Written answers

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Offices
      67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that Intreo offices provide sufficient accessibility to persons seeking to access exceptional and urgent...
    • National Carers' Strategy Funding
      68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide additional supports to carers; her further plans to remove the means test for the carer's allowance....
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused invalidity pension due to the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons to date who have applied for invalidity pension since self-employed persons with sufficient...
    • Public Consultation Process
      71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the public consultation process on pension reform has been conducted adequately in view of the fact...
    • Pensions Reform
      74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of auto enrolment for pensions further to the publication of the Roadmap for Pensions Reform...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments
      76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays to the payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Budget Measures
      77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budgetary measures she plans to take in view of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection's report on the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the level of red tape involved in the annual forms that applicants for farm assist are required to fill out and return will...
    • Employment Rights
      79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that current legislation is appropriate to adequately protect migrant workers from exploitation in...
    • JobPath Programme
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the growth in the use of sanctions by her Department against social welfare claimants on foot of their...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for carer's allowance and carer's benefit applications; the reason for the backlog of applications; her...
    • Court Judgments
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with the outcome of the UK Supreme Court case on the exclusion of cohabitees from claiming widowed parent's...
    • Pensions Reform
      84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consultations that have taken place on the proposed auto enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38769/18]
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow an entitlement to a widow’s pension in certain circumstances and not solely dependent on marital...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the criteria for the awarding of the carer's support grant; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to restore the bereavement grant and the fuel allowance grant to 32 weeks in view of the recommendations of a report...
    • Local Employment Service
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the future of local employment services is due to be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a grandfathering clause will be included for persons who were self-employed but had to give up work due to invalidity...
    • Public Services Card
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services for which a public services card is required; the categories and details of data contained on the card; the...
    • Departmental Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the independence of her Department's data protection officer is sufficiently respected; and if she...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the domiciliary care section will accept private diagnosis and medical reports from applicants; and if she will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the priority legislative proposals she will be bringing forward to deal with issues affecting workers such as the growth of...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a cold weather fuel payment for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38859/18]
    • Budget Submissions
      99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied) outlining its various proposals and...
    • JobPath Data
      100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath after completing the scheme in full for a second time since its...
    • Pension Provisions
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her Department’s work towards introducing a total contributions approach for the State pension; and if...
    • Living Wage Introduction
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recent recommendation by a group (details supplied) that a living wage of €11.90 per hour is required...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • European Council Meetings
      103. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the informal Heads of Government summit in Salzburg and, in particular, his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May. [39023/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a vehicle long-term loan agreement on two vehicles (details supplied) will be reviewed in order to allow the ownership to be transferred to a...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when payments will be made to a grade of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38981/18]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a copy of DMC47 will be provided to this Deputy. [39011/18]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the pay and conditions of serving members of the Defence Forces in view of the fact that the Defence Forces have lost a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applicants recruited despite failing a psychometric test for each recruitment campaign undertaken in the Defence Forces since...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Meetings
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39024/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects the 450 customs officials to be hired, in place and adequately trained before 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the backstop proposal for to Brexit following the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Aid
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay by Irish Aid in the transfer of its grant for 2018 to an organisation (details supplied) for onward distribution to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the failure of insurance companies to offer mortgage protection insurance to persons who have previously experienced mental health...
    • Tax Rebates
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason voluntary organisations providing services for persons with intellectual disabilities, many of whom also have physical disabilities, are not...
    • Insurance Coverage
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who exit bankruptcy are unable to insure property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39073/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the CFRAM report into Kerrykeel, County Donegal; if funding has been allocated for bridge replacement; and if he will make...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultant tendering process that was followed by the Office of Public Works to award the contract for the lower Lee flood relief...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure on the Bandon flood relief scheme. [38961/18]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be made available to carry out works on a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the issue of pay inequality in the public service will be addressed in budget 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Private Schools
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the governance of a school (details supplied) is in accordance with Irish law in view of the fact that the school operates as two separate...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has compiled the relevant information necessary to adequately reply to a previous parliamentary question from this Deputy on...
    • School Transport Tendering
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school transport system was not put out for tender. [38954/18]
    • School Transport Administration
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact process of the school transport lottery system. [38955/18]
    • School Transport Availability
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the school transport situation in the Paulstown, Gowan and Goresbridge areas of County Kilkenny whereby a...
    • Education Centre Network
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the teacher education section expects the management committee of an education centre (details supplied) to carry out the daily...
    • Capitation Grants
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the restoration of capitation grants to 2010 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38982/18]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made for SUSI grants for the 2018-2019 term up to the end of August 2018; the number of those granted, denied and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to insolvency as a grounds for appeal in the case of the denial of a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pending applications made for school refurbishment; the number of new applications made to the end of August 2018; the number...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of 42 schools announced on 13 April 2018; the estimated target for the schools opening; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Provision
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a review for a school transport service for a person (details supplied). [39012/18]
    • Tender Process
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new framework of procurement of architect and design teams being undertaken by his Department; if this work has stalled the commencement of...
    • Third Level Fees
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding college fees for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/18]
    • School Patronage
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39105/18]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to review the issue of pay inequality among teachers particularly newly qualified teachers; the further actions that can...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to deal with the constant crashing of the GNIB website which is unable to cope with traffic. [38974/18]
    • Proposed Legislation
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to extend the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 in order to allow male same-sex couples avail of adoptive leave and...
    • Direct Provision Data
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the duration of stay by child applicants and unregistered children in State-provided RIA accommodation in tabular form; and if...
    • Direct Provision System
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address capacity issues in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39043/18]
    • Direct Provision Data
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused accommodation in direct provision centres to date; the alternatives offered to such persons; the...
    • EU Directives
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that Ireland is adhering to its commitments under the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive; and if he...
    • Direct Provision Data
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children in direct provision whose parent or parents have status; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work his Department is undertaking alongside the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on establishing a...
    • Garda Training
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in training to become forensic collision investigators; when the training will be completed; and if...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if private limited companies that operate in the social enterprise sector that return their profits back into the community are...
  • Department of Health
    • Stroke Care
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to support the work of stroke support groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38915/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      155. 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. [38916/18]
    • Medical Consent
      156. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a State-wide policy in regard to obtaining written patient consent prior to the prescription of an unlicensed drug to that patient. [38918/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      159. 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. [38923/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      160. To ask the Minister for Health if the newly established central validation function in the NTPF to centralise the validation of all waiting lists across the HSE has commenced; if so, if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      161. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for an appointment to attend the ear, nose and throat department in either Tallaght or Crumlin...
    • Palliative Care Services Provision
      162. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding application received by the HSE for the project to redevelop the palliative care unit at Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross;...
    • Voluntary Hospital Sector
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the costs to date of suspensions of staff at Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross; and the cost of external investigators hired by the hospice over...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his reply to two previous parliamentary questions on the ISO accreditation of US-based labs stated that these labs had ISO status while the Scally...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      172. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be available in the new primary healthcare centre in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38964/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      173. To ask the Minister for Health if a cognitive occupational therapy service will be available for persons in the new primary healthcare centre in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38967/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for an occupational therapist appointment in Dublin 11; when a person (details supplied) will be seen by an occupational therapist; and if he...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours have recently been put in place for a person (details supplied). [38998/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      180. To ask the Minister for Health when the two remaining consultant radiologist posts will be filled in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39003/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied); if a review will be undertaken with a view to reinstatement as soon as...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if all allocated home help hours have been put in place for a person (details supplied). [39008/18]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a general practitioner out-of-hours service for north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39016/18]
    • Disability Services Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disability network teams in each CHO area. [39029/18]
    • Disability Support Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff needed to be recruited by CHO area for the establishment of outstanding disability network teams. [39034/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the revised standard operating procedure for assessment of need. [39035/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE needs to move from a diagnosis-based service to a needs-based service. [39038/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the closure of inpatient paediatric services in the National Rehabilitation Hospital due to the lack of specialist staff; the consequences...
    • Rare Diseases
      196. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is working towards having accessible orphan drugs available to those patients with rare diseases without breaks in their...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      197. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided in the re-opening of the expanded access programme to nusinersen in Temple Street Hospital which closed in March 2018; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a rheumatology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39058/18]
    • HSE Reviews
      199. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1469 of 24 July 2018, the reason the HSE did not respond to this Deputy on foot of the undertaking given by him in...
    • Health Services Funding
      200. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 12 July 2018, the reason the HSE did not respond to this Deputy on foot of the undertaking given by him in...
    • Disability Services Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Health if he is seeking further funding for the provision of services to those with an intellectual disability for 2019 in view of the large waiting list for...
    • Seirbhísí do Dhaoine faoi Mhíchumas
      202. To ask the Minister for Health cén uair a gheobhaidh mé freagra ó FSS ar an gceist pharlaiminte a chuir mé ar an 26ú Meitheamh 2018, ceist uimhir 296, mar a...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no funding has been made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39067/18]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment made in early 2016 to provide additional personnel for a health facility (details supplied) will be honoured; if recruitment has been...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      205. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources and personnel will be provided for a department in a health facility (details supplied) in view of delays in providing essential...
    • Hospital Investigations
      206. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the practice of UHL to isolate patients colonised or infected with CPE or other drug-resistant infections; and if so, when this practice commenced....
    • Health Services Funding
      209. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in order to allow a prosthesis to be manufactured for a person (details supplied);...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Weather Events
      210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a programme of assistance will be introduced to help farmers who have lost up to 70% of their maize crop due to the conditions...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter regarding form payments in the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Internet Safety
      212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take to deal with the use of social media sites to promote the illegal and dangerous so-called...
    • Waste Management
      213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount and proportion of plastic waste generated that is sold or diverted to incineration; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the members and partners of the consortium which has submitted a tender for the national broadband plan; and if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a composite national coverage map by the Commission for Communications Regulation; and...
    • Fisheries Protection
      219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding support measures for former licensed eel fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a school (details supplied) will be able to access high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Test Regulations
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all active bus drivers have completed all of the courses provided or that are necessary under the driver CPC requirements; if data...
    • Penalty Points System
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 18 September 2018, if the matter will be referred to the RSA; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Organisations
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38996/18]
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the likely position of persons with UK driver licences here in the context of Brexit; if they will be accepted post-Brexit; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Foster Care Supports
      225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason no insurance has been provided by Tusla since 2011 to cover foster parents in view of the fact that they had been previously...
    • Family Resource Centres
      226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the child population which each family resource centre serves; the socio-economic profile of this population in each case; and if she will...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Telecommunications Services Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of a map of blackspots in mobile coverage undertaken by the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      228. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application for a playground grant through the Leader programme will be granted to a group (details supplied) [38977/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38966/18]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when an application for illness benefit will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing jobseeker's transitional payment to when the one parent's youngest child turns 18 years of...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work her Department is undertaking alongside the Department of Justice and Equality on establishing a maintenance payment...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer's allowance whose allowance has been withdrawn for any reason in each of the past...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the delivery of the State pension (contributory) to persons who are disqualified due to the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for pensions based on a combination of Irish and overseas contributions that have yielded a lesser...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the State pension (contributory) based on total contributions is progressing; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (non-contributory); the extent to which this number has fluctuated over...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in the course of a review of entitlement to a social welfare payment, provision is made for a basic payment until the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a basic social welfare payment will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter can be...
    • Deserted Wife's Benefit Data
      245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of deserted wife's benefit payments that have been discontinued for any reason in the course of the past five...
    • Widow's Pension Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of widow's pension payments that have been discontinued for any reason in the course of the past five years; and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the time taken to determine appeals can be improved; the reason for the long delays at present; if...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made to persons or families in other than bereavement circumstances in each of the...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average length of time taken to determine entitlement to a disability allowance; the extent to which this has fluctuated...
    • Invalidity Pension Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average length of time taken to determine entitlement to an invalidity pension; the extent to which this has fluctuated...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all issues that arose in respect of the payment of illness benefit payment to recipients in recent months have now been...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Departmental Staff Data
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional staff have been allocated to the housing delivery office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38925/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the establishment of a funding model that can utilise credit union funds to build, sell or rent social...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application to have water schemes at locations (details supplied) can be amalgamated in order that one can act as a...
    • State Properties Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full register of State-owned land in County Meath which has been ascertained by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Registration of Title
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the nature of the compensation process with respect to form 98 and rule 184 of the Land Registration Rules 2013 (details...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children who have been in emergency homeless accommodation by hubs or hotels and guest houses for fewer than...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reconsidered the proposal for a dynamic housing executive for the greater Dublin region, in view of the very low...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if AHBs are charged development levies by local authorities for social housing new build units; and if so, the amount of...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward the new tenant purchase scheme which incorporates the recommendations made in the review of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Invasive Plant Species
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans her Department has for the treatment of and eradication of Japanese knotweed throughout the country; and if she will...
    • Structures at Risk Fund
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application by a church (details supplied) in County Donegal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Acmhainní Stáit
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an mbord a rinneadh as adhmad a tháinig ó Armáid na Spáinne agus ar fhógair a...