare subsidies under the single affordable...
    • HIQA Remit
      481. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether HIQA should have the power to enforce its recommendations in childcare services. [28871/18]
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an application by an organisation (details supplied) was refused. [28928/18]
    • Adoption Legislation
      483. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a centralised facility for adoptees to view their files at locations where all files from adoption agencies would be...
    • Child Abuse
      484. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases or complaints involving Tusla and its clients or the parents of clients alleging false allegations of sexual abuse made...
    • Children in Care
      485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who went missing from care in each of the past three years by Tusla region in tabular form; the percentage of...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children listed as being active on the child protection notification system for each of the past four years; the location of...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • CLÁR Programme
      487. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for CLÁR funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      489. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date...
    • Grant Payments
      490. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for an event (details supplied) in County Cork that is unable to affiliate to a group; and if he will make...
    • Community Banking
      491. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress as committed to under the programme for partnership Government to investigate the German Sparkasse model for development...
    • Community Development Projects
      492. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital allocation for the community enhancement programme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the level drawn...
    • Brexit Issues
      493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contingency plans and strategies ready for deployment in the event of a no-deal Brexit in his Department for all rural and...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the additional funding that will be made available to County Donegal under the Leader programme; when the funding will be made...
    • Social Enterprise Sector
      495. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of progress towards completing the development of a national policy on social enterprise following the announcement in...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      496. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to County Wexford under the local improvement scheme in 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; and if...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      497. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding a town and village renewal scheme application (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • CLÁR Programme
      498. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an application through the CLÁR scheme. [29385/18]
    • EU Funding
      499. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount received by his Department in appropriations and accruals in the form of EU payments in 2016 and 2017; the schemes these...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of expenditure incurred to date under the Leader programme 2014-2020 between administration, animation and projects; and if...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projected spend under the Leader programme 2014-2020; the amount of this funding that will come from EU rural development...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Documentation
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a birth certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/18]
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of a survey required to be carried out when requesting a review of the payment for the free transport scheme; if...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28639/18]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment assistant supervisors promoted to community employment supervisor in each of the years...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      506. 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...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      507. 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...
    • Disability Allowance
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [28697/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in her Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension, non-contributory, by a person (details supplied); if their qualification...
    • Telephone Support Allowance
      514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend or reinstate the telephone allowance to all pensioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Unemployment Levels
      515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the levels of long-term unemployed; the action she is taking to ensure all opportunities are given to the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at her Department building and other buildings used by...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28916/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28918/18]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the finance required to fund overdue pension entitlements for community employment supervisors has been approved and...
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding workers on labour activation programmes in line with the proposed legislation being introduced by the Minister for...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding proposals to resolve the anomaly for women who are receiving a reduced State pension, contributory,...
    • JobPath Programme
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 19 June 2018, if the way in which resignation letters from customers are...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application regarding a disability appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Telephone Support Allowance
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person in receipt of a widow's non-contributory pension is not eligible to apply for the telephone support...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29244/18]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who has been awarded disability allowance following an appeal; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason review information is sought annually regarding persons in receipt of a carer's allowance or carer's support grant...
    • Live Register Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the live register for the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29421/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is a difference in carer's allowance and foster carer's allowance (details supplied). [29431/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; and if she...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability to include funding for equipment for the...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is leniency available from penalties for persons who have inadvertently failed to pay a non-principal private...
    • Electoral Register
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to delete the requirement to have a member of An Garda Síochána sign the supplementary register form in...
    • Planning Issues
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for only choosing one planner to sit on the board which decided on an application (details supplied) for an...
    • Local Government Reform
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposals to introduce a mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28648/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids in each county; the number that have been refurbished since January 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units of accommodation that returned to the housing assistant payment, HAP, system subsequently from each of...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason long-term tenants with a proven rental record who do not need a council loan to purchase a home and are in a...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Applications
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28696/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made to develop affordable homes and affordability schemes for those who find it difficult to access the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding opportunities for local authorities to apply for funds to complete unfinished housing estates; and the details of...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land owned and available for housing for each approved housing body; his views on the total land available; when...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application for a group sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of buy and renew units delivered in past 12 months; and the average cost for each unit. [28876/18]
    • Housing Agency Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €70 million rolling Housing Agency fund; the number of units delivered in the past 12 months; and...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Traveller specific units of accommodation delivered in the past 12 months; and the average cost for each unit....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost per unit of a development (details supplied). [28879/18]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports which have been put in place to assist first-time buyers of second-hand properties specifically; and if he will...
    • Electric Vehicles
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further Parliamentary Question No. 1590 of 17 April 2018, the status of the report of the working group on short-term lets...
    • Regeneration Projects
      558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Cork city will be considered as a possible location for the establishment of a new national regeneration and development...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to a mortgage to rent application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to Kerry County Council in 2016, 2017 and 2018 for the improvement works in lieu scheme; the...
    • Planning Issues
      561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Planning and Development Act 2000 makes provision on the way in which to proceed with a planning application to take...
    • Planning Guidelines
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the period of time for citizens' submissions in the context of planning applications made directly to An...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2018 review of income eligibility levels for social housing will be finalised and published; and if he will make a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make...
    • Irish Water Administration
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a customer (details supplied) of Irish Water will be facilitated to pay large connection fees by increment. [28999/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent per annum on the 1999 affordable housing scheme from its establishment until its abolition in tabular form;...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority area; the number of approvals and drawdowns,...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and amount paid out in public liability claims by each local authority in each of the past seven years. [29202/18]
    • Commercial Rates
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commercial rates Bill; when it will be published; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if he...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to encouraging local authorities or Irish Water to build and operate desalination plants to...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2018; and the drawdown to date for each local authority...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      576. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to sell land holdings (details supplied) on the private market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28644/18]
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to build heritage projects in County Kildare in the past two years; her plans for 2019; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in her Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to...
    • National Monuments
      579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding or financial support allocated to Sligo County Council for the conservation of Court Abbey, Mullinabreena, County...
    • Museum Projects
      580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to plans to create a museum of policing in the former Garda station in Kevin Street in view of its...
    • Service Level Agreements
      581. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 19 June 2018, if a date of completion has been decided upon by the SLA. [29305/18]

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