Written answers
Thursday, 4 October 2018
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings or other relevant engagement he has had with EU member states and his UK counterparts on the subject of Brexit since...
- Middle East Issues
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on the EU to seek the suspension of Israel from the Kimberley process and introduce a ban on Israeli diamond exports in view...
- United Nations
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his aims ahead of his forthcoming trip to the United Nations General Assembly. [37513/18]
- Brexit Negotiations
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the backstop agreement between the EU and the UK Government with regard to ensuring no hard border on the island of Ireland;...
- Passport Services
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if greater resources will be provided to the Passport Office in County Cork to allow for greater speed in clearing passport applications; and...
- Brexit Issues
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is developing contingency plans for businesses for a situation in which the landbridge through Britain becomes unusable for Irish...
- Human Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the oppression faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan (details supplied); and if he will he raise...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a roadmap outlining his overseas development aid plan to reach the 0.7% of GNI target will be published; and if he will make a statement...
- Human Rights
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to ensure that the recommendations of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar are...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with the Prime Minister of Greece with regard to the detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- UN Resolutions
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to his UK counterpart in regard to the need for the British Government to return sovereignty of the Chagos...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [29044/18]
- Foreign Conflicts
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to bring diplomatic pressure to bear on Saudi Arabia to cease its attacks on Yemen in view of recent atrocities...
- International Sanctions Application
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to ensure that US sanctions on Russia do not adversely affect a plant (details supplied); if he has formally raised...
- UN Environmental Programme
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the new report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability, released by the United Nations...
- Human Rights
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the discussion at the recent UN Human Rights Council of the report of the findings of the group of eminent experts on Yemen;...
- EU Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the invocation of the Article 7 procedure following the Sargentini report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Northern Ireland
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the introduction of the historical investigations unit in Northern Ireland in line with the Stormont House...
- Foreign Conflicts
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which concerns on the non-implementation of aspects of the peace agreement in Colombia can be addressed in view of the extent of...
- Emigrant Support Services
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date since the publication of the report on challenges being faced by returning Irish emigrants; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made with regard to the sectoral challenges of Brexit such as retaining connectivity when the UK leaves the Open Skies...
- State Visits
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the United States of America Administration in regard to the cancellation of President Trump's visit. [37581/18]
- EU Presidency
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Executive will be proposing an Irish candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission from 2019. [30827/18]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the efforts to secure a legal pathway for the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a...
- Middle East Peace Process
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with President Abbas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/18]
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the US Government’s decision to stop providing funding to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (details...
- Passport Applications Data
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround time for passport applications; the number of persons waiting to have passport applications processed through the Passport...
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if support, financial or otherwise, directly or indirectly, is provided to a group (details supplied); and his views regarding EU members'...
- Middle East Peace Process
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to highlight the challenges facing the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people in terms of peace, security, welfare and...
- Brexit Negotiations
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement with the EU Brexit negotiating team and the UK Government with a view to ensuring regulatory alignment on agriculture matters...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his Department's input into the ongoing outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 27 September 2018, the details of the projects, logistics and events that companies with a public...
- Brexit Expenditure
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of revamping the Brexit website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40482/18]
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial support given to the state of Palestine in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40522/18]
- Passport Applications Data
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which an increase in the number of applications for Irish passports has been recorded in the past 12 months; and if he will...
- Brexit Negotiations
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in the course of current negotiations on Brexit cognisance is taken of the fact that Northern Ireland rejected Brexit; and if he will make...
- Brexit Issues
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading partners have been identified in anticipation of Brexit with particular reference to the extent to which the...
- Overseas Development Aid
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish aid remains unconditional in view of the fact that other jurisdictions are seeking trade for aid throughout Africa;...
- UN Security Council
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has identified support for Ireland’s case in the context of his recent address to the UN General Assembly; and...
- EU Enlargement
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his EU colleagues continue to influence positively the political situation in the western Balkans; and if he will...
- Overseas Development Aid Oversight
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international aid is co-ordinated to ensure that the intended recipients receive from the donors all that was intended;...
- Overseas Development Aid Data
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which various countries, through the EU or UN, in the past five years have failed to deliver aid as promised; the target...
- International Terrorism
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram are being curtailed on the African continent; the ongoing actions in this...
- Overseas Development Aid
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the various destinations included in Ireland’s bilateral aid programme and those in the multilateral aid programme; and if he will...
- Human Rights
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to intervene to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers at various global...
- Middle East Peace Process
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community can continue to exert pressure to bring about an amicable peace process in the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated to the benefit-in-kind reduction on electric vehicles; and the actual spend on same. [40447/18]
- Tax Code
73. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the life assurance exit tax from the higher rate of 41% in line with reductions in DIRT for budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Summer Economic Statement
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the workings that reconcile the pre-committed expenditure of €2.3 billion as outlined in table 4 of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's pre-budget...
- Financial Services Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the emergence of new financial products that involve a service in which the lender buys directly from a shop on behalf of borrowers such as a...
- Tax Credits
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will include toll booth operators in the list of occupations permitted to claim flat rate employment expenses; and if he will make...
- Tax Exemptions
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost implications of a €500 increase or decrease in the small gift exemption under capital acquisitions tax rules; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Reliefs Application
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of an inheritance tax application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40392/18]
- Budget 2019
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural deficit for 2019 if the €800 million available on budget day is spent and if the ESRI's prediction for growth at 8.9% for 2018...
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff reductions and savings that will be made following the introduction of the new computer-based employee PRSI return being introduced from...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for those awaiting the 100% of their claims following the collapse of a company (details supplied) to receive their money; and if he will make a...
- Motor Insurance Costs
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to address the practice in the motor insurance industry of unfairly charging excessive premiums for returning emigrants regardless of...
- Departmental Correspondence
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or other Ministers, ministerial advisers or officials in his Department have ever used private email to communicate on departmental issues between one...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman on external consultants and legal service providers in 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
- Living City Initiative
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the Living City initiative relief; the number of successful applications; the amount of taxation expenditure on the scheme per...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Exchequer Savings
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated surplus to be surrendered to the Exchequer by the end of 2018, by Department and by budget line in tabular form. [40504/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discretion can be used to appoint a third teacher in circumstances in which small rural primary schools are short only one or two pupils in...
- Schools Facilities
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of sourcing land near to schools on busy roads to use as a car park in the interest of safety of children, parents and teachers...
- Teachers' Remuneration
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the inequality in pay for teachers whostarted working after 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs (1 comment)
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas that provide ASD units; the capacity of these units; the way in which they are resourced; and the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions have been made in his budget submission to lower the teacher-student ratio in DEIS schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40427/18]
- DEIS Status
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be awarded to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40477/18]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 16 May 2018, the status of the review being undertaken to increase participation in apprenticeships...
- Youthreach Programme Review
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of Youthreach will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40496/18]
- Educational Supports
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of out-of-school education will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40497/18]
- Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 7 September 2018, the costs of each action outlined. [40514/18]
- Irish Language
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year of establishing the two new Irish-medium teacher education programmes (details supplied). [40515/18]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in correspondence (details supplied) of 31 August 2018 his Department states that it is not clear that equipment is essential in the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; the projected completion date; and if he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Transport Expenditure
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the required funds will be made available to recommission or replace the recommended and required number of Garda squad cars...
- Naturalisation Applications
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a further reconsideration of an application for naturalisation will be undertaken in the case of a person (details...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process to be followed in the case of persons (details supplied); if they will be considered for residency or work permits;...
- Family Reunification Applications
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to facilitate a spousal join in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision to refuse leave to remain or extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the jurisdictions with which greatest improvement of trade is likely to be achieved in the aftermath of Brexit; and if she will make a...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in quarters 1, 2 and 3 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Supports
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ongoing work and plans regarding developing of an investment loan scheme that would offer long-term loans to businesses for a...
- Working Holiday Visas
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which a horse trainer working in the agriculture industry can obtain an employment visa for a Brazilian national who has a...
- Department of Health
- General Medical Services Scheme Review
112. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to the rent-a-room scheme that would remove the barriers for uptake by which persons with spare bedrooms do not wish to rent them out, as the income...
- Nursing Staff Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Health when a public health nurse will be reinstated in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40344/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement under the scheme in...
- Nursing Home Services
115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-owned nursing homes in each county; the bed capacity in each; and the number of beds currently occupied in tabular form. [40362/18]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under and over 16 years of age waiting for orthodontic treatment for one year or less, one to two, two to three, three to four and more...
- General Practitioner Data
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area. [40364/18]
- Community Intervention Teams
118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE community intervention teams nationwide; if there is one in each LHO; if not, the LHOs that do not have a community intervention team...
- Hospital Appointments Status
119. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40368/18]
- Health Services Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if a local placement in Castleblayney within the care pathway for this person will be arranged; and if...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health when a funding submission made to the HSE over a year and a half ago will be approved in view of the ongoing number facing long delays in accessing the local...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
122. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for Spinraza to treat spinal muscular atrophy will be approved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40379/18]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in each county; and the length of time these children are on the waiting lists [40384/18]
- Disabilities Assessments
124. To ask the Minister for Health if, since the new standard operating guidelines for the assessment of need have been developed by the HSE, these guidelines have been relied on for children's...
- Defibrillators in Clubs Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health if a club (details supplied) qualifies for the installation of a defibrillator; and if there is funding available for same. [40395/18]
- Autism Incidence
126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults, respectively, in the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas that have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder. [40398/18]
- Emergency Departments Data
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the accident and emergency department at Mayo University Hospital from 1 January 2018 to date; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40404/18]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Health when the modular unit that was promised two years ago for Mayo University Hospital's emergency department will be built; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages Data
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home care waiting list in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40407/18]
- Emergency Departments Data
132. To ask the Minister for Health if the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital is operating over capacity to date in 2018; if so, the figure by which it is over capacity; and if he...
- Hospital Staff Data
134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in Mayo University Hospital; the list of vacant posts; the reason for the vacant posts; the length of time they have been vacant; when...
- Primary Care Centres Staff
135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the primary care centre in Ballinrobe; when these posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40411/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in County Mayo receiving counselling and services from the child and adolescent mental health services; the number of...
- Mental Health Services Staff
137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo and the western region in child mental health services and adult mental health services,...
- Disability Services Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have been made in his budget submission for additional resources in the Dublin north city and county area for the school aged disability teams...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
139. To ask the Minister for Health when the agreement with a company (details supplied) will be completed regarding the treatment of 19 Alpha 1 clinical trial patients; if there are plans to...
- HSE Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Health when new contracts will be offered to carers employed by the HSE in County Kerry in view of the fact that their hours are going to a private company; and if he...
- Orthodontic Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40433/18]
- Home Care Packages Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the home care application waiting list; the length of time the average application is on the waiting list; the details of recent reductions in...
- Crisis Pregnancy Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being put in place by his Department and the HSE for the introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40458/18]
- Hospital Beds Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing beds closed in each hospital and step-down facility, including rehabilitation units, palliative care units and nursing homes. [40467/18]
- Vaccination Programme
149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40470/18]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
151. To ask the Minister for Health when medicinal cannabis will be more accessible and legal here for children who have been diagnosed with severe epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 9 May 2017, the position regarding considerations on the issue raised; the steps taken to address this anomaly;...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
154. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) to the HSE for the approval and reimbursement of a drug to treat a...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a managed clinical rehabilitation network, MCRN, demonstrator project to test proof of context for the MCRN model in...
- HIQA Reports
157. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a HIQA report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40509/18]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
158. To ask the Minister for Health if haemochromatosis will be added to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40516/18]
- Autism Support Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of autism assistance dogs; if his Department or the HSE will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the possibility of...
- Medical Card Reviews
160. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40537/18]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this...
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is,...
- Occupational Therapy Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is primary...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care,...
- Speech and Language Therapy Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40568/18]
- Occupational Therapy Data
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40569/18]
- Physiotherapy Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40570/18]
- Hospital Consultant Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of those filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number of...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medi-plasters are no longer reimbursable on the medical card in view of the effectiveness of these in dealing with chronic pain and the €100...
- Speech and Language Therapy
171. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in forwarding the information in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40581/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40346/18]
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments have not issued to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40376/18]
- Organic Farming Scheme Payments
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40377/18]
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) that has been ongoing for approximately three years; and if he will make a...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in the BDG scheme on course for meeting their herds' 20% target by 31 October 2018; the number not on course to...
- GLAS Appeals
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of the GLAS scheme will be accepted in view of the circumstances; and if he...
- Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40485/18]
- Afforestation Programme
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant aid drawn down in forestry premia and grants by Coillte, farmers and individual non-farmer private investors on...
- Forestry Data
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide data relating to matters (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40521/18]
- Agriculture Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of a recently published report for an organisation (details supplied) on the economic and societal importance of...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a reduction was made in the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the areas of natural constraint 2018...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal by a person (details supplied) against imposed penalties will be determined; if the person will be allowed an oral...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent decision to enable Ireland to prohibit or restrict the cultivation of genetically modified organisms here in...
- Fungicide Use
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tillage farming. [40573/18]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Tyre Disposal
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the pilot scheme for collecting unwanted tyres from silage pits will be extended to Killarney and Tralee, County...
- Renewable Heat Incentive
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the introduction of a new RHI scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Waste Disposal Charges
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an allowance for persons with incontinence towards pay-by-weight bin charges; and if he will make a...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband services will be provided to certain locations (details supplied) under the national broadband plan; and...
- National Broadband Plan Data
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of amber premises for the State intervention area, blue premises to be covered by commercial operators and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Tax Rates
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40388/18]
- Public Transport Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the services in place on a route (details supplied); if additional services are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Safety
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for legislation that would enforce taxis to provide child car seats as similar to other European states; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install off-the-road bus stops in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/18]
- Public Service Obligation Data
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of PSO funding that has been paid to each of the State's providers of public transport in each year since 2006, in tabular...
- Dublin Bus Fleet
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional buses purchased by Dublin Bus in each of the years since 2004, in tabular form. [40437/18]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure in 2017 and to date in 2018, by project in tabular form. [40438/18]
- Electric Vehicle Grants
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the electric vehicle taxi grant in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [40439/18]
- Road Network
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on managing and enhancing capacity on the M50 in 2018, in tabular form. [40440/18]
- Road Projects Status
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on the M7 Naas bypass widening project; and the expenditure on the project by year and purpose, in tabular form. [40442/18]
- Departmental Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital investment provided to urban pedestrian and cycling routes in each year since 2005, in tabular form. [40445/18]
- Greenways Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital investment provided to the greenway programme in each year since 2005, in tabular from. [40446/18]
- Roads Maintenance Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actual spend on road repairs arising from flood damage in 2017 and to date in 2018. [40448/18]
- Tourism Ireland Expenditure
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend on digital investment in tourism marketing. [40449/18]
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend on the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. [40450/18]
- Roads Maintenance Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to each local authority for the maintenance of the local and regional roads scheme in each...
- Regional Airports
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to regional airports in each year since 2004, by year in tabular form. [40452/18]
- Road Projects Status
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Sallins bypass; and the expenditure on this project by year and purpose, in tabular form. [40453/18]
- Fáilte Ireland Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to tourism projects (details supplied) in each year since their inception. [40455/18]
- Bus Services
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and or his office has made a submission on the proposed BusConnects plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40466/18]
- Ministerial Meetings
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the decision was made to attend the 2018 Ryder Cup; the persons who travelled to the event; the date on which flights and hotels...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Bereavement Counselling Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if bereavement counselling services for children under 18 years of age who have been affected by the sudden death of a parent can be...
- Youth Services Funding
219. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if support for youth work and voluntary youth work organisations will be increased in budget 2019 in view of the growing youth population...
- Youth Employment Initiative
220. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 22 March 2018, if the evaluation report on the youth employability initiative has been...
- Youth Homelessness Strategy
222. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions taken to address youth homelessness since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40489/18]
- Childcare Services Funding
223. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to the request of a union (details supplied) for additional investment in the childcare sector; and if she...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the inequality and injustice experienced by women within the pension system will be addressed (details supplied); and if...
- Social Insurance Rates
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the calculation method for an employee's PRSI contribution for those earning between €352.01 and €424 will...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in view of the ongoing housing crisis, changes to the rent-a-room scheme will be considered that would remove the...
- Legislative Measures
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine the employment Bill 2017 (details supplied); her views on whether the increased threat of criminal...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) are not entitled to the fuel allowance; her plans to change same; and if she will make...
- Illness Benefit Applications
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to resolve the dispute between her Department and general practitioners over the recently introduced revised forms...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40382/18]
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that when a social welfare recipient is transitioning from jobseeker's to a VTOS...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40387/18]
- Illness Benefit Applications
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit payment will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40471/18]
- Back to Work Allowance Appeals
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back to work enterprise allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Payments
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit and signing for...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age participating on a community employment scheme by county in tabular form;...
- JobsPlus Scheme
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age that have been supported to date by the JobsPlus youth scheme, by county,...
- Youth Employment Initiative
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2018 budget for the youth employment support scheme; the expected number of places in 2018; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- General Practitioner Services
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payments will issue for services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40508/18]
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since she came into office, in tabular form; the cost per...
- General Practitioner Services
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request a review of the rates being paid to general practitioners for illness benefit administration and services...
- Disability Allowance Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of disability allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 26 September 2018, if immediate steps will be taken in the case of a person...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Review
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if care will be taken to ensure that during the course of the review of all rent supplement cases in counties Kildare and...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for a carer’s allowance will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a response to an appeal for an invalidity pension; and if she...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Electoral Reform
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to repealing the 7th Amendment to the Constitution in order to allow all students of institutes...
- Local Government Reform
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Dublin citizens' assembly that he is setting up. [40020/18]
- Pyrite Resolution Board
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the conduct of the Pyrite Remediation Board in assessing an appeal by an applicant for inclusion in...
- Land Development Agency
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency plans to develop State-owned land, particularly Defence Forces property at Gormanstown Camp,...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Council Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40383/18]
- Architectural Heritage
262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a funding scheme is available for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40424/18]
