Written answers
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Remuneration
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the protest of 19 September 2018 regarding pay and conditions in the Defence Forces. [39913/18]
- Defence Forces Medical Services
53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports provided for members of the Defence Forces who undergo traumatic experiences while serving on UN mandated missions. [39908/18]
- Overseas Missions
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the activities of the Defence Forces in the Golan Heights UNDOF mission, in particular their transition back to the Syrian...
- Naval Service Vessels
57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the construction of the multi-role naval vessel at an estimated cost of €200 million that it has been decided will be purchased has...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether additional resources allocated to the area of defence should be prioritised at addressing soldiers' pay and conditions as...
- Defence Forces Equipment
60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment, including vehicles, aircraft and sea-going vessels, continue to be upgraded and updated in line with best...
- Defence Forces Contracts
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to implement the Working Time Directive for members of the Defence Forces. [39960/18]
- Defence Forces Strength
63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that Army units are being forced to operate with less than 50% of their commissioned officer ranks; his further views on...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the engagements he has had with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39925/18]
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of planned overseas deployment of Defence Forces in the coming 12 months; if the service-level agreement for the provision of Lariam...
- Naval Service Strength
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service has sufficient operationally deployable personnel and resources to carry out sea fisheries protection...
- Defence Forces Retirements
71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the current level of turnover in the Defence Forces is dysfunctional; and his plans to address same. [39962/18]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the hardship experienced by members of the Defence Forces as a result of poor pay and conditions; if he will...
- Defence Forces Review
75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a review of Defence Forces human resources strategies has been completed in line with the commitment in the White Paper on Defence 2015 to do...
- Curragh Plains Representative Forum
76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement between his Department and Kildare County Council regarding ongoing land management and maintenance of the Curragh Plains. [40066/18]
- Air Corps Strength
77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that Air Corps air traffic control continues to operate on restricted timelines due to inadequate trained manning levels....
- Public Service Pay Commission
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has made a submission to the Public Service Pay Commission; and if not, the reason for the delay in making this submission. [40031/18]
- Naval Service Promotions
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the systems and structures in place to encourage and facilitate the promotion of female officers and ratings to higher...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recruit personnel to the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40057/18]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to deal with the outstanding issues of low pay across the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/18]
- Defence Forces Personnel
84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if regulations that exclude members of the Defence Forces from participating in marches or parades will be reviewed; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all decisions made under the conciliation and arbitration scheme for the Defence Forces have been implemented; and the reason for the delay in...
- Ministerial Meetings
86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the events he has attended with the Minister of State with special responsibility for Defence in the past two years. [29288/18]
- Ministerial Briefing
87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of departmental briefings he has received since becoming Minister of Defence in 2016. [29289/18]
- Departmental Properties
89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if houses, apartments or family accommodation in the ownership of his Department will be provided to a trust that would refurbish the properties...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to address the issues of pay and conditions in the Defence Forces. [40186/18]
- Defence Forces Retirements
91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the issues of staff retention in the regular Defence Forces. [40187/18]
- Army Barracks Closures
92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to close Cathal Brugha Barracks or St. Bricin's Military Hospital and for these sites to be used to develop housing; and if he will...
- Overseas Missions
93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current level of deployment and location of Irish troops overseas on UN or EU-related missions; the extent to which further missions are...
- Defence Forces Training
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Army, Naval Service and Air Corps training continues to be in line with modern and international best practice; if particular...
- Defence Forces Equipment
95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment, including transport, communications and procedures, in the Army continues to be upgraded and improved;...
- Defence Forces Strength
96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total strength of the Defence Forces, including reserves, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the number of women in each branch of the...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which membership of the local Defence Forces continues to be maintained at a required level; the extent to which ongoing training...
- Emergency Planning
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are adequately equipped to deal with emergencies in respect of which they may be called upon; and if he...
- Defence Forces Operations
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air and sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which young unemployed persons have been able to join the Defence Forces; if a specific programme exists in this regard; and if he...
- Defence Forces
103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he expects to be in a position to augment deficiencies in the Defence Forces in the context of a terrorist attack; and if he will make a...
- Air Corps Equipment
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps is adequately equipped to detect and-or intercept activity posing a threat to national security; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Rapid Response Initiative
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of applications received from females in respect of the rapid response roster recruitment; the percentage of female...
- Humanitarian Aid
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that the humanitarian needs of refugees in the Mediterranean will be met in view of the loss of a ship (details...
- Middle East Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if compensation will be sought for the demolition of EU-funded aid structures in Palestine by Israel; if compensation will be systematically...
- Human Rights
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Myanmar fact finding mission; his views on UNSC referring Myanmar to...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the British foreign Secretary...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rebates
112. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 25 September 2018, if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Exemptions
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if the exemption threshold for children on inheritance tax will be increased in budget 2019. [40131/18]
- Budget 2019
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if a series of matters relating to tourism initiatives (details supplied) will be considered in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insurance Costs
116. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures taken to meet and engage with insurance companies regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers, particularly in counties Cavan and...
- Pension Provisions
117. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the AMRF or ARF schemes in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40294/18]
- Insurance Coverage
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that a person (details supplied) who had obtained mortgage approval and was subsequently refused life assurance from four life assurance...
- Motor Insurance Costs
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of efforts to reduce the cost of car insurance; the number of recommendations and associated actions that have been completed to date (details...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Refurbishment
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the upgrading of the Garda station in Newcastlewest, County Limerick (details supplied). [40139/18]
- Garda Stations
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station; the completion date for same; and if he will make a...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to Budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Legislative Measures
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the compulsory retirement age for civil servants will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40189/18]
- Data Centres
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the State building its own data centre in Backweston, County Kildare; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make...
- Papal Visit
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the State of the visit of Pope Francis. [40197/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Administration
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a college place as part of a course; the reason for the delay in this case; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); the position on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Education and Training Boards Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the level of overtime being worked by support staff in the City of Dublin Education and Training Board, CDETB;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school extension (details supplied) will commence construction; if this will be expedited in view of the circumstances in the school; and...
- Teachers' Remuneration
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions will be made in budget 2019 in order to address pay inequality in teaching by ensuring that the lower salaries of teachers who...
- Schools Administration
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce one release day per week for teaching principals in order to carry out administrative work. [40175/18]
- School Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the restoration of posts of responsibility in a greater number of larger primary schools will be considered. [40176/18]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking in order to reduce primary school class sizes further and bring them into line with the European average. [40177/18]
- Teacher Supply
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if regional teaching panels will be established in order to assist in covering substitutable days. [40178/18]
- Capitation Grants
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration he has given to the costings included in an organisation's (details supplied) pre-budget 2019 submissions; and his views on...
- Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist duine a ainmniú ar an gComhairle Náisiúnta um Oideachas Speisialta a dhéanfadh ionadaíocht...
- School Services Staff
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that school secretaries have greater job security in addition to sick pay and pension entitlements. [40205/18]
- School Transport Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied). [40210/18]
- Adult Education Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to secure a funding increase on the amount allocated (details supplied) for adult literacy provision in 2016 in advance of...
- School Services Staff
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when provisions will be put in place to ensure secretaries in schools are given a pay deal that will include a proper wage, pension rights and...
- State Examinations Commission
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the State Examinations Commission had to hire non-teachers in 2018 to mark leaving certificate exam papers; if he is satisfied that...
- Teachers' Remuneration
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is introducing to end the pay inequality between newly qualified teachers and more experienced teachers; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40231/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding additional funding for a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40275/18]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Budget 2019
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to budget 2019; and if he will make a...
- Gambling Sector
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the interdepartmental working group on gambling report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Criminal Prosecutions Data
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 10 July 2018, the status of the information sought (details supplied); and if he...
- Immigration Data
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 10 July 2018, if the information sought is now available; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Policy
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to introduce the new regularisation scheme for persons who came here as international students between January...
- Crime Levels
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of thefts of vehicles in the Cork city policing division in each of the years 2013 to 2017. [40295/18]
- Garda Overtime
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours of overtime by gardaí in 2017, by division. [40296/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Apprenticeship Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in apprentices obtaining college places that are an intrinsic part of their courses, particularly in view of...
- IDA Ireland Data
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which the IDA visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs that have been created by...
- Department of Health
- Action Plan for Online Safety
158. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take under the Action Plan for Online Safety to remove harmful material relating to bogus cures for autism and in order to prevent further...
- Departmental Funding
159. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a charity (details supplied). [40256/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time expected for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/18]
- HSE Properties
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE estates division will agree to sell the old hospital building in Mohill, County Leitrim, to the owners of the local primary healthcare centre that...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
162. To ask the Minister for Health the average response times taken by ambulance crews to respond to all emergency call-outs in County Donegal during August and September 2018; the number of...
- Blood Donations
163. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the MSM one-year deferral period on blood donation; if further examination has or will be sought by his Department or the IBTS on the...
- Commencement of Legislation
164. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40134/18]
- National Sexual Health Strategy
165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40135/18]
- Budget 2019
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding budget 2019 requests by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40137/18]
- Health Services Reports
167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a HSE working group report on the development of a model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema; when he expects this report to be completed; and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40143/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health if there is no working child psychologist in an organisation (details supplied) or child and adolescent mental health, CAMHS, service serving County Mayo; and...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant child psychologist posts in County Mayo and in CHO 2, respectively; and the length of time these posts have been vacant for [40146/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with a consultant cardiologist at the Mater...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
173. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the promotion of the illegal and dangerous so-called MMS as a purported cure for autism in view of the fact that...
- Hospital Appointments Status
174. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [40164/18]
- HSE Staff
175. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a trip was funded for HSE personnel who recently accepted an award (details supplied) in Chicago; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
176. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Spinraza will be made available to persons who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40171/18]
- Ministerial Correspondence
177. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/18]
- Pharmacy Regulations
178. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the group representing pharmacy assistants arising from new rules drafted under section 30 of the Pharmacy...
- Patient Safety
180. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a serious incident of self-harm that occurred in Clontarf Hospital on 9 May 2017; and if his attention has been further...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
183. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an audiology assessment and tympanostomy procedure for a person (details supplied), which the medical team has deemed necessary to take...
- Physiotherapy Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to withdraw physiotherapy services from a school (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/18]
- Qualifications Recognition
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an organisation to expedite the degree recognition process in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech therapist vacancy in County Meath will be filled. [40209/18]
- Nursing Staff Contracts
188. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in advance of budget 2019 to improve nursing and midwifery recruitment and retention; the steps being taken to improve annual starting...
- Departmental Funding
189. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent request will be made to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to secure funding for an organisation (details supplied) through budget...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures whereby a family in an area has no family general practitioner, as the general practices in the area are not taking on additional patients; the...
- Blood Transfusion Service Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2018, the status of the pilot programme; if there are results available from the programme; and if he...
- Medical Card Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve automatically a medical card to persons who suffer from spinal injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40224/18]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the restoration of pay in section 39 agencies in advance of budget 2019; his further plans to consider applying the new pay levels...
- Disability Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to develop a service (details supplied); his further plans for investment in disability services at this site; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of setting up a centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will...
- Disability Support Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a group home for persons with disabilities will open in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40233/18]
- Physiotherapy Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapy services have been removed from a school (details supplied); if this decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
198. To ask the Minister for Health when the new arrangements will be introduced and if legislation is required to change the rules for the fair deal scheme to introduce a three-year cap on the...
- HSE Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the HSE's waiting times for assessments of need for children; the steps he is taking to provide occupational therapy, psychology...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time each has been waiting; if measures are...
- Psychological Services Waiting Lists
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for psychology appointments in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time each has been waiting; if measures...
- Services for People with Disabilities
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential care places in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care in the counties; the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
203. To ask the Minister for Health if extra professionals will be provided to clear the backlog left following the vacancy of a person (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan up until...
- Pharmacy Regulations
204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed changes in respect of the draft rules on temporary absence by pharmaceutical assistants in view of the fact that he has received a...
- Emergency Departments
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works planned for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40255/18]
- Health Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the community services being provided to a person (details supplied) by the HSE to assist with medical issues as outlined by the person's general practitioner;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment at University Hospital Waterford urology department for a person (details supplied) will be provided. [40262/18]
- HSE Properties
208. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans for a site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40279/18]
- Pharmacy Regulations
210. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding new rules that will affect a group of health workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/18]
- Proposed Legislation
211. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the medical guidelines for the termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40288/18]
- Hospital Beds Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 28 September 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated...
- Hospitals Discharges
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form. [40332/18]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
215. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical...
- Ambulance Service Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) regarding vehicles associated with the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a...
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2018; and the hospitals in...
- Home Care Packages Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office, LHO, area. [40338/18]
- Ambulance Service Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20, 40, 60,...
- Hospitals Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2018 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Transfer of Entitlements
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that will be taken to ensure that the process of a person (details supplied) leasing entitlements to another party, which...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2018 areas of natural constraint will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when advance areas of natural constraint and basic scheme payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- GLAS Data
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages that have not been allocated to planners under the GLAS scheme; the number of farmers affected; and if he...
- Scéim Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta Carbóin Glas Íseal
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar an fuílleach den deontas GLAS do 2017 le duine (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth a bhfuil...
- Fodder Crisis
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of introducing a low-cost loan scheme at the European investment loan rate of 1.5% will be examined in order to...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review with regard to redesignation using a set list of biophysical criteria; if...
- Veterinary Laboratories
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review and cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary lab in County Kilkenny, which serves the farmers of the...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of increasing the €10 subsidy cap per ewe under the sheep welfare scheme will be examined in advance of...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the payments under the suckler cow scheme from the current low level to a much more sustainable level in view...
- TB Eradication Scheme
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the TB forum; the funding he expects to provide for the programme to eliminate TB; the amount of extra funding...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to problems with issued knowledge transfer payments, particularly for partnership farms; the steps he...
- Fodder Crisis
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been received from counties Cavan and Monaghan and nationally under the fodder transport scheme...
- Brexit Supports
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to protect farmers in Border counties from a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40253/18]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40276/18]
- GLAS Issues
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to examine the issues raised in correspondence with a view to allowing a person (details supplied) to retire...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 26 September 2018 (details supplied), if rigid plastics that are coloured...
- Renewable Heat Incentive
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of the renewable heat support scheme further to the publication of the draft terms and...
- Energy Policy
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to carry out a strategic overview of the energy impact of data centres; and if so, when it will be published....
- Renewable Energy Generation
248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding the use of renewable energy for small operators to allow them produce electricity through small...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that when a person's driving ban expires the person's driver licence is only posted on the day the ban is officially...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a women's refuge in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40193/18]
- Child and Family Agency
251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an element of Tusla is moving its operation to a location (details supplied); the number of staff who will be relocated; and if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Social Innovation Fund Ireland
252. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if worker, consumer and member co-operatives can avail of the €50 million Social Innovation Fund Ireland. [40218/18]
- Rural Development Policy
253. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address the diminution of services such as banking and post office services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) relating to budget 2019; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Working Family Payment Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for family income supplement in the case of a person (details...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the relevant forms for a review of a disability allowance entitlement will be furnished to a person (details supplied);...
- Illness Benefit Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for illness benefit will be processed. [40212/18]
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to improve the State pension, contributory, for persons who left the workforce to rear families and are now on a...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is introducing to reverse pension cuts which affect workers who left the workforce for a time; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns raised regarding reports that the Christmas bonus is to be cut in 2018; if she will clarify the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payments paid out by type of payment in a post office in tabular form (details supplied); the...
- Working Family Payment Appeals
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a working family payment appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Pensions Legislation
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann to legislate for the proposed total contributions approach to...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment scheme rules; and if she will make a statement...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to correct the changes from 2012 that disadvantaged over 40,000 pensioners; if her plans to contact...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Adaptation Grant
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing aid for older people scheme will include grant aid to upgrade an existing heating system, particularly the...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of LIHAF funding drawn down in County Meath to date by project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fire Stations Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the construction of the Kilmacthomas fire station will commence in view of the fact that it is due to commence in 2019;...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be announced; if a scheme will be announced for Galway city and county; and if he will...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the previous year's income is the income that must be assessed when housing aid for older persons and housing adaptation...
- Home Loan Scheme
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for compelling applicants to take out specified local authority mortgage protection insurance which is often...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Compensation Schemes
274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a compensation scheme for farmers; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Funding
275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce funding provision for a project (details supplied). [40281/18]
- Special Areas of Conservation
276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who appealed a SAC designation on their lands; the number of persons who have successfully had their lands...
