Written answers
Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Climate Change Policy
5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to facilitate private businesses in transitioning to a low carbon and more sustainable business model. [43004/18]
- Job Creation
7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to encourage and promote job creation in counties Longford and Westmeath and across the midlands;...
- Gender Balance
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guidance given to agencies under her Department's remit to ensure there is more gender balance in terms of the leadership of the...
- Arms Trade
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recently published report under the Control of Exports Act 2008 covering the period 1 January 2017 to 31 December...
- Brexit Supports
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises that have been sanctioned for funding and have received funding under the €300...
- Economic Competitiveness
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions in budget 2019 to reduce the costs of doing business here and reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies; and if she will...
- Proposed Legislation
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the proposed legislation to tackle the issue of expiration dates on gift vouchers; and if she will make a statement on...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports proposed to assist SMEs in County Kildare as a result of budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Retail Sector
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans in place to support retailers across Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42714/18]
- Brexit Supports
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department is taking to assist companies in the Border counties to be prepared for Brexit; and if she will make a...
- Local Enterprise Offices Remit
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the role the local enterprise offices can play in supporting businesses through Brexit; and if she will make a statement...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report on the failings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in the trial of a person (details supplied) will...
- Economic Growth Initiatives
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps in hand or to be undertaken to ensure continued economic investment in jobs, enterprise and innovation here notwithstanding...
- Arms Trade
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of licences for the export of arms or dual-use items that were denied in 2017; and if any of the licences denied were for...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the report of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on the operation of the household waste collection...
- Brexit Supports
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the uptake in the various schemes her Department offers to allow businesses to prepare for Brexit; and if she...
- Regional Development Initiatives
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she will take to support balanced regional investment; and the supports in place for businesses wishing to locate in the...
- Skills Shortages
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a long-term plan in place to deal with skills shortages in various sectors; and the timeframe to implement...
- Research and Development Supports
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the national research prioritisation exercise allocated sufficient funding and resources to research projects...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports she has to prioritise entrepreneurs in view of the fact that there was a failure to make changes to entrepreneurs' CGT in...
- IDA Ireland
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of IDA activity in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42555/18]
- IDA Ireland Data
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new first time investments by new IDA client companies in County Donegal for each of the past ten years; the percentage...
- Foreign Direct Investment
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the future of foreign direct investment and its potentially positive impact in...
- Economic Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to establish a co-operative development unit in her Department to encourage the development of co-operatives here; and if she...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the funding increase to the ODCE; her plans regarding creating a statutory white collar crime agency; and if she will...
- Skills Shortages
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the serious skills shortages experienced by many companies across all sectors, the majority in information...
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42550/18]
- Brexit Issues
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of awareness and suitability of the various schemes to prepare small and medium businesses for the...
- Brexit Supports
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for the Brexit loan scheme as announced in budget 2019 from counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department is assisting small and medium enterprises faced with escalating insurance costs and commercial rates,...
- Work Permits Applications
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to deal with the average 16 week wait for working permits. [42666/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le daoine nach bhfuil Gaeilge acu a earcú i scoileanna Gaeltachta, an bhfuil tomhas déanta ag an Rialtas ar an tionchar atá...
- State Examinations Appeals
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to reform the State examinations appeals process and point rechecking system in view of a recent court ruling; and if he will...
- Access to Higher Education
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure access to further education to leaving certificate students who are in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Data
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects that have been affected by building contractors running into financial difficulties since January 2018; the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate a campus (details supplied) in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeline of works to ensure that...
- Schools Building Projects Status
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); the progress made to date in delivering a new school building for the Gaelscoil; the timeline for the...
- Capitation Grants
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the impact of inflation on costs for schools in the context of a 5% increase in the capitation grant will be investigated; and if he will make...
- Bullying in Schools
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to prevent school bullying with particular reference to the use of...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the importance of home school liaison officers in schools when children have special needs; and his plans for...
- National Educational Psychological Service Data
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the recruitment of additional NEPS staff in Galway city and county; the number of vacancies; when the positions will be filled; the...
- School Curriculum
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind the subject of history not being a compulsory subject for the junior certificate; and the reason this decision was taken....
- Schools Building Contractors
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the due diligence carried out to assess the solvency of main contractors prior to awarding them contracts to construct school building projects;...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not had a SENO in place for more than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/18]
- Irish Sign Language
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of introducing basic ISL skills into mainstream primary schools with a view to broadening use of the language will be examined...
- School Accommodation Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the analysis of the accommodation and condition reports regarding the school buildings element of the pilot school building...
- Capitation Grants
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty smaller schools that do not charge voluntary contributions are having in running their schools...
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new wellness framework for schools, required skill sets of teachers involved and time allocated within the school timetable;...
- Home School Community Liaison Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce home school liaison officers in schools in urban and rural areas. [41921/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed new development works at a school (details supplied). [42043/18]
- Schools Building Projects
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme is proceeding in line with expectations nationally and throughout County Kildare; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects Status
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a technical site visit by his Department to the school building project at a location (details supplied) has progressed the development of the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the campaign in Dublin 15 by parents of children with autism to develop a second level special school for...
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding increasing mental health awareness and providing information on coping skills among children, parents and teachers in...
- DEIS Eligibility
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria applied when designating a school for DEIS status; if he will reconsider including a school (details supplied) in the programme; and...
- Schools Building Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the announcement of 13 April 2018 regarding the establishment of 42 new schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention was drawn to the fact that UCD had changed its enrolment policy for the 2018-19 academic year; when his attention was further...
- National Development Plan
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the use of capital investment such as funds from the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to improve school infrastructure and...
- Special Educational Needs
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays in assessments for children attending school who have developmental issues and may require...
- School Staff
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce one release day per week for teaching principals in order to carry out administrative work; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification has been received from the landowner of a preferred site to accommodate a school (details supplied) in respect of his...
- School Accommodation Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the map of the school planning areas was last revised; and when it is next due to be revised in view of changing demographics. [42116/18]
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to appoint a second appeals officer in view of the facts as outlined in the 2017 annual report of Caranua's appeals...
- Schools Building Projects Status
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report for a school (details supplied); the progress made to date; the timeline for the project; and if he will make...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the issues causing a delay for a school (details supplied) to proceed to construction; the actions that can be taken to ensure this project...
- School Curriculum
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the needs of all children in education will be catered for if there is no requirement for schools to offer alternative subjects...
- Teacher Recruitment
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he can address the teacher shortages on offshore islands; and if a special career break, secondment scheme and incentives to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the construction and remaining stages of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase women's participation in apprenticeship programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42084/18]
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Meetings
97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years; if so, if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Humanitarian Aid
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that an Irish aid agency (details supplied) has been ordered to cease working in Pakistan; if he...
- Ministerial Meetings
99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years; if...
- Passport Data
100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of holders of Irish passports that are residing in the United States of America and are citizens by descent; and if he will make...
- Department of Finance
- Budget 2019
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the non-voted current expenditure for the years 2018 to 2023, by Department; the cost items that make up the non-voted expenditure for each Department; if he...
- Ministerial Meetings
105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years; if so, if he will...
- Tax Code
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind taxation on passive investments every seven years as though those investments had been divested; his views on whether this may be an...
- Central Bank of Ireland Data
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank no longer publishes data on liability Irish risk insurance business net underwriting revenue accounts for the year; his views on...
- Central Statistics Office Reports
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the report on the development of the business insurance price index by the CSO as recommended by the Cost of Insurance Working Group; when the...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is planned for the national claims information database to focus solely on motor insurance claims; if it will include claims that fall under employer...
- Public Liability Insurance
110. To ask the Minister for Finance when the key information report will be published on employer and public liability insurance claims (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Government Expenditure
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the entities, funds and accounts that make up the general Government balance, for example, Exchequer, central fund ISIF and so on; the way in which the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Erosion
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of actions his Department will take to tackle coastal erosion in Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme confirmation package for Glashaboy, Glanmire, County Cork will be sanctioned; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Meetings
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years...
- Flood Relief Schemes
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the construction of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme following on his announcement of May 2018; his plans to review...
- Departmental Expenditure
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appropriations in aid in each Department; the relevant Department in each case; the 2019 allocation for each appropriation...
- Government Expenditure
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government expenditure ceiling for 2012 to 2017; the actual corresponding expenditure for those years; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42762/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for works by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42763/18]
- School Curriculum
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the review of the leaving certificate Irish syllabus; the stakeholders engaged; and if submissions by third parties will be sought...
- Special Educational Needs
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the rules governing the area in which pupils that turn 18 years of age before the date that school commences (details...
- Gaelscoil Issues
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work that has been undertaken with stakeholders in the establishment of 42 new schools with regard to the consideration that is to...
- School Services Staff
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on the fact that non-departmental school clerical staff are on inferior contracts and will receive no pension compared to...
- Education Policy
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42804/18]
- Departmental Meetings
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years to date;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the funding for a new school building for a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for commencement and completion...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason capital funding for a school (details suplied) was provided before another school. [42831/18]
- School Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capitation grant per pupil will be raised to €200 for primary schools in view of the fact that the management bodies of schools are...
- Irish Language
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review on the arrangements for the granting of exemptions from the study of Irish will be published. [42999/18]
- Gaeltacht Policy
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures he is taking to ensure that the need for second-level Irish teachers particularly those in Gaeltacht and Irish medium...
- Scoileanna DEIS
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil stádas DEIS ag scoil (sonraí tugtha) go fóill, go háirithe nuair atá stádas DEIS ag...
- School Transport Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus for students to be accommodated in an area (details supplied) will be approved; the number of students which will be accommodated; if...
- School Accommodation Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide temporary additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if the school will be provided with all the extra...
- Disadvantaged Status
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been granted DEIS status; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all surrounding...
- School Staff
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no replacement teacher in a school (details supplied); and if it is a Departmental issue or a school level issue. [43148/18]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Data Protection
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the impact data protection is having on Eir customers; and if he will...
- Domestic Violence Incidence
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 12 July 2018, the number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded in each Garda...
- Garda Deployment
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 12 July 2018, the Garda personnel in County Louth with responsibility for...
- Ministerial Meetings
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the reported backlog of cases at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, with reports of...
- Garda Resources
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the resources, personnel and vehicles for Balbriggan, Dublin Airport, Garristown, Lusk, Malahide, Skerries and...
- Garda Station Closures
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the reopening of Rush Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42851/18]
- Visa Data
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2018, the number of EU treaty rights visa applications received,...
- Wards of Court
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the release of persons from being a ward of court; if mechanisms to facilitate the easing of this process in a...
- Family Reunification Applications
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Deportation Orders
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed with a view to regularising the person's position; and if he will...
- Citizenship Status
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all requested documentation including a GNIB card have been received in his Department to progress an application for a...
- Naturalisation Applications
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected position in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Visas Applications
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a further extension to a student visa or alternative visa; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Visas Applications
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to update residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application submitted to the EU treaty rights review unit in the case of a...
- Family Reunification Applications
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa for their partner and child to join them here in the...
- Naturalisation Applications
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Residency Permits
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency will be updated or extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision System
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding the ending of a direct provision contract. [43131/18]
- Garda Resources
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether An Garda Síochána has sufficient resources and personnel in the Garda National Cyber Crime...
- Legislative Process
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recent suggestions from a person (details supplied) that proposed Government legislation should be assessed for its likely...
- Garda Station Opening Hours
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to increase the number of opening hours and gardaí in Maynooth Garda station; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Ministerial Meetings
176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, will publish minutes and a schedule of meetings he has had with a person (details supplied)...
- Competition Law
178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which administrative or civil fines for breaches of competition law are available to enforcement bodies here; and her...
- Job Creation
179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and those of the industrial promotion agencies to assist in the maintenance of existing employment and for job creation in...
- Brexit Supports
180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific supports available to support small and medium enterprises that face particular difficulties due to Brexit; and if she...
- Industrial Development
181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when sites will be identified as suitable for the location of large scale data centres; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 21 June 2018, if there have been developments in the possible location of an inward...
- Work Permits Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) may qualify for a work permit in view of the fact that they have worked here in the home care industry...
- Brexit Issues
184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to make provision for the negative impact of Brexit with particular reference to the industries here...
- Skills Development
185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to monitor the availability of the requisite skills in the workplace having particular regard to the...
- Economic Competitiveness
186. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to monitor impediments likely to impact on business throughout the country with particular reference...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to encourage start-up enterprises in all regions throughout the country; the issues identified to...
- Research and Development Supports
188. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation continues to be a feature of enterprise and investment here; if she remains satisfied that new...
- Economic Competitiveness
189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which all enterprises existing and-or new, FDI or indigenous, continue to be screened to ensure a smooth and unimpeded...
- Brexit Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she is engaged in the encouragement of business and enterprise with all EU states having particular regard to the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
193. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which borrowing costs here are affecting growth and development of small and medium enterprises; and if she will make a...
- Regional Development Initiatives
195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which emphasis is placed on facilitating and encouraging employment generating enterprises throughout the regions with...
- Knowledge Development Box
196. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied that Irish interests in the manufacturing and services sectors are adequately safeguarded...
- Jobs Data
197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost or created in County Kildare on an annual basis in the past six years to date; and if she will make a...
- Science Foundation Ireland
198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings that have taken place with the director general of Science Foundation Ireland in respect of the defunding of an...
- Department of Health
- Ambulance Service
199. To ask the Minister for Health if a direct funding arrangement to Dublin City Council will be introduced, in accordance with the terms of the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 19...
- Disability Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; if the person will be transferred as...
- Hospital Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider locating eye care services in the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, in view of the fact that there are 715 patients on the combined...
- Hospital Charges
202. To ask the Minister for Health if the removal of charges for chemotherapy and radiotherapy patients who are not in receipt of a medical card or medical insurance is being considered in view...
- Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (detailed supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42791/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase investment in order for a centre (details supplied) to open 350 days per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42793/18]
- Hospitals Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to a request for capital funding for a hospital project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42798/18]
- Mental Health Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the proceeds from the sale of a hospital (details supplied) have been or will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a prescribed medicine (details supplied); his plans to make it available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42802/18]
- Patient Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation is taking place in regard to the personal medical data found in Baltray, County Louth, relating to accident and emergency patients at...
- Health Services Staff Training
209. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mandatory training for staff in nursing homes and in hospitals that frequently interact and work with patients suffering with dementia;...
- Services for People with Disabilities
211. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the personalised budgets demonstration projects as announced in July 2018; if there is an application process for the projects under way; if the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with orthotics shoes already made for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
214. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of appropriate adult day services for persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [42844/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
215. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42845/18]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been placed on a panel for the post of home help for CHO areas; the expected number to be recruited from this panel by county in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
217. 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. [42856/18]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the progression of the primary care centre for the east County Meath area; the reason for the delays; the expected date of completion; and if...
- Services for People with Disabilities
219. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on a waiting list for a residential placement; the position of the person on the waiting list; if the...
- Health Reports
220. To ask the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer's report on transvaginal mesh implants has been finalised; if the report will be published and all its recommendations implemented...
- General Medical Services Scheme Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reversing the cuts to reduce fees payable to general practitioners introduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the...
- Medical Card Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Administration
225. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43036/18]
- Hospital Services
226. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the national cancer control programme to allocate funding for a pigmented lesion clinic outreach service in a hospital (details...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting three years for a hip replacement. [43062/18]
- Budget 2019
232. To ask the Minister for Health if the €25 reduction in income limits for general practitioner visit cards announced in budget 2019 will apply across all relevant age brackets and...
- Medical Card Eligibility
233. To ask the Minister for Health if work was carried out by his Department or the HSE to assess the impact that recently announced welfare rate increases would have on the ability of persons...
- Supported Residential Accommodation Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is an urgent need to provide a supported housing solution in the case of a person (details supplied); when the person will benefit...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
235. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has concluded the number of CervicalCheck cancer cases that need to be reviewed by the Royak College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RCOG,...
- Respite Care Services Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE to consider providing certainty around a longer-term model of respite for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products Prices
238. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to work to make orphan drugs more affordable and accessible for those who urgently need them; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving a 2018 ANC in view of the fact that the person has been informed that the...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42801/18]
- Departmental Meetings
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) or representatives of companies in the past two years to...
- Harness Racing Industry
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42849/18]
- GLAS Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2017 GLAS payment will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Afforestation Programme
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will accept an alternative land parcel (details supplied) in circumstances in which a replanting order has been...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electric Vehicles
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of EV charging points available in each park-and-ride facility that is in operation. [43099/18]
- Waste Disposal Charges
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recent 15% increase in bin charges by a company (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Meetings
248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the amounts expended on the national broadband plan from the appropriation accounts of 2015, 2016 and 2017 are the...
- Departmental Websites
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the duration for which his Department's website (details supplied) was unavailable; the reason it was unavailable; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the funding for the proposed Narrow Water Bridge between County Louth and County Down; and if he will make a...
- Airport Security
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if inspections are regularly carried out and or monitoring undertaken of the preclearance areas at Dublin Airport to ensure the...
- Ministerial Meetings
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years to...
- Rail Services Data
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints made against Irish Rail regarding Cork routes or stations; the nature of these complaints for 2017 and the first...
- Rail Services Staff
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date when staff disability awareness training was last carried out at each train station in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Transport Infrastructure Provision
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the delivery of a metro to Dublin Airport and Swords; the timeframe for the completion of the project; when the...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the marking system which was used in evaluating applications to the sports capital programme in 2017. [42995/18]
- Park and Ride Facilities
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of park and ride facilites (details supplied) as proposed in the transport strategy for the greater Dublin area with reference...
- Greenways Funding
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to the greenways programme in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form. [43094/18]
- Public Service Obligation Data
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of PSO funding that has been awarded to transport providers (details supplied) for 2018 and 2019, respectively, in tabular...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding awarded to local authorities for the maintenance of local and regional roads in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by...
- Road Projects Status
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway with reference to its stage in the planning process and proposed completion date; and the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capital expenditure that has been provided for in budget 2019 with reference to the distinct projects that this additional...
- Rail Services Data
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional DART carriages that have been purchased in each year since 2000. [43102/18]
- Rail Network
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered alternatives such as fully electric trains to a dual diesel and electric DART system on the northern line. [43105/18]
- Rail Services
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the electrification of DART services to locations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43106/18]
- Public Transport Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include new stations to provide interchange with bus, Luas and MetroLink networks further to the commitments in the national...
- Rail Network Expansion
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 8 March 2018, the details of the €1.38 million spent on the development of the DART...
- Public Transport Expenditure
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan to the MetroLink project; the amount that has been spent...
- Rail Services
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study has been implemented in accordance with the capital plan to examine options for expanding freight on the railways;...
- Roads Maintenance
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan to the roads maintenance programme; the amount that has...
- Road Projects Expenditure
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and from other sources under the capital plan to the N5 Westport to Turlough project; the amount that...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Protection Services Provision
300. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 2315 of 24 July 2018, the status of the 22 referrals to Tusla regarding allocation of social workers....
- Child Protection
301. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children residing in the Mosney direct provision centre who have been placed on the child protection notification system....
- Ministerial Meetings
302. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she and-or her departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years to...
- Education Welfare Service Provision
303. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole-time equivalent education welfare officers employed by the education welfare office in the north and south Dublin...
- Community Childcare Subvention Programme
304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) is entitled to receive the targeted childcare subsidy. [42857/18]
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of programme weeks in the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme by one week to 14...
- School Completion Programme
306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [43136/18]
- Area Based Childhood Programme
309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be allocated to the area based childhood, ABC, programme in 2019. [43139/18]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Meetings
310. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine providing additional finance options in cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a partial capacity benefit will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Illness Benefit Applications
313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an illness benefit will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for carer's benefit to the self-employed, taking into account increases...
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the free travel scheme to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance,...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 to €665,...
- Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all carer payments by €20, taking into account increases announced in...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the position of full-time carers who due to their full-time duties as a carer may not qualify for a State...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the impact increasing the national minimum wage has on income disregards to qualify for payments; and...
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the onus is on a casual worker to get their employer to fill out the COE1 form; the steps a person should take in the...
- Illness Benefit Payments
323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the case of a person; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Fuel Allowance Applications
324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was refused the fuel allowance even though their combined income from...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be made on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Ministerial Meetings
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and-or her departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past...
- Illness Benefit Data
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claimants in receipt of illness benefit that were negatively impacted by the issues in the recent illness...
- Departmental Communications
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to resource staff to address the tasks of answering telephone inquiries from claimants, particularly in respect of...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42982/18]
- Illness Benefit Applications
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
- Illness Benefit Data
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical review forms issued to illness benefit recipients to date in 2018; the number of forms that were sent...
- Illness Benefit Reform
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the new automated system in place within the illness benefit section; the issues that have arisen; and if she...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if permission will be granted to extend the duration of a scheme for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a jobseeker's payment and arrears owed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an exceptional needs payment for a deposit for a rented house will be facilitated in the case of a...
- Dental Services
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for dental benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43024/18]
- Rent Supplement Scheme
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who was renting a property to a tenant in receipt of rent supplement will be...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wastewater Treatment
339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the EPA guidelines on set-back distances of buffer zones from urban wastewater treatment plants serving a...
- Ministerial Meetings
340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) or representatives of companies in the past two years...
- Fire Service
341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements he has put in place in consultation with his colleague, the Minister for Health, to implement all the terms...
- Affordable Housing Scheme
343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the recently announced affordable housing scheme that was included in budget 2019; the expected timeline for...
- An Bord Pleanála Data
344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cases and appeals with An Bord Pleanála that have been awaiting decision for more than six but less than...
- Strategic Development Zones
345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of affordable housing on the Poolbeg SDZ site; the steps he will take in terms of funding and...
- Residential Property Sales
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the case of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Ministerial Meetings
347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and-or her departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two...
- Seirbhísí Aistriúcháin
348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist lár sheirbhís aistriúcháin Ghaeilge a bhunú faoi choimirce na Roinne; má tá,...
- Animal Disease Controls
349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to media reports of the spread of myxomatosis in the UK from rabbits to hares; and if she has...
