Written answers

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      1. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of GDP controlled by local authorities here. [40703/18]
    • Ministerial Communications
      2. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be published. [40673/18]
    • Official Engagements
      3. To ask the Taoiseach if he and-or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they attended; the officials they met from a Ryder...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Programmes
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the involvement of his Department in tackling adult literacy; if a financial allocation is provided for same; if so, the way in which it is...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when serving personnel from the Defence Forces can expect to have their tech three payment issued which was suspended during the downturn period;...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is the standard practice that a senior medical officer will carry out a full medical prior to overseas deployment but that a junior medical...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the occasions in the past five years that a Naval Service ship was delayed from setting out to sail at the scheduled time and date; the reason for...
    • Defence Forces Training
      8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff involved in training new recruits; the whole-time equivalent of those involved in training new recruits; the rank of those...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the whole-time equivalent figure for the Defence Forces corresponds with the establishment figure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications to join the Defence Forces in each of the past five years; the number of those that successfully passed each stage of...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason new recruits are obliged to pay for rations; the cost to rectify this; if it is a matter that was brought before the conciliation and...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the outstanding decisions of the conciliation and arbitration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40810/18]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to engage with the military authorities and the representative organisations of the Defence Forces in respect of the application of the...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times he has met with organisations (details supplied) in an official capacity to discuss issues affecting Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces Contracts
      21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to review the practice whereby continuance in service contracts are offered after two years; if this period will be extended to five...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel that have been discharged by purchase over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to publish the review of the conciliation and arbitration scheme report; his further plans to implement the findings of the report; the...
    • Army Barracks
      28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the upgrade of the block 7 accommodation facility at Connolly Barracks in the Defence Forces training centre;...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if information regarding the discovery of a spyhole in the female shower area of the central supply area of the Naval Service was circulated to...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the anti-malarial drugs prescribed to the Defence Forces operating in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to medical care in Bahraini prisons; his views...
    • Visa Applications
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a facility for a Filipino citizen applying for a visa to deal with a named official in his Department here rather than having to...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40828/18]
    • Western Balkans Issues
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in Macedonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40829/18]
    • International Election Monitoring
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the result of the election monitoring panel competition which closed on 20 August 2018; the number of monitors nominated; the way in which...
    • UN Security Council
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has identified support for Ireland's case for nomination to the UN Security Council, further to his recent address to...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the standard fee for passports for persons who have been employed and self-employed for over four decades here will be waived; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the charge is the same for citizenship for persons who apply from outside the EU. [40988/18]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has given consideration to opening an embassy in Georgia as part of expanding Ireland's global footprint; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the target and turnaround time for passport applications; if...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the passport application fee was reduced to €60 for persons over 75 years of age...
    • UN Conferences
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the regulation of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in international law will be elaborated in advance of the...
    • Syrian Conflict
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report on the Syrian conflict (details supplied); his views on the recommendations of the report; if, in...
    • Ministerial Communications
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be...
  • Department of Finance
    • Vehicle Registration
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance the records of registration that are kept in respect of ownership of motorbikes, scramblers and other off-road vehicles; the location in which these records...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance if an extension of income averaging can be made available to all sectors with regard to income volatility experienced by many farmers from year to year; and if...
    • Tax Compliance
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is on the correct rate of tax with regard to their pension. [40618/18]
    • Oireachtas Banking Inquiry
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on implementing each recommendation of the banking inquiry with relevance to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Literacy Programmes
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the involvement of his Department in tackling adult literacy; if a financial allocation is provided for same; if so, the way in which it is utilised; and if he...
    • Imports and Exports Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding import and export statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Avoidance
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he and the Revenue Commissioners have to address the loss of tax revenue through tax avoidance schemes outlined in the Comptroller and Auditor...
    • Tax Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of all tax expenditure inclusive of the domicile levy and all other tax reliefs and credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the qualifying criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the primary medical certificate which underpins it; and if...
    • Budget 2019
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated structural balance in 2019 for every €100 million spent in excess of the €800 million outlined in the summer economic statement;...
    • NAMA Operations
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has interests, current or historical, in lands or debts connected to the current difficulties of a company (details supplied); and the detail of these...
    • Credit Union Services
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the confidence and supply commitment to develop a strategy for the growth and development of the credit union sector; and if he will make...
    • Fuel Laundering
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 3 July 2018, if his attention has been drawn to new techniques being employed by fuel smugglers utilising a form of...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an increase in carbon tax on solid fuel in the forthcoming budget will lead to an increase in illicit trade in...
    • Insurance Costs
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance if further and detailed consideration will be given to the ongoing concerns of an association (details supplied) regarding exorbitant insurance costs and the...
    • Budget 2019
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the issues raised in a pre-budget submission by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Levy Yield
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the private pension levy in each of the years in which it was applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41254/18]
    • Ministerial Communications
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be published. [41523/18]
    • Official Engagements
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and-or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they attended; the officials they met...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Decentralisation Programme Data
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil and public service jobs that relocated to all 53 locations in 25 counties under the 2003 decentralisation programme...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the Comptroller and Auditor General increased by 15%; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital works the OPW has carried out in Howth Garda station in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; if the OPW has...
    • National Botanic Gardens
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the grounds of St. Enda's Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 is in the care of the National Botanic Gardens; if changes have been made to...
    • Garda Stations
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans by the OPW to purchase property for Garda stations; the stages in negotiation for each one; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Properties
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 3 July 2018, if there has been progress made on this issue to date; if the information...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 11 July 2018, if there has been further progress in the evaluation of the flooding in the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pension reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41008/18]
    • Public Sector Pay
      74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector employees that are to be allowed to work beyond 65 years of age in certain circumstances will continue to be paid at the...
    • Office of Public Works
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if assistance can be provided by the OPW to a person (details supplied) adjacent to a national monument. [41098/18]
    • Ministerial Communications
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a policy on ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be published....
    • Official Engagements
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and-or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they attended;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Literacy Levels
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that over 500,000 people do not have above level four reading ability; his further views on the fact that half of these...
    • Skills Development
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action plan developed for addressing unemployment if caused by adult illiteracy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Management
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the parent body in relation to the board of management of a school (details supplied);...
    • School Transport
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40600/18]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40604/18]
    • Education Centre Network
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding funding for issues at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/18]
    • Special Educational Needs
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a school place will be found to meet the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/18]
    • School Funding
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant schemes available from his Department or other Government bodies to a primary school in order to build a school hall; and if he will...
    • School Transport
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following the closure of a school (details supplied), an undertaking was given to the parents of children who were in the catchment area that...
    • State Examinations
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if second level students are permitted to sit a subject as a junior certificate examination where they are studying that subject outside of school...
    • School Transport
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40648/18]
    • School Transport Provision
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for the special needs students in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40649/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on securing a new school building for a school (details supplied). [40671/18]
    • Schools Facilities
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on upgrading facilities at a school (details supplied) while the school awaits a new building. [40672/18]
    • School Patronage
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if patronage for a new second-level school in an area (details supplied) has been awarded; if not, when it will be awarded; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building projects for schools (details supplied). [40701/18]
    • School Transport Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services that can accommodate a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40706/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if documents submitted to his Department as part of an additional accommodation stage 2b report will be returned to a school (details supplied)...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the site chosen for the new primary school due to open in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow in 2019. [40791/18]
    • Student Assistance Fund
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to assist a single parent who was in full-time employment, is over the income limit for SUSI and is now...
    • Student Grant Scheme Design
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the SUSI grant is calculated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40866/18]
    • School Staff
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the two-tier system under which some school secretaries are employed as public service staff with full entitlements by his...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40874/18]
    • Special Educational Needs
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the change in special education investment since 2011; the impact this has had; the number of children with special educational needs...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has investigated difficulties experienced by mature students in availing of a student grant; his plans to relax the criteria...
    • School Transport Provision
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the payment of the bus escort grant to school (details supplied) and the subsequent difficulties...
    • Schools Data
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a map of the 314 school planning areas. [40901/18]
    • School Staff
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a selection process has commenced or if the appointment of a principal for the Gaelcholáiste for north County Kildare has occurred in...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the construction of a school (details supplies); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40909/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the revised pre-qualification report from the design team in relation to a school (details supplied); if it has been reviewed;...
    • Schools Designation
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the application by a school (details supplied) to become co-educational; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied); if satisfactory, if a design team...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with the construction of a school (details supplied) which commenced construction in May 2017; when construction will be...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter in relation to correspondence from his Department concerning a person (details supplied); and the way in which the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing the budget 2011 decision to increase the SUSI grant non-adjacency qualifying distance from 24 km to 45 km; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the major building project for a school (details supplied); if consideration has been given to an earlier profile for commencement...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been secured for a school (details supplied) in 2018; the way in which this funding is to be used; and if he will make a...
    • School Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funding is available for primary schools that have a split campus in view of the additional costs involved in running buildings in two...
    • Education Grants
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the ancillary grant rate increased by €5.50 per pupil; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Transport Provision
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some children attending ASD units in mainstream schools and that were entitled to special school...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      133. 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. [41056/18]
    • Education and Training Boards
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41057/18]
    • School Staff
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request made in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [41097/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and delivery time of the provision of a new primary school in Donabate; if the first of four schools to be provided as set out in the...
    • Schools Administration
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the introduction of a one day per week release for all teaching principals of national schools further to the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2017 annual report of Caranua's appeals officer will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41180/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount it would cost to recruit an extra 500 special needs assistants for the 2019/2020 school year; and if he will make a...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Funding
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maximum home tuition hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41202/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a plain language Bill will be introduced in order to ensure communication with the general public is in layman’s terms (details...
    • Skills Development
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the net target for the national skills strategy has not increased for 2025 based on population in view of the fact that the population...
    • Literacy Levels
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the statistics are accurate on adult illiteracy; if so, the way in which childhood illiteracy will be addressed; the way in which childhood...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the proposed extension of a school (details supplied); the status of the project; the timeline for completion of the works; and if...
    • Ministerial Communications
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be published....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Status
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40832/18]
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41088/18]
    • Court Orders
      155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers disqualified in court in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in relation ongoing difficulties they have in achieving justice. [40609/18]
    • Immigration Policy
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue to the Luximon judgment; and when the system will be modified in order to take account of that...
    • Visa Data
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 26 July 2017, when a response from the INIS is likely to be forthcoming. [40627/18]
    • Drugs Crime
      159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to address dealing and distribution of crack cocaine, particularly in areas of Dublin and County...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the use of crack cocaine among the prison population; the number of persons who have access to detox beds...
    • Garda Investigations
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the investigation into the deaths of persons (details supplied) will be reopened in order to investigate matters; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of gardaí to Nenagh divisional district and the rank of each in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons charged with selling off-road vehicles including scramblers to underage persons in each of the years 2015...
    • Courts Service
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding provided to the Courts Service in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40747/18]
    • Citizenship Applications
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40762/18]
    • Garda Overtime
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours' overtime claimed by gardaí by Garda district; and the percentage of hours worked by gardaí in...
    • Courts Service
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been reports commissioned in relation to court efficiency and sitting times; if these reports have been...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the vehicles in the Garda fleet in County Louth; if his attention has been further drawn to...
    • Garda Resources
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for An Garda Síochána increased by 5%; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 of increasing the budget for purchasing new Garda vehicles by 20%; and if he will...
    • Garda Operations
      172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of test purchases carried out by gardaí in the R and J districts under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 in 2017...
    • Garda Transport Data
      173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the capital funding of €6 million which was allocated in 2017 to enhance the Garda fleet of vehicles by...
    • Garda Complaints Data
      175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to An Garda Síochána by insurers under section 19(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2011...
    • Visa Applications
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a delay and a change in criteria for Venezuelan nationals applying for visas here; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Oversight
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the delay in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the policy change in relation to speed limit vans on motorways (details supplied) was changed; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Waiver Programme
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a visa waiver programme for diplomatic passport holders from Georgia; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 2 October 2018, the options now available to a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Legislative Reviews
      181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Succession Act 1965 in order to simplify and expedite the administration of estates particularly in...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be approved for the refurbishment of a Garda unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting
      183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the rules under Garda vetting will be amended to allow a person that has been vetted to be issued with a card that proves...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report from the scoping group chaired by a person (details supplied) was presented to him; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Status
      185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Wards of Court
      186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide independent oversight of the investments and management of wards' funds in view of his decision to not...
    • Citizenship Applications
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41143/18]
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which a person (details supplied) would be allowed to apply for naturalisation or other long-term...
    • Ministerial Communications
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it...
    • Official Engagements
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Personal Injury Claims
      194. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to making it obligatory for plaintiffs in personal injury cases in the first instance to engage with...
    • Recruitment Agencies Regulation
      195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if foreign agencies recruiting staff abroad to work here are obliged under the regulations to have a licence to do so. [40584/18]
    • IDA Ireland
      196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA requires a company to pay the living wage to staff as part of its conditions of giving that company grant aid; and if she...
    • Enterprise Ireland
      197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland requires a company to pay the living wage to staff as part of its conditions of giving that company grant aid;...
    • Work Permits Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of permits that will be issued under the proposed meat permit pilot scheme to address labour shortages in the meat...
    • Ministerial Communications
      204. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in her Department; and if so, if it will be...
  • Department of Health
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
      205. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to implement in order to assist a section 39 funded voluntary hospice (details supplied) in County Sligo in order to enable it to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) for an early intervention team in order to access educational supports;...
    • Budget 2019
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41132/18]
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of section 39 funding by county to an organisation (details supplied). [40589/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) in respect of activities in County Meath receives no funding under section 39. [40590/18]
    • Primary Care Centres
      212. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre in Rialto, Dublin 8, in view of the collapse of a company (details supplied). [40592/18]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      213. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a psychologist for a school (details supplied); if a psychologist is in place; when the psychologist position became vacant; if it has...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      214. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the HSE has reviewed an application for funding by a group (details supplied) for a multiple sclerosis care centre; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40601/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      216. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a consultation with an occupational guidance adviser further to commitments made that such a consultation would...
    • Maternity Services
      217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gynaecologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [40605/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant specialists and the title of each employed in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form. [40607/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      220. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the drug Spinraza is made available to persons of spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      221. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40614/18]
    • Medical Qualifications
      222. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for locum consultant post applicants, particularly within psychiatry, to hold specialist registration in the general division;...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      223. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug niraparib will be made available to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they are platinum resistant and due to this were refused...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      224. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40629/18]
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints in regard to bullying that have been submitted by nurses and midwives via the HSE's new complaints notification process created as...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place in order to address the shortage of anaphylactic pens here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40634/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant radiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford; the respective speciality applicable to each radiologist, for example,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      228. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the outpatient waiting list for neurology at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40640/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a MRI scan at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/18]
    • Medical Card Administration
      230. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which applications for medical cards from persons with severe rheumatoid arthritis are considered in the context of their condition; and if he will...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of 34 months in County Wexford for an appointment with a child and adolescent primary care psychologist; the further reason the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      232. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for additional home support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in homeless accommodation; if they are supported temporary accommodation, temporary emergency accommodation or other available specifically...
    • Mental Health Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting times for accessing mental health supports in Dublin 5 (details supplied) is 16 weeks; the steps...
    • Dental Services
      236. To ask the Minister for Health if changes will be brought forward to the Dentists Act 1985 which would allow dental hygienists to treat patients without the need for supervision by a...
    • Dental Services Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Health if a review will be carried out into the dental care provided to long-stay patients at nursing home facilities (details supplied); his plans to amend...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      238. To ask the Minister for Health if zygotes stored in Irish or international clinics that are formed prior to the full commencement of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 but are...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      239. To ask the Minister for Health if a helipad will be provided at Wexford General Hospital in view of the establishment of a service (details supplied) based in Mallow and covering an area...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      240. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the rise in use of crack cocaine in view of the reported increase of this substance in recent years; and if he will make a...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds available by county; the average length of time a person is waiting to access such a bed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      242. To ask the Minister for Health when the diet supplement Kuvan will be available to late treated adults with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40711/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the lack of trained psychiatrists in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital metabolic unit and the HSE mental health services for...
    • Health Services Staff
      244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an increase in funding for a community based podiatrist for persons with diabetes in County Sligo (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      245. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40719/18]
    • HSE Properties
      246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the HSE facilities at Erkina House, Rathdowney, County Laois. [40720/18]
    • Patient Transfers
      247. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to transfer the patients of Erkina House, Rathdowney, County Laois to other facilities; and the consultation that has...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      248. To ask the Minister for Health the community supports for persons with dementia here; his plans to expand the support levels for persons with dementia; his further plans to meet dementia...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      249. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with a group (details supplied) to discuss funding arrangements for a centre in order for it to open on more weeks per year; if the granting of...
    • Medicinal Products
      250. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) to whom medicinal cannabis has been recommended here and in another EU state as being beneficial...
    • Health Services Funding
      252. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent survey regarding whether funding for extra community based podiatrists in County Kildare to support the diabetes...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has been unable to meet with the family of a person (details supplied). [40754/18]
    • HSE Reports
      254. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on implementing the recommendations of the HSE report 51449 (details supplied). [40755/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      255. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [40763/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and day case public patient beds in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [40764/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence required for the cross-border healthcare directive to prove a person is on a public waiting list here. [40765/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40770/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      259. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will secure an appointment to see an ENT specialist at the Royal College of Surgeons. [40776/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Health when 15 hours of home support will be provided for a person (details supplied). [40778/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive treatment in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40779/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      262. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40786/18]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      263. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical cannabis expert reference group has concluded its report on guidelines for the proposed medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40793/18]
    • Hospital Services
      265. To ask the Minister for Health if all blood samples that are taken in sexual assault treatment units after a rape has occurred are tested for date rape drugs; his plans...
    • Bereavement Counselling Services Provision
      266. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend bereavement counselling services for children under 18 years of age that have been affected by the sudden death of a parent. [40834/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the supplementary report into the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40838/18]
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      270. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the performance achievement policy for the Health Service Executive; if he is satisfied that full compliance with the policy has been achieved;...
    • HSE Reports
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the status of implementing the recommendations of the 2017 external report on the national screening service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the outsourcing contracts in place regarding hospitals (details supplied). [40844/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the reason such a large proportion of children who are clinically listed for spinal surgery have been moved to a suspended category of wait list. [40846/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a first scoliosis assessment with a specialist surgeon hospital (details supplied). [40847/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      279. To ask the Minister for Health if the Children's Hospital Group, CHG, is actively following national protocols as per the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF; and the person or body that...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for HSE funding approval for bracing therapy if a child has a medical card; the reason children across the Children's Hospital Group, CHG, do not...
    • Home Help Service Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours assigned in County Kerry for the month of September 2018, in tabular form; the number of hours provided in each month by HSE home...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved CAMHS consultant psychiatrist posts per local area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40854/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      283. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) was placed on the public waiting list for surgery. [40855/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Health if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken in respect of the provision of the FreeStyle Libre monitoring system for all persons with type 1 diabetes on the...
    • Organ Donation
      285. To ask the Minister for Health his views on introducing an opt-out clause for organ donors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40858/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      286. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detail supplied) who is on the waiting list for three years will have hip surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40862/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended number of early intervention and prevention counsellor posts in each CHO area; the level of vacancies in these posts; and the detail of...
    • Disability Support Services
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the action which can be taken to ensure legal costs are returned to staff cleared of wrongdoing at a facility (details supplied) which provides services to...
    • Emergency Departments Services
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if the construction and staffing of the 60-bed unit University Hospital Limerick (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing 5,000 extra home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40880/18]
    • Hospital Services
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for X-rays to be read and advised to the referring general practitioner by hospital; and his views on the unacceptable wait of weeks before...
    • Medical Consent
      292. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, of 26 September 2018, if Defence Forces medical officers are excluded from the legal obligation...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an appointment in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons on the public waiting list here are being excluded from the cross-border scheme due to the fact an element of their income is an English...
    • Health Services Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of recruiting an extra 70 mental health intellectual disability posts for children. [40926/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      297. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 165, 166 and 171 of 26 September 2018, if he will answer the specific questions (details supplied) contained in the...
    • Health Services Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40946/18]
    • General Practitioner Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new general practitioners required over the next five years to provide for the replacement of general practitioners retiring over the same...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce waiting times of circa 17 weeks for women participating in smear tests in circumstances in which they have been advised of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if a care centre (details supplied) will be opened for 52 weeks a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40957/18]
    • Transport Support Scheme
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of the new transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance; the timeframe for the provision of same;...
    • Hospital Procedures
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40961/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds to be provided in modular units in 2018 for each relevant acute hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the allocation of €55 million in 2018 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address waiting lists for those on same; the amount...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the application by an organisation (details supplied) for further annual investment in its care centre; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that required in-hospital treatment for diabetes related to foot complications and lower limb loss; the amount allocated to Naas General...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be recognised in negotiations on the new GMS contract; the status of the new GMS contract negotiations; and if he...
    • Health Services Funding
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if the general practitioner capital fund will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40983/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40986/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of need of children with disabilities that are carried out per community healthcare organisation annually. [40999/18]
    • Dental Services Expenditure
      318. To ask the Minister for Health when the pre-economic crisis budget for the dental treatment services scheme will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/18]
    • Autism Support Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding being provided to an autism support organisation in each CHO area in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • HSE Reviews
      321. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 review of the HSE National Review of Autism Services - Past, Present and Way Forward 2012 will be published; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made regarding the establishment of a regulatory body for assisted human reproduction, including surrogacy further to the report of the Commission...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41014/18]
    • Midwifery Services Provision
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if 350 extra midwives were recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41023/18]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      325. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      326. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have knee surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41031/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if there are vacant posts at the maternity ward in Mayo University Hospital; if so, the length of time the posts have been vacant; the reason for the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the sale prices and dates of sale for each lot that comprised the former St. Senan's Hospital and associated lands in Enniscorthy; if the moneys achieved by...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if access to new treatments for MS patients (details supplied) will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41051/18]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the next steps as determined by the HSE in finger test strip utilisation monitoring with respect to the management of patients with diabetes; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41054/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made to develop a performance measurement system which will improve accountability across local and regional drug task forces; and if he...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the opioid overdose medication Naloxone; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if the finger test strip utilisation monitoring is indicating a cost or a saving over the six months since the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme was...
    • Hospital Charges
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will abolish inpatient charges for patients receiving treatment for cancer; when these charges will be abolished; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving inpatient treatment for cancer who do not qualify for a medical card and do not have private health insurance; and if he will...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pharmaceutical assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41101/18]
    • Disease Incidence
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if annual data on the number of persons presenting and being diagnosed with Lyme disease is being recorded; the steps he has taken to address any increases in...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be refunded for medication the person purchased while the person's medical card was being reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the level of unmet personal assistant hours; the level of met personal assistant hours; his plans to undertake research on the matter in order that planning...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to be fitted for shoes, pedro boots and insoles for same by county (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Programmes
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to continue with Ireland's participation in the human biomonitoring programme DEMOCOPHES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41123/18]
    • Rare Diseases
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the rare diseases medical product technology review committee; the drugs that have been referred to it by the HSE; the way in which it is...
    • HSE Staff
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a HSE position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41128/18]
    • Health Services Funding
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a budget 2019 request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when the new contributory assessment conditions under the fair deal scheme will come into practice whereby land and businesses will be excluded after three...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if the requested funding of €600,000 will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to enable a respite facility to open 52 weeks of the year...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41144/18]
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if the further €600,000 will be allocated to a group (details supplied) for its care centre in Dublin. [41152/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if the finger test strip utilisation monitoring is indicating a cost or a saving (details supplied); the measures the HSE has determined to be the next steps...
    • HSE Staff Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff across all grades working at the National Recruitment Service, Manorhamilton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41155/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies approved both current and new waiting to be filled by grade across all the statutory hospitals for each of the years 2011 to 2017...
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staff by each statutory hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the average time to finally fill each position across all grades the national recruitment service, Manorhamilton, is responsible for over the years 2011 to...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health when anomaly scans will be available to all maternity patients at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maternity Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended outsourcing anomaly scans at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • HSE Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts and the accumulated total of all contracts procured for each year to date since the establishment of the HBS procurement service; and...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staff costs in each of the years 2011 to 2017 at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Administration
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical card application process will be reviewed to assess under discretionary medical grounds before assessing income (details supplied). [41183/18]
    • Health Services Staff
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an additional community based diabetes podiatrist in County Limerick will be made available in the upcoming budget; the reason Limerick had the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a radio campaign is being run stating that the flu vaccine is free for at-risk groups but does not mention...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to a care centre (details supplied) will be increased in order that services can be expanded to support those with multiple sclerosis; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that physiotherapists within the Health Service Executive who have submitted a section 38 registration application...
    • Ministerial Communications
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be published. [41525/18]
    • Official Engagements
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they attended; the officials they met from...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Meat Processing Plants
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information has been received or research completed on the meat-processing pilot scheme proposed by the Minister for Business,...
    • Literacy Programmes
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement of his Department in tackling adult literacy; if a financial allocation is provided for same; if so, the way in which...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint scheme, ANC, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an aquaculture licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40758/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme, ANC, scheme will be made available to a person (details supplied); and...
    • Forestry Management
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a moratorium on forestry development in County Leitrim and a rebalancing of the focus on forestry throughout...
    • Agrifood Sector
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether suckler cow farmers from counties Sligo and Leitrim will benefit from an increased price for their animals if...
    • Forestry Grants
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a scheme that encourages landowners to plant trees into hedgerows in order to increase the levels of forestry...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an area of natural constraints application by a person (details supplied) will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fodder Crisis
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a voucher-based meal subsidy as a part of a future fodder support scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      394. 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. [40864/18]
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward the fishery harbour centre (rates of charges) order Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40897/18]
    • GLAS Eligibility
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS section will accept a review of the decision to exclude a person (details supplied) from the GLAS scheme on medical...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40900/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BPS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40905/18]
    • TAMS Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty applied to a dairy equipment targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS II, grant in respect of a person (details...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have yet to receive areas of natural constraints, ANC, payments by county in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      402. 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 (details...
    • Farm Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calves born in the suckler herd register on 30 June 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40972/18]
    • Greyhound Industry Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the organisation that has statutory function regarding the regulation of greyhound exports; the regulations in place in relation to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contribution made to the World Organisation for Animal Health in each of the years 2015 to 2018, respectively; and if he will...
    • Farm Data
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment for a persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Payments
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when advance payments under the 2018 GLAS scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41017/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an overdue farm payment will be processed and issued to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 area of natural constraints, ANC, payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a balancing payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41055/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 area of natural constraints payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • EU Meetings
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts over the past six months regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Farm Data
      416. 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. [41203/18]
    • Official Engagements
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicles
      419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in place to rectify the outage of fast charging points for electric vehicles; the number of these charging...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll-out of high-speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Charities Regulation
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rules and guidelines for registered charity clothing bins and non-registered clothing bins in public areas. [40736/18]
    • Energy Policy
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the geothermal energy development Bill; when it is likely to be advanced further; the reasons for the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress expected in 2018 in the upgrade of the broadband telecommunications infrastructure for homes along the...
    • North-South Interconnector
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 2 October 2018, when Eirgrid was given sight of the final reports relating...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Climate Change Policy
      427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined a recommendation (details supplied); his views on the recommendations; the steps he has taken to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of broadband to a village (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or officials in his Department met or corresponded with a company and or persons (details supplied) in the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the context to his meeting in New York with a person (details supplied); the number of officials that attended the...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all expressions of interest in relation to the national broadband plan that did not submit a final bid in the tender...
    • Official Engagements
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a copy of his ministerial diary for the June, July, August and to month end September 2018 and a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he held with representatives of the remaining consortium for the national broadband plan; and if he will...
    • Mining Industry
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance provided to date or planned to assist those affected by the recent subsidence in Magheracloone, County...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a process of due diligence on all companies (details supplied) that are part of the consortium bidding for the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so,...
    • Official Engagements
      439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and-or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of both domestic and foreign consultants in respect of the BusConnects programme by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Policy
      441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the forthcoming Cork metropolitan transport study; and when it will be published. [40718/18]
    • Tourism Project Funding
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available for major projects such as the development of chair lifts and cable cars; if the development of such tourism...
    • Rail Services Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that can be added to the existing services on the Kildare rail line in the second half of 2019 arising from the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons required for a quorum on the board of the Dublin Airport Authority. [40927/18]
    • Driver Licences
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will address the anomaly in SI No. 129/2017 of 4 April 2017 by which the amendment to the 2002 Act under section 33 of the 2016...
    • Road Safety Authority Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disqualified drivers that subsequently surrendered their licences to the Road Safety Authority in each of the years 2016,...
    • Ports Policy
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of the debt associated with a port (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40952/18]
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Transport Infrastructure Ireland service station at the M11 site outside Gorey will open; the cost of building and maintaining...
    • Railway Stations
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason clamping is allowed by a private company on the grounds of Kent train station, Cork. [41148/18]
    • Haulage Industry
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the issues raised in a pre-budget submission by an association (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the audit of section 32 of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 will commence. [41250/18]
    • Ministerial Communications
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it will be...
    • Official Engagements
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and-or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they attended;...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of an expansion of services in relation to Tusla in the Drogheda area; the number of persons expected to be employed; her...
    • Departmental Funding
      455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants and funding issued to organisations and projects in Dublin 24 in 2018. [40696/18]
    • Children in Care
      456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the adequacy of decision-making support available for parents prior to placing a child in voluntary care; and if she will make...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40775/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Department has a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business; and, if so, if it will be published....
    • Official Engagements
      460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she and-or officials in her Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they attended;...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Services Programme
      461. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the next community services programme; when it will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Leader Programmes
      462. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review of the criteria will be carried out to allow childcare providers apply for Leader grants; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      463. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received for the rural regeneration fund by the 27 September 2018 deadline; the process and timeline for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      464. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the maximum number of applications permissible for each local authority for schemes (details supplied) in 2018; the allocation of...
    • Ministerial Communications
      465. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Department has a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business; and if so, if it will be published....
    • Official Engagements
      466. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he and-or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow a transition period of four weeks for persons who are returning to work after spending a long period of...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of staff reductions and savings that will be made following the introduction of the new computer-based...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discriminatory elements (details supplied) of the domiciliary care allowance scheme will be addressed; and if she will...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications Data
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the delays in the issuance of carer's benefit following a first application, in terms of days and weeks; the number of...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer's benefit will be assessed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assessments of resources are conducted in her Department in respect of staffing in order to adequately cover telephone...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a request for a full review of the benefit paid to a person (details supplied) from 2009 to 2011 will be expedited; if...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); if all eligible supports in...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a back to education allowance application by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a...
    • Literacy Programmes
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the involvement of her Department in tackling adult literacy; if a financial allocation is provided for same; if so, the way...
    • Pension Provisions
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is still her plan to issue payments under the new calculation method for the contributory pension in the first quarter...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department will not accept a form 11 self-assessment from the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a carer's...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of payments in respect of illness benefit recipients; the number of outstanding payments since the change to claim...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance review will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [40749/18]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has been working full-time here since 2016 has not been considered habitually...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial savings made in each of the years 2015 to 2017 as a direct result of the introduction of changes to the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision in respect of an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 27 September 2018, if a payment level in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving a regular weekly payment of illness benefit; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if foster carers that apply for the carer's allowance are means tested on the foster carer's allowance; and if she will make...
    • Fuel Allowance Expenditure
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the fuel allowance was increased by €2.50 per week; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy which excludes Irish citizens from building up class A contributions while working in the...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of sanctions and-or penalties applied to the benefits of jobseekers applied in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for carer's allowance refused on an initial application and before a review or appeal of that...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews and appeals of decisions to refuse carer's allowance that were successful with the application being...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department does not recognise and did not engage with an association (details supplied) on the roll-out of the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40969/18]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been considered habitually resident in respect of their supplementary welfare...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for appealing decisions on State pension (contributory) applications; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's support grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41033/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford whose appeal for a carer’s allowance was...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplies) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the 2018 fuel allowance to reflect increases (details supplied) that are being passed onto consumers;...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance has not been paid to persons in receipt of full contributory pension and in receipt of an...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of long-term unemployed (details supplied) eligible for community employment; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in relation to same....
    • Claims Processing
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she did not consult with an organisation (details supplied) when the redesigned claim and medical certificate...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [41246/18]
    • Ministerial Communications
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in her Department; and if so, if it...
    • Official Engagements
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and-or officials in her Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances that gave rise to the delays in construction of social houses at a company (details supplied); the way in...
    • Land Development Agency
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ownership of Columb Barracks will transfer in its entirety to the Land Development Agency or only the land planned for...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new national guidelines for wind energy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41077/18]
    • Regeneration Projects
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is his policy that complex regeneration projects will ensure that 60% of the development on public owned land will be...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that were dropped from the housing list due to exceeding the income limits to qualify for social...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if HAP and similar rental assistance payments for 2018 and for 2019 will be estimated in terms of State spending; his policy...
    • European Court of Human Rights Rulings
      516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 25 September 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this timeline...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason household income limits apply in respect of the disabled person's grant in cases in which the disabled person is an...
    • Vacant Properties Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties in the ownership of Tipperary County Council by district; the length of time the houses are...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of beds in homeless accommodation; if they are supported temporary accommodation, temporary emergency accommodation...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of one-off rural social houses built in each local authority area in each of the years 2007 to 2017. [40713/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will be funded to build social housing for those on the housing waiting list that can provide a site from...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a ministerial order under section 160 that an environmental impact assessment which would be mandatory under the...
    • Water Pollution
      527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an instance of water contamination below ground level in an area (details supplied); if the...
    • Weather Events Expenditure
      529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation of emergency funding provided for Clane, County Kildare following the significant snowfall in February and...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the recent changes to the mortgage to rent scheme. [40785/18]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number who have been granted the requested loan; and...
    • Land Development Agency
      532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to in Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 27 September 2018, the 30 sites referred to as projects supported by the local...
    • Central Statistics Office Remit
      533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the responsibility will be given to the Central Statistics Office for housing output data, homeless and housing figures...
    • Housing Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average and total cost of non-departmental funded Part V units in 2017; if the units were new builds or existing on-site...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €972 million spent on the Ballymun regeneration project; and his views on whether the regeneration...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to engage with Dublin City Council and NAMA, further to the motion passed recently at the council to transfer a site...
    • Property Registration
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding a mapping error in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he plans to make to the rules underpinning and operation of the rent pressure zones arising from the Review of...
    • Commemorative Medals
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to award a medal to those members of Dublin Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service who took part in the 1916 centenary...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the waiting list for the housing adaptation grant and housing aid for older people scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan in...
    • Housing Data
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build housing units that have been constructed to date and occupied; the number of additional units...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requests for funding submitted by each local authority and the drawdown of funding to each authority under the LIHAF...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 2 October 2018, the schedule of the quarterly meetings with Wicklow, Kildare,...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased and or acquired by compulsory purchase order by Louth County Council in 2017 and to date in...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures, checks and balances in circumstances in which there is a local authority overspend. [41146/18]
    • County and City Managers' Association
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of an association (details supplied); the function and role it has vis-à-vis Government; the body which funds...
    • Legislative Programme
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to revert to the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the wording of the...
    • Ministerial Communications
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in his Department; and if so, if it...
    • Official Engagements
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and or officials in his Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Budget Submissions
      554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a budget 2019 submission; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Wildlife Control
      555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of each application for a licence to carry out control actions on seagulls including the reason for...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
      560. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will announce a new arts and culture capital scheme from 2019 onwards; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wildlife Rangers
      561. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full cost of recruiting an extra 50 full-time conservation rangers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and...
    • Architectural Heritage
      562. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the restoration of a castle and a house (details supplied); if alternative plans exist for the two buildings; if...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      563. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding granted for an update on Magheroarty Pier, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Funding
      564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated to Donegal County Council to carry out works to the Bunbeg Bridge, Gweedore; and if she will make a statement...
    • Structures At Risk Fund
      565. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application for funding (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/18]
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      566. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State bodies that have not to date submitted a language plan under the Official Languages Act 2003; the name of each...
    • Ministerial Communications
      567. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a policy regarding ministerial use of private email for Government business in her Department; and if so, if it will...
    • Official Engagements
      568. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and-or officials in her Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup; if so, the reason they attended; the days on which they...