Written answers
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his commitment to outline his pathway to address the issues highlighted in the National Oversight and Audit Commission's...
- Commencement of Legislation
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37708/18]
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which his Department has engaged with various community and sporting recreational groups previously awarded funding under...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the oversight of search and rescue agencies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37873/18]
- Greenways Development
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of the greenway between Naas, Sallins and Ardclough; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Park and Ride Facilities
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to identify and establish bus based park and ride facilities for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a...
- Bus Éireann Services
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the Bus Éireann review of services in the Ballincollig area; when recommended changes will be implemented; and if he...
- Bus Services
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to put in place to ensure that local bus services will not be undermined, affecting the elderly, disabled and most...
- Driver Test Data
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers located in each county in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultations which have taken place with disability advocacy groups during the development of the BusConnects proposals (details...
- Legislative Programme
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is liaising with the Law Reform Commission on the consolidation project to consolidate all road traffic Acts; and if he...
- Bus Services
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the BusConnects public consultation to date; his further views on the plan at this early stage; and if he will make a...
- Rail Services
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the revised rail review will be published; the position regarding Iarnród Éireann; the debt at the company; the safety...
- Public Transport Fares
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he can take to address the cost of train fares for commuters from Newbridge and Kildare outside the short hop zone; and if he...
- Military Aircraft Landings
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1085 and 1086 of 7 September 2018 (details supplied), the measures the airport authority or he has...
- Road Projects Status
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the extension of the M3 motorway to Cavan town and the east-west link will be considered; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Projects Data
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of national road projects to be commenced between September 2018 and the end of 2019; the number that will be financed by way...
- Tourist Accommodation
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether tourism is being curtailed by the lack of hotel rooms in Dublin; and the way in which future capacity is being...
- Noise Pollution
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the works being undertaken by Fingal County Council as a result of the decision to appoint it as the competent authority...
- Tourism Capital Investment Programme
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to invest in tourism infrastructure here with a particular emphasis on promoting historical and cultural tourism; and if he will...
- Greenways Development
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Dodder greenway project will be commenced; if it will be financed from the €53 million allocated for such projects; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exact criteria that must be met by applicants under the sports capital programme as recently announced in order to qualify for the...
- Trans European Transport Network Programme
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on applying to the European Union for the revision of the TEN-T core network including applying for the...
- Traffic Management
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to resolve the traffic gridlock in Dublin with particular reference to the M1 corridor; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Test
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the quality of driver testing as carried out by the RSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37709/18]
- Disability Services Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for budget 2019 in respect of disability access improvements at train stations and bus stops nationally; and if he will make a...
- Trans European Transport Network Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there should be an extraordinary review of Ireland's TEN-T network in view of Brexit and Ireland's changed economic...
- Bus Services
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the approach taken on the BusConnects proposals which have caused consternation across Dublin during the summer....
- Regional Road Network
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be allocated to local authorities for their road works programme in 2019 in view of the importance of the...
- Harbour Authorities
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress of plans to transfer Dún Laoghaire Harbour to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. [37721/18]
- Motor Tax Rates
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the road tax rates on older cars that are perceived to be excessively high and are penalising lower income drivers and those living in...
- Road Network
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the status of the N2 will be reviewed with a view to upgrading to motorway status in view of the number of recent accidents on this...
- Bus Services
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the awarding of bus routes in Dublin to a company (details supplied) in view of its record in Britain and the levels of pay...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the sports capital programme for large scale projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37846/18]
- Road Projects
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to allow the construction of the Carrigaline western relief road, County Cork, to proceed; and if he...
- Departmental Reports
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in publishing the Irish Maritime Development Office’s study into the use of the UK landbridge; and if he...
- Road Safety
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with a view to providing financial or grant assistance for the...
- Road Network
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the situation in which there is only one intersection entrance and access to Rathcoole village from the N7 and the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his Department had in co-ordinating all Government Departments in preparing for all case scenarios including a hard Brexit. [37667/18]
- Northern Ireland
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he watched the recent documentaries regarding the Ballymurphy massacre; the status of attempts to deal with this very significant event in...
- Middle East Issues
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call for the Israeli person responsible for the transfer of persons (details supplied) to be prosecuted for war crimes. [37939/18]
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax Yield
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated by local property tax; the amount of property tax that has been collected in each year in County Tipperary since the local property tax...
- Tax Collection
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be affected by a double taxation anomaly in regard to tax already paid in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Imports Data
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out research or has statistical analysis of imports that arrive into Dublin port and are then transported to Northern Ireland; if...
- Tax Code
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding capital gains tax and the application of principal private residence relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the details and the nature of complaints to the financial services ombudsman against intermediaries submitted in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number of...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if the financial services ombudsman is in a position to respond to correspondence received by him relating to the case of a person (details supplied). [38035/18]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Projects
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new Garda station for Stepaside, County Dublin, will be purpose built rather than modular; the timeline for its construction; when...
- Civil Service Staff Data
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the Civil Service to hire information and communication technology specialists in the Connaught region. [37960/18]
- Public Appointments Service
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no facility for interviews and aptitude tests for clerical officer roles by the Public Appointments Service to be...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of successful applicants who were placed on the regional recruitment panel following the Public Appointments Service campaign...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Access to Higher Education
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who suffer serious injuries during their schooling, for example, a broken neck, could qualify for the disability access route to...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure an appropriate second level school place is identified and provided for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects Status
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be able to move to its permanent location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37973/18]
- Oiliúint Múinteoirí
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist fáil réidh leis na táillí a bhíonn ar mhic léinn mhúinteoireachta a íoc le dul...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Operations
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to serious breaches of the Road Traffic Act 2010 during an eviction carried out at a location...
- Garda Data
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Reserve
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reserves in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected the committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the diversion programme will present its annual...
- Garda Deployment
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time staff in the Garda youth diversion programme in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and...
- Garda Operations
80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request GSOC to undertake an investigation of the activity of gardaí during an eviction at a location (details...
- Private Security Industry Regulation
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has sought information on the reason private security operators in attendance at an eviction at a location (details...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37981/18]
- Enterprise Ireland Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the quantum of State funding provided to a company (details supplied) through Enterprise Ireland since its establishment; the nature of...
- IDA Ireland Funding
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by the IDA in a company (details supplied); the quantum of State funding through the IDA provided to the...
- Department of Health
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
88. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Spinraza will be approved for persons with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38029/18]
- HSE Agency Staff
89. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the restoration of pay in section 39 organisations; if the claim that there will be no retrospective pay element for section 39 workers...
- Medical Card Eligibility
90. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for automatic medical cards for persons with life changing spinal cord injuries in budget 2019; if the matter will be considered in order...
- Organ Donation
91. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to implement a national opt-out organ donation policy; his views on whether this needs to be implemented as a matter of urgency; and if he...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
92. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to publicly fund the treatment Spinraza for persons with spinal muscular atrophy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37922/18]
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
95. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the €10 charge on medical card holders for bloods taken by general practitioners; the rules regarding charging medical...
- Home Care Packages Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is now in the final stages of dementia will avail of the national dementia strategy intensive home care package which the...
- Primary Care Centres
97. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to ensure the future of a health centre (details supplied) in County Waterford; the reason there are no nurses available at the health...
- Departmental Reports
98. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in his Department, the HSE or other agencies both at official and other levels who received the Scally report before it was leaked to the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
99. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a hip replacement at UHW will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [37937/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
101. To ask the Minister for Health if full-time residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37943/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
102. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for accessing gynaecological services in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and the number of women waiting for gynaecological services in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
103. 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. [37945/18]
- Social Media Regulation
105. To ask the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to deal with the use of social media sites to promote the illegal and dangerous so-called MMS as a purported cure for autism with...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
106. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to provide life-saving treatment to persons with spinal muscular atrophy; the discussions that have taken place between him, his...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
107. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 10 July 2018, his views on whether it is acceptable that a person awaiting knee surgery with a referral graded as...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
110. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37989/18]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a prescription for a person (details supplied); the date on which the items will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Data
112. To ask the Minister for Health the financial situation of the HSE; the extent to which spending is ahead of profile; the likely overrun for the year; the way in which HSE income for the year...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the necessary funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to employ a horse warden or wardens to ensure the prevention of...
- Equine Industry
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding issued to a society (details supplied) by way of grants in 2017; the purposes for which it was provided; the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to resolve a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37957/18]
- Alternative Energy Projects
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding is available to private actors seeking to install CNG refilling stations on their premises either for...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Tax Yield
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax that has been collected in County Tipperary in each of the years since January 2013; and if he will make a...
- Road Improvement Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for the repair of rural roads due to stretched council resources and recent weather occurrences; and if he...
- Offshore Islands
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 464 of 3 July 2018, the reason it has taken a decade to cease landings on Inishmurray Island in...
- Departmental Correspondence
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding development of lands at Harristown, Dublin Airport; his...
- Road Improvement Schemes
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding available for local authorities to upgrade class 2 and 3 roads in 2018; the funding available to local authorities...
- Driver Licence Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/18]
- Road Safety Authority
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a group (details supplied) can meet with RSA representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37994/18]
- Road Network
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he plans to prioritise the upgrading of existing major arterial routes and the provision of strategic motorways to...
- Traffic Management
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when plans will be advanced to combat the traffic congestion on the M50 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38011/18]
- Road Network
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when plans will be advanced to provide an orbital outer route beyond the M50 with a view to easing traffic congestion and reducing travel...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when further applications for grant aid through the sports capital programme will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Swimming Pool Programme
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application for grant aid for a swimming pool in north County Kildare is likely to be accepted and supported either through the...
- Sports Capital Programme
132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department can interlink with sport and recreational bodies with a view to improving coaching facilities in...
- Sport and Recreational Development
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department can identify particular sports with a view to positive intervention and support which might result in...
- Tourism Industry
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he expects to be in a position to further expand the tourism sector with a view to ensuring a longer tourism season;...
- Tourism Promotion
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he can identify options for the promotion of tourism here during the off season with particular reference to the need...
- Tourism Industry
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which opportunities for niche tourism are being explored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38023/18]
- Hotel Accommodation
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which enhanced hotel bed accommodation is required throughout the greater Dublin area and nationally; his plans to advance...
- Driver Licence Applications
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the application by a person (details supplied) for an exchange of driver licence will be reviewed. [38025/18]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Staff
141. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no social workers being appointed in County Donegal to deal with childcare case...
- Departmental Reports
142. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for publication of the analysis of adoption records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37926/18]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment for jobseeker's allowance has not been available for the past two weeks for a person in Rathangan post...
- Pensions Data
144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensions paid out from Killeshandra post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37932/18]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will issue to a person (details supplied). [37938/18]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which, in the absence of a basic social welfare payment in the case of a person (details supplied), it is expected...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a basic social welfare payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if immediate steps can be...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is discretionary provision to award a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); if this decision will be...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Land Development Agency
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Land Development Agency was set up; if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) relating to the...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes to the housing assistance payment model will be made in order to speed up a process (details supplied); and if he...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received the stage 3 application from Mayo County Council for the pilot remediation project in north...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing waiting list in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37947/18]
- Building Regulations
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the meeting between An Taoiseach and a group (details supplied) which was held on 11 September 2018 in Buncrana,...
- Local Authority Members' Remuneration
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in travelling expenses claimed by Tipperary County Council executives in each of the years January 2013 to 2017;...
- Local Government Fund
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding County Tipperary local authorities have received from the Local Government Fund in each of the years...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Deontais Ranna
156. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici cloí leis an ngealltanas atá i gClár an Rialtais i mbliana agus breis airgid a chur...
