Written answers

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Programme for Government
      16. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a new programme for Government. [37537/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      44. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, will next meet. [38832/18]
    • European Council Meetings
      45. To ask the Taoiseach if Brexit was on the agenda at the informal meeting of Heads of Government in Salzburg. [37883/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      54. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, will next meet. [38619/18]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Film Industry Development
      70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to set up a new film industry forum that will bring together all stakeholders in the industry to meet and work together...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a new director will be appointed to the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39814/18]
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na ceantair sa Ghaeltacht a bhfuil airgead reatha pleanála teanga ceadaithe dóibh ag Údarás na...
    • Proposed Legislation
      73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a national monuments Bill; and the progress towards same. [39449/18]
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
      74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the supports provided for the preservation of built heritage in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é stádas Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla; cén dáta a fhoilseofar an bille; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Arts Funding
      76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government with regard to amending the Arts Act 2003...
    • Commemorative Events
      77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for further centenary commemorations over the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39728/18]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in meeting the target in the Creative Ireland programme that, by 2022, every child would have...
    • Film Industry Development
      79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to boost the domestic and international film industry here; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Culture Night
      80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of success of Culture Night in Galway; and the plans for 2019 in relation to same. [39453/18]
    • Departmental Budgets
      81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital commitments towards the culture, heritage and Gaeltacht sectors in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 outlined in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to continue to utilise events of a cultural and heritage nature to promote the...
    • Commemorative Events
      83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is planned to re-establish the Oireachtas all-party consultation group on commemorations the decade of centenaries 2012 to...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
      84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the investment plan timelines for regional cultural infrastructure in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received a submission (details supplied), in particular the organisation's request that a detailed roadmap be...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if budget 2019 will allocate more resources for National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, officers in order to prevent and detect...
    • Museum Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will write to the national institutions under her remit requesting that one of them develop a permanent Famine exhibition in...
    • Arts Funding
      88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that budget 2019 will make sufficient provision to meet the target articulated by An Taoiseach in December 2017...
    • Ealaín na Gaeltachta
      89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ó tharla eagraíocht (sonraí tugtha) a bheith scortha, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar na socruithe...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to protect historic structures at risk in County Kildare in 2017 and to date in 2018; her plans for 2019 in...
    • Arts Funding
      91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the Briary Gap, Macroom to be re-opened after the 2016 fire; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Monuments
      93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the sensitive restoration of 14-17 Moore Street, and her views on the urgency to progress and commence the...
    • Arts Funding
      94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a roadmap has been prepared for the way in which the €200 million committed to investment in media production and the...
    • National Raised Bog Management Plan
      95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcomes of the pilot of the peatlands community engagement scheme 2018; and the level of investment received by applicants...
    • City of Culture Initiative
      96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 21 of 21 June 2018 and 2811 of 24 July 2018, if the performance delivery agreement...
    • Foilseacháin Ghaeilge
      97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoin tacaíocht a thugann a Roinn d’earnáil na foilsitheoireachta Gaeilge agus...
    • Seirbhísí Eitilte
      99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le aersheirbhís d'Oileáin Árann; cad é stádas an...
    • Digital Archiving
      100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives provided for archiving historic collections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39452/18]
    • National Orchestras
      101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the working group to undertake the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National...
    • Film Industry
      102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to deal with reports of precarious working terms and conditions, lack of proper training structures and pensions across...
    • Departmental Schemes
      103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes available to support historic buildings that require repair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39727/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that Brexit will not affect pension entitlements to staff of Waterways Ireland; and the actions she has taken...
    • Commemorative Events
      105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for commemorating the War of Independence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39407/18]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme 2018 including the pilot projects that are underway. [39820/18]
    • National Parks
      107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the petition and campaign calling for the State to buy an estate (details supplied) as a public...
    • Commemorative Events
      108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the activities for the remainder of the decade of centenaries; if she will report the work of the all-party group on...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on reports that leading cultural institutions including the National Gallery, National Museum and Irish Museum of Modern...
    • Arts Funding
      110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the roadmap to deliver on the promise to double arts funding by 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39815/18]
    • Commemorative Events
      111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the decade of centenaries commemorative events she has attended in the past two years. [29287/18]
    • Film Industry Development
      112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of support provided to an organisation (details supplied); the benefits from same for County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies on State boards under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39706/18]
    • Inland Waterways Development
      114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to undertake studies on the feasibility of extending navigation on the River Erne from Belturbet to Killykeen and...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funds will be provided to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the maintenance and development of Dún Laoghaire...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici Scéim na mBóithre Áise a athoscailt; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      118. To ask the Taoiseach the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; and if it is behind or ahead of profile....
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the persons who accompanied him on his recent visit to the United States of America. [39562/18]
    • Strategic Communications Unit
      121. To ask the Taoiseach if the strategic communications unit has been completely wound down; and the steps being taken with regard to the funding originally allocated for same. [39568/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with President Macron when he was at the informal EU Heads of State or Government meeting in Salzburg. [39572/18]
    • EU Meetings
      125. To ask the Taoiseach if immigration and security was discussed at the informal EU Heads of State and Government meeting at Salzburg. [39574/18]
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      126. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department. [39590/18]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      127. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in 2018, by...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      128. To ask the Taoiseach the contact he has had with religious leaders recently. [39805/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the reason Departments are using 1890 numbers as their contact numbers in view of the fact that this is the most expensive number to ring, particularly from a mobile...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is behind...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a vehicle long-term loan agreement will be reviewed on two vehicles in order to allow the ownership be transferred to a person (details...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness...
    • Army Equitation School
      134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be made available for the purchase of additional horses for the Defence Forces equitation school; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year ##cost of increasing the number of personnel in the Reserve Defence Forces to 4,500; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a recruitment drive for aircraft maintenance technicians for the Air Corps will occur before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time it took for an investigation to commence following the discovery in 2018 of a spyhole in a female shower area in the central...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of reservist recruits that have been assigned to combat support and combat service support units within the Defence Forces, that is...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to meet formally with the US Secretary for Defence. [40078/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      141. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the week;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • UN Security Council
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's bid and attempts to seek a seat on the UN Security Council as and from 2021. [39563/18]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's overseas development aid was discussed when he visited the UN. [39565/18]
    • Visa Applications
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a Filipino national married to an Irish citizen resident here on a stamp 4 needs a Schengen visa to travel to Italy on holiday; if so,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is...
    • EU Sanctions
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will impress on the European Commission the importance of the immediate suspension of diamond exports from Israel and Zimbabwe until...
    • UN Security Council
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is supporting the UN Security Council's decision to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court in relation to prosecutions...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness...
    • Consular Services Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new consulate general office in Faro, Portugal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/18]
    • EU Issues
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland approved the process by which the new secretary general of the European Commission was appointed; the reason there was not an...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when each of the new Irish Embassies and Consulate offices announced over the past 12 months will be opened. [39743/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Greek counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39746/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Irish citizens in Northern Ireland by virtue of their British citizenship will continue to enjoy, exercise and have access...
    • Citizenship Status (2 comments)
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39974/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Chequers agreement following the informal EU Council meeting in Salzburg. [39542/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championship 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Exemptions
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners does not inform married couples or couples in a civil partnership on reaching 65 years of age of their possible...
    • Tax Credits
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance when the earned income tax credit will be increased from its 2018 level of €1,150 to €1,650 as promised in the Programme for a Partnership...
    • Tax Code
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if steps will be taken on terms of taxation changes in order to ensure farmers will not be penalised when they commit to restoring the stock values over the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is behind or ahead of...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of goods entering here from outside the EU that are physically checked on entry that is red; the proportion of goods that are electronically...
    • Imports Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and volume of goods entering here each year from Northern Ireland and Britain, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39413/18]
    • Banking Sector
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some mortgage holders have been written to by their banks demanding photo identification; if there have been recent legal or regulatory changes...
    • Tax Code
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if equalisation of exit tax with deposit interest retention tax, DIRT, will be introduced in Budget 2019, further to correspondence from a person (details...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 182 and 183 of 7 September 2018, the SMEs that received loan funding by firm size of fewer than 10 employees; 11 to 49...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the changes in the VAT rate for cookery schools between 2016 and 2018 from 0% to 21%; the rationale for this change in view of the fact that in...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities to introduce a transient occupancy tax on hotel rooms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Exchequer Returns
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €600 million quoted by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for the cost of tax indexation by tax heading, that is, income tax, USC,...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 25 September 2018, his plans to review the terms of the diesel rebate scheme in view of the rising costs of fuel...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if allegations that a company (details supplied) has inflated expenses on a film production here in order gain a larger tax rebate under the section 481 tax...
    • VAT Rate Application
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 24 October 2017, if audit examinations have been carried out by the Revenue Commissioners to establish if there is...
    • Tax Code
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the application of withholding tax on peer to peer lending; the responsibilities of the SME receiving the lending and of the peer to...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance when section 46 of the Finance Act 2015 will come into effect. [40079/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet the president of the World Bank. [40080/18]
    • Tax Code
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the week; and the cost...
    • Labour Employer Economic Forum
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the sixth meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum; the issues discussed; and the social partners and Government...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an action (details supplied) under the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the progress on the expanding of the car parking facilities at Clonmacnoise monastic site. [39607/18]
    • Superannuation Schemes
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the Civil Service spouses and children superannuation scheme satisfies the Employment Equality Acts on the ground of...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public...
    • Budget 2019
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a budget 2019 submission by an organisation (details supplied) will be given consideration; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 7 September 2018, the reason a pension is not being paid in full to a person (details...
    • Public Service Pay Commission
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Pay Commission will conclude; and when and the way in which its recommendations will be implemented. [39748/18]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual volume in millions of public funds spent on the procurement of goods, services and capital projects for each of the years...
    • Public Relations Contracts Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of procurement contracts tendered annually in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [40005/18]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the OPW to carry out essential works on Lough Suedy, Ballymore, County Westmeath (details supplied).; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SOLAS will consider introducing a dedicated tiling apprenticeship in view of the rise in the need for construction-related employment roles;...
    • SOLAS Administration
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new computer system will be introduced at SOLAS in order to allow jobseekers and young school leavers to see a list of potential employers...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is behind...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the consideration of the building programme for further development at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an early retirement application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39422/18]
    • School Meals Programme
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if environmental guidelines for the provision of school lunches (details supplied) have been investigated; if this will be taken under...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the building of the new school in southern areas of Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39496/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans for a school in Swords on the lands at Fosterstown; if this project is linked to the plans for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 22 May 2018, if there is a problem with the sites for the new proposed schools in Swords, County...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage plans are at to locate a suitable site for the development of a new school in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow; and if he will make...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided to a project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA support for a person (details supplied) will be reinstated with immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39629/18]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness...
    • Education and Training Boards
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans or intended use for a building (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39648/18]
    • Maternity Protection Entitlements
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if circular 0060/2018 on breastfeeding breaks for registered teachers in recognised primary and post-primary schools apply to special needs...
    • Schools Administration
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39661/18]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the quota of students to teacher ratio for two teacher schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Patronage
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the patronage process for the new regional school solution for Drogheda and Laytown; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39696/18]
    • Education and Training Boards
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed LMETB headquarters in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39716/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capitation grant awarded to a school (details supplied) will be reviewed based on the circumstances outlined. [39717/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building works at a school (details supplied). [39718/18]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether SOLAS should operate workshops in secondary schools for pre-junior certificate students in order to better identify children...
    • Insurance Costs
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to tackle the increased cost of insurance for schools; and the effect he envisages that these steps will have. [39722/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the provision of resources, particularly special needs assistants or classroom assistants, for a school (details supplied)....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the budget for apprenticeship training was increased by 15%. [39744/18]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will next meet the CEO of Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39772/18]
    • Education Policy
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the need for regulation of restraint or seclusion in educational settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39858/18]
    • Capitation Grants
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the cap for capitation payments to schools to €550, €600 and €650, respectively; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the National Council for Special Education’s policy advice on educational provision for children with...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) submitted in July 2018. [39869/18]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ineligible children refused school transport in County Wexford in each of the years from 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [39878/18]
    • School Funding
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39885/18]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the pupil-teacher ratio in small schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Textbooks
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for verification of school textbook content prior to being certified as suitable or accurate in detail by his Department or the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects in County Wicklow; the timeline for completion of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capacity of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39950/18]
    • School Curriculum
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make history a compulsory subject for the junior cycle curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39972/18]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to providing persons who have a postgraduate qualification in primary school teaching with the option of a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow special needs assistants to take unpaid leave for the purpose of undertaking teaching practice when retraining as primary or...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for a new school (details supplied); if it has now reached the stage of appointment of a preferred bidder; if in...
    • Schools Facilities
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit has been carried out of those schools with vending machines in order to assess the income levels provided and determine the way in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of special needs assistants for a school (details supplied). [40069/18]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate a new school (details supplied) for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area of Dublin 15 at the Phoenix Park racecourse site;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the week;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Work Permits Data
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits that have been issued in the fishing industry under the atypical scheme from 1 January to 31 August 2018;...
    • Garda Vetting
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is comprehensive Garda vetting of applicant bus drivers seeking employment at a company (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent;...
    • Residency Permits
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a copy of correspondence of 7 October 2015 confirming residency can issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for Garda vetting sent in June 2017 has not to date been processed...
    • Visa Data
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for processing entry visas in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; and the way in which this...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a review of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) will conclude; and if he will make a...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040, up to and including September 2018, by his Department; and if he will...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2014 to 25 September 2018 for public relations advice, briefing...
    • Garda Strength
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 12 June 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of the facility;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the drafting of the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill will be complete; when he plans to introduce it at First...
    • Garda Transport Data
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 1400 cc and 1500 cc motorcycles within the Garda fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/18]
    • Asylum Applications
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive correspondence confirming the person's permission to remain here in view of the...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the GSOC investigation into a matter (detail supplied) and in view of the fact that the former acting Garda...
    • Garda Transport Data
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda jeeps that came into the fleet in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number withdrawn...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initial cost of a Garda-controlled CCTV system; and the estimated annual cost of same. [39741/18]
    • Garda Transport Data
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda command-and-control vehicles purchased in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number withdrawn during...
    • Garda Training
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of firearm training provided to armed Garda personnel in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number...
    • Legal Proceedings
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State paid a financial settlement to a person (details supplied) as a result of legal action the person took in 2009...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on an analysis undertaken by a group (details supplied) that shows a 77% increase in violent crimes against sex...
    • Garda Transport Data
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles allocated to each Garda divisional drugs unit in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Training
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in a full year to increase the An Garda Síochána training budget by 15%; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting an extra five analysts at HEO level for the Garda cybercrime unit; and if he will make a...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for unauthorised possession of prescription drugs that have taken place in the past 12 months by...
    • Garda Data
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each Garda district; the population served by each district; and the way in which these...
    • Drugs Dealing
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the widespread availability of cocaine, including crack cocaine in many communities; and if...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to receive the audit of cases being carried out into the juvenile diversion programme; and if same will be...
    • Departmental Funding
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding available in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39884/18]
    • Departmental Reports
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 17 April 2018, his plans in relation to a SAVI II report on foot of the report of...
    • Immigration Status
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a permission letter will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39942/18]
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the short-term measure taken by the Garda IT section in developing a report that will allow Garda personnel on...
    • Crime Prevention
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the National Conference of the Joint Agency Response to Crime's recent review of three anti-offending projects...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the low number of community-based CCTV systems that have been approved; the cause of the low number of...
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be made available later in 2018 to purchase additional Garda mountain bikes. [40092/18]
    • Immigration Status
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by a person (details supplied) who is unable to work due to an issue...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Visa Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39671/18]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to her Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it...
    • Personal Injuries Commission
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission regarding personal injury...
    • Retail Sector
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the new pilot scheme to support retail online capability; if it will be open to all companies; and if not, if it will...
    • Work Permits Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the last review took place of the highly skilled and ineligible lists for grant of employment permits; the frequency with which...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number employed in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Údarás na Gaeltachta based on data in the...
    • Job Initiatives
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for the Future Jobs programme; the period the programme will cover; and if the social partners have been consulted for input...
    • IDA Ireland
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of each new advance building under the IDA’s €150 million property investment programme by outline planning,...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of digital trading vouchers provided by LEOs in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040, up to and including September 2018, by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which she plans to enforce the regulation of selling on online marketplaces of goods and products that fail to meet the...
    • Enterprise Ireland Expenditure
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the expenditure of allocated funds under the Community Enterprise Initiative 2016 for the Monksland incubator hub in...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra eight HEO inspection team managers and 35 extra EO inspectors for the Workplace...
    • Trade Missions
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to have a trade mission to the east coast of the United States of America before the end of 2018; and if she will make a...
    • Brexit Staff
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 7 September 2018, when this information will be collated and available. [39937/18]
    • Brexit Supports
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking in order to assist more businesses to accelerate contingency planning in order to be prepared for Brexit; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of her Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championship 2018; the number of staff deployed from her Department for...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission an investigation into the Pandemrix vaccine in view of the recent revelations published in a journal (details supplied) regarding same;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is behind or ahead of...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) is on the list of section 39 facilities included in the recent Workplace Relations Commission talks and future restoration and...
    • Disability Services Funding
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the need for funding to be provided...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an appointment with CAMHS in County Tipperary; the length of time they are waiting for an appointment; the efforts being...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is not paying a person (details supplied) for the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39417/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when an appointment with a consultant cardiologist in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore will...
    • Mental Health Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse or redress available for persons who were subject to electroconvulsive therapy in earlier years and who suffered long-term negative effects in...
    • Health Action Plan
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if the Sláintecare evaluation was commissioned by the HSE or his Department (details supplied); the reason it has not been published; and if he will make...
    • Civil Registration Service
      329. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 29 March 2018, the status of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the civil registrations...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment at Cork University Hospital, CUH, for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39431/18]
    • Disability Services Data
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists for neurodisability services in the community in County Meath. [39432/18]
    • Disability Services Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be provided for disability services in County Meath in budget 2019 in view of the fact that services are now worse than during the...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39445/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which mediators are being selected to work on CervicalCheck cases; if all mediators involved are fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative dispute resolution professionals such as mediators will be asked to present to or work with the expert group on alternatives to court in...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a mental health or intellectual disability diagnosis who are awaiting an appointment for more than three, six, nine, 12, 18, 24 and...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics at each level who have been hired in each month since January 2017, by unqualified, qualified to paramedic and qualified to advanced...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39470/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      346. 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 with regard to services for persons with disabilities. [39476/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a disability service (details supplied) in County Meath; and his further plans for the facility. [39477/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 12 June 2018, if a refund can be obtained for private diagnoses in view of the fact that the child was waiting six...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes by an organisation (details supplied) to pharmacy regulations under the Pharmacy Act 2007, which would...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an initial disability assessment in County Louth in the age brackets 18 to 65 years of age and over 65 years of age; and if...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39492/18]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      352. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39499/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons who will be 22 years of age in the next six months will be treated in terms of the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme if they no...
    • Community Drug Schemes
      354. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 29 May 2018, if the monitoring of finger test strip utilisation indicated a cost or a saving; and the HSE's next...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting on an initial assessment of needs; the number of children in County Louth waiting longer than three, six and 12...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant audiologists in County Wexford; the number in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39514/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifications the mediators engaged in the CervicalCheck mediation process are required to hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39516/18]
    • Medical Products Supply
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing combined oral and other contraceptive options such as the coil, implant, injection and vaginal ring free of charge on...
    • Health Services Reform
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to overhaul eye care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/18]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report from an association (details supplied) that it is 50% cheaper for a person to be seen in his or her community than...
    • Health Services Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth benefitting from the European Union’s INTERREG IVA programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39545/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for children’s ophthalmology outpatient services in County Louth in each of the years from 2011 to 2017 and to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      366. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with ophthalmology outpatient and inpatient waiting lists in County Louth and other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if, through the HSE, alternative local community arrangements have been provided through the local health offices in County Louth to substitute the sixth class...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 11 July 2018, if he has met with an organisation (details supplied); if a report of the meeting will be provided;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a procedure; and the steps being taken to reduce the waiting time for same [39557/18]
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many persons who have intellectually disabled children regarding the diminution of respite service care at a...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 7 September 2018, if the application submitted by hospital management to have the facility reopened has been...
    • Disability Services Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for capital funding to redevelop a training facility (details supplied) for adults with intellectual disabilities in County...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      376. To ask the Minister for Health when proposed changes in the fair deal scheme outlined in the media in February 2018 will be implemented; the full extent of these changes; and if he will make...
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for orthodontic treatment in County Tipperary; the waiting times for those waiting for treatment; the number of orthodontists...
    • Health Promotion
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure by his Department and-or the HSE on breastfeeding promotion campaigns in each year since 2011, in tabular form. [39610/18]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner can charge a person for a home visit even if the patient is in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list; when they will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for treatment for migraine in Northern Ireland through the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rescheduled appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/18]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time children are waiting for a public eye test; and the number of persons waiting three months, six months and over one year, respectively for...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time children are waiting for speech and language therapy in each CHO area; and the number of persons waiting longer than 12 months in each CHO...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in...
    • Health Services Funding
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the building projects approved by county; the amount of funding provided to date for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a new anti-CGRP medication for the treatment of migraine that has recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39665/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to an organisation (details supplied) to help those with autism and their families; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Louth is awaiting a vascular surgery appointment at Beaumont Hospital;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the national cancer control programme will provide funding for a pigmented lesion clinic outreach in-service in a hospital in the South/South West Hospital...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      392. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase supports and investment for persons living with dementia in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/18]
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to discourage certain illegal marketing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39714/18]
    • Dental Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dental treatment such as X-rays are not covered by the medical card; the supports available to help those with limited means to meet such costs; and...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deliver child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, from a premises in Dundalk; the location of the premises; and the operational hours of...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if community mental health is being moved from the Ladywell premises to another location; and if so, the details of same [39733/18]
    • Home Help Service
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the initial three hours of home help allocated to a person (detailed supplied) in May 2018 have not been provided; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      398. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a need to follow up on the issues raised by all political parties and groups in Dáil Éireann on 28 June 2018 as part of...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for BreastCheck in 2019 by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39769/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has refused access to the drug Translarna when only five young children have the rare condition...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the person's medical card and that of the person's spouse being withdrawn; and if...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO 9 waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; the number waiting between zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and over...
    • Hospitals Policy
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent publication of a code by an organisation (details supplied); if this code has no standing in publicly funded...
    • Voluntary Hospital Sector
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the group under a person (details supplied) on the ownership and governance of publicly funded healthcare facilities; if he...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the specific treatment services that are available to address the widescale use of cocaine, including crack cocaine; the location of these services; and the...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the negotiations for the provision of a new national maternity hospital; if this publicly funded hospital will remain in full public...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of pharmaceutical assistants regarding a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to restrict the work...
    • Health Services Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1873 of 24 July 2018, if a further breakdown by age and gender of the number of persons discharged from emergency...
    • HIQA Investigations
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, was informed by Tusla during its investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the call by an organisation (details supplied) to invest up to €12 million in community supports for persons with dementia. [39848/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the FreeStyle Libre system (details supplied) for patients under 21 years of age with a view to rolling it out for the general...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on home care packages in CHO 7; the waiting time on the home care package in this area; his plans to reduce the waiting time; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if an appointment with a consultant neurosurgeon in Beaumont Hospital will be expedited [39851/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health nurse vacancies by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39852/18]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39870/18]
    • HSE Funding
      420. To ask the Minister for Health if the €3.5 million investment proposed by an organisation (details supplied) will be included in budget 2019 in order to enable access to core...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 13 June 2018, the status of his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses issued with a service imperative instruction who have been asked to change or vary their normal duties by the HSE since 2014 [39881/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      424. To ask the Minister for Health further to the findings of the Public Service Pay Commission report, which identified problems with recruitment and retention of hospital consultants, his...
    • Disability Services Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health when the interim report of the Farrelly commission due on 15 September 2018 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/18]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the level of dementia-specific services by CHO area; the number of dementia advisers by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      427. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide dementia advisers in each county; his further plans to provide key workers and dementia-inclusive community co-ordinators in each local...
    • Autism Support Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if autism assistance dog programmes are funded. [39929/18]
    • Health Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a specific service available to a person (details supplied) at an earlier time in the morning [39935/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      431. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use a drug approval and reimbursement system for MS drugs similar to that in Germany (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Reports
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of the annual planning process regarding the report of the working group on the development of lymphoedema and lipoedema, in particular...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39951/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39953/18]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for the treatment abroad scheme was not approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39954/18]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a multidisciplinary approach was not adopted in respect of the treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assessed for home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39956/18]
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a charity (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39971/18]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      440. 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. [39979/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in a public hospital will not be improperly charged following admission to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding procedures under the cross-border healthcare directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if the stockpiling of medicines has commenced in preparation for a no-deal Brexit; if not, when he plans to commence same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disease Management
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of Lyme disease and the importance of promoting awareness of same at primary care level, the appointment of a general practitioner champion...
    • Health Services Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of section 39 organisations employed by the Department of Health and-or the HSE to carry out services and functions. [40009/18]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the level of public funding for section 39 workers in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [40015/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescent mental health intellectual disability teams that have been set up nationally in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex intellectual needs awaiting assessment appointments in CHO 2 by age and length of time waiting (details supplied) in...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      451. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the motorised transport grant further to the review committee set up in 2013; when recommended conditions will be attached to the grant;...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will allocate the necessary funding in 2018 to the management of Letterkenny University Hospital to enable it to reopen the 19-bed short-stay ward...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will continue to resource adequately the recruitment of advanced nurse practitioners across the health service as agreed with the various unions....
    • HSE Reviews
      455. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 review of the 2012 report, National Review of Autism Services Past, Present and Way Forward, (details supplied) will be published. [40046/18]
    • Hospital Services
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the renal dialysis unit at Letterkenny University Hospital, LUH, is operating over capacity and that patients...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the HSE finalising its review of hospital car parking charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been seen by an ear nose and throat specialist. [40056/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a vacant position in the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar (details supplied), the measures being taken to fill this position; the person to whom...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the week; and the cost of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Food Promotion
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on advertising Irish dairy products outside the EU in each year since 2011. [39609/18]
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available to provide a safe landing facility on Inishmurray Island; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Budget Measures
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding agriculture budgeting measures; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it...
    • Afforestation Programme
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares planted annually with Sitka spruce in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a written appeal submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied) will be processed without delay; and if the case will be...
    • Transfer of Entitlements Application
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a transfer of entitlements application can be accepted on grounds of force majeure in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39479/18]
    • Afforestation Programme
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the issue of further afforestation in areas with poorly buffered soils under new afforestation management and...
    • Water Quality
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the specific question of water testing (details supplied); the number of water samples taken; the results in each...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for grant aid by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Issues
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to exclude a person (details supplied) in County Kerry from the GLAS scheme on medical grounds will be reviewed; and...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 area of natural constraints scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare complaints concerning horses made to his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Exports Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exports per country of Irish powdered milk in each year since 2011, in tabular form. [39608/18]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and...
    • Animal Welfare
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to prohibit the use of shock collars for dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39659/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Payments
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under GLAS will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment;...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39677/18]
    • TAMS Payments
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a balancing payment on a TAMS grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Inspections
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer is requested to have aphone available for inspection for text messages during a departmental inspection, the consequences...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the post of agricultural counsellor at the Irish Embassy in Moscow will be filled; and the length of time this post has been...
    • Trade Missions
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to have a food-related trade mission to India. [39738/18]
    • TAMS Applications
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty applied to a dairy equipment TAMS II grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered...
    • Fish Landings
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of fish landings at the Howth Fishery Harbour Centre in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39926/18]
    • Harbour Fees
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if harbour charges being levied on small fishing boats at a pier (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; if officials...
    • Brexit Staff
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2003 of 24 July 2018, the status of his Department's work on the preparation of a detailed...
    • Statutory Instruments
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken since SI 89 of 2018 for serious fishing infringements was rescinded by Dáil Éireann on 29 May 2018;...
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs and State liabilities of the various court cases taken in respect of previous statutory instruments dealing with the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Postal Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has invested in An Post over the past two years; the way in which this was invested; and if...
    • Recycling Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering introducing a levy on non-recyclable coffee cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is...
    • National Broadband Plan
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the only remaining bidder for the national broadband plan is compliant with the process in view of the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an issue raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the introduction of incentives to encourage the use of biofuels will be considered; and if he will make a statement...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he...
    • Gas Networks Ireland
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location of each of the 14 publicly accessible compressed natural gas refilling stations that Gas Networks Ireland...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the disallowance of up to €75 with regard to waste collection for persons with a long-term certified...
    • North-South Interconnector
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 50 and 80 of 18 September 2018, if it is the case that EirGrid has not had...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects progress will be made on appointing a company to roll out rural broadband; and if he will make a...
    • Mining Industry
      513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the response to the opening of a sinkhole at Magheracloone, County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • North-South Interconnector
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the three reports that have been commissioned on the North-South interconnector will be published; and if he will...
    • Mining Industry
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports offered to a case (details supplied); the status of the matter; the agencies involved; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his...
    • Road Network
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sanctions in place for the contractors of the M7 road upgrade if the upgrade is not completed by the initial date; and the date given...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the same scoring mechanism as used in 2017 will be used when allocating funding under the sports capital programme 2018; if the 2018...
    • Bus Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) has been able to recruit its full complement of drivers to date; if the Dublin routes it has been awarded...
    • Road Toll Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual number of electronic tag users in 2014 to 2017; the number of electronic tag uses on all tolls in the same period; the...
    • State Airports
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an action (details supplied) under the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an action (details supplied) under the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is planned to cancel existing direct bus services into Dublin city in view of the decision to have a comprehensive review of bus...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a meeting has been organised with a group (details supplied); the date of the meeting; the location of same; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Airports
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be taken on the application submitted on behalf of Waterford Airport, Waterford City and County Council and other...
    • Road Projects Status
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of funding of a bypass for Clane, County Kildare; the discussions he has held with the local authority...
    • Bus Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will instruct its tendered bus shelter advertising company to provide shelters to Bus Éireann bus stops; if repair and...
    • Road Network
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capacity issues on the M4 have been investigated; if so, the results of such investigations; if widening works for this section of the...
    • Rail Services Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the delivery of new or refurbished carriages on the rail lines serving Maynooth and Sallins; when new carriages are...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39894/18]
    • Public Transport
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the introduction of legislation to combat rickshaws in view of the fact that it has been established that legislation...
    • Rail Services Provision
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some DARTs arriving at stations during rush hours have just four carriages when prior to...
    • Public Transport Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the data available to him in regard to regular overcrowding of commuter buses, trams and trains; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to legislate in order to include the non-production of a driver licence as a penalty point offence; and if he will make a...
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for Sport Ireland increased by 10%. [40091/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers trained to interview child victims of sexual abuse according to the Garda Inspectorate [39767/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to her Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proportion of Tusla social workers that have received specialist training in identifying signs of child sexual abuse. [39471/18]
    • Child and Family Agency
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has drawn up a plan for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the HIQA report of the investigation into the...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Kildare. [39483/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme can be extended to having two dates of entry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth centres open in County Kildare; the details of each centre; and the amount of funding provided to each. [39625/18]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness...
    • Family Resource Centres
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a family resource centre in Dundalk, County Louth. [39684/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the suggestions in the early years policy to ensure that there is adequate care to meet the needs of children in the pre-early childhood...
    • Foster Care
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the insurance implications of providing foster care to children here; and if Tusla provides insurance cover to those families that provide...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers trained to interview child victims of sexual abuse. [39766/18]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the access and inclusion model of ECCE provision under each of the levels 4 to 7 of this scheme annually since its...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that early education and childcare providers are experiencing in recruiting staff to...
    • Rape Crisis Network Funding
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each rape crisis centre in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare services switching from full-day care to a part-time or sessional model from January 2018 to date; and if she will...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when there will be an outcome to a review of an application by a person (details supplied) for funding under the strand 3 natural outdoor...
    • Child Abuse
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of allegations of child sexual abuse adjudged to be either founded or unfounded by Tusla or a specialist unit contracted by...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Walks Scheme
      573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the €2 million increase in allocation of funding for the walks scheme will be announced as promised in the programme for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown between funds expended on preparatory support costs, administration costs and project costs on the LEADER programme in...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      576. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review of the criteria will be carried out in order to allow childcare providers to apply for LEADER grants; and if he will make...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      577. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      578. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided to the LEADER programme in County Tipperary in each of the years 2007 to 2017, inclusive, and to date in 2018;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of his Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from his Department for...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the decision was made to cease the payment of an additional six weeks of contributory pension payments following the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to assist women who do not qualify for a State pension contributory due to the fact that they were forced to leave...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to assist a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39403/18]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if a higher rate will be awarded in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      587. 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. [39489/18]
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include the self-employed for class 5 entitlement to illness benefit in view of the fact that the current...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason illness benefit has stopped in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a working family payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the need of a person (details supplied) to return to full pay following sick leave; and if she will...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by her Department; and if she will...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and...
    • Social Insurance Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost if class A employers rate of 8.6% was reduced to 8% for persons earning less then...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has addressed the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the length of the progression rule for course completion for level 5 and 6 courses for qualification for back to education...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the disability allowance section will be in a position to process an application by a person (details supplied) whose...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if appropriate provision in the sum of €257 million has been made in order to ensure that the Christmas bonus is paid...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce a specific allowance (details supplied). [39877/18]
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); when a decision is expected; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if a system can be put in place to resolve this...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the appeals office has not received a file from the carer's allowance section in respect of an appeal by a person...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional time to collate required information in respect of an application for rent allowance by a person (details...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) seeking a review of the decision to refuse the person's...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date regarding a case (details supplied) and the insolvency payments scheme; if this case can be brought...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of her Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2018; the number of staff deployed from her...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the original developers are responsible for rectifying fire safety defects in a multi-unit development in cases in which...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the updated wind farm construction guidelines. [39604/18]
    • Valuation Office
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Valuation Office is seeking a revaluation for rates purposes in view of the fact that the property owners gave...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the mortgage-to-rent scheme income criteria to exclude overtime worked; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build units delivered in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of proposed changes to the tenant purchase scheme; if a provision will be put in place in this scheme by which...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V houses that have been allocated in the past two years by county; the number of units that will be coming...
    • Vacant Properties Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties in Limerick city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39468/18]
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if construction will commence as promised on the 54 housing units in St. Teresa’s Gardens in October 2018. [39596/18]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options taken by developers in respect of Part V for developments between 1 January 2016 and to date in 2018 under each of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a Part 8 development (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if his Department has released funds to the local...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding seaweed harvesting rights; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commencement of the pilot cost rental scheme announced for Enniskerry, County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of second-hand houses and dwellings purchased by each local authority in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of local infrastucture housing activation fund, LIHAF, contracts in circumstances in which the land and planning...
    • Irish Water
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy on Irish Water taking over private sewerage plants in cases where a local authority is taking a housing estate in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend legislation to ensure that payments issued to landlords under the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme...
    • Brexit Issues
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken to protect the housing market in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend on housing units under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 for 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies active on 1 September 2018, by local authority area. [39992/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the use of stage payments in turnkey social housing projects will be sanctioned to accelerate the uptake and delivery of...
    • Casual Trading Regulations
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to issue guidelines, directions or circular letters to ensure market places are provided and maintained; if his...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Issues
      642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for commencing the County Kildare part of the blueway; and the timeframe for completion of the blueway in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      645. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to her Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if...
    • National Monuments
      646. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she or her departmental officials have met with representatives of a company (details supplied) regarding...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      647. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Greenways Development
      649. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the plans to link Shannon Harbour and Dublin city centre with a greenway cycle and pedestrian path; and if she will...
    • Wildlife Protection
      650. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the owners of grasslands at a site (details supplied) will be directed in accordance with regulations 27, 28 and or 29 of the...
    • Ulster Canal Restoration Project
      651. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided in 2018 for restoration work on the Ulster Canal; the works which will be undertaken with such funding; the...
    • Arts Funding
      652. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will seek the funding to provide a theatre (details supplied) with the necessary funding in order that it can continue to...
    • National Monuments
      653. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the sensitive restoration of 14-17 Moore Street; and her views on the urgency to commence the restoration. [40032/18]
    • Creative Ireland Programme
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which cultural activities encouraged and supported by her Department continue to become part of the national fabric;...
    • Arts Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts sector continues to attract support from philanthropists; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Arts Promotion
      659. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to be in a position to enhance the promotion and development of an awareness of the arts and...
    • Waterways Ireland
      660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to achieve an amicable resolution of issues between Irish Waterways and traditional dwellers and...
    • Architectural Heritage
      661. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which excavations are planned or in progress at various historical sites throughout the country with particular...
    • Heritage Sites
      662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to liaise with the Office of Public Works to ensure that heritage sites and buildings...
    • Cultural Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which EU grant aid has been sought and remains available or is likely to become available to support various...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which full and final agreement has been reached with traditional turf cutters in respect of special areas of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      665. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of her Department's stand at the National Ploughing Championship 2018; the number of staff deployed from her Department...