Written answers

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff Data
      15. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff assigned to the Government Information Service. [39726/18]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      20. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B on social policy and public services last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [38476/18]
    • EU Meetings
      29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the informal meeting of EU leaders in Salzburg; if the issue of immigration was discussed by the Heads of State and Government in...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      34. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D on infrastructure last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [39899/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      38. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [39900/18]
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [39828/18]
    • Coistí Rialtais
      108. To ask the Taoiseach cá mhéad uair a tháinig an Coiste Rialtais ar an nGaeilge agus ar an nGaeltacht le chéile gach bliain le trí bliana anuas; an bhfuil sé...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department and in bodies under his aegis appointed to the principal officer grade arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015, by...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      111. To ask the Taoiseach if he met or held meetings with persons (details supplied) or persons representing or advising a consortium in 2017 and to date in 2018; if so, the topics they...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic division of his Department. [41814/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress of the investigation into the issuing of a directive on 3 October 2018 informing members of the Naval Service that the 72 hour...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since 7 July...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he last met the head of the Defence Forces. [41071/18]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and dentists in the Defence Forces medical corps; the number of vacancies in these areas in the...
    • Defence Forces Training
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of progress on the plans for an institute for peace support and leadership training at the Curragh; when the feasibility study under...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • State Visits
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have received confirmation as to whether President Trump will visit Ireland in the near future. [41073/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department and in bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer or counsellor grade arising from internal...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted his Australian counterpart to discuss the recent statistics of over 600 Irish citizens being asked to leave Australia...
    • Northern Ireland
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland recently to discuss reconvening the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the allocation in 2019 to North-South bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41951/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his regional meetings on Brexit; if he is satisfied with the uptake on the various schemes being provided to date; and...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the grants provided to sports and cultural clubs in the United States of America over the past ten years; the details of these clubs; the...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Good Friday Agreement. [41067/18]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated ODA/GNI target in view of budget 2019 and the increased allocation to overseas development aid; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the moneys allocated in budget 2019 to his Department for Brexit related matters; the way in which these moneys will be spent; and if he...
    • Middle East Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disappearance and possible assassination of a person (details supplied) in Turkey; the steps Ireland...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the €110 million increase in overseas development assistance will be spent; the programmes that will receive part of...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a passport application can be made by a person (details supplied) in a country in which there is no Irish consulate; and if...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the review of the White Paper on Ireland's international development policy will be completed and published; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Staff Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department and in bodies under his aegis appointed to the principal officer grade arising from internal competitions since 7 July...
    • Excise Duties
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of different categories of packets of 20 cigarettes since 1990; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided to curb tobacco smuggling in each year since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41926/18]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cigarettes seized by customs in each year since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41927/18]
    • Tax Settlements
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) will be determined in view of the fact that the ability of the business to tender effectively is being...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to obtain tax clearance from the Revenue Commissioners. [42002/18]
    • Living City Initiative
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is some leeway under the living city initiative for a pre-1915 property just outside the catchment area at the gate of the house whose owners are...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if food and beverages served in sports facilities will be subject to VAT at the 9% rate or the 13.5% rate in the context of budget 2019; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce VAT on food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42124/18]
    • Property Tax Review
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the LPT review group report in full in the context of his budget 2019 speech; if the report will be published; the timeline for the...
    • Tax Agreements
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in discussions with the Brazilian authorities to remove Ireland from a blacklist of tax havens; his views on the length of this process; his...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to tackle the issue of high rates of car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42226/18]
    • Tax Rebates
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a refund of income tax will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42242/18]
    • Tax Code
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will equalise the life assurance exit tax and the DIRT tax in the interest of long-term savers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42261/18]
    • Budget 2019
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional carry-over cost in 2020 of the tax measures introduced in budget 2019; the cost by tax measure, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue paid in each of the past five years as a result of the CGT exit tax rate of 33%; the number of companies it applied to as previously...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the difference between the projected full year cost if the 100% mortgage interest relief for landlords of minus €18 million as detailed...
    • Fiscal Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the available fiscal stance after annual contributions to the rainy day fund each year to 2023 gross, that is, before pre-committed expenditure and...
    • Tax Code
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if the budget €50,000 limit on benefit-in-kind exemption for electric vehicles will apply retrospectively to vehicles purchased prior to budget day....
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State paid a financial settlement to a person (details supplied) as a result of legal action the person took in 2009 against a number of Irish persons...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees working in the large cases division in the Revenue Commissioners. [42482/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the increase scheduled in public service pensions from October 2018 will be issued without delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Station Closures
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the reopening date of a Garda station (details supplied) which was announced in 2016; the date it is due to be opened; and...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of a new Garda district headquarters in Bailieborough, County Cavan; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department and in bodies under his aegis appointed to the principal officer grade arising from internal...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has plans to carry out cleaning and dredging works on the river in Drumconrath village, County Meath. [41885/18]
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which and with whom responsibility lies for investigations regarding a breach of section 52 of the Freedom of Information Act...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans proposed to clean a river (details supplied); if same will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/18]
    • Decentralisation Programme Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 9 October 2018, the costs incurred by the programme over the 2003 to 2011 period for the...
    • Money Laundering
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action taken by the State in its dealings with a bank (details supplied) in view of its acknowledgement of being involved in money...
    • State Properties
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 20 March 2018, the position regarding refitting Government buildings (details supplied) in...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 20 March 2018, the position regarding works to consolidate the Revenue Commissioners'...
    • Budget Measures
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected additional carry-over cost in 2020 of the spending measures introduced in budget 2019; the cost by measure and Department...
    • State Properties
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 91 of 23 November 2017, 68 of 17 January 2018 and 187 of 21 March 2018, the status of lands at a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/18]
    • School Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an appeal by a school (details supplied) under the exceptional accommodation difficulties to allow an additional teacher to be...
    • Departmental Records
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release all documentation, including internal departmental emails, regarding the purchase of a stadium (details supplied) ; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the accuracy of using an application and Eircodes as the measurement benchmark for assessing eligibility for the non-adjacent rate...
    • Special Educational Needs
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the powers of special educational needs organisers, SENOs, with regard to the allocation of special needs assistant, SNA, resources; if these...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to planned changes to University College Dublin's admission deadlines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the build of the new replacement school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a lease has been signed for the site for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41834/18]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in legal fees relating to a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41835/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since 7 July...
    • Departmental Funding
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department contributes to medicines research and development annually; the budget holders, for example, the Irish...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met the schools secretaries division of a union (details supplied) recently; and his plans to meet with it. [41888/18]
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason charges of over €3,000 have recently been imposed on asylum seekers residing in direct provision centres by the Cork Education...
    • State Examinations Commission
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a tender (details supplied) was withdrawn and a project did not proceed as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site for a school (details supplied) will be purchased and publicly announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/18]
    • School Transport Applications
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41986/18]
    • School Services Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence regarding school secretaries will be responded to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42055/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-establishing the type of apprenticeship courses previously delivered through the former CERT in view of the serious skills...
    • School Textbooks
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to inaccuracies in certain textbooks being used for the junior certificate history syllabus; and the person or...
    • Ministerial Travel
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an education promotional mission to China. [42065/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the shortage of apprentices in the mechanical and electrical trades can be addressed; his views on pre-apprenticeship courses in...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence sent to a person (details supplied) that has been acknowledged as received on a number of occasions; and...
    • Interdepartmental Meetings
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates on which the interdepartmental committee to examine the way in which existing State services can best meet the needs of residential...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new buildings for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42160/18]
    • School Accommodation
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding providing a new classroom at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42182/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of a new extension at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42187/18]
    • Special Educational Needs
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure the principal and board of management of a school (details supplied) must follow to slightly amend the building plan at no extra...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a SUSI grant by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if consideration will be given to the special...
    • Physical Education
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to the introduction of physical education in primary schools; his plans in regard to same; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Examinations Commission
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers versus the number of third level students who do not have recognised teaching qualifications and who were...
    • School Accommodation
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to capacity problems in a school (details supplied) with demand currently exceeding capacity; his plans to...
    • Skills Shortages
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the skills shortages experienced by many companies across all sectors, for example, the majority in information...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring young persons out of unemployment through development of and access to apprenticeships to support young persons with fewer...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to resolve the shortage of primary school places in Kinsealy, Malahide and Portmarnock; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Establishment
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of the two new primary schools for Swords, County Dublin, as announced in April 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the pupil teacher ratio and class sizes are progressing in the desired manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which adequate special needs classes are available in all areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the position in regard to the completion of a campus (details supplied); if the timescale remains on target; when the project is...
    • Schools Establishment
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to further Educate Together schools requested in County Kildare; the extent to which provision has been made or will be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the various schools affected by a contractor (details supplied) are progressing towards completion and available for the...
    • Schools Facilities
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/18]
    • School Patronage
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which patronage issues affecting various schools throughout County Kildare have progressed in accordance with plans; and if he will...
    • Teacher Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which extra teachers have been deployed at primary and second level throughout County Kildare in line with requirements; and if he...
    • Schools Establishment
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding to the provision of a Gaelcholaiste in north County Kildare; the extent to which plans are proceeding as expected; and if...
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the career guidance service throughout second level education; if he anticipates an...
    • School Therapy Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which speech and language therapy continues to be available to pupils with a specific requirement in north County Kildare; and if...
    • Third Level Quality Assurance Compliance
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which third level education requires ongoing assessment and updating in line with best practice internationally in order to ensure...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a bus ticket for a child (details supplied) attending a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42531/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Controls
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reorganise immigration in Dublin Airport such that domestic travellers and travellers originating within the...
    • State Claims Agency
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the ongoing delay with a claim for compensation lodged with the State Claims Agency in the case of persons...
    • Leave to Remain
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a dispute between the IPO and GNIB is preventing registration of a number of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring the SAVI II scoping group report to Cabinet for consideration by the end of November 2018. [41893/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the priority outcomes from the implementation progress review of phase 1 of the nationwide roll-out of An Garda...
    • Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians recruited to An Garda Síochána in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/18]
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the recent reports on the possibility of an asylum centre closing before Christmas; his plans for same;...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of discussions of the high level task force on quads and scramblers which his Department is participating in with...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no programme for perpetrators of domestic abuse in counties Monaghan and Donegal; the steps he will take to...
    • Domestic Violence
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a statutory requirement for a domestic homicide review to take place into the care received by a woman murdered...
    • Garda Deployment
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel attached to the serious sexual assault and domestic violence Garda unit in County...
    • Domestic Violence
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the County Louth serious sexual assault and domestic violence unit has met with local services such as an organisation...
    • Garda Data
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel attached to the national domestic homicide team; and the number of cases this team reviewed in...
    • Garda Support Services
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stress interventions and-or counselling sessions are mandatory following traumatic incidents involving gardaí at work;...
    • Garda Data
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí absent due to stress related illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42008/18]
    • Garda Promotions
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of candidates who failed to progress in the past two garda to sergeant competitions who had the decision reviewed...
    • Immigration Status
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied); the steps the person can now take to regularise the person's status with...
    • Proposed Legislation
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation that would allow clauses to be put in house purchase contracts that would protect buyers should their bank...
    • Garda Station Closures
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address concerns regarding reports of the closure of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply to a letter sent on 16 August 2018 (details supplied) will issue; the reason for the delay in replying to this...
    • Garda Stations
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply to a letter sent to him initially on 3 May 2018 (details supplied) will issue; the reason for the delay in...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has purchased a property is entitled to get access to the conveyancing file specific to that transaction from...
    • Garda Stations
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure, excluding salaries, on each Garda station in County Louth in the past five years; the requests made by...
    • Corruption Perceptions Index
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or officials from his Department have reviewed an index published by an organisation (details supplied) which listed...
    • Deportation Orders
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that deportation of a person (details supplied) may lead to a serious threat to his...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of departmental staff who have made a protected disclosure to him in 2018. [42268/18]
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken to implement recommendation No. 6 of the Magdalen commission report (details supplied). [42274/18]
    • Visa Applications
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Community Policing
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each division and district of the Dublin metropolitan region of An Garda...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial allocation from his budget for 2019 for the decision support service; when he expects the service to be fully...
    • Visa Data
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 9 October 2018, and in view of the fact that the information was requested 14...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an investigation into the inappropriate issuance of visas in exchange for cash by gardaí in counties Wexford, Longford...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels in INIS offices now and at this time in 2017; if the level of resources available is contributing to delays...
    • Garda Deployment
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Staff Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in her Department and bodies under her aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions...
    • Departmental Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding her Department contributes to medicines research and development annually; the budget holders, for example,...
    • Brexit Supports
      322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of the various schemes to allow businesses to prepare for Brexit in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Science Foundation Ireland Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria and qualifications required to sit on the Science Foundation Ireland oversight review panel; the make-up and format of...
    • Brexit Issues
      324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or officials from her Department have reviewed the Enterprise Ireland Brexit survey of its clients; her views on the results;...
    • InterTradeIreland Funding
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of funding to InterTradeIreland in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42217/18]
    • Brexit Supports
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports being offered to SMEs and start-up companies in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42218/18]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of funding to support the development of start-up businesses here in the past ten years; and if she will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports offered to SMEs that wish to acquire more digital skills and e-commerce training; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Construction Industry
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if supports are available in regard to the adoption of new and emerging technologies in the construction industry; and if she will...
    • Recruitment Agencies Regulation
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 9 October 2018, the steps she can take to widen the legislation regarding licences in...
    • Departmental Budgets
      333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 and the new 2019 budget allocations as outlined in budget 2019 for the offices and agencies under the remit of her Department...
    • Brexit Supports
      334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the latest figures regarding the Brexit SME loan scheme launched in March 2018 for each item (details supplied) up until the end of...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposed current and capital allocation to each agency under her remit following budget 2019; and the allocation made in her...
    • Brexit Supports
      336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will list each Brexit measure committed to in her Department following budget 2019; and the exact financial allocation for each...
    • Departmental Programmes
      337. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial allocation to the new customs training programme following budget 2019. [42535/18]
    • Brexit Supports
      338. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding that will be put into the future growth loan scheme to leverage additional moneys via the SBCI; the persons who...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42029/18]
    • Hospital Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if social workers involved in clinical practice in a unit at a hospital (details supplied)...
    • Disability Services Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate with the HSE when a new case co-ordinator will be appointed to a facility (details supplied); the timeline and the way in which they...
    • Hospital Facilities
      344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the proposal for the construction of a fifth theatre in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Charges
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing inpatient charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41744/18]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug refund scheme will be extended to include drugs prescribed outside the State for persons accessing IVF treatment abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if fertility treatment will be offered to women with conditions such as endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/18]
    • Health Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41752/18]
    • Infectious Diseases
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the development of a new sepsis screening tool (details supplied); if consideration is being given to utilise this new...
    • Healthcare Policy
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the annual funding provided by his Department to the EU, healthcare innovation in the State, innovation hubs and healthcare projects innovating new products in...
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of resources to the HSE and-or local authorities to set up daytime activity centres for the significant cohort of street drinkers in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      353. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for cataract surgery; when a reply will issue to the representation made on 2 October 2018; and if he will...
    • Orthodontic Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called to receive braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41777/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) [41782/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with an occupational therapist will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for those diagnosed with Lyme disease to receive funding for treatment abroad in view of the fact that there is no treatment for the disease...
    • Medical Products
      358. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in the short to medium term to meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss new medication which could be made available for...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the new mental health unit at Naas General Hospital; and the estimated completion date of the project. [41790/18]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an additional community based diabetes podiatrist in County Limerick will be made available in budget 2019; the reason for the sudden increase;...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      361. To ask the Minister for Health when an additional orthodontist will commence work at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, in order to ease waiting times for patients; and if he will...
    • Hospitals Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hip and knee replacements carried out at Croom Hospital, County Limerick, in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015, by year....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41874/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [41875/18]
    • Healthcare Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 17 November 2017, the principles which guide this funding with specific reference to intellectual property rights...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of home care package funding to CHO area 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41889/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence an allocation of home care package funding for dementia care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41890/18]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if the allocation of mental health service funding to CHO area 8 will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence an allocation of mental health service funding to extend delivery to a 24-7 service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each public and voluntary hospital who have been removed from outpatient lists to date in 2018 as a result of a validation...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support hours package in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the status of primary care centre projects (details supplied) announced on 22 April 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a 50-bed ward block at a hospital (details supplied); when funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in the Ireland East hospital group; and the details of each (details supplied). [41914/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask HIQA to investigate the misdiagnosed slides of the 221 women involved in the CervicalCheck scandal; and if this investigation will identify the...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recent reports of a drug resistant superbug being a factor in seven deaths in University Hospital Limerick; his views on the matter;...
    • Substance Misuse
      389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make naloxone available as an over the counter medicine to those properly trained in its administration; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug osimertinib will be made available to persons with EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer; the cost-benefit analysis undertaken regarding the...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a catch-up programme of meningitis B vaccinations for children who had not received it prior to the roll-out of the current vaccination scheme;...
    • Hospitals Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to a hospital (details supplied) from 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if women are routinely queried regarding domestic violence during pregnancy; the stage inquiries are made; if the person is alone when inquiries are made; and...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgeon will be appointed to cater for those in need of excessive skin removal surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; the measures being put in...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a multimillion euro development proposed for the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon; the stage the proposed development is now at;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      399. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41987/18]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      400. To ask the Minister for Health whether Athlone Institute of Technology is the only third level institution which does not have access to a sexually transmitted infections clinic. [41988/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of child and adult mental health services staffing per community healthcare organisation area as a percentage of levels prescribed by A Vision for...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community mental health teams, that is, general adult mental health, psychiatry of old age and child and adolescent mental health services, per...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in County Roscommon receiving counselling and services from the child and adolescent mental health services; the number...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if an illness (details supplied) will be listed in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41998/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations between a union (details supplied) and the HSE regarding the roll-out of a new home help service proposed by the HSE; if he is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42000/18]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to secure general practitioner-led primary care in Carrigallen, County Leitrim, where no permanent doctor is positioned; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [42015/18]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed works on a property (details supplied). [42017/18]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make Naltrexone available under the medical card scheme, with particular reference to persons who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      413. To ask the Minister for Health his priorities or preliminary plans for the allocation of additional funding for mental health services in 2019. [42025/18]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on mental health services in 2018; and the breakdown for current and capital spending, inclusive of funding spent on new services. [42027/18]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget for 2019 that will be used to cover overspend in the health service from the previous years; if mental health funding will be...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the stage a project (details supplied) has reached. [42030/18]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied) calling for four specific actions in respect of the...
    • Disability Services Data
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff needed to facilitate the policy of decongregation across County Louth; the number of additional staff recruited to date to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the services offered at community hubs for persons with disabilities; and the regulatory framework for these hubs. [42038/18]
    • Domestic Violence
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if those receiving therapy for sexual abuse receive information regarding their vulnerability to domestic abuse in view of the links between sexual abuse and...
    • Estimates Process
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the large increase in funding under section H of the health Estimates for 2019 from €96 million in 2018 to €491 million in 2019;...
    • Home Help Service
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Diabetes Strategy
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services available to patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes at University Hospital Waterford, for example, nurses, dieticians, training,...
    • Hospital Charges
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish inpatient charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42060/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who is entering adult services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42067/18]
    • Hospital Procedures
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the synthetic mesh devices advisory group established by the HSE; if all women affected can input into this forum; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting nearly three years for an appointment at Beaumont Hospital. [42078/18]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the significant multi-annual investment in general practice which he announced in budget 2019; the specific funding to be provided in 2018 to...
    • Health Services Funding
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the additional funding for winter pressures in 2018-19 and new beds in 2019-20 which he announced in budget 2019; the specific funding to be...
    • Mental Health Policy
      432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 18 September 2018, the timeline for the production of the first draft of the model of care for dual diagnosis by a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund does not operate in Beaumont Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE spend on mental health agency staff to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42121/18]
    • HSE Properties
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of vacant HSE properties in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42123/18]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which response times have improved in counties Cavan and Monaghan with regard to the programme for partnership Government commitment to increase...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the prosthetic services provided to the health service by a contractor (details supplied); the value of the contract paid to this contractor for each year for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [42147/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new hospital beds that will be introduced in 2019 and 2020, respectively, as per the measures announced as part of the health budget for 2019 in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a date for a knee replacement operation despite replying to a letter from the HSE in July 2018...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to spend the extra capital funding allocated to the health area in 2019. [42165/18]
    • Budget 2019
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the year one measures set out in table 8 of the Sláintecare report that were funded as part of budget 2019; and the extent to which they were funded in...
    • HSE Staff Training
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the respective number of extra training places for general practitioners, consultants and primary care staff that will be funded in 2019. [42169/18]
    • Medical Card Delays
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a medical card application by a person (details supplied) being finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42180/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Health when a home support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [42184/18]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      449. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42232/18]
    • Hospital Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the administration of pain relieving injections for persons with arthritis is no longer available at Louth...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if equipment will be provided to a person (details supplied) without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42235/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      453. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42238/18]
    • Blood Donations
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the screening process in place to detect Lyme disease in blood donations; the consequences for a positive identification; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Infectious Diseases
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that general practitioners and other health professionals have adequate training for the early testing and diagnosis of Lyme...
    • Infectious Disease Incidence
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42247/18]
    • Nursing Home Services
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is resident in a nursing home cannot avail of services such as ulcer dressing at primary care centres when required;...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who have made a protected disclosure to him in 2018. [42267/18]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the additional home support hours required by 2031 (details supplied). [42269/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving reconstructive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42280/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if hip replacement operations have come to a halt or slowed in number in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; the number of hip replacement operations carried out at...
    • Hospital Charges
      465. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a campaign by a society (details supplied); his further views on the society’s call to abolish inpatient charges for all patients; and if...
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation (details supplied); if a request for a further €600,000 annual investment will be...
    • Maternity Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on baby formula by each maternity hospital or hospital with a maternity function; the amount spent in each of the years 2012 to 2017; and if...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      469. To ask the Minister for Health when a new director general and-or chief executive officer of the HSE will be appointed. [42316/18]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      470. To ask the Minister for Health when plans will be put in place to assist families with the cost of IVF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42317/18]
    • Proposed Legislation
      471. To ask the Minister for Health when the Bill for assisted health reproduction will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42318/18]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of expanding access to free general practitioner care through a 10% increase in the weekly income thresholds for general...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a recruitment process (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42321/18]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred employing agency nurses to date in 2017; and the fee paid to recruitment agencies to hire staff in the HSE. [42325/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be sanctioned immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the action plan for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      477. To ask the Minister for Health when funding allocations for drug and alcohol task forces will be announced; if there will be an increase in core funding to these task forces in view of the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in CHO 9; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if the €55 million increase in the mental health budget will include an allocation of expansion of Jigsaw youth mental health services; if expanding the...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      480. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE is expected to submit its service plan for 2019 following budget 2019 measures announced to support persons with disabilities. [42377/18]
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €12 million announced in budget 2019 to develop day services for school leavers with disabilities will be allocated to each CHO...
    • Home Help Service Funding
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding that will be allocated to home support service hours as a result of budget 2019 for each CHO area; and the moneys that will be...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional in-home respite hours for respite care that will be available as a result of budget 2019 for each CHO area; and the moneys which will...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €84 million announced in budget 2019 for the provision of mental health services will be allocated; the amount of...
    • Health Services Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the necessary rehabilitation and physiotherapy is being denied to a person (details supplied). [42398/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant urologist at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting time to see a consultant; the steps...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reversing the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, reductions to general practitioner fees announced in...
    • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of paying all new entrant consultants recruited since 2012 at the pre-2012 rate of salary. [42472/18]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12...
    • Audiology Services Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12,...
    • Dietician Service Provision
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12,...
    • Dental Services Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to...
    • Psychological Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12,...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in each local health office area in tabular form. [42481/18]
    • Budget 2019
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 58% increase to subhead E.1 of the health Vote as per page 216 of the budget 2019 expenditure report. [42521/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an over claim appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41748/18]
    • Laboratory Facilities
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the proposed redeployment and redevelopment of laboratories under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the AEOS 3 scheme which comes to an end in 2018 will be extended for another year in view of the fact that there is no alternative...
    • Departmental Communications
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release all documentation, including internal departmental emails, relating to the sale of a stadium (details supplied);...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for the hen harrier scheme by a person (details supplied); when a reply will issue; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions...
    • Control of Dogs
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 959 of 7 September 2018, if he will expand on the term "available evidence" which he stated in...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42020/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      526. 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. [42061/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure a farmer (details supplied) who has been subject to numerous on-farm inspections such as cross...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42468/18]
    • Future Growth Loan Scheme
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €25 million allocation for farmers, fishermen and food businesses in budget 2018 for a loan scheme has been put into...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the overview of the €20 million beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme introduced in budget 2019; the maximum payment per...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the 2019 allocations to each scheme in the 2014-2020 RDP. [42539/18]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicles
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will roll out further charging points for electric cars nationwide. [42362/18]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable extending from the United States of America to Killala,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal...
    • Climate Change Policy
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the terms of reference for his Department's report on just transition due early in 2019 as mentioned by an official...
    • Climate Action Fund
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the advisory board for the climate action fund has been established; and if so, the members of same. [41957/18]
    • Electricity Grid
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the cost of an NC5 non-batch application will be removed; if the requirement for a planning application in order to...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme. [42130/18]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied). [42142/18]
    • Waste Management
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if support for the once-off collection and recycling of farm tyre waste in the remaining counties where a collection...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a waste regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42144/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of meetings and the dates of meetings in which he met with representatives of a company (details supplied);...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the publication of the review of State-owned fibre networks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of supports on offer to renewable energy start-ups here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Service Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) cannot have broadband supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wind Energy Generation
      558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proportion of the €164 million allocated in budget 2019 that is dedicated to indigenous wind energy for...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he has made in securing an annual support of €75 for medical incontinence; the way in which it can...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in setting a 70% target for renewable electricity by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to put additional resources in place to ensure that the renewable electricity support scheme,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Staff Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since...
    • Departmental Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is provided for schemes which provide resources to establish benches at key walking and cycling points; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the data available in regard to regular overcrowding of commuter buses, trams and trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Urban Development
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the United Kingdom regarding shared space guidance in the public realm; his plans to...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria required in order to secure a Local Link bus service in a rural area in the evening time. [42033/18]
    • Fáilte Ireland Properties
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a former Fáilte Ireland centre (details supplied); if a business plan for the centre has been developed; the date on...
    • Greenways Development
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the development of greenways in consultation with communities and without dividing farm holdings. [42095/18]
    • Driver Test
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the scheduling of a driver test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reply to a letter sent to him on 11 May 2018 (details supplied) will issue; the reason for the delay in replying to this letter...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the rural transport programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for an increase in the CIÉ wage grade pension scheme; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Events
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his discussions with the organisers of a tournament (details supplied) regarding Ireland potentially hosting the 2026...
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the breakdown of funding for grassroots sport to each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traffic Management
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the NTA to ensure measures are taken to reduce the average speed of traffic including HGVs along a route (details...
    • Bus Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop will be provided in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42285/18]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his views on the plans of Iarnród Éireann to extend the DART to Rush, Skerries and Balbriggan; and the steps he has...
    • Rail Services Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the steps he has taken to intervene with Iarnród Éireann to address the fact that DART trains are full in the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Resource Centres
      585. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide details on the number of new family resource centres that will be funded in the upcoming programme; and her views on whether an...
    • Child Detention Centres
      586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a report (details supplied) into safety at Oberstown Detention Centre will be made public. [41798/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out by year the number of staff in her Department and bodies under her aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal...
    • Protected Disclosures
      589. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department provided a protected disclosure from a person (details supplied) to HIQA in the course of the HIQA investigation into the...
    • Foster Care Policy
      590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the reason foster carers are no longer covered by public liability insurance through Tusla; when foster carers were notified...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide details on the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) on a yearly basis. [41985/18]
    • After-School Support Service Provision
      592. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the after-school care provisions available where the local community crèche does not cater for the age of the child. [42077/18]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      593. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the changes in 2019 in the amount of benefit parents can enjoy under the universal element of the affordable childcare scheme....
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she, through Tusla, will provide for a domestic violence refuge in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area in view of the fact that no such...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the position regarding the treatment of booking deposits for childcare providers; the circumstances in which they must return...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline in tabular form the number and detail of the recipients of the outdoor rural recreation fund for 2017 and to date 2018; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions...
    • Departmental Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the schemes his Department run which may allocate funding for benches at key vantage points in rural Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • CLÁR Programme
      600. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding CLÁR funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42024/18]
    • Industrial Disputes
      601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the ongoing industrial dispute between an organisation (details supplied) and its workers; and if he will make a...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a project (details supplied) was not approved for funding under the town and village renewal scheme 2018; the reason the...
    • Charities Regulation
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the remaining sections of the Charities Act 2009 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42464/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a delay of 11 weeks in payment of illness benefit for a person (details supplied). [41739/18]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) for partial capacity benefit; the reason for the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied). [41788/18]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      609. 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. [41796/18]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department and bodies under her aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a self-employed person can pay PRSI reckonable contributions for their State pension, contributory, up to...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41995/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [42005/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed;...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment in respect of an illness benefit claim will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Working Family Payment
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on working family payments will receive a full Christmas bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied). [42053/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [42141/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence submitted in support of an invalidity pension...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); when payment will issue; and if she will...
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including persons on community employment schemes with young families for the working family payment;...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is taking to clear the backlog in processing times for illness benefit applications; the actions she is...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Statistics
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to undertake research on the costs associated with disability as announced during her briefing on budget 2019; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a fuel allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Meals Programme
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools that will benefit from the new hot school meals pilot programme for DEIS schools announced in budget 2019; and if...
    • Live Register Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Labour Activation Programmes Data
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to the local employment services to date in 2018, by office; and if she will make a statement on...
    • JobPath Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42312/18]
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received from employers and from young persons under the new youth employment support scheme; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rent supplement budget for 2019. [42353/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      641. 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. [42528/18]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications Data
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received each week in the carer's benefit section; the reason it takes a considerable amount of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Issues
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the programme for a partnership Government on the housing crisis. [41755/18]
    • Land Development Agency
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Columb Barracks will be transferred to the Land Development Agency; if it will be transferred with vacant possession; and...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons nationally and in County Kerry, respectively, who have had to pay the maximum penalty due to not paying...
    • Land Development Agency
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to use lands from old institutions for housing, both social and private, in view of the fact the moneys made from...
    • Commercial Rates
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if casual markets pay commercial rates on private and-or public lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41783/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal...
    • Planning Issues
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to remove the requirement for planning permission for residential solar photo-voltaic installations (details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 2670 of 24 July 2018, the estimated cost of building affordable homes for each of the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to deficits in resources for a section 10 homeless charity (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a full review of the pyrite remediation scheme with a view to including all homes with a category 1 rating in the scheme...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a reply to a letter sent to him on 13 July 2018 and subsequently on 20 August 2018 (details supplied) will issue; the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a technicality regarding the HAP scheme, that is, if a person is an approved housing...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of the tenant purchase scheme is nearing completion; if the qualifying conditions of same will be changed for...
    • Vacant Properties
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to Limerick City and County Council to repair void houses in the city and county; the number of voids to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his target for the number of housing units that will be built by the State in 2019. [42253/18]
    • An Bord Pleanála Appeals
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the backlog of appeals with An Bord Pleanála; if assistance or support is being provided to An Bord...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans applied for in County Tipperary since its introduction; the number of approved and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 2019 capital and current expenditure votes by scheme within each Vote heading, that is, housing, water services, local...
    • Budget 2019
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale of programme expenditure F, appropriations-in -aid, as detailed on page 209 of the budget 2019 expenditure...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the 4,800 SCHEP funded homes listed on page115 of the budget 2019 expenditure report related to the other...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for HAP in 2019. [42348/18]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the capital budget for housing in 2019. [42352/18]
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if County Sligo will be included as a rent pressure zone in view of the 29% increase in renting costs since 2016 (details...
    • Building Regulations
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish his Department's annual reviews of the building control amendment regulations; and the outcomes or...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Parks
      678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when signs regarding the dangers of Lyme disease will be erected at the entrance of Killarney National Park (details supplied);...
    • Wildlife Data
      679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the findings of the BIM survey on the seal population at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will be published; and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      680. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department and bodies under her aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      682. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí ar an eolas go bhfuil go leor oibrithe i bhForas na Gaeilge, atá ar phá laghdaithe ar threoir a...
    • Archaeological Sites
      683. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a reply to a letter initially sent on 20 August 2018 (details supplied) will issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na príomhtháscairí feidhmíochta atá ag Foras na Gaeilge don ghearrthéarma agus don...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir leis an ngrúpa sinsearach d'oifigigh ardleibhéil ó Ranna cuí, a bhfuil cúraimí maoirseachta...
    • Arts Funding
      690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to young artists here to encourage their development and to encourage employment in arts and culture here;...
    • Deer Culls
      691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is considerable concern over the alleged mismanagement of native red deer...

All of 2018's answers « Previous day Next day »

Answers this month

October 2018
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031 

See all of 2018

What are Written Answers?

The parliamentary question is a great way for TDs to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.