Written answers

Friday, 7 September 2018

  • Department of Defence
    • Illegal Dumping
      1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the proposed changes to laws and regulations to deal with illegal dumping on the Curragh Plains; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Permanent Structured Co-operation
      2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address concerns that Ireland's participation in PESCO is undermining the triple lock guarantees protecting Irish neutrality; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent in each of the past four years on the import and export of arms and weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/18]
    • Commemorative Medals
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to issue the 1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal to veterans of the Defence Forces in recognition of their service to the State; and if...
    • Naval Service Staff
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 12 July 2018, if the figures provided include those on leave prior to being discharged and those that...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the responsibilities of officials in his Department with regard to disclosure of the terms and conditions of the Defence Forces spouses' and...
    • White Paper on Defence
      8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if associations (details supplied) will be invited to make submissions on a veterans’ policy to the working groups set up by officials from...
    • Commemorative Medals
      9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of his engagements with groups representing retired Defence Forces members regarding the awarding of commemorative 1916 medals; if he...
    • Defence Forces Training
      11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the After Action Review for 148 Platoon recruit training and three star course and the results of same will be released; if other after action...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there have been meetings between military authorities and his departmental officials in relation to reducing the level of, or abolishing,...
    • Defence Forces Ombudsman
      18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces Ombudsman's 2016 recommendation that appropriate investigation arrangements need to be established and agreed with his...
    • Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if outstanding administrative and systemic reforms recommended by the Defence Forces Ombudsman have been audited; if so, the most recent date on...
    • Pesticide Use
      22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the pesticide that was used by the Defence Forces at camps during overseas missions in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [36120/18]
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the allowances paid to members of the Defence Forces for duties related to the Papal visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36190/18]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces on duty related to the Papal visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/18]
    • Naval Service Operations
      25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 3 July 2018, if a picture (details supplied) was taken on the LÉ Niamh on 5 August 2015, in view...
    • Commemorative Medals
      26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to sanction the awarding of medals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36268/18]
    • White Paper on Defence
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the 2000 and 2015 White Papers on defence; when the balance of the...
    • Departmental Communications
      28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been provided for the upgrading of the apprentice hostel at Baldonnel; when works on this project will commence; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Museums
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 1 May 2018, when the matter being investigated will be completed; the up to date information in this...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to increase pay for the Defence Forces in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36673/18]
    • Overseas Missions Data
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces missions are planned to Mali; if so, the number to be deployed; if Lariam has been purchased for the purposes of the...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are restrictions on military leave for the week commencing 18 September 2018; the barracks and number affected; the reasons for same;...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the recommended establishment figure for the Defence Forces is calculated; if it is based on population density or other...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if mefloquine continues to be purchased under the four year framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines for use by the Defence...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to address the concerns of the Defence Forces regarding pay and conditions for deployment during the Papal visit in...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of a review of pay and other issues an organisation (details supplied) was seeking to address through the conciliation process...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel serving in the Permanent Defence Forces to date; the projected enlistment by the end of 2018; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • International Agreements
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has an active status of forces agreement with the United States of America; if so, the date that this agreement was signed; and if...
    • Middle East Issues
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the change in the law in Israel defining the state as a Jewish one and changing the official status of the Arabic language....
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of the contracting out of secure printing by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [35533/18]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current political and military situation in the Republic of Cameroon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/18]
    • Travel Documents
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason when travelling using a passport for a minor it is advised to also carry a birth certificate in view of the fact that an...
    • Passport Applications Refusals
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a passport. [35948/18]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to call for an end to violence in Yemen; if he has requested the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to explain recent horrific...
    • Citizenship Applications
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36065/18]
    • Rapid Response Initiative
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications by gender received by the deadline for the recent call for rapid response corps; the number that were shortlisted...
    • Departmental Funding
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding is available for cultural groups to travel abroad to tour and perform; if funding is available as part of the St. Patrick's Day...
    • Human Rights
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practical toolkit on business and human rights for public and private entities that was promised in the national plan on business and...
    • Departmental Communications
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and...
    • Human Rights Cases
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Saudi Arabia; if his attention has been further drawn to the...
    • Human Rights
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at national, EU and international level regarding the concerns of the detention of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Official Engagements
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36489/18]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36490/18]
    • Passport Applications Administration
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made to enable passport renewals for children to be processed online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/18]
    • Passport Applications Data
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed by the Passport Service to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36537/18]
    • Consular Services Remit
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocol in place for assisting families with legal costs that have lost loved ones as a result of a criminal act abroad; if he will...
    • International Election Monitoring
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications by gender that were received by the closing deadline to join the 2018 election observation roster; the number of...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of all members appointed to the 2013 election observation roster; the date that each was appointed or reappointed in the case...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision by the United States of America to cease funding to the United Nations Relations Relief and Work Agency for...
    • Human Rights Cases
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the jailing of two journalists in Myanmar; the actions being taken at EU and international level to assist and protect the...
    • Human Rights
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36854/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent efforts made to restart the Executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36856/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's contingency planning in the event of a no-deal Brexit; the specific actions that have been taken since the Government...
    • Brexit Supports
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has recently raised at EU level the issue of the EU establishing a fund to help and support countries and industries most exposed to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the embassies worldwide which have enterprise attachés stationed; and the number of such attachés stationed in each such specific...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the lengthy waiting times for appeals to be heard by the disabled drivers medical board of appeal will be investigated (details supplied). [35878/18]
    • Haulage Industry
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if road hauliers will be protected from measures introduced in budget 2019 in regard to the carbon tax; if other compensatory measures will be introduced in...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of housing units delivered by NAMA to date; the details of these units by scheme; the further units that will be made available by NAMA by scheme...
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a tax is imposed on movement of goods, that is, cars (details supplied); when tariff-free trade will be allowed; and if refunds will issue to...
    • Immigration Controls
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of visits either planned or unannounced that were attended by officers from the Revenue Commissioners relating to immigration bureau officer visits...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reintroducing tax relief on trade union subscriptions on a par with tax relief for professional bodies; the estimated cost of introducing...
    • Vehicle Registration
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the vehicle registration tax calculator calculates a different value for a vehicle that been imported than for a similar vehicle being exported....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the contracting out of secure printing by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [35531/18]
    • Banking Operations
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request a bank to issue a refusal letter to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35558/18]
    • Tax Code
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners invoke section 122(3) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place for the Revenue Commissioners to collect from self-employed persons combined income tax, USC and PRSI liability through the Revenue...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Administration
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the home renovation incentive scheme for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35646/18]
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which the Tax Appeals Commission has made a determination and direction to the Revenue Comissioners in respect of cases in which it has...
    • Tax Credits
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the total cost of the research and development tax credit which relates to expenditure incurred by businesses on items (details supplied)....
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the average rate for a new mortgage here is so high (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35684/18]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [35714/18]
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if a VAT and or VRT exemption on vehicles for service providers (details supplied) for persons with intellectual disabilities will be considered in view of...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of advance knowledge he had of the plans by a bank (details supplied) to sell a loanbook; if he has met and or communicated with other banks...
    • Tax Credits
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the earned income tax credit for farmers and increase it from its 2018 level of €1,150 to €1,650; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address income volatility among farmers and extend income averaging, greater flexibility on step out and provision of a deposit scheme; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the modelling his Department is undertaking to examine the impact of Brexit on the price of grocery goods here; the financial impact this modelling shows...
    • Tax Exemptions
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce an exemption from captial gains tax in cases in which a person or family move into a parent or other relative's home to act as carers...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by and extortionate prices being quoted to young drivers seeking to access insurance to operate as a...
    • Banking Sector
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that will be taken in response to the Central Bank's report on the culture in Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35888/18]
    • NAMA Operations
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to use any eventual surplus from NAMA to help resolve the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35892/18]
    • State Debt
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the debt to GDP ratio of a reduction of the debt by €2, €3 and €5 billion, respectively; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his departmental officials have met with a company (details supplied); the number of times he has met with the company; the dates of those meetings;...
    • Excise Duties
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance when excise tax (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35961/18]
    • VAT Rate Application
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35972/18]
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if the issue of the 200 employees of a bank (details supplied) that have been excluded from its tracker mortgage examination will be raised at his meetings...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent sale by banks (details supplied) and other financial institutions of performing and non-performing loans to vulture funds; if these...
    • Mortgage Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages set to be sold by a bank (details supplied) as part of a project; the number of loans that are standard, variable, fixed rate and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/18]
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) who was an employee of ESB and received a settlement from it in 2009 will be investigated; and if he will make a...
    • Vehicle Registration
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners valued a second-hand vehicle purchased by a person (details supplied) for €4,000 at €16,719 and applied VRT...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason areas (details supplied) are being charged flood insurance premiums for parts of the area in question that have never flooded. [36189/18]
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT foregone by the Revenue Commissioners at the 9% rate for each year and to date in 2018 since the rate was introduced; the amount collected...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of work with the credit unions and the approved housing bodies on the establishment of a special purpose vehicle to facilitate the delivery of...
    • Tax Code
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial or other incentives that exist for the construction and delivery of commercial development. [36317/18]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which or the scenarios in which he may intervene in the sale of a portfolio (details supplied) to a company; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of banks removing persons from tracker mortgages that are in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Budget 2018
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if an assessment of the impact of the Budget 2018 capital gains tax changes to tackle land-hoarding has been conducted; the way in which the effectiveness of...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the action ISIF is taking to boost the supply of affordable housing here; the definition of affordable housing it is working to in this regard; his plans to...
    • Tax Code
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners request details of foreign PPS numbers, for example, an Australian tax number, from persons who have worked abroad for the...
    • Tax Collection
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the extra costs incurred by self-employed persons who have to operate the E relevant contracts tax and almost in all cases...
    • Departmental Communications
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890 telephone...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the recruitment of 15 additional international tax specialists at principal officer level; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance when section 28 of the Finance Act 2016 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36423/18]
    • VAT Rate Application
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 9% VAT rate for the hotel sector will be maintained in budget 2019, which would bring Ireland in line with tourism VAT rates in other competing...
    • Property Tax
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the local property tax announced earlier in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36539/18]
    • Tax Code
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 2009 cap which applied to banks that had transferred assets to NAMA restricting their use of deferred tax assets to 50% of their corporation tax, which...
    • Budget 2019
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for an increase in excise duty in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36547/18]
    • Stamp Duty
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised annually by increasing the rate of stamp duty to 6%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36593/18]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue forgone each year by maintaining the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36594/18]
    • Tax Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be raised annually by implementing four new tax bands by amounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a site value tax; the estimated revenue that might be raised by this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36597/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax saved by financial institutions here due to their ability to use historical losses to reduce current liabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective corporation tax rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36601/18]
    • Excise Duties
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to break down excise duty on alcohol based on final sale to the customer; the breakdown of excise duty on alcohol in each of the past three...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the lending limits imposed by the Central Bank on a credit union (details supplied) are fair and reasonable; if these lending limits...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or banks here are taking direction from the European Central Bank regarding the sale of loan and mortagage portfolios to investment companies; if his...
    • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appointment of Ireland's directorship of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. [36647/18]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector will be retained in view of the negative impact which a rise in VAT rates would have for the hotel industry...
    • Stamp Duty
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to stamp duty and tax in cases in which a parent plans to transfer the family home or part thereof to a son or daughter who has been...
    • Personal Contract Plans
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of regulatory changes that have been introduced since the publication by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission of its report on...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of share options that have been issued under the key employee engagement programme; the number of employees availing of the programme; the number...
    • Tax Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of taxpayer units by single person, married persons or civil partners with one income and married persons or civil partners with two incomes for...
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of removing the 3% universal social charge, USC, levy for non-PAYE income over €100,000; the number of persons it would...
    • Tax Yield
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of reducing the effective tax rate on dividends to 32%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36817/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the lifetime limit on entrepreneurial relief to €15 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost decreasing the standard rate VAT to 20%; if this is possible under European rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Yield
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of raising the VAT registration threshold for small and medium enterprises from €37,500 to €100,000; and if he will...
    • Mortgage Repayments
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to consult with the head of the Central Bank to confirm the way in which the mortgage accounts of customers who have renegotiated terms and are...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the bank and non-bank on lender of Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, funds in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and the monetary amount...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested from the main pillar banks and other financial lenders the reason SME bank finance rejection rates have increased, especially among...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the costing for equalising the earned income tax credit with the PAYE credit has decreased from €42 million first year cost and €76...
    • Tax Agreements
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has undertaken in respect of the United States of America Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 regarding the new US legislation's provision...
    • Construction Industry
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle overheating in the construction sector, specifically the increase in land prices and the lack of skilled workers in the construction...
    • Brexit Issues
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of preparedness if there is to be a hard Brexit, in particular the requirement to expand the Customs and Excise of the Revenue Commissioners; and if...
    • National Payments Plan Implementation
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the further work which has been carried out in respect of the national payments strategy with the Central Bank and financial services industry, in particular...
    • Budget Submissions
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has received the budget 2019 submission from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the financial difficulties in the sector such...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department studied the recent report by a company (details supplied) in respect of residential rent increases; the work which has been carried out in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Construction Industry
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the activity levels in different sectors of the construction industry; the extent to which the industry is active in commercial...
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public servants are paying slightly more in pension levy than in pension contributions; if this can be reversed; the amount...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 of all contracts awarded to private contractors via the Office of Government Procurement for...
    • Garda Stations
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 12 July 2018 stated that Lauragh Garda station, County Kerry, was sold for...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual turnover a construction company needs to have in order to tender via the e-tender system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the person or body responsible for cleaning debris accumulated in a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Properties
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a building (details supplied) in County Kildare. [35956/18]
    • Construction Contracts
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will put in place to protect subcontractors who are owed moneys on public work contracts but cannot get paid in view of...
    • Departmental Properties
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual rental cost of buildings rented by his Department or organisations under its aegis at a location (details supplied); and if...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the criteria and policy for awarding progression up a salary scale for a new entrant to the civil and public service who enters from...
    • Pension Provisions
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the 1% pay increase which is referenced in Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 27 February 2018 has been applied entirely to all...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and percentage of SMEs' share of above threshold public contracts in the past 10 and 20 years, respectively under EU...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role the OPW will undertake during the Papal visit to the Phoenix Park; the way in which security and logistics will be handled; if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pension entitlements for community employment supervisors; if further meetings of the community sector high level forum to...
    • National Monuments
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a monument (details supplied) in County Kerry will open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35796/18]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of discussions with a county council (details supplied) in respect of its property at a location; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appeals made by spouses of deceased members of the Defence Forces since 2000 against initial rulings that the spouses...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed at lands following previous works to address flooding; and if he will make a statement...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a licence fee was paid to a company (details supplied) for the use of its copyrighted material in view of the fact that this material...
    • Public Service Pay Commission Reports
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on the Public Service Pay Commission will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36379/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850...
    • Pension Provisions
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a pension is not being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the pension will issue; and if he will...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of progress with channel draining in rivers in Mountmellick, County Laois; and the progress of the capital scheme for flood...
    • Heritage Sites
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements being made to accommodate tourist access to a historical site (details supplied) in view of the recent retirement of...
    • Flood Risk Management
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of proposals for a voluntary home relocation scheme for domestic dwellings affected by flooding and unable to receive...
    • Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the minor works flood scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36244/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding SNAs as outlined in corrrespondence in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a selection process has commenced for the appointment of a principal of a school (details supplied); if a principal has been appointed; and if...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the effect this has had on small businesses in the sector; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be appointed for the construction of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35483/18]
    • Schools Building Contractors
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contractors that expressed an interest in tendering for the completion of a campus (details supplied) by the closing date of 23...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the pre-qualification report from the design team in relation to a school (details supplied); when the preferred tenderer will...
    • School Patronage
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an application by a school (details supplied) to become co-educational; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied); if satisfactory, if a design team...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no specific special education teacher category to register under the Teaching Council. [35544/18]
    • Third Level Institutions
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a college (details supplied) no longer takes masters applicants working as special needs...
    • Schools Building Projects
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding opportunities available for educational institutions such as a centre (details supplied); and if none, if the possibility for...
    • School Placement
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure in place for a family that is unable to find a second level place in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to increase access to NEPS psychologists for schools in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • DEIS Expenditure
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional spend in 2017 on the 79 schools added to the DEIS programme when compared with expenditure on the same schools in 2016. [35618/18]
    • School Staff
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English as an additional language teaching posts that exist; and the number in 2008, 2010 and 2012, respectively. [35619/18]
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated spend on books by schools participating in the school book rental scheme at primary and post-primary level. [35620/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application and appeal by a school (details supplied) for a specialised ASD portacabin to house its new ASD unit from September 2018 until...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Appeals
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be upheld with regard to the refusal of an emergency works application; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35657/18]
    • University Global Rankings
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decline in Irish university ratings in international rankings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35704/18]
    • State Examinations
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to avoid non-teachers being hired to correct State examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35705/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) with regard to the July provision will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35777/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned investment in mental health counselling at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/18]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for a bus ticket to attend college in County Cavan in view of the fact that their two...
    • School Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries and bus drivers are paid their wages during the summer holidays; if not, if they have to sign for jobseeker's benefit...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the current level of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) will be retained; and if he will engage with the NCSE in this...
    • School Staff
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of two super sized classes at a school (details supplied); if he will engage with the school to resolve this issue...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and planned investment in mental health counselling at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35831/18]
    • Schools Property
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has on file details of a lease agreement in respect of a primary school (details supplied); if so, if these details can be made...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils attending fee-paying schools; and the figure for primary and post-primary schools. [35851/18]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the rule by which medical card holders can only access free travel to school if they attend the closest school (details...
    • State Examinations
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students that undertake extra subjects for their junior certificate outside of their registered school will be assessed (details...
    • Third Level Education
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 6811 of 13 February 2018, if he will request a response from DCU in relation to its financial relationship...
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review on the granting of exemptions from the study of Irish will be published. [35970/18]
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work being undertaken to reintroduce training and educational courses at third level specifically in the housing and social housing sector in...
    • Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 12 June 2018, the way in which the figure of €2.3 million was arrived at; and the details of...
    • School Transport Review
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes will be made to the school transport scheme to allow for alterations or extensions to bus routes for concessionary ticket holders; if...
    • School Patronage
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new secondary school under the patronage of an organisation (details supplied) for Castleknock and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36061/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional permanent accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand and increase the levels of capital funding available to further education centres such as ETBs through existing funding...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which opportunities will be created for the expansion of Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht in the context of the...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when inspectors will be assigned to support the implementation of the policy on Gaeltacht education in Gaeltacht schools; and the number of...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of registered apprentices by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36085/18]
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a chuirfear curaclaim idirdhealaithe T1 agus T2 ar fáil sa tsraith shinsearach. [36087/18]
    • School Transport
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the agreement entered into between his Department and the management of a former school (details supplied) at the time of the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for emergency funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36121/18]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the options available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36170/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [36179/18]
    • Education and Training Boards
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education and training boards or other employers are entitled to demand that new employees attend two weeks of induction before school term...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; his views on the Teaching Council's response to same; the actions that can be taken...
    • State Examinations
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Examinations Commission has moved away from the bell curve structure of results in the three science subjects at leaving certificate...
    • School Transport Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full review of the school bus transport scheme will be carried out, in particular in regard to concessionary bus tickets in order that more...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a retired teacher receiving a pension can only be paid on the first point of the...
    • Child Protection
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy that informs the practices of a school, similar to bullying policy, when a student is sexually assaulted by another student. [36249/18]
    • Site Acquisitions
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in identifying a site for the proposed new post-primary school under the patronage of an organisation (details supplied) that...
    • Departmental Circulars
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a 2016 circular (details supplied) has been updated; if this document has been withdrawn; if so, the reason therefor; if a subsequent circular...
    • School Transport
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extra school bus will be made available to accommodate children (details supplied) attending a school; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes (details supplied) to the SUSI grant will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/18]
    • Student Accommodation
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in the provision of student accomadation (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Oiliúint Múinteoirí
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard atá sé chun a dhéanamh lena chinntiú go bhfuil soláthar múinteoirí le Gaeilge ar fáil chun...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a chuirfear an t-athbhreithniú, a fógraíodh tamall de bhlianta ó shin, ar an scéim díolúine...
    • Disability Support Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be retrospectively considered for the DARE programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36350/18]
    • Skills Shortages
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to identify and address skill shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36360/18]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options open to schools in circumstances in which refurbishment or upgrade works are required that are outside the minor works grant...
    • Departmental Communications
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890...
    • Schools Establishment
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new places provided for primary education in the Donaghmede area over the past three years; the number of additional spaces...
    • Departmental Properties
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual rental cost of buildings rented by his Department or organisations under its aegis at a location (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his relationship with a service (details supplied); if the service reports to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who underwent direct assessment of the referrals for individual casework undertaken by NEPS psychologists in each of the...
    • School Costs
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have provided evidence of adopting the principles of cost-effective practice relating to section 3 of Circular...
    • Educational Supports
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide extra back-to-school support and grants for children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that that nine school children attending a school (details supplied) in County Donegal have no...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school extension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36503/18]
    • Teacher Supply
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Teacher Supply Steering Group last met; the recommendations and actions proposed by the group that should be immediately implemented to...
    • State Properties
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in releasing his Department's interest in a building (details supplied) which is to be acquired and used as a community...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the commitment in the Programme for Partnership Government to introduce a new school speech and language therapy...
    • Schools Establishment
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36543/18]
    • School Staff
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the County Wexford schools with a teaching principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36545/18]
    • Maternity Protection Entitlements
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delay in implementing breastfeeding breaks for teachers as agreed upon by the Teachers Conciliation...
    • School Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of funding schools in order to allow them to abolish the voluntary contribution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36589/18]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of reversing all cuts to back to education funding since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36590/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to support two ASD units in two primary schools in Mountmellick, County Laois in which there are a number of children in...
    • Home School Community Liaison Scheme
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home school liaison officers will be reintroduced in schools, in particular in schools for children with special needs; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Appeals
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of pupils at a school (detail supplied) will be reviewed; the reason they have not received a place on the bus; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for a new school (details supplied) at Domacomper campus, Lucan Road; if planning applications will be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tendering process has been completed and a contractor appointed to complete school buildings (details supplied); if the proposed...
    • National Training Fund
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure of the National Training Fund levy in grants to industry; and the amount that goes towards the funding of access to Safe Pass...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new prefab classroom will be put in place for a school (details supplied). [36650/18]
    • Schools Relocation
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned permanent location of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36670/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36671/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to give consideration to extend the July education programme into August in order to maximise the support to young persons with...
    • Third Level Fees
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person whose parents are Irish citizens and who has been living and attending school here since the person was six years of age but whose...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing uncertainty in a location (details supplied) regarding the school bus ticket lottery; if his...
    • School Admissions
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) who did not receive a place in their local school will be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing an extension to a school (details supplied) which is now to be delivered in one phase; the likely timeframe...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers' work experience can be considered from the date of their application in view of the delays being experienced by those awaiting...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by the board of management of a school (details supplied) will be facilitated in view of the dilapidated condition of the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations to secure a site for a school campus (details supplied). [36740/18]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the construction of additional permanent accommodation to replace the dilapidated...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the replacement of old prefabricated accommodation. [36744/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the drafting of a brief formulation report that will allow a design team to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the refurbishment of the existing school building to be included on the Capital...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications by a school (details supplied) for two new base classrooms and the refurbishment of its existing metalwork room and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a mechanism will be put in place in order to fast-track the completion of the construction works at schools (details supplied) in County Cork....
    • School Transport Eligibility
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning for the catchment area for the village of Tinahely, County Wicklow in relation to the allocation of schools (details supplied); and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next stage will be introduced for each secondary school in County Wicklow on the school building programme; and if he will make a...
    • School Management
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being introduced to assist up to 44 teaching school principals in County Wicklow further to their request to seek one day...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools which have benefitted from the reduction in the pupil -teacher ratio from September 2018. [36801/18]
    • Health and Safety
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make it compulsory that first aid be a basic requirement in all national schools and secondary schools; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funds will be released to allow the progression of school building works which have already been approved at a school (details supplied)....
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36845/18]
    • School Transport Applications Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for special needs transport to schools outstanding and not processed as of 31 August 2018. [36846/18]
    • School Placement
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in Ashbourne, County Meath are unable to secure school places; his plans to provide...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding moneys owed by religious bodies in respect of the 2002 indemnity agreement; the steps he is taking to ensure payment of these...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for a secondary school in Duleek, County Meath. [36865/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) and the tender and construction project for same. [36867/18]
    • Education Policy
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will continue to participate in the OECD's learning environments evaluation programme. [36899/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs passed the age of six on 1 June 2018 who are awaiting a primary school place. [36900/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed new development for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36902/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review SOLAS was to commission on pathways to participation in apprenticeship, including the participation of persons...
    • Insurance Coverage
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with the insurance industry regarding the provision of public liability insurance for primary and secondary...
    • School Equipment
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy requirement for a number of issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/18]
    • Education Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend enhanced capitation services to children in second level as is the case at primary level; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dealings he has had with religious orders that made agreements with the State in respect of the provision of funds or property set aside for...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Brexit Issues
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the right of residence here after Brexit of US citizens married to British citizens here; and his plans to...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the medical records of a person (details supplied) will not be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if changes to the vetting criteria will be considered for private bus providers in contract with Bus Éireann to provide...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made towards meeting Ireland's responsibilities and obligations under Article 33 of the UN Convention on the...
    • Direct Provision Data
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided to each reception and integration centre, by centre and region, in each of the years from 2011 to 2017 and...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a change to the EU's migration policy following a report from the UNHCR (details supplied) which has reported an...
    • Visa Applications
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change in the criteria for Columbian and Venezuelan nationals applying for visas to study here for the year...
    • Asylum Applications
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for asylum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Deportation Orders
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if relevant responses setting out the residency history of a person (details supplied) here have been received and examined;...
    • Garda Stations
      405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Louth Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. [35440/18]
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      406. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Louth Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. [35441/18]
    • Garda Stations
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Meath Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. [35443/18]
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Meath Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. [35444/18]
    • Garda Resources
      411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the capital investment being made in Garda resources in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which the Secretary General was appointed to his Department; if the position was advertised; and if he will make...
    • Garda Stations
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Cork north and west Garda divisions in each year since 2009; and the name of each....
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Cork north and west Garda divisions that had access to broadband in each year since 2009....
    • Probate Data
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the legislation affecting probate law needs to be reviewed, strengthened or otherwise reformed in view of...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in County Wexford that have no internet access; the locations of same; the proposed timeline to...
    • Garda Data
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 19 June 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all requested documentation in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) has now been received; if further...
    • Residency Permits
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extended stamp 1 or 4 or right to work will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Child Custody and Access
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position on legislating for equal shared parenting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/18]
    • Immigration Status
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all required documentation in respect of an application for a stamp 4 visa has now been received in the relevant section of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Residency Permits
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an update of stamp 4 can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a relevant visa or travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Status
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35574/18]
    • Residency Permits
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999...
    • Immigration Status
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35577/18]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken to resolve the dispute as to whether it is An Garda Síochána or local authorities that...
    • Immigration Status
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 status will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35587/18]
    • Family Reunification
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed in order to facilitate the mother and sister of a person (details supplied) to stay with...
    • Immigration Status
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) whose stamp 4 expires on 25 October 2018 and who wishes to have it...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 12 July 2018, if the relevant section has processed a letter of application...
    • Immigration Status
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35600/18]
    • Prisoner Data
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 24 July 2018, the figures for the total for each prison and place of detention on...
    • Prison Staff
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 July 2018, if he will correct the inaccuracy contained in the reply thereto...
    • Prisoner Data
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 24 July 2018, the reason the figures for prisoners sleeping on the floor in...
    • Peace Commissioners Appointments
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications by persons (details supplied) to be appointed as Peace Commissioners; and if he will make a...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refugee programme for those fleeing the conflict in the Republic of Cameroon will be implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of join family visa applications in the embassy in India; if additional resources will be assigned to assist in...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the emergency reception and orientation centre based in Monasterevin, County Kildare is no longer being used as an EROC...
    • Prison Service
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 12 July 2018, if his Department gave sanction for such a process of destruction of...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a scheme for the delivery of CCTV cameras at junctions of motorways will be established. [35703/18]
    • Garda Stations
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Garda station in Clonmel will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35724/18]
    • Garda Expenditure
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs associated with operating the Garda safety camera contract; the receipts it has generated in each of the past six...
    • Garda Operations
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount due to An Garda Síochána for providing policing services during the Papal visit; the organisations that...
    • Residency Permits
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a review of an application by a person (details supplied); the reason the application was refused; and if he will...
    • Firearms Seizures
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 520 of 12 June and 267 of 26 June 2018, if the information requested from the Garda...
    • Visa Applications
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a spousal visa application by a person (details supplied). [35819/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Part IV section 27 of the Succession Act 1965 will be reviewed to determine whether it requires amendment; if he is...
    • Garda Data
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tattoo and body piercing businesses that have been reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years...
    • Crime Levels
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to increased concern in relation to bicycle thefts in Dublin; the action he will take to deal...
    • Asylum Applications
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the decision in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35857/18]
    • Family Reunification
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a family has recently been reunified to a homeless situation; his views on...
    • Garda Data
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent staff attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 1996 to 2017...
    • Garda Expenditure
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by categories (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Recruitment
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding changing the Irish language requirement for entry to An Garda...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the situation in relation to Garda stations that are manned on reduced hours per day or per week; if there is a structure in...
    • Visa Applications
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average time for decisions in respect of applications for visas lodged with the visa office in Delhi; the reason for the...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36010/18]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in Northern Ireland who have been successful in obtaining Irish naturalisation in each of the past...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been granted naturalisation in each of the past five years. [36014/18]
    • General Data Protection Regulation
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering legislative measures to amend section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018 in order to retain the spirit of...
    • Garda Investigations
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 28 June 2018, if the assault of a person (details supplied) has been further...
    • Work Permits Applications
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date with respect to a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda vetting applications by persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting police vetting from England; and if he will make a...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to deal with and to curb anti-social behaviour on the rail networks, including Iarnród Éireann...
    • Prison Medical Service
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of permanent doctors allocated to the Midlands Prison for day...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are sufficient members on the criminal injuries board to enable the board to conduct its business in a reasonable...
    • Death Certificates
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a death certificate in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Data
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that are in armed units such as the emergency support unit and other such...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the fees associated with naturalisation applications are prohibiting persons from applying; if the fees...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the refurbishment works of Tralee Courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36374/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or...
    • Garda Expenditure
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of recruiting seven extra forensic accountants for the Garda national economic crime bureau; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual rental cost of buildings rented by his Department or organisations under its aegis at a location (details supplied);...
    • Immigration Controls
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigration bureau officer visits to the 12 other public licensed aerodromes not including the three State...
    • Garda Equipment
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles both marked and unmarked that are under 3, 3 to 5, 5 to 8, 8 to 10 and over 10 years of age; and...
    • Public Order Offences
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been charged with public order offences in the first six months of 2018; the number charged for...
    • Legal Aid Service
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the operation of the free legal aid scheme was last reviewed; his plans to review its operation; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Accommodation Standards
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 420 of 21 April 2015 and 151 of 31 May 2016, if the findings of the pilot scheme...
    • Garda Data
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, in tabular...
    • Immigration Status
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); the steps the person must take in order to be...
    • Garda Deployment
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact there is no Garda inspector in the Ballymun area; if this appointment will be made...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the construction of a car park at a Garda station (details supplied) to proceed; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Expenditure
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the overspend of An Garda Síochána primarily due to overtime and related costs;...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      511. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for a permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35606/18]
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority in tattoo and body piercing businesses in each of the years...
    • Skills Development
      513. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has conducted an analysis of the likely impact of technological automation on future employment opportunities; and...
    • Brexit Supports
      514. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investigations and preparations her Department is undertaking to support businesses and the export sector in the event of the...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      515. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford, respectively, from January to June 2018,...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) has permission to work via a work permit; if the person will be awarded permission in the person's own...
    • Work Permits Applications
      517. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35550/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      518. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she plans to take in response to the findings of the Personal Injuries Commission that personal injuries awards here are...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if assistance for the development of an aerator (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      520. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to improve supports available to small and medium-sized businesses run by Irish persons based abroad who wish to move their...
    • Business Regulation
      524. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and her plans to investigate whether the company's actions are in breach...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      525. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies supported by the IDA by country of origin in tabular form; her views on whether there is an over-reliance on...
    • Health and Safety Authority Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of convictions and prosecutions obtained by the Health and Safety Authority in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      529. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, inspectors in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      532. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time equivalent staff attached to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 1996 to...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Expenditure
      533. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by categories (details supplied) in...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the vacant IDA Ireland sites by county; the IDA sites being used by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      538. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration is being given to extending employment permits to construction workers and drivers in the construction sector from...
    • Brexit Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit scorecard to date; the estimated spend in 2018 and 2019 for the measure; and...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      540. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the be prepared grant to date; the estimated spend in 2018 and 2019 for the grant; and...
    • Brexit Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit loan scheme to date; the estimated spend in 2018 and 2019, for the Brexit...
    • InterTradeIreland Funding
      543. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit start planning vouchers to date; the estimated spend in 2018 and 2019, for...
    • Departmental Communications
      544. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position in her Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850...
    • Brexit Staff
      545. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland has filled all 39 additional Brexit-related staff posts; if not, when the remaining posts will be filled; and if...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      546. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Enterprise Ireland since its establishment up to 2018; the number of domestic staff employed by Enterprise...
    • Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group
      547. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has finalised its report on the operation of the household waste collection...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      548. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding is available to support a business (details supplied); the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      549. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration is being given to adding chiropractors to the list of highly skilled eligible occupations (details supplied); and if...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases
      550. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of prosecutions initiated and convictions, director disqualifications and director restrictions secured, respectively, by...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      551. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to develop and promote public lands at a location (details supplied) as a suitable location for inward investment; and if...
    • Brexit Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff recruited in Enterprise Ireland, LEOs, InterTradeIreland and the IDA since the Brexit referendum in June 2016; the...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      553. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in quarter 1 and 2 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Supports
      554. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the figures regarding the Brexit SME loan scheme launched in 2018 by category (details supplied) in tabular form. [36913/18]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      555. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports for SMEs by her Department and agencies under her remit, such as LEOs, to help small businesses through training and so...
    • Brexit Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes (details supplied) by county; and the amount allocated and expended to...
    • Employment Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the labour force participation rates and in particular the female labour force participation rate in comparison with...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      558. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advertising and promotion expenditure to date, including television, radio, newspapers and online, for the InterTradeIreland...
    • Electrical Contractors
      559. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied). [36925/18]
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts for market research worth more than €10,000 awarded by the Department of Health in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the value of...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      561. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address issues with the fair deal scheme for farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35757/18]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      562. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will receive additional funding to allocate to those section 39 organisations that have pay restoration obligations as indicated in the HSE report...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence from a person (details supplied) has been received and examined; and if a response has been issued. [36282/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements being made for the provision of education in the Gaeltacht for a child (details supplied) with severe speech and language difficulties that...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if proposals to provide additional funding for persons with dementia will be considered in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36480/18]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been fully treated at a hospital; if a complaint submitted to the hospital manager will receive a response as a...
    • Medical Card Administration
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card issued to a person (details supplied) was withdrawn five weeks after being issued; and if the card will be renewed until the error or...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has two adult children with disabilities and has never...
    • Health Promotion
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Men's Health Policy 2008-2013; if a similar policy approach exists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Prevention
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns that the majority of recorded suicides here relate to male suicide will be addressed; if the reason for same has been investigated; and if he will...
    • General Data Protection Regulation Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408, 409 and 410 of 11 July 2018, the way in which persons may access their full medical files and medical history in...
    • Hospital Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if the planned invitation of tenders for the new endoscopy unit and other services at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, can be brought forward to autumn...
    • Legislative Programme
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill. [35438/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list in a hospital (details supplied) for orthognathic joint maxillofacial surgery; the number waiting longer than the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35462/18]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Management
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be examined in view of the underspend of dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assisted living facilities in operation by county and community healthcare organisation; the number of beds available in each county; the...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      580. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription charge further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/18]
    • Trade Union Membership
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not facilitate the deduction of union subscriptions at source for the growing number of ambulance service personnel; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35491/18]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 June 2018, if the Health Service Executive, HSE, can provide evidence that the attention of all employees, both...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an angiogram for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35495/18]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      588. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to designate, define and regulate formally the title of assistant psychologists in a similar manner to physiotherapists, counsellors and...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychiatrists in each local health office, LHO; the number recommended under A Vision for Change; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the home care or other supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35504/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 380 and 381 of 19 June 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35507/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no specific budget for orphan drugs as committed to in the drugs and rare disease policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the agreed timeframe of 1 June 2018 has not been adhered to following an agreement on revised contracts for Health Service Executive, HSE, home...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Health when the health (transport support) Bill will be initiated. [35516/18]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if a return to 24-7 nursing cover on Bere Island to ensure the future sustainability of the island community will be authorised; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive, HSE, and a union's (details supplied) briefing sessions have not taken place in counties Cork, Kerry and Kildare and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      597. 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. [35519/18]
    • Hospital Deaths
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if a root cause analysis was carried out by University Hospital Limerick into the death of a person (details supplied) who died in 2017 of sepsis. [35537/18]
    • Hospital Mortality Rates
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick has carried out an audit of its sepsis survival rates and mortality rates to establish if early detection and survival rates of...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if the family of a person (details supplied) was notified that carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE, was detected prior to his death; and if...
    • Hospital Deaths
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if the coroner was ever notified that extended spectrum beta-lactamases, ESBL, was a significant factor in the death of a neonate in the maternity unit in...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork city and county on a waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy with the HSE (details supplied); the length of time they...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      606. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35554/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate homecare can be facilitated after discharge from care in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card can be reviewed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the threshold for a medical card is not adjusted (details supplied) accordingly; his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      611. 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. [35597/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if a date has been finalised for planned heart surgery in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/18]
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons waiting for psychologist appointments in County Kildare; and the number of months they have been waiting. [35607/18]
    • Health Services Staff
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the educational background required for a counselling position with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/18]
    • Hospitals Policy
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was moved to different rooms repeatedly during a stay as an inpatient in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35617/18]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      621. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1420 of 24 July 2018, if the legal framework will be brought before Dáil Éireann before it is signed; and if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if contact can be made with a person (details supplied) with a view to implementing home help in respect of their mother; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35626/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      624. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35631/18]
    • Hospital Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health when heart surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure new medicines are made available to...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the issue of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests which goes against their contracts; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a surgical procedure (details supplied); his plans to introduce same here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35655/18]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) is not part of direct negotiations with his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients at Letterkenny University Hospital who have been referred to other facilities to undergo dialysis in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the long-term care of a person (details supplied); and if the application by organisations will be expedited in view of the...
    • Community First Responders Network
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the funding or support provided to community first responder groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35669/18]
    • Occupational Therapy
      634. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35670/18]
    • Community Care
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which community organisations supporting persons with mental health issues can access funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35677/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for HSE equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35678/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/18]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 and type 2 diabetes that have completed a structured patient education programme at the end of June 2018 or the latest date...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been contacted in relation to being on a HSE waiting list; and the number who have been removed from the waiting list for not...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      640. 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. [35685/18]
    • Hospital Procedures
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35690/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      642. 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. [35692/18]
    • Disability Services Funding
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of long-term funding for a placement for a person (details supplied). [35698/18]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for disability teams for those of schoolgoing age by age group and local health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (detail supplied). [35702/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a placement for a person (details supplied). [35711/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [35712/18]
    • Hospital Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied). [35713/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the Dungarvan primary care centre; the cost overruns that have been incurred as a result of the delay; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1445 of 24 July 2018, the definition of "timely fashion" with regard to the submission of a reimbursement application;...
    • Professional Ethics
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to initiate a review on the topic of conscientious objection within healthcare settings; and if...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration made available to members of the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Legal Cases
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal and-or mediation fees relating to court or legal challenges involving the CervicalCheck cancer screening programme in each of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35733/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the suspension of screening services for breast and ovarian cancer at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels at the department of psychiatry, Letterkenny University Hospital; the details of the positions and vacancies at the hospital; and if he...
    • Hospitals Data
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient referrals made to the department of psychiatry at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2015 to 2017, inclusive, and to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      660. 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. [35739/18]
    • Medical Products
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if a ban on the use of mesh for prolapse and urinary incontinence will be considered in view of the severe difficulties it has caused many women; and if he...
    • Hospital Facilities
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new diabetic unit for Sligo University Hospital; and when capital funding will be sanctioned for building work to commence. [35742/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      664. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [35744/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to proposals by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35747/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a company (details supplied) charging monthly fees to the HSE for use of medical equipment that it failed to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      668. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35752/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      670. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in personal assistant services that will dramatically change the lives of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35766/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new mental health unit in Naas Hospital; and the timescale on the project. [35775/18]
    • Home Care Packages
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [35776/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      677. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the proposed introduction of changes to the fair deal legislation to assist farmers and small business owners; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is of the view that an investigation into State accountability for the drug sodium valporate is not required; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if the appointment will be scheduled urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if a local placement in Castleblayney within the care pathway can be ensured for this person; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      681. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35787/18]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons infected with carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, CRE, in Tallaght University Hospital in 2018, that have died as a result of...
    • Hospital Equipment
      683. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1675 of 24 July 2018, the number of days in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on which MRI scanners were out of operation at...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      684. 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. [35791/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the reason psychological services have been removed from a child (details supplied) who is linked in with child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS,...
    • National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters raised by a group (details supplied) regarding the care and management of type 1 diabetes in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      687. 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. [35799/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35800/18]
    • Hospital Services
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the person leading the consultation into the services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the terms of reference of the consultation...
    • Disability Services Provision
      690. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the NDT in order to facilitate services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      691. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available under the long-term illness scheme; and if so, when. [35810/18]
    • Patient Transfers
      692. To ask the Minister for Health when a request to transfer from rheumatology services at Manorhamilton to those at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • National Maternity Hospital Status
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans for the new maternity hospital at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; if a planning application has been lodged; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new endoscopy unit in Naas General Hospital. [35827/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [35829/18]
    • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
      697. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there is no regulation of tattoo and body piercing businesses here; his plans to introduce legislation to protect the health of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      701. 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. [35844/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on services for CAMHS by county for more than six, nine, 12, 24 and 36 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of maintaining existing levels of service in mental health services for 2019; if funds will be allocated to address gaps in...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent services without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations of these services; the number of staff and resources...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult services without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations involved; the number of staff recruited to provide seven over seven...
    • Mental Health Act Review
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sections planned for the general scheme of the Bill to review the Mental Health Act 2001; the number of sections that have been drafted to date;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if additional weekend home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35859/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      711. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove a disincentive in the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35861/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the emergence of a link between pandemrix and narcolepsy in children that were administered the swine flu vaccination; when his attention was...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify his plans to offer abortion services to residents of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35863/18]
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of counterfeit medication estimated to be in circulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35864/18]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35865/18]
    • Medical Research and Training
      716. To ask the Minister for Health if investment has been made by the health service in CRISPR gene editing technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35866/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment [35877/18]
    • Maternity Services
      718. To ask the Minister for Health the process of the dissemination and circulation of recommendations from internal and external reviews of maternity services; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Procedures
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which recommendations of internal and external reviews are transitioned to learning notices in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      722. To ask the Minister for Health the person in the HSE responsible for a social media account (details supplied) [35883/18]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      723. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address matters with regard to trainee nursing positions in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35886/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the appointment; the position of the person on the waiting list at the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      725. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will issue to a person (details supplied); the waiting time for homecare packages in County Kildare to date in 2018; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to revise the consent section of the E112 form (details supplied). [35901/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      727. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35917/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      728. To ask the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for results for women that have cervical smear tests carried out under the CervicalCheck programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and annual operational cost of establishing five new publicly owned dementia specific units with a capacity of 20 places for dementia patients; and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the nursing home support scheme to all dementia sufferers requiring long-stay care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35920/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the nursing home support scheme maximum agreed prices for private and voluntary nursing homes by 5% for all places in dementia specific...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists at Letterkenny University Hospital for cataract surgery; the number waiting 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and more than 15 months,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the equipment utilised by Letterkenny University Hospital's ophthalmology service; the costings and date of purchase of same in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists working in CHO1; the number of retirements in the past 12 months; when these positions will be filled; when a post...
    • HSE Properties
      737. To ask the Minister for Health when a site (details supplied) will be sold; and if it will be considered for community use. [35955/18]
    • EU Conventions
      738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ratify the Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      740. 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. [35962/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if scoliosis patients that require surgery can avail of treatment elsewhere if they have been waiting more than 18 weeks; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35964/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      743. 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. [35965/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); the reason for the delay in appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35967/18]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      747. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment [35973/18]
    • Ambulance Service
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a matter in relation to the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35976/18]
    • Medical Products Supply
      749. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug C1 esterase inhibitor Berinert will be made available by the HSE to persons with hereditary angioedema. [35981/18]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      750. 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. [35982/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is responsible for the payment of their outstanding bill from the Mater hospital. [35994/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason urology appointments in UHG have a waiting time of two years; the steps he will take to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      754. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36006/18]
    • Disability Services Data
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the multi-disciplinary provision to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the completed 2017-2018 school year; the planned provision for the 2018-2019...
    • Pharmacy Services
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if agreement will be given to a change in the definition of temporary absence of a pharmacist from a pharmacy; the work that may be done by pharmaceutical...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment being proposed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/18]
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding new draft rules proposed by an organisation (details supplied); if they have been signed off on to date; the timeframe for the statutory...
    • Hospital Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of services at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36035/18]
    • Home Care Packages
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages by county and by CHO in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the number in place in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service Data
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home help hours in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      768. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an assessment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding for orthotics by a person (details supplied) will be considered. [36052/18]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      770. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund the drug Spinraza, which has been approved here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons with spinal muscular...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the status of proposals to redevelop a training facility (details supplied) in County Donegal for adults with intellectual disabilities; if the HSE has...
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if all documents sought by his Department in regard to revised HSE proposals concerning the retention of long-stay residential care beds at community hospitals...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding submitted by management at Letterkenny University Hospital to reopen the hospital's short stay ward will be approved; if so, when...
    • HSE Reviews
      774. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 3 October 2017, if the review carried out within CHO area 1 into in-home and facility-based respite care provision...
    • Paediatric Services
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex needs in receipt of paediatric home care packages by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      776. To ask the Minister for Health when equipment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      777. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Funding
      778. To ask the Minister for Health if all national clinical leads for the HSE national clinical programmes are freed from conflicts of interest by ensuring that they declare whether they are in...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the planned tenure of each hospital clinical director post; and if post holders have exceeded that tenure. [36079/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if an annual commissioning plan for additional hospital beds will be brought forward with regard to the national development plan and the health service...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if selective dorsal rhizotomy procedures are available under the treatment abroad fund for persons with cerebral palsy. [36081/18]
    • Health Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for persons with cerebral palsy who wish to avail of selective dorsal rhizotomy. [36082/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a second home help to assist a person (details supplied) will be sanctioned. [36084/18]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a group (details supplied); if he will meet the group to discuss its concerns relating to the provision...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons wishing to access IVF treatments; his plans to extend and increase the number and level of supports and services available to...
    • Obesity Strategy
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress regarding the implementation of the Non-Broadcast Media Advertising and Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, including...
    • Stroke Care
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress with the development of the new five-year stroke strategy; the timeline for the development of the strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Consultations
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the consultations undertaken by his Department in 2017 and to date in 2018; the status of these consultations; if the results of these consultations have been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      791. 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. [36103/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if conditions for patients (details supplied) will be improved at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36109/18]
    • Hospital Investigations
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of poor practice relating to a person (details supplied) in a hospital will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36110/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kerry who have applied under the cross-border directive for cataract operations in the past 12 months; the number that have had...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      795. To ask the Minister for Health if a change to the assessment guidelines for the over 70s medical card will be considered to take into account net rather than the gross income; and if he will...
    • Maternity Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 20-week anomaly scan for all expectant mothers at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      797. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [36117/18]
    • Health Services Staff
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in resolving difficulties in regard to the operation of chiropractic services in view of the agreement by all parties at a meeting of the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when a hospital appointment will be expedited. [36142/18]
    • HSE Reports
      800. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the unpublished report review of public hospital interventional care for acute coronary syndrome patients in Ireland 2017; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2005 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [36155/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cath labs in operation at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin in each of the years 1978 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36175/18]
    • Home Help Service
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will allocate home help hours to a person (details supplied) when needed at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36176/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      806. To ask the Minister for Health if the need for persons who have had a serious spinal cord injury resulting in lifelong disability to receive a medical card on a needs not means basis will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if an ophthalmology appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the waiting times for such an appointment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      808. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 30 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no contact has been made with the person regarding...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in the audiology department of the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      811. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with a speech and language therapist at the Health Service Executive, Riverside, Tullamore, County...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available through the HSE in order that a person (details supplied) is awarded a wheelchair that was applied for in March 2018. [36205/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      814. 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. [36209/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Huntington's disease is not included on the LTI scheme; if this condition will be added to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      816. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiology appointment date will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the appointment in view of the fact that...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      818. To ask the Minister for Health if the directive issued by his Department in 2004, stating the guidelines for the dispensing of prescribed medication for the LTI and hi-tech PCRS schemes,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      819. 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. [36231/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of catheterisation laboratories operational in acute hospitals here in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by hospital in tabular...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      825. To ask the Minister for Health if the repeated cancellation of surgery for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if the surgery will be rescheduled. [36243/18]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no statistics on non-Irish duty-paid and illicit tobacco products were included in the Tobacco Free Ireland report released in July 2018; if his...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      827. 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. [36251/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved child psychiatrist posts; the number recommended under A Vision for Change; the number vacant; the location of such vacancies; and if he...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting orthodontic treatment; the number of those waiting more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      835. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue regarding a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [36294/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border directive specifically in respect to the United Kingdom in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if he is making provisions for such a...
    • Autism Support Services
      839. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 review of the HSE National Review of Autism Services, Past, Present and Way Forward 2012 (details supplied) will be published. [36306/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if the addition of asthma to the list of conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme has been considered in view of the significant medical costs...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      841. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will secure an appointment for knee surgery at Cappagh Hospital. [36315/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      842. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding charges for a procedure will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36323/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be made available for the provision of full-time residential care in County Kerry in view of the fact that there are a number of...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      844. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters relating to mental health services (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36336/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension and refurbishment works at Kanturk and Millstreet community hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36338/18]
    • Home Help Service
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of HSE home help has been changed to community home care assistants; when this commenced; the payments that should be paid to persons in a...
    • Legislative Measures
      847. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3, sections 20 to 23, inclusive, of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, will be commenced and resources provided to ensure these...
    • Psychological Assessments
      848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychology assessment in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      849. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36357/18]
    • Tender Process
      850. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36365/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      851. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36371/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      852. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given to a person (details supplied) to attend a specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36375/18]
    • Medical Products
      853. To ask the Minister for Health when funds will be available for a person (details supplied) to receive a mobility scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36376/18]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of respite care provided at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal each week to date in 2018; the number of service users these...
    • Departmental Communications
      855. To ask the Minister for Health the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890 phone numbers...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      856. To ask the Minister for Health the budget per CHO area for emergency respite bed applications for 2017 and 2018; the allocations by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to disband a service (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed. [36415/18]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff employed in each laboratory for the analysis of biochemistry and haematology blood tests in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if an investment of €12 million will be included in budget 2019 towards community supports for persons with dementia (details supplied); and if he...
    • HSE Properties
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the annual rental cost of buildings rented by his Department or organisations under its aegis at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for persons to be given a replacement guide dog in circumstances in which their guide dogs are retired; and the procedure in such cases....
    • National Dementia Strategy
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the community supports for persons with dementia here; his plans to expand the support levels for persons with dementia; his further plans to meet dementia...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's (details supplied) audiology consultation can be moved to Dublin in view of the fact that no audiologist is available in the person's home...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, interviews were held by the HSE at University Hospital Limerick for the post of acting or temporary CEO; and if the post was advertised...
    • HSE Staff
      867. To ask the Minister for Health if the CEO at University Hospital Limerick has retained a post within the Saolta group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36458/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an urgent and immediate review of the case file of a mental health patient (details supplied) where affirmative action needs to be taken in...
    • Health Services
      869. To ask the Minister for Health when an item will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36473/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      872. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive braces. [36498/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      873. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of children awaiting an outpatient appointment in the three Dublin children's hospitals for more...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in appointing a new director general for the HSE and the re-appointment of its board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disease Incidence
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of measles reported in each of the years from 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the steps that have been taken to reduce and contain the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      876. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE consulted with drug task forces regarding the provision of €710,000 funding for priority projects and services in CHO areas to address drug...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved child psychiatrist posts in County Wexford; the number recommended for the county under A Vision for Change; the number vacant; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      878. 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. [36549/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the HSE's decision to cease respite services at a location (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is the only...
    • Hospitals Data
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital trolleys in all hospitals in the Dublin north east region, including Cavan and Monaghan Hospital, in each month since 2017,...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the facilities in which they are located; the number of beds available in each; if they...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      883. To ask the Minister for Health when sonographers will be in place to provide anomaly scans at Cavan General Hospital; the timeline for the scan at the hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of...
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with the primary care psychology service; the length of time they have been...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      890. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need from early intervention teams; the length of time they have been...
    • Community Care
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of the ten new advance nurse practitioner posts by community healthcare organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36572/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in whole-time equivalent terms in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, for each CHO in tabular form. [36577/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation on the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the progress made to date; the expected completion date; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Delays
      899. To ask the Minister for Health if additional personnel and resources will be allocated in respect of the processing of medical card applications due to delays in relation to same; and if he...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      900. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the operation of the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme for children and young adults will be arranged with a view to making FreeStyle Libre...
    • Hospital Facilities
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the position from the HSE estates department on the provision a new paediatric diabetes centre that is to be developed at Sligo University Hospital; when...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      902. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1810 of 24 July 2018, and in view of the fact no response has issued from the HSE, the full year cost of reducing...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      904. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1814 of 24 July 2018, and in view of the fact no response has issued from the HSE, the full year cost of hiring 500 new...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      905. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1811 of 24 July 2018 and in view of the fact that a response has not issued from the HSE, the full-year cost of reducing...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing universal general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36623/18]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      907. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing universal primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36624/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      909. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme will be fully available to all women who have immediate medical issues regarding transvaginal mesh implant devices; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      910. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a consultation to be assessed for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      911. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [36639/18]
    • Patient Transfers
      912. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to St. James's Hospital, Dublin, from Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, for specialist...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      913. 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. [36643/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local health organisations that do not provide seven-over-seven mental healthcare for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      915. To ask the Minister for Health when home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [36648/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied) for a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36649/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the reason asthma is not included under the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact it is a lifelong illness. [36652/18]
    • Primary Care Centres
      918. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress on the primary care centre for Thurles, County Tipperary; the chronology by each stage in the process since it started and to date;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      921. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce measures to award a medical card to persons who have had a spinal injury on the basis of need rather than means in view of the effect...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36686/18]
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to address the problems of overcrowding in the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick in view of the fact that it...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      924. 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. [36727/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a secretarial position has remained vacant in the dentistry department of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; when this position will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      926. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a referral letter from the dentistry department of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      927. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 3 May 2017, if the ecology assessment of the identified site has been completed; the progress to date on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      928. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) will be assessed in respect of the provision of home help. [36735/18]
    • Home Help Service
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new contracts for home helps are not being implemented in Tralee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if the inclusion of a specific illness (details supplied) in the long-term illness card scheme will be reconsidered. [36767/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [36776/18]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      933. To ask the Minister for Health if immunotherapy drugs, pembrolizumab or nivolumab, will be made available on the medical card to persons with late stage cancers; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      934. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of equipment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [36783/18]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the proposed new renal unit for Tallaght University Hospital; his plans to ensure the funding is forthcoming in 2018; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      936. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support packages that have been granted in the CHO7 area dealing with south-western areas of Dublin in the past year; the number of...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      937. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of persons waiting on trolleys in Tallaght University Hospital in July 2018 and August 2018 and the number for July 2017 and August 2017;...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the operation of home care services across all CHOs; the number of persons allocated a home care package who are still waiting to receive the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      940. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1369 of 24 July 2018, the further length of time a person (details supplied) will be waiting to receive home care hours...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children across the country who are awaiting an assessment of need including an assessment for autism spectrum disorder by county or on an...
    • Disability Services Data
      942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children across the country who are awaiting speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy by county or on an aggregate...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      943. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork was placed on the waiting list for autotics; the position of the person on the waiting list; when the person...
    • Health Services Provision
      945. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the development of community based Parkinson's nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36850/18]
    • Hospital Staff
      946. To ask the Minister for Health if a sustainable solution has been found to restore full medical officer cover at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [36851/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      947. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a specific HSE service (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the significant importance of this service to the...
    • Home Help Service
      948. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated in respect of the home support scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of delays in putting in place such support...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      950. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to proceed with special interim legislation in respect of parents with fatal foetal abnormalities as proposed by him; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Issues
      951. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department in respect of drugs policy in the event of a hard Brexit that full access will be maintained to medical supplies; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Farm Household Incomes
      952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address issues in regard to supporting farm incomes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address issues regarding funding for farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35756/18]
    • Invasive Plant Species
      954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide financial supports for farmers in County Wexford who must reseed their land upon the arrival of invasive species...
    • Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme
      955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans for a voluntary farm building relocation scheme due to flooding issues; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Live Exports
      956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a live animal export episode in Cork Harbour documented by a group (details supplied); and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) with regard to a farm payment that is being penalised will be examined; and if he will...
    • Control of Dogs
      959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the enforcement of the 2015 legislation to microchip dogs that is in place; the fines and penalties that have been imposed since the...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications Data
      960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of communications in relation to aquaculture licences at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • GLAS Payments
      961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35691/18]
    • Fur Farming
      962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to renewing fur farming licences when they next expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35784/18]
    • Fish Quotas
      963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that access to the fishing grounds of the porcupine prawn off the west coast of Ireland is being denied...
    • Fodder Crisis
      964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the measures he has taken to address the lack of fodder supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35816/18]
    • Farm Inspections
      965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of recent reports of bullying and harassment by departmental inspectors while carrying out on-farm inspections; the number...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a licensing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35949/18]
    • Fodder Crisis
      967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a series of matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the fodder crisis will be reviewed; and if he will...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [35980/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35985/18]
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the full environmental impact study will be carried out on a bay; when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an...
    • Pesticide Use
      971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 28 November 2017, his plans to review a decision to allow pre-harvest spraying of crops...
    • Licence Applications
      972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) was granted a licence to be an approved tree and hedging nursery; if so, the year it was granted and...
    • TAMS Payments
      973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following a successful review; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments for 2016 and 2017 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if an oral hearing can be held in the case; and if he will make a...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to support the income of suckler farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fodder Crisis
      978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the winter 2018 fodder crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36032/18]
    • Animal Culls
      979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, nationally and by county in tabular form; the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of an ANC payment for 2017 has been successful; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hill land that is farmed in the traditional manner will now not need to be fenced in cases in which other general compliance...
    • GLAS Applications
      982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a GLAS 1 application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pesticide Use
      983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to end the use of glyphosate following a case (details supplied) in the United States of America in summer 2018. [36178/18]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the conclusions and findings contained in the newly updated draft appropriate assessment conclusion statement in which...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36192/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the payment for suckler cow farmers will be increased to €200 per suckler cow (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Penalties
      987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) who had a penalty on the person's farm payments will be examined; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farming payments will be issued on time in view of the pending fodder crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Communications
      989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800,...
    • Fur Farming
      990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Council of Europe recommendation concerning fur animals and specifically the practice of farming the mink species...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a sheep welfare scheme penalty in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who submitted a BPS application in 2018 who have parcels of land within designated areas; the number of these...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 19 June 2018, the status of an aquaculture licence application by a person (details...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36571/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Sligo County Council will be assisted with the cost of removing a 2.5 tonne whale carcass that has washed ashore to help to stop...
    • Illegal Dumping
      996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the deterrents in place to prevent illegal dumping in Coillte forests and lakes in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a licence by a person (details supplied) can be amended to include another species; and if he will make a...
    • Fodder Crisis
      998. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering long-term measures and proposals that will seek to avoid further livestock fodder shortages in future years....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      1000. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36777/18]
    • Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
      1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce low cost credit facilities for farmers facing financial difficulties; when the scheme will be introduced; and...
    • Fodder Crisis
      1003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to introduce to ensure that there are adequate supplies of fodder and foodstuff for the coming winter and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a parcel of land (details supplied) has entitlements; if this parcel can now be classified as clean land; and if he will make a...
    • Fodder Crisis
      1005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put to the European Commission in relation to the provision of assistance to farmers facing difficulties with...
    • Beef Industry
      1006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the beef forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [36932/18]
    • Dairy Sector
      1007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dairy forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [36933/18]
    • Tillage Sector
      1008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the tillage forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form....
    • Agriculture Industry
      1009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs associated with running and facilitating the various round table forums in each sector including beef, dairy, tillage and...
    • Fodder Crisis
      1010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a crisis hardship fund to support farmers that have had to expend significant funds to source fodder and feed...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      1012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied to the 2018 national reserve without having completed a green certificate by the May 2018...
    • Livestock Issues
      1014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows by county, in tabular form. [36943/18]
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      1015. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if adequate financial support will be provided for farmers to ensure they are not disadvantaged when TB controls are imposed on...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1017. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payment rates per hectare for farmers for the recently announced knowledge transfer scheme to establish knowledge transfer...
    • Food Exports
      1018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the confirmation that 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors will be hired in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme Data
      1019. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated in each year of the 2014-2020 rural development programme to the early retirement scheme; the amount drawn down...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      1020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants that have and have not completed animal health measures, respectively, by...
    • Brexit Data
      1022. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 12 July 2018, the status of the data in relation to quarter one. [36951/18]
    • Fish Landings
      1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of landings made from the UK exclusive economic zone for each specific fishing stock, in tabular form. [36952/18]
    • Fish Exports
      1024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on targets to increase fish exports in volume and value terms as per Foodwise 2025. [36953/18]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      1025. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to amend the renewable electricity support scheme and enact a measure to encourage the use of renewable...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      1026. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland has plans to purchase a fishery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1027. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made to introduce a payment to assist persons who have lifelong or long-term medical...
    • Law Reform Commission Reports
      1028. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the cost of creating the office of the digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Law Reform Commission has...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1029. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be an ongoing subsidy required in terms of the national broadband plan tender; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      1030. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the contracting out of secure printing by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [35534/18]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1031. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding broadband access at a location (details supplied) in County Wexford to encourage remote...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1033. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the roll-out plan will be modified for a person (details supplied) and that person's neighbours; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1036. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when improved broadband services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1037. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue to a query raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding broadband in the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      1038. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the ESB Westwave project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35813/18]
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      1040. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the composite national coverage map for the 3G and 4G networks will be published; the action that will be taken...
    • Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group
      1041. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the price monitoring group on residential household waste; the measures he is taking to ensure...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      1043. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initiatives under way and planned to promote the use of environmentally friendly fuels such as smokeless coal by...
    • Recycling Data
      1045. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the quantity and percentage of plastics bottles that are verifiably recycled here in each of the past three years to...
    • Recycling Policy
      1046. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirements placed on employers to ensure that with respect to waste generated by their staff in the...
    • Waste Management
      1047. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the agencies and-or authorities that have responsibility for national campaigns on waste minimisation, prevention and...
    • Departmental Communications
      1048. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call...
    • Postal Services Provision
      1049. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in relation to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36479/18]
    • Waste Management
      1051. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific actions and their associated timeframe he is taking to deal with the excessive waste generated by single...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1052. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount by which Ireland will fail to meet the 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets (details supplied); the level...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1053. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of the national broadband plan; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      1054. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming renewable electricity supported scheme will include technology specific auctions in particular to...
    • North-South Interconnector
      1055. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he is delaying publishing the studies in relation to the North-South interconnector; the timeframe for...
    • Postal Codes
      1056. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding an Eircode issue; and if he will...
    • North-South Interconnector
      1057. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department received the two independent reports relating to the proposed North-South interconnector; when it...
    • Biofuel Availability
      1058. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the development of anaerobic digestors on a regional basis. [36765/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      1059. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan in terms of the procurement process; the expected roll-out terms, timeframe...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      1060. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a project (details supplied) will be progressed in view of the fact that such infrastructure would be beneficial...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1062. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is expected fast charge points for electric vehicles will be installed in Cavan town; and if he will make a...
    • Post Office Network
      1063. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to implement to secure the post office network in view of its importance throughout the country...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Insurance
      1065. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a resolution in the case of a person (details supplied) can be identified. [35448/18]
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      1066. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department was notified in advance by the embassy of the United States of an aircraft (details supplied) being on contract to the...
    • Suicide Prevention
      1067. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new bridge under construction in New Ross will include suicide prevention apparatus such as suicide barriers and netting; and if...
    • Driver Test Data
      1068. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each driver test centre nationally; the number of persons waiting for a driver test; the expected waiting time for...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1069. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) in relation to the change in Bus Éireann's timetable for daily services from Cavan to Dublin will be...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      1071. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Transport Authority, NTA, is proposing a new colour scheme for buses in...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      1072. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which clubs or organisations can apply for the dormant accounts funding, namely the sports measures for disadvantaged...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1073. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting since 6 January 2018 for an appointment for their driver test in Tullamore; when he or...
    • Rail Services Provision
      1074. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that can be added to the existing services on the Maynooth to Connolly rail line in the second half of 2019...
    • Road Network
      1075. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the upgrading of a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35494/18]
    • Railway Stations
      1077. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 15 February 2018, the status of the expansion of the car parking capacity levels at Sallins...
    • Rail Network
      1078. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the upgrading of rail service levels through the Phoenix Park tunnel during off-peak times; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1079. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the contracting out of secure printing in his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [35532/18]
    • Marine Safety
      1080. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35566/18]
    • Driver Test Data
      1081. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered driver instructors that are independent or self-employed as opposed to being franchised to companies such as a...
    • Public Transport Fares
      1082. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review Irish Rail train fare costs in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35611/18]
    • Marine Casualty Investigations Board
      1083. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the Marine Casualty Investigation Board to reinvestigate the deaths of persons (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      1084. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 21 June 2018, if the aircraft was or was not in Irish controlled airspace. [35658/18]
    • Road Projects Status
      1087. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N81 upgrade project; if the project will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35667/18]
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      1088. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities involving road traffic accidents on the N81 in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
    • Public Transport Fares
      1089. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review of train fares for Newbridge, Kildare and Athy rail commuters that remain outside the short-hop commuter zone will be...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      1090. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available in 2019 for the restoration of Coughlanstown Road, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Transport Authority
      1092. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA rail review document will be published. [35718/18]
    • Transport Policy
      1093. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an organisation's (details supplied) request that a fully wheelchair accessible transport system be provided in view of the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1094. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all sections of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 have been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35772/18]
    • Driver Test
      1095. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/18]
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      1096. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate the use of drones in a circumstance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/18]
    • Road Safety
      1097. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of a road safety measure (details supplied); if there is a timeframe for its delivery; and if he will...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1098. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason some persons that have applied for driver tests in Tullamore in January 2018 have still not been called. [35907/18]
    • Public Transport
      1100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of efforts to address issues with regard to rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36009/18]
    • Pilot Training Colleges
      1101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being undertaken to assist trainee pilots and their families affected by the collapse of a college (details supplied); the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) in relation to tractors on public roads will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      1103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a road junction in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects Status
      1106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA met with Cork County Council recently to discuss the road upgrade scheme for Lehenaghbeg-Lehenaghmore, County Cork; and if...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      1107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when successful applicants that applied for the capital sports grants 2018 will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maritime Safety Regulations
      1108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of applications to have boats surveyed to assess their suitability to operate as passenger vessels received by the Marine...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if national lottery funding will be made available to sports clubs in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      1110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to deal with and to curb anti-social behaviour on the rail networks including Iarnród Éireann and Luas;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 15 May 2018, the name of all consultants and the fees paid or due to them by the NTA and...
    • Road Safety
      1113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department does not include funding for preventative safety measures being developed under a non-national safety scheme...
    • Road Tolls
      1114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the toll charged for using the N4 Sligo to Dublin is the highest toll charge here despite the fact the motorway status road...
    • Road Safety Authority Data
      1115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of RSA officers operating in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Roscommon who are tasked with specifically...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      1116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Dublin Bus not issuing change refunds from 21 September 2018; his views on whether the rights of commuters are being...
    • Road Signage
      1117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the revised traffic signs manual will be amended; the date on which the signs will be erected showing Ireland West Airport Knock;...
    • Departmental Communications
      1118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850...
    • Tourism Promotion
      1119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Fáilte Ireland plans to open a new tourist information office in either Malahide and-or Howth, County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Driver Test Data
      1120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting driver tests; and the number who have been allocated a test date. [36494/18]
    • Traffic Management
      1124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative provisions required to implement and enforce variable speed limits on the M50; when this legislation will be introduced;...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      1125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times for a driver test at Gorey and Wexford test centres; the national average waiting time; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Fares
      1126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full-year cost of halving public transport fares; the full-year cost of making public transport free for all; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Status
      1127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected completion date for the widening of the N7; the contractual stipulations in regard to timelines; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the law under which haulage motorists may be fined €80 or more and receive one penalty point for overtaking a...
    • Rail Network
      1129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Dublin city centre resignalling project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36659/18]
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      1130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation to extend eligibility to a disabled parking permit to provide for the carers of persons with autism;...
    • Road Projects Status
      1131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to develop the M20 motorway between Limerick and Cork; when a design team will be appointed; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      1132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been furnished with the preliminary report on the route and design of the proposed M20 Cork to Limerick motorway. [36710/18]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the amount of sports capital funding 2018 will be increased in view of the fact that the terms of eligibility have been relaxed to...
    • Road Network
      1134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the NTA have plans or proposals to bypass the town of Headford, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network Expansion
      1135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review of phase 2 Athenry to Tuam and phase 3 Tuam to Claremorris of the western rail corridor has commenced; if not, when it is...
    • Driver Test
      1137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36761/18]
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      1138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extension of the Luas green line from Broombridge into the Dublin 15 area; his plans to investigate the benefits of...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when all sections of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 will be commenced; the sections which are awaiting commencement; and if he...
    • Road Projects Status
      1141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposed works on the N2 from Rath to Kilmoon, County Meath. [36833/18]
    • Harbours and Piers
      1142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the transfer of Dún Laoghaire harbour to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; the directors of the harbour...
    • Road Network
      1143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, that Waterloo junction on the N21, Cork, remain permanently open while...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      1144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the National Transport Authority is undertaking sufficient public consultation in respect of the BusConnects...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an application by a person (details supplied) for equipment and works will be funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider, further to correspondence, amending the early childhood care and education scheme and removing a restriction...
    • Children and Family Services Provision
      1147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a unit (details supplied) in Castleblaney, County Monaghan, will be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36264/18]
    • Child Care Costs
      1148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase support for childcare costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36910/18]
    • Early Years Sector
      1149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an application by an organisation (details supplied) for an early years and school-age grant will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla is operating its own internal complaints policy and procedures; and if there are published guidelines for same. [35420/18]
    • Child Abuse
      1151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an investigation will be launched into whether the threshold for the reporting of child abuse was reached in the cases shown in a...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that a company (details supplied) is suitable to act as a major recruiting agent for Tusla; and if she will make a...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      1154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to prevent crèches operating under the affordable childcare scheme from increasing the fees they charge to...
    • Gender Balance
      1155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the gender breakdown of the senior management positions in Tusla; and her views on the gender breakdown in her Department in view of the...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres in County Donegal offering family contact centre services; the process by which they can be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the issue of age limits for children (details supplied) on the ECCE scheme will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address issues regarding the lack of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the consultation process undertaken with parents regarding the age limits for ECCE which was due for completion in June 2018...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cases of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason both children are not entitled to two free preschool years; if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if correspondence from a person (details supplied) has been received and examined; and if a response has been issued. [36283/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      1162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the positions in her Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850...
    • Departmental Properties
      1163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual rental cost of buildings rented by her Department or organisations under its aegis at a location (details supplied); and if she...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole-time equivalent social work posts per Tusla region; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by region; and if...
    • Children in Care
      1165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the findings of the national review panel in relation to the experiences of three young women while in the care of the State in...
    • Detention Centres Data
      1166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are two outstanding reports (details supplied) on Oberstown Detention Centre; when the contents will be published; and if she...
    • Early Years Sector
      1167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of the various childcare programmes across her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36598/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the decision to reduce the two entry points to the ECCE scheme that existed in January and April 2018 to one annual entry point from...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monthly amount spent by Tusla on agency staff in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36807/18]
    • Family Support Services
      1172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family support workers working with homeless families; the number of families per worker; if families in homeless...
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland
      1173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her attention was first drawn to the fact that the Adoption Authority of Ireland sent three reports on illegal birth registrations to...
    • Adoption Registration
      1174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the illegal birth registrations discovered in view of the fact many are mature adults; the reason social workers are...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      1180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether as a civil and human right, adopted persons that are now adults should have full access to adoption records and...
    • Adoption Data
      1181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated number of persons adopted here prior to the Adoption Act 1952; the number which were adoptions of Irish children that were...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Authority Finances
      1185. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to each local authority for community development functions in 2017 and 2018. [35417/18]
    • Walks Scheme
      1186. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation (details supplied) for increased allocation of funding for the walks...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      1187. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local authorities that have been asked to map local blackspots to identify infrastructure that could potentially be...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      1188. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which individual clubs can apply for dormant accounts funding through the various departments; and if he will make a...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1189. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of town and village renewal scheme applications in County Kildare. [35930/18]
    • CLÁR Programme
      1191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for fully adapted transport for an organisation (details supplied) as part of its application for...
    • Departmental Communications
      1192. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800,...
    • Charities Regulation
      1193. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for the Charities Regulatory Authority increased by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      1194. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding allocations under measure 2 of the outdoor recreational scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      1195. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown between total funds expended on administration costs and the total amount on project costs on the Leader programme in...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      1196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 rural development programme as per measure 19 support for Leader...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated by current and capital expenditure in 2018 to schemes (details supplied). [36938/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
      1198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that did not receive an automatic payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and...
    • Employment Rights
      1201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the ratification of the International Labour Organisation's convention concerning decent work for domestic workers in...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a travel pass for a person (details supplied) can be reinstated in view of recent policy changes to the free travel...
    • Job Losses
      1203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) and put supports in place for employees that will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35502/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a perosn (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appeals in the case of a person (details supplied) will be heard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35562/18]
    • Carer's Support Grant
      1208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for the carer's support grant in the case of a person (details...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      1209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for illness benefit and disability allowance in the case of a...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      1210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a bereavement grant by way of an exceptional needs payment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Communications
      1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if phone lines that are provided for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas by her Department to make queries in relation...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      1214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the class S PRSI for a self-employed person that is 66 years of age can be used to satisfy the minimum 260 contribution...
    • Pensions Legislation
      1215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the preparation of legislation to facilitate reviews for those in receipt of contributory pensions post-2012...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; if this claim can be backdated; and...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      1217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on a carer's allowance is granted stamps towards PRSI employee benefits such as teeth cleaning and eye tests....
    • Pension Provisions
      1218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on a carer's allowance is granted credits towards their pension. [35709/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [35710/18]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if this payment will be...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      1221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that were in receipt of the carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      1222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the revision of PRSI being levied on phantom gains deemed to be arising to a trade when in fact there is an overall loss...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      1223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the domiciliary care allowance is only paid up until a child’s 16th birthday rather than 18 as is the...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      1225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the period of time that participants over 50 years of age can remain on community employment and...
    • Pension Provisions
      1226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the European Code of Social Security became binding here; her views on whether the 2012 pension eligibility changes...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if she will make a...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
      1229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the maximum wage limit to qualify for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); the average waiting time on an appeal for this...
    • Invalidity Pension
      1231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on invalidity pension are permitted to hold non-executive directorships of a family business which require them...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; her plans to reintroduce a measure for persons in...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      1234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      1235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36102/18]
    • Pension Provisions
      1236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 2459 of 24 July 2018, if her Department will interact directly with the UK authorities...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      1237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a basic social welfare payment has not been granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      1238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason rent support is not being paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      1239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment supervisors are entitled to pension benefits upon retirement as was recommended at the LRC ten years...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      1245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for farm assist by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1246. 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...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      1248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances in which a community employment placement may be extended beyond three years such as in the case...
    • Redundancy Payments
      1249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for State redundancy by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      1250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to alter the State pension qualification criteria to ensure that all persons who have had periods...
    • Illness Benefit Data
      1252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which it was decided to change the application forms for illness benefit; the consultations that took place; the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      1253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for all social welfare payments. [36258/18]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      1255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a cross-departmental and cross-party working group to examine child maintenance and issues in regard...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      1256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to the introduction of illness benefit for self-employed persons, that is, if the class S...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      1257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeals process regarding a jobseeker's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in regard to their claim for a disability allowance;...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in regard to their application for a domiciliary care...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      1264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person will still qualify for tax relief on the contributions they have invested through the auto-enrolment scheme...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in making a decision on an application by persons (details supplied) for a disability allowance....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal by a person (details supplied) in relation to their claim for invalidity...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a review of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s allowance; and if she...
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments
      1268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment of occupational injuries benefit to a person (details supplied) ceased; if same will now issue to them;...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      1270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36355/18]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36366/18]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36370/18]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      1276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a partial capacity benefit application has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Communications
      1280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in her Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be entitled to apply for an invalidity pension. [36409/18]
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [36412/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      1284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Media Monitoring
      1285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 100 keywords that her Department will provide to a contracted service for its social media monitoring projects; the...
    • National Carers' Strategy Funding
      1287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the community supports for carers for persons with dementia; her plans to expand the support levels for carers for persons...
    • JobPath Programme
      1288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which persons are chosen to participate in JobPath; the way in which persons are selected to enter JobPath for a...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter raised by an association (details supplied) will be examined; her views on the plan to disallow some parents...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      1290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for dealing with applications for assistance towards funeral expenses. [36481/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36482/18]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36501/18]
    • Social Welfare Code
      1293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason stamps were not credited to a person (details supplied). [36510/18]
    • Homemakers Scheme
      1294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to her Department's policy and practice of not displaying homemakers credits on a person's...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sections of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 that have been commenced to date; when all sections of...
    • Departmental Reports
      1296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a report (details supplied) on local employment and job club services will be published; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      1297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes will be made as part of budget discussions to social welfare payments that take place from 1 January 2019 in line...
    • Pension Provisions
      1298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when improvements to pension calculations announced on 23 January 2018 for post-2012 pensioners will be implemented; when...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      1301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the figures and waiting time for invalidity pension applications in July 2017 compared to July 2018. [36581/18]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of eliminating the reduced rates of jobseeker's allowance for persons under 26 years of age; and if she...
    • Pensions Reform
      1303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the investigations her Department has carried out with regard to applying PRSI contributions and entitlements...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      1304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the level of training supports available for persons who are unemployed but cannot receive jobseeker's...
    • State Pensions Reform
      1305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the proposed changes to the pension system in 2020; the nature of these changes; the proposals for same; and...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      1306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36633/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      1307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications from July 2017 to date by month in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
      1308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times for the processing of applications for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension
      1309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional staff have been hired or allocated to the invalidity pension section due to a change in provisions (details...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Redundancy Payments
      1312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with a redundancy package from a Tús supervisor...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      1313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons with pulmonary hypertension will be facilitated when applying for assistance under the supplementary welfare...
    • State Pensions
      1314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the legislation to implement changes to the State pension system regarding the previous changes made in 2012 will be...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      1315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been made contractually redundant at 66 years of age will be automatically entitled to receive...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) that applied for carer's allowance on 9 March 2018 will receive a decision on their claim;...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      1317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme per annum from 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      1319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason childcare fees are not considered as an expense in the eligibility for the one parent family payment; and if she...
    • Child Care Costs
      1320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the findings of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36909/18]
    • Post Office Closures
      1321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the representations her Department has made to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in respect...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      1322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-year pay cost of senior positions (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      1323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a scheme available via the HSE to assist homeowners financially towards remedial works to their house for a...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      1324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Leap cards are only being given to homeless families during school terms despite the fact that many of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      1325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be available for a rural cottage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Process
      1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe to publish the Bill to ban the use of microplastics; the progress to date on same; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Data
      1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a cost analysis has been undertaken to evaluate the potential cost per year to the State to house persons who have had...
    • Nitrates Usage
      1328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cap on the amount of nitrates used by farmers will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      1329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests for allowances to hire front-line staff in a local authority (details supplied) for 2017 and to date...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when guidelines as to the suitable locations for the construction of solar panels will issue. [36764/18]
    • Seanad Reform
      1331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher...
    • Commercial Rates
      1332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the business rates legislative proposals published since the Government took office; and the proposals that have been enacted...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation to each local authority for estate management functions in 2017 and 2018. [35416/18]
    • Student Accommodation
      1335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections in place to ensure that accommodation designed and built for students remains as student accommodation; and...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the terms of the caravan loan scheme will be reviewed with a view to updating the legislation to make the scheme more...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      1337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of indoor and outdoor staff employed by each local authority in County Tipperary prior to the local authority...
    • Development Contributions
      1338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new guidelines regarding development contributions will be issued to all local authorities outlining that purpose built...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      1339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to all local authorities instructing them to provide free access to council sports and leisure...
    • Housing Data
      1340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of pensioners in HAP and-or RAS tenancies in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the type of tenancy...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      1341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; if a decision will be expedited; and if he will make a statement...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      1342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children in emergency housing accommodation by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in announcing funding for phase 2 of a project (details supplied) in view of the fact that phase 1...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      1344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recommendation by an organisation (details supplied) that wheelchair accessible housing be made more...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      1345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application for a mortgage through the Rebuilding Ireland programme by persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the target date for the commencement of an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/18]
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      1347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on the rental accommodation scheme; the number of persons in receipt of the scheme, by county, in each of the years...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      1348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on the housing assistance payment scheme; the number of persons in receipt of the scheme, by county, in each of the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his departmental officials have met with a company (details supplied); the number of times he has met with it; the...
    • Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
      1352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider proposals to place an obligation on landlords to pre-register a property with the Residential Tenancies...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      1353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of a first-time buyer for a separated person in relation to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme further to...
    • Electoral Reform
      1354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to extend gender quotas to local elections in time for the 2019 elections; if work is...
    • Local Authority Staff
      1356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work being undertaken to professionalise the provision of housing services in local authorities through specialist...
    • Vacant Properties
      1357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant to renovate old one-off housing in rural Ireland (details supplied) to assist with the housing...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reopen the tenant purchase scheme. [36066/18]
    • House Purchase Schemes
      1359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons are considered to satisfy the eligibility criteria relating to employment for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance
      1360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken by his Department in response to the European Committee of Social Rights finding in 2017 that Ireland was in...
    • Energy Efficiency
      1361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an allocation under phase 11 of the energy efficiency programme will be made to Longford County Council in order to carry...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      1362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rate of subsidy paid to group water schemes will be increased in view of the fact that the subsidies paid to group...
    • Housing Estates
      1363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the preparation and finalisation of a national protocol with regard to the taking in charge of estates served by...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      1364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the amendments to the mica report following from consultation submissions will be adopted; when the NSAI report will be...
    • Regulatory Bodies Role
      1365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in the establishment of the planning regulator, the recruitment of staff and securing of...
    • Child Care Services
      1366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if community childcare facilities are exempt from rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/18]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage applications by local authority for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; the number of loans issued; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
      1369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units built or acquired in Rush, County Dublin, in each of the years 2015 to 2017, inclusive,...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36278/18]
    • Credit Union Services
      1374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of work with the credit unions and the approved housing bodies on the establishment of a special purpose vehicle...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the reclassification of approved housing bodies; and the work being undertaken to remove approved housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision (1 comment)
      1376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken on foot of the review of delivery costs and viability for affordable residential developments. [36314/18]
    • Construction Industry
      1377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial or other incentives that exist for the construction and delivery of commercial development. [36316/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      1378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the policy of not allowing carer's allowance to be taken into account as earned income for the purposes of the Rebuilding...
    • Housing Agency Data
      1379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the acquisition of vacant homes by the Housing Agency using its €70 million fund and other resources...
    • Property Registration
      1380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the knowledge his Department has on the profile of the concentration of ownership of land here; the location in which such...
    • Housing Issues
      1381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to deal with construction delays associated with Part V approvals; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rents Data
      1382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of individuals or families that pay rent to a private landlord each month excluding those that benefit from State...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      1384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of income limit guidelines for social housing provision will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available via local authorities towards covering the cost of damage to private businesses that were uninsured...
    • Departmental Communications
      1386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements in place in his Department and the organisations under its aegis for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890...
    • Fire Service Staff
      1388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire fighters employed in each county in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      1389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines and rules in place for funding to local authorities in respect of turnkey housing schemes to be provided by...
    • Irish Water
      1390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average connection fee charged by Irish Water for mains and sewerage for each local authority area in 2016, 2017 and 2018...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new build housing target that was set for 2017; the way in which this compares to output by housing type; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      1394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the cost rental housing scheme at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will operate; the persons that...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      1395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the fire safety task force established after the Grenfell Tower fire disaster submitted its report; if he has considered...
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      1396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections carried out in the rental sector in 2017; the number of non-compliant dwellings at first inspection...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children and adults deemed homeless in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth in each of the past 12 months in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the stock of social housing by 50,000 by 2021; the immediate measures he is taking to...
    • Student Accommodation
      1399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to alleviate the crisis in student accommodation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      1400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full year cost of the HAP and RAS programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36596/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings that have been acquired on long-term leases for social housing in 2017 and to date in 2018; the...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      1403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the Kildare County Council housing list in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the balance of funding required to be provided by local authorities in addition to the funding they receive from his...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes that have been brought back into use by each local authority in each year since the...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      1406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual cost, number and location of social housing units in respect of which local authorities pay property management...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a shortfall in the funding allocated to Limerick City and County Council for the purpose...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      1408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the 10% deposit required to avail of a local authority housing loan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the population growth targets under the national development plan will be implemented in each local...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to amend the conditions applicable to the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated in 2018 to Cavan County Council for house improvement schemes such as the housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes approved under the affordable purchase scheme to date in 2018; the number anticipated in 2018, 2019, 2020...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the serviced sites fund is included under current or capital allocations under Vote 34; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      1416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual expenditure on the homeless housing assistance payment since its inception to date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      1417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the report of the working group on short-term lets submitted to his Department; and when a targeted public...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      1418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable dwellings fund will be established under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      1420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated launch date of the national regeneration and development agency; the per annum budget for the agency and its...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      1421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the per annum target for the repair and lease scheme in 2018; the number delivered to date; the anticipated expenditure per...
    • Rental Sector
      1424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated number of units to be delivered in each of the pilot projects for a new cost rental scheme; the timeframe for...
    • National Planning Framework
      1425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if county development plans currently under review should be suspended pending the issuing of regional planning guidelines...
    • Vacant Sites Data
      1426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is tracking the identification of vacant land by local authorities under the vacant site tax; the acres...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the purchase by approved housing bodies, AHBs, with public funds of properties being sold by vulture funds that...
    • Register of Electors
      1429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the unilateral decision by local authorities to alter the layout and chronology of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Control
      1430. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a seal cull will take place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36101/18]
    • Arts Funding
      1431. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for a textile artist whose creative skills and dedication to their art has helped them overcome mental...
    • Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta
      1433. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 2790 of 24 July 2018, the number of early years educational settings participating in the...
    • National Monuments
      1434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures to be taken to ensure a monument (details supplied) does not fall into further disrepair; and if she will make a...
    • Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme
      1435. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 410 and 411 of 21 July 2016, if the commitment given in the reply will be implemented...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      1436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding sick pay in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      1437. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of funding for an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; if a copy of the service level...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1438. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing inappropriate management of grasslands at a location (details supplied); if the...
    • Waterways Ireland
      1440. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to restore the mid-Shannon walkway on the Meelick Weir following the damage caused by the severe flooding of November...
    • Culture Ireland
      1442. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available for cultural groups to travel abroad to tour and perform; if funding is available as part of the St....
    • Site Acquisitions
      1443. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if discussions will be held with Tipperary County Council in relation to a site (details supplied) in order to acquire and...
    • Forbairt na nOileán
      1444. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé méid airgead a ceadaíodh i 2018 chun oibreacha caipitil a dhéanamh ar na hoileáin amach ón...
    • Departmental Communications
      1445. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in her Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800,...
    • EU Directives
      1446. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the derogations sought by Ireland under the EU Birds Directive in respect of seagulls will be reviewed; the advice she has...
    • Departmental Funding
      1447. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that was sought for designated areas by her Department in the pre-budget submission for 2019; the number of persons...
    • National Library
      1448. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the W.B. Yeats collection which is exhibited at the National Library, Dublin can be loaned to Sligo County Council (details...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      1449. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the discussions that were ongoing earlier in 2018 in respect of a location and in respect of Parliamentary...
    • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga
      1450. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhféadfadh sí a dheimhniú go mbeidh €1.2 milliún, mar a fógraíodh i mí an Mheithimh,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      1452. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State agencies operating unpaid internships in 2017 and 2018. [36672/18]
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      1453. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the public service obligation air service to the Aran Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1459. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 389 of 26 September 2017 and 1640 of 17 April 2018 and further to a request made by the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1461. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén maoiniú atá ar fáil i mbliana d’Údarás na Gaeltachta chun tacú le fiontraíocht...
    • Departmental Funding
      1463. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding awarded from January 2018 to date; the schemes under which funding was awarded; the application and selection process...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      1464. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the boards under the remit of her Department on which there are vacancies; when the vacancies first arose; the status of the...
    • EU Legislation
      1465. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the EU legislation awaiting transposition by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36844/18]