Written answers

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

  • Department of Health
    • National Maternity Hospital
      76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment given by Dáil Éireann to ensure the national maternity hospital remains within public ownership and has legally...
    • Community Care
      77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE CHO networks and operating model proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43444/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      78. To ask the Minister for Health if Respreeza will continue to be provided to patients with Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43564/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      79. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for intake assessment for the early intervention team for children in north County Dublin. [43615/18]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      80. To ask the Minister for Health if further investment will be made available to provide funding for community supports for persons with dementia to ensure they can remain active in their...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      81. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in the children’s hospital group in which 10,329 persons are waiting more than 18...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      82. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed 50 bed unit at Portiuncula Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/18]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      83. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for recruiting the additional therapists announced in budget 2019. [43560/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      84. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress to recruit additional staff to expand the existing cath lab activity at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      85. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 738 persons over 75 years of age had to wait more than 24 hours in the emergency department in St. Vincent's Hospital during January to August 2018....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      86. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to boost respite facilities for persons with disabilities and their families in County Louth. [43607/18]
    • Health Services Reform
      87. To ask the Minister for Health if in the context of reorganisation of the health services, consideration will be given to the establishment of regional bodies consisting of public...
    • Health Reports
      88. To ask the Minister for Health if €3 billion will be provided for the Sláintecare implementation fund beginning with a €600 million commitment; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Funding
      89. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be allocated to upgrade the central sterile services department facilities at Roscommon University Hospital in order to meet the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      90. To ask the Minister for Health when all necessary consultant and staff posts will be filled in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [43504/18]
    • Psychological Services
      91. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand counselling in primary care service to children and adolescents under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43544/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      92. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists for gynaecological procedures at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43542/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      93. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a standalone mental health facility in Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43599/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      94. To ask the Minister for Health when the short stay ward will open in Letterkenny University Hospital; the preparations the HSE has underway to ensure it is opened promptly; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to repair the general practitioner system nationally. [43505/18]
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      96. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant increase in overcrowding in Naas hospital emergency department over the past two years. [43596/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      97. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore in which 3,691 persons are waiting more than 18...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      98. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an assessment of the loss of drug treatment, counselling and other services in the Blanchardstown community since the closure of an...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      99. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for various procedures are likely to be improved in the course of 2019 having regard to the demographics and the improvements...
    • Health Services Provision
      100. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been progress in respect of services for venesection patients with haemochromatosis; if the issue of the €80 fee that these persons must...
    • HSE Agency Staff
      101. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work in investigating and identifying a resolution to the funding of pay restoration in section 39 organisations in which the staff...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      102. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address issues in relation to myalgic encephalomyelitis which is a rare disease. [43459/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      103. To ask the Minister for Health the respite care services available for parents and guardians of children with intellectual disabilities in CHO area 6; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      104. To ask the Minister for Health when provision will be made for additional consultant rheumatologists to bring the complement of same in Crumlin Children’s Hospital in line with...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      105. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the long waiting times for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in County Cork. [43582/18]
    • Protected Disclosures
      106. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a protected disclosure by staff at Harold's Cross Hospice; his role in such cases; and if the governance and management of...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      107. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2019 HSE service plan will enhance supports for carers in 2019. [43563/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      108. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the laboratories that conducted the tests on the 221 women identified to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      109. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than a thousand persons over 75 years of age had to wait more than 24 hours in the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick during...
    • Organ Donation
      111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the scheme to provide compensation for living donors that are not working outside the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43441/18]
    • Ambulance Service
      112. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of ambulance services in Arklow and west County Wicklow will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43595/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      113. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 29 May 2018, if the modular theatre at Merlin Park Hospital has opened; if not, when it will open; the status of...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the audit that was suspended as a temporary measure into the findings of cervical smear tests; the date on which it was suspended; the date on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      115. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for ensuring access to respite for parents of children and adults with intellectual disabilities attached to a service (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if Cappagh Hospital is operating at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43606/18]
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 937 persons over 75 years of age had to wait more than 24 hours in the emergency department in hospitals in County Cork during January to August...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting times for primary care ophthalmology appointments in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the long outpatient waiting times in Galway University Hospital in which 5,772 persons are waiting more than 18 months...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      120. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time targets in place for children needing orthodontic treatment in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43603/18]
    • Abortion Legislation
      121. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that parental consent and parental notification will be sought for children under 18 years of age that wish to obtain a termination of...
    • Brexit Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to prepare for Brexit and its impact on programmes such as the EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive, the EU treatment scheme,...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home support hours planned for County Meath in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43611/18]
    • Vaccination Programme
      125. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Immunisation Advisory Committee will examine the possibility of extending the HPV vaccine to men and women up to 45 years of age. [43581/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in Cork city hospitals in which 8,601 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an...
    • Hospitals Data
      127. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of all external reviews and-or investigations of patient care at Galway University Hospital in each of the past ten years; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists in hospitals in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43543/18]
    • General Practitioner Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the general practitioner sector is facing a recruitment and retention crisis; his further views on whether the refusal to reverse FEMPI...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for urology tests in each region; the average waiting time in each region; the steps he will take to ensure the HSE has the...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Health when 37 additional beds will be provided in Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/18]
    • Budget 2019
      132. To ask the Minister for Health the items of new expenditure in budget 2019 which would not be there without the existence of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken on foot of the Scally report into the CervicalCheck scandal to address the important matters raised; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Reports
      134. To ask the Minister for Health when the report commissioned in 2015 on the provision of health services on the islands will be published; when it was completed; if a copy of the report will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed expansion plans at Naas General Hospital under the health priorities of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; if timelines or...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      136. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2018, the details of the significant increase in resources needed to meet the needs of the children...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      137. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a recruitment and retention crisis in relation to hospital consultants; his further views on whether the wide disparity in new...
    • Hospitals Policy
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the consultation on Portlaoise Hospital; the persons or bodies that will be engaged with in relation to same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Administration
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with the HSE regarding the level of bureaucracy involved, particularly for older persons, in dealing with the medical card section of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being introduced to ensure that the planned modular unit at South Tipperary General Hospital will be fully staffed before it becomes operational;...
    • Paediatric Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to tackle the waiting times for assessment and treatment for children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43557/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation at Linn Dara CAMHS in Cherry Orchard in relation to the operation of the service, reported staff shortages and reductions in bed capacity will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the tripling in the number of outpatients waiting a year plus since September 2016 for an appointment in Navan Hospital; and...
    • Hospital Services
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if an external facilitator has been appointed for the consultation on the future of Portlaoise hospital. [43502/18]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      145. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed timeframe for the establishment of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/18]
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      146. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of referrals of children and young persons to psychological services that are not accepted and the number of those not offered a place on waiting...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      147. To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment has commenced to staff the short stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of staff and relevant grades which have been...
    • Disease Management
      148. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make blood tests for Lyme disease available here. [43617/18]
    • Eating Disorders
      149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the rising incidence of body dysmorphia and eating disorders among men and young men in particular; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in University Hospital Limerick in which 5,360 persons are waiting more than 18 months for...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      151. To ask the Minister for Health when Respreeza will be sanctioned fully for persons that took part in the clinical trial; when it will be more widely available to alpha 1 antitripsan...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Health the provision he will make for home support services for the elderly in 2019 in view of the significant difficulty many persons experienced in securing home...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      153. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health's report on orphan drugs from February 2018; the changes he is considering on foot of same; and...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      154. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2019 HSE service plan will provide for new and expanded services for persons with dementia. [43562/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      155. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the NTPF should be extended to cover children with special needs that are waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of plans for the development of a new mental health unit at Naas General Hospital included as part of the health priorities of the National...
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and number of agency staff employed at the acute mental health unit, department of psychiatry, University Hospital Galway, by month to date in 2018;...
    • Disability Services Funding
      158. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant funding and resources difficulties being faced by a group (details supplied). [43530/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      159. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for capital works at MRH Mullingar to accommodate the CT scanner; and the capital works planned at this location. [43458/18]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      160. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Mr. Donald Tusk when he attended the October 2018 EU Council meeting. [43491/18]
    • Legislative Reviews
      161. To ask the Taoiseach if recent suggestions from a person (details supplied) that proposed Government legislation should be assessed for its likely impact on litigation have been given...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      162. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to include East Wall in the North East Inner City Taskforce area. [43258/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      163. To ask the Taoiseach the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years. [43400/18]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      164. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in implementing the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government (details supplied) regarding the provision of external experts for...
    • Local Authority Funding
      165. To ask the Taoiseach the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; and the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017. [43737/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Work Placement Programmes
      166. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of University of Limerick students who had been sent to Baldonnel for work experience. [43321/18]
    • Curragh Plains Representative Forum
      167. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement between his Department and Kildare County Council regarding ongoing land management and maintenance of the Curragh plains. [43213/18]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the Defence Forces veterans and families' march over pay and conditions. [43217/18]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      170. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 26 September 2018, the reason for the delay by the military authorities in the release of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      171. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will...
    • Health and Safety
      172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the changes in health and safety policies that have been implemented following the publication of the report of the independent reviewer,...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a mechanism is in place to ensure there are regular medical checkups for Defence Forces members who are using or are in contact with products...
    • Local Authority Funding
      175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and...
    • National Development Plan Funding
      176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific projects that will receive the €106 million in capital funding allocated in 2019; the amount each project will receive of...
    • Defence Forces Public Relations
      177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether there is merit in conducting an advertising campaign promoting the positive work that the members of the Defence Forces...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the reconvening of the Northern Ireland Executive in the near future with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland....
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has given consideration to entering into co-operation agreements with election observer NGOs (details supplied) in order that Ireland...
    • Human Rights
      180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43310/18]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the progress regarding the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the action the EU is taking in view of breaches of fundamental European principles by Poland and Hungary; and if he will make...
    • Middle East Issues
      183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if financial support to assist the Yazidi, including support to assist with therapy and treatment, has been considered; and if he will make...
    • Human Rights
      185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the public consultation paper on Ireland's international development policy makes no reference to LGBT issues; if he will review...
    • Brexit Supports
      186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 93 and 94 of 10 October 2018, the engagement the embassy in London has to support exporters to the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the meaning of concurrent referendums as set out in the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement dealing with the question of...
    • Local Authority Funding
      195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and...
    • Human Rights Investigations
      196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is reviewing Ireland's diplomatic relationship and plans to deepen the country's relationship with Saudi Arabia in view of the recent...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met Mr. Michel Barnier when he attended the EU Council meeting in October 2018. [43490/18]
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Bodies
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the involvement of State bodies under his aegis or the details of representatives of State-backed banks that are attending Saudi Arabia's Future Investment...
    • VAT Rate Application
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the type of sports facilities that will remain at the 9% VAT rate for visitor fees; if the 9% VAT rate will be applicable to sports facility memberships in...
    • Electric Vehicles
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is planned to place a cap of €50,000 on the original market value for the extension of benefit-in-kind on electric vehicles; the number...
    • Prize Bonds
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the quantity of Ireland State Savings prize bonds prizes in a fiscal year has decreased while income for same has increased. [43322/18]
    • Revenue Commissioners Reports
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' tender for a report was completed (details supplied); if so, when the report was compiled and published; and if he will make a...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an electricity upgrade in relation to a new line and meter box is not covered by the HRI in view of the fact it is part of home renovations; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 and 83 of 10 May 2018, his plans to reduce the rate of VAT on defibrillators in 2022 when the new amended VAT...
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated yield for each of the years 2020 to 2024 if the carbon tax was increased by amounts (details supplied). [43434/18]
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the recourse an applicant for the home renovation initiative has if one of the contractors they have used refuses to register online even though they charged...
    • Structural Budget Balance
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural balance each year from 2019 to 2023 inclusive, both in money terms and as a percentage of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the available fiscal stance after annual contributions to the rainy day fund each year to 2023 (details supplied); the projected general Government balance...
    • VAT Rate Application
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if under existing domestic and EU VAT law it is possible to apply different rates to different transactions under the same class of activity depending on the...
    • Tax Code
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apportion out the cost to the Exchequer of budget 2018 changes to the standard rate threshold and reduction in the USC rate between income tax...
    • VAT Rate Application
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43634/18]
    • Brexit Staff
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to date to recruit extra staff for the Revenue Commissioners to deal with Brexit; when the first recruits will join; the length of...
    • Employment Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners hold data on the number of workers paid weekly, fortnightly, monthly and so on; and if so, if it will provide same. [43676/18]
    • Imports Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity in tonnes and value of imports from outside the European Union, EU, that were physically checked, that is, red, by the Revenue Commissioners upon...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if all goods imported from the European Union, EU, require no checks by the Revenue Commissioners, that is, green; if not, the quantity in tonnes and value of...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme in each of the years...
    • Local Authority Funding
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that all the relevant institutions are in compliance with SI No. 482 of 2016 in Part 4 Article 15(3)(b)(i) (details...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to make and announce a decision on the future of the help-to-buy scheme; if he has received or is expecting to receive a cost-benefit analysis...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if consultation or consent is required of the Minister only on material matters under paragraphs 10 to 12 of the relationship framework for a bank (details...
    • VAT Rate Application
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to alter the VAT regime on health supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43963/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Ministerial Meetings
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if...
    • Budget 2019
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and locations of regional budget briefings taking place throughout the country; the Ministers attending each briefing; the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided for flooding relief works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Pay Commission Reports
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the Public Service Pay Commission to produce an outcome for Defence. [43466/18]
    • Programme for Government Implementation
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in implementing the commitment in the programme for partnership Government (details supplied) regarding the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016...
    • Flood Risk Management
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has submitted its flood management plans in line with the EU Floods Directive, that is, Directive 2007/60/EC; and the details...
    • Public Parks
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the Phoenix Park has been fully reinstated following the Papal visit; his views on whether the reinstatement...
    • Public Parks Access
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the conclusions derived from the post-event meeting that took place between the agencies involved in overseeing the Papal visit; if...
    • National Monuments
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade and develop a national monument at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Programmes
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects that will be funded under the INTERREG and PEACE programmes in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43862/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Fees
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the relief in place for a medical student in relation to fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43212/18]
    • Budget 2019
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific provisions within budget 2019 which will phase out the lower salaries of post-2011 teachers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in County Donegal on a lower salary as a result of the 2011 reduction in incomes; when the two tier salary system for...
    • Capitation Grants
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason budget 2019 did not prioritise the restoration of the capitation grant in view of the fact that austerity measures reduced the grant...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a veterinary course studied here has level 8 status and a similar course in Poland is classed as a level 9 integrated masters and is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are updates from the meeting held recently in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Budget 2019
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school staffing measures announced in his Department's budget for 2019 (details supplied). [43204/18]
    • School Management
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no provision was made in budget 2019 for further restoration of promoted posts at assistant principal level in primary and...
    • Teacher Supply
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the problems in filling substitute teacher positions in order to cover long-term absences in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the major building project for a school (details supplied); if consideration has been given to an earlier profile for commencement...
    • School Enrolments Data
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of infant boys schools catering for pupils from junior infants to first class by county; the schools which have DEIS status; and if...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the point at which the application is at; and the...
    • School Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 7 September 2018, if a response to the appeal now lodged will be expedited in view of the...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be expedited; if the review committee is scheduled to meet to deal with pending appeals;...
    • Teacher Supply
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to make it easier for retired teachers to act as substitutes in the short-term but ensure this in no way interferes with the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to reconsider the need for a second year in Professional Masters of Education, PME, programmes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to ensure that teachers based in Northern Ireland can register to teach here in an efficient, economic and fair way; and if he...
    • Teacher Supply
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to establish a body within his Department working with education partners tasked with co-ordinating policy matters concerning...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a contract to supply broadband to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when the tenders will be released to allow progress...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will issue to schools for the 2018-2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43313/18]
    • School Management
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a barrier to a member of a board of a community requesting the attendance records of staff; if so, the nature of the barriers; and if...
    • School Funding
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to install solar panels in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43331/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the proposed extension and special education unit for a school (details supplied); the timeframe from construction to...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the timeline for the completion of junior certificate reforms; the arrangements for provision of training to teachers in...
    • School Curriculum
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make history a compulsory subject for the junior certificate curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43365/18]
    • Education Welfare Service
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the case of a child (details supplied) who has received no supports to date will be examined. [43369/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal in relation to a SUSI grant will be initiated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Management
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school insurance can be included in the central procurement process to negotiate more affordable premia en masse and ensure that schools can...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school project (details supplied); if it will be progressed from band 2 to assist in the development of the school;...
    • Schools Establishment
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if start-up interim accommodation has been sourced in respect of new primary and post-primary schools (details supplied); the details of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the timeframe involved to date in the stage 2(b) process for a school (details supplied); when the process commenced; when it will...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and subsector in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate if the possible entitlement of a person (details supplied) to special needs assistant incremental credit for work in a community...
    • Schools Building Projects
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for a new school building (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43479/18]
    • School Accommodation
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he will take to address an over-capacity issue at a college (details supplied) in which up to 30 students from feeder...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Donegal town; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when support will be made available to a person (details supplied) whose application has been sanctioned; and if his attention has been drawn to...
    • School Accommodation
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has data on the uptake of apprenticeships and traineeships from young Travellers in the context of a commitment given by the...
    • Traveller Education
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the response from third-level institutions to the bursary scheme to increase the number of Travellers participating in third-level...
    • Local Authority Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017;...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the capacity issues in a school (details supplied) and the fact that it was unable to accept all applications...
    • Schools Establishment
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a formal assessment of the need for a new secondary school in Skerries; and the timeline for this assessment. [43746/18]
    • School Patronage
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps necessary for an organisation to become recognised as a patron body for providing school patronage; if this process would be different...
    • Traveller Education
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the review that took place in 2017 of the remaining recommendations of the Traveller education strategy 2006 in addition to...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason support for home tuition has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied); his plans ensure the restoration of support...
    • Research Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school in an institute (details supplied); his plans to appoint an independent chair of the institute; if the terms of section...
    • School Services Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for an ancillary grant to replace a school secretary at a school (details supplied) which is spread between two fully separate...
    • Education and Training Boards
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 9 October 2018, his views on a matter (details supplied). [43808/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent school site has been acquired for a school (details supplied); when the school will be built and open; and if arrangements have...
    • State Examinations
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers and students will be provided with the materials technology wood coursework design brief for 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent written request to the schools capital appraisal section of his Department by the principal and the board of management of a school...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications for family members of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens since the second quarter of 2015. [43822/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the non-transferability of carer's leave between spouses with the same employer will be examined as part of the process of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of An Garda Síochána continues to be increased; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address reports that Internet bot programmes are being used to block-book appointments with the Irish...
    • Garda Industrial Relations
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when An Garda Síochána will be allowed to access the offices of the WRC; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers that tested positive for drug driving at new mandatory checkpoints in 2018, by month in tabular form....
    • Garda Equipment
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have been trained to use devices (details supplied) to date; and the number of device...
    • Visa Applications
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a long stay visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the spend on the asylum migration and integration fund for each year since its inception by project and location. [43295/18]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered increased liaison with the business community, Maynooth University, an organisation (details supplied) and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three...
    • Immigration Policy
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if steps will be taken to provide certainty to undocumented persons resident here that wish to return home for a family funeral...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/18]
    • Visa Applications
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an appointment that has been sought by a person (details supplied) to attend an appointment at the Irish Natural...
    • Garda Recruitment
      318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next recruitment campaign for An Garda Síochána will commence for new entrants; the number of stages in the...
    • Vacant Properties
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a property (details supplied) is vacant; his plans for its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/18]
    • Garda Deployment
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to Nobber Garda station in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the opening...
    • Garda-PSNI Transfers
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the promotion opportunities in An Garda Síochána will be extended or open to officers in the PSNI in 2019 to...
    • Garda Operations
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to statutory declarations on the back of summonses being stamped by An Garda Síochána...
    • Commission on the Future of Policing Reports
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the implementation of all of the recommendations contained in the Future of Policing in Ireland report by the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will seek assurances from the Garda Commissioner that additional attention will be provided to an area (details supplied)...
    • Garda Expenditure
      325. 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...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roll-out of community CCTV in a town (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
    • Leave to Remain
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests for leave to remain there have been from children in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018;...
    • Garda Deployment
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and Garda bicycle patrols assigned to Maynooth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43700/18]
    • Local Authority Funding
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme...
    • Home Repossessions Rate
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homes, including family homes, repossessed in each of the past five years for which figures are available; the...
    • Coroners Service
      331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to implement the Review of the Coroner Service – Report of the Working Group; his plans to...
    • Garda Transport Data
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans allocated to each Garda division in Dublin as of 1 January 2018 and 15 October 2018; if...
    • Garda Recruitment
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a recruitment drive for the Garda Band; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43757/18]
    • Legal Aid Service Waiting Times
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for persons to receive free legal aid in each of the law centres throughout the country; and if he will make...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional funding to be made available to Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, following budget...
    • Visa Applications
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays in processing decisions in respect of applications for visas lodged with...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Bodies
      343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the involvement of State bodies under her aegis in attending Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that she has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA and Enterprise Ireland site visits to County Leitrim since 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Ireland Jobs Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work of the IDA in securing employment opportunities in north County Tipperary, specifically Tipperary town; and if she will make...
    • Job Creation
      348. 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 Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal and the...
    • Enterprise Support Services Expenditure
      349. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of grant aid paid by her Department or by the agencies under its remit in each of the years 2011 to 2017 in respect of the...
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      350. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the ear, nose and throat department in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if the 37 surge beds at University Hospital Kerry will be in place for winter 2018-2019 in line with the recommendations of the health service capacity review;...
    • Health Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43167/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      354. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a gastroenterologist at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available towards the purchase and maintenance of arterial assist devices; the HSE's position on the use of such devices; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each building project contained in the current capital plan at each development stage including new builds, extensions and improvements; the...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made on the North-South agreement on children's cardiac surgery being carried out in Dublin in order to prevent children from...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought changes to the timing of allocations to the health service under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to bring forward spending of over...
    • HSE Expenditure
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which section 10(b) of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 is being honoured in the health budget for 2019; and if the deficit...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects in the health service which have been delayed for three months or more in 2018; and the reason for the delay in tabular form. [43202/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to provide a modular build at South Tipperary General Hospital; when the project will be completed; and the number of extra beds to...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the 2010 contract agreed between a company (details supplied) and the national cervical screening programme, CervicalCheck; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when the new guidelines for the fair deal scheme will come into effect; and the detail of the changes to the financial assessment for the scheme and changes to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      364. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for scoliosis surgery in UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43229/18]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); his plans to invest in this unit in County Cavan; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for an escort for a bus in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43240/18]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for respite care for their child by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43241/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Expenditure
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated and-or expected HSE overspend for the full year to 31 December 2018; if he will provide the breakdown as opposed to the budget of the areas in...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new cancer centre in County Cork in view of An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant Mercy University Hospital permission for same; the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings and dates on which he met with stakeholder organisations and professional bodies (details supplied) in relation to the implementation of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the timeline for rolling out the HPV test by October 2018 was missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43256/18]
    • Hospital Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term stay bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [43268/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the contract situation between the HSE, his Department and a laboratory (details supplied); if a new laboratory will be chosen to test smear test slides...
    • Hospital Transfers
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, in view of the fact that the planned transfer...
    • Rural Practice Allowance Scheme
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a rural practice allowance; if consideration is being given to grant half the allowance; and if...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to create a centre of excellence in diabetes care in the north west in view of the fact that there is no centre of excellence in diabetes care above...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered allocating additional resources in order to provide residential respite care spaces in the community; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for maintenance works in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/18]
    • Emergency Departments
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the outlay of funding dedicated specifically for the upgrading of Beaumont Hospital emergency department with regard to the budgetary provision; when the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43346/18]
    • Health Reports
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare. [43347/18]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if access under the long term illness scheme will be expanded to include all persons with type 1 diabetes on that scheme for a monitoring system and associated...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) that has received no supports to date will be examined. [43366/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if a person over 70 years of age is entitled to a medical card once they reach the age of 70 regardless of income; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 675 of 7 September 2018, when the new mental health unit will commence in Naas Hospital; the expected completion date of...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      394. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting times experienced by children in counties Laois and Offaly that are in need of an assessment for occupational therapy....
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of spending on mental health initiatives or services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43381/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [43407/18]
    • Disability Services Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43408/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 12 June 2018, the number of midwives listed in the response that are student midwives and fully qualified...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time consultant in pain medicine will be appointed in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has spent...
    • Clinical Indemnity Scheme
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-examine the conditions by which consultants can prescribe medicinal cannabis for persons with Dravet syndrome in such a way as to not make them...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding providing medical treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43447/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43464/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be approved for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that an application for an increase in homecare hours has been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an MRI scan for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43478/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the PPP for Donegal town health centre; the further progress made since the confirmation of the intention to proceed with a PPP in March...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will approve funding for a procedure to be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      410. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to sign contracts with the new national maternity hospital; the guarantees he has secured to ensure that reproductive services including abortion...
    • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to restore junior consultants' salaries to bring salaries in line with their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant doctor vacancies here; the actions he is taking to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health when the additional 2,600 hospital beds promised in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      415. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE drug assessment committee will consider the application of Translarna which is of benefit for muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding the VAT liable on counselling and psychotherapy services; and his views on whether there should be an...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if the difficulties faced by hospitals in getting consultants to fill vacancies will be addressed in view of the significant number of vacancies; if the...
    • Maternity Services
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the 20 week anomaly scan at a hospital (details supplied); if it is now available to all women; if not, if it will be...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to HSE addiction services in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff and grade employed in CHO area 9 addiction services; the number of positions vacant; the length of time each has been vacant; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if all four assistant psychologist positions for County Wexford have been filled as per the south-east community healthcare operation plan 2018. [43628/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      423. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE reviews the decision to reduce funding to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) that is providing essential services for...
    • General Practitioner Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the research or data he has commissioned or his attention has been drawn to regarding the number and location of general practitioner surgeries that are no...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the NTPF should be extended to cover children with special needs who are waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has had with general practitioner representative organisations including organisations (details supplied) in relation to talks on the...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new general practitioner contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43640/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if previously closed acute beds in Letterkenny University Hospital will be reopened in 2019; if so, the number of beds which will be reopened; when this will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include funding to upgrade the Rotunda Hospital in the capital plan in view of ongoing multi-year delays in a new campus being built; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being made to increase acute hospital capacity in winter 2018-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43646/18]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2019 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43647/18]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      435. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the provision of health care is being undermined by reduced salaries for those recruited since 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to assessment and to access therapies for children with special needs by county or by the smallest available geographic breakdown if county...
    • General Practitioner Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to general practitioner recruitment and retention over the next five years (details supplied). [43308/18]
    • Health Services Reports
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Central Island Healthcare review has still not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43574/18]
    • Autism Support Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate funding will be provided for autism assistance dogs in view of the fact that at present they receive no HSE funding; and if he will make a...
    • Mobility Allowance
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant withdrawn in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/18]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of the health expenditure overrun in 2018 and in each of the previous years back to when annual overruns became a feature of costs in the...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if a required medical product will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43664/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when the short stay ward in Letterkenny University Hospital will be open; the number of beds which will be opened in 2018; the plans in budget 2019 that...
    • Ambulance Service
      444. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43681/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for a surgery. [43683/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding scoliosis surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43689/18]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding scoliosis surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43691/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an independent clinical review of scoliosis services for children here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ombudsman for Children Reports
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason recommendations made by the Ombudsman for Children contained in the report on scoliosis, Waiting For Scoliosis Treatment...
    • Hospital Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the safeguarding of children in the HSE in regard to their elective spinal surgeries; the way in which he plans to...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) with a view to extending the hours and finance being made available; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      458. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will roll out the recommendations in the national policy and strategy for the provision of neurorehabilitation services in Ireland 2011-2015....
    • Health Services Data
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a community ophthalmic physician in County Kildare; the number waiting longer than one year; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person is waiting for an assessment with the NDT team in south County Kildare; the number of children waiting; the number waiting over one...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures by which a family in an area has no family general practitioner in view of the fact the general practices in the area are not taking on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for reducing outpatient waiting times in Naas General Hospital in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43765/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speech and language therapy at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned primary care centre for Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; if a site has been chosen for this development; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      467. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment in Croom Hospital, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      469. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43792/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      470. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43795/18]
    • Cancer Research
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and type of investment in pancreatic cancer research here; his plans to co-operate with other countries fighting the disease; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      472. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the short-stay unit at Letterkenny University Hospital; the timeline for the reopening of the unit; the number of beds planned for same;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a chain of command exists within the health service in respect of each discipline with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      475. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the elimination of the backlog and waiting lists for women awaiting the results of cervical smear tests; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it has been found possible to identify the precise issues within the health services that continue to cause delays and long waiting lists;...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it remains consistently difficult to obtain discretionary full medical cards for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate provision is being made at various hospitals nationally to ensure that patients waiting on trolleys are reduced to the minimum;...
    • School Medical Examinations
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school medical examinations continue to identify health issues; the extent to which a satisfactory follow-up including treatment takes...
    • Health Services Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures undertaken in the wake of school medical examinations in each of the past three years to date; the degree to which this corresponds...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed throughout the health services; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated over the past three years; the degree to which...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed throughout the health sector; the number of vacancies remaining to be filled; the extent to which it has been found possible...
    • General Practitioner Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the number of general practitioners available nationally in both urban and rural settings;...
    • Home Care Packages
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which home care packages have been developed in the course of the past three years to date; the way in which the costs compare with hospital or...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each category awaiting orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43935/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate number of junior hospital doctors remain available and on call with particular reference to meeting the challenges of the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of doctors, nurses, consultants and other staff within the public health sector has increased in each of the past three years to...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will issue for the next phase of development of Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43938/18]
    • Primary Care Centres
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the extent to which the public health sector is catered for in primary care centres already in operation;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for a slipway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43203/18]
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has received a letter in relation to an overclaim on two parcels; and if he...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place for fishermen trawling and-or dredging for mussel seeds on the foreshore, off the coast and in areas of...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an ANC payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43266/18]
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes,...
    • Teagasc Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of students enrolled in level 5 and 6 green cert in agriculture in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43319/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains with respect to land eligibility and...
    • Animal Welfare
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had a departmental official assigned to their farm; the purpose of the placement of this...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ANC payment will issue to a person (details supplied); if this will be issued as soon as possible in view of the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ANC payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans he has drafted in the event of a no-deal Brexit; the interactions and negotiations he has had to date with EU...
    • Forestry Sector
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a carbon credit can be claimed against forestry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43633/18]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to problems with issued knowledge transfer payments particularly for partnership farms (details...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if extra funding will be provided for additional berthage at Dún Laoghaire Harbour and Dublin Port; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason high levels of microplastics found in farmed shellfish here would be different from that farmed in the UK in view of...
    • Aquaculture Regulation
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department tested for microplastics in farmed shellfish and finfish here prior to awarding an organic label to the industry....
    • Aquaculture Licence Appeals
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is acceptable that a public body such as the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board can refuse to explain the...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Applications
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a sheep welfare form will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Payments
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supply); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43853/18]
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of grant aid paid by his Department or by the agencies under its remit in each of the years 2011 to 2017 in respect of the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Service Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a contract to supply broadband to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when progress will be...
    • National Broadband Plan
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the terms of reference for the review of the national broadband plan tender process to be conducted...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will conduct a review of the relationship between his Department, a person (details supplied) and a company in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if officials met representatives of a fund in the context of the sale of the shares of a company (details supplied);...
    • Climate Change Policy
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of actions taken to tackle climate change since February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will release the pricing review of the metropolitan area networks; if not, the reason; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received regarding a concession agreement with a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the continuation of a review (details supplied) of the national broadband plan and the tendering...
    • Proposed Legislation
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan Bill; and his plans to pass this Bill in advance of awarding the national...
    • Electric Vehicles
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the roll-out of electric car chargers in a town (details supplied). [43377/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past...
    • Energy Schemes
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the public consultation on a roadmap for improving energy efficiency in the rental sector, as committed to in A...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the planned roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband to 115,000 premises in Ballinasloe, Roscommon town,...
    • Internet Safety
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce measures to restrict access by children to pornography on smart phones; if Internet service...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a response to a query to the SEAI (details supplied) will be answered in view of the fact the matter has been...
    • Mining Industry
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43480/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be available to all households in a village (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Waste Tyre Disposal
      544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if additional tyre collection facilities will be arranged for counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the huge demand on...
    • Farm Waste Disposal
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reallocate the unspent funds that were to be used for the 2018 farm hazardous waste collection centres to...
    • Local Authority Funding
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for...
    • Air Pollution
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made on the roll-out of additional monitoring sites for air pollution (details supplied);...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a group of self-catering houses operated by the one owner can be treated as one unit for television licence...
    • Legislative Measures
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43799/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected to and premises passed with high speed broadband, respectively, in each of the years...
    • National Broadband Plan Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital funding allocated for the national broadband plan in budgets 2013 to 2019; the projected allocation for...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all of the seven airplanes (details supplied) on contract to the US military that were present at Shannon Airport on 10 October 2018...
    • Road Projects Status
      558. 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...
    • Bus Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Kildare and Edenderry bus routes which are operated by Bus Éireann; and if another service provider is due to take...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for an overpass will be provided to replace the dangerous junction at N17 Lisduff, Claremorris, County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the precise extra costs on an annual basis for motor tax offices and the driver and vehicle computer services division of...
    • Public Transport Fares
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is an administration fee for a person replacing a broken taxsaver travel ticket; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if...
    • Roads Maintenance
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposal to establish a national fund to survey dangerous roadside trees and hedges will be considered; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Airports
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider re-establishing the subvention towards the operating costs for daily flights between Dublin and Sligo airports in...
    • Rail Network Safety
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek assurances from the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann that additional security personnel will be...
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated by Fáilte Ireland to entities (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [43551/18]
    • Road Tolls
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some tolled roads, including the M1 and Galway bound toll, charge taxis the commercial...
    • Local Authority Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delays in regulatory approval for the proposed compressed natural gas pumps at a filling station...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of the regulations under section 1(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 allowing local authorities to make by-laws...
    • Road Safety Data
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most recent breakdown of figures for road casualties and collisions here relate to...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of a new train station at Pelletstown; the funding being provided in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position with regard to a review of the route licensing system in conjunction with the National Transport Authority to ensure wider...
    • National Transport Authority Remit
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation to provide the NTA with greater licensing powers to approve or reject route amendments by Bus...
    • Road Projects Status
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the Pettigo to Laghey Road (details supplied) in County Donegal; the progress made on this project since he met with...
    • Traffic Management
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the review of the traffic signs manual, which constitutes a ministerial direction to road authorities under section 95(16) of the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method by which new members of the mother and baby home collaborative forum will be appointed as vacancies arise. [43363/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that she has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the issues raised by the disclosures tribunal with respect to the Child and Family Agency, Tusla; the measures she is taking...
    • Child Protection
      585. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the serious incident review announced by her on 28 March 2018 into concerns regarding the management of a serious and complex...
    • Local Authority Funding
      586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and...
    • Protected Disclosures
      587. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or the board of Tusla have received a disclosure which includes a complaint in regard to the performance of a person (details...
    • Paediatric Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children awaiting paediatric occupational therapy appointments in each CHO area to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Child Detention Centres
      590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 16 October 2018, the reason the full and original report by a company (details supplied) is...
    • Child and Family Agency
      591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to audit or investigate the penalisation of managers within Tusla that have raised complaints or submitted protected disclosures...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not informed or given the opportunity to make an input into a review process carried out...
    • Departmental Funding
      593. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Projects
      595. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to build new libraries at Mohill and Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an offer for a Wi-Fi hotspot which was made to a school (details supplied) in County Galway in June 2018; when progress...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      598. 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 its...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      600. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the release of information on the mobile coverage blackspots pilot project to encompass all 31 local authority areas...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the terms of reference, membership and progress of the working group to explore the feasibility of developing a standardised policy...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the completion of the review of the role of broadband offices; if this review will be published; and if he will make...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department is informed of planning applications made for mobile infrastructure; if so, the process by which his Department is...
    • Local Authority Funding
      604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in...
    • LEADER Programmes Expenditure
      605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants announced under the LEADER program in County Mayo from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2018; the amount of each grant referred to...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be re-examined with a view to approving the back to education allowance...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance; and if she will...
    • Paternity Benefit
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of paternity benefit since it was introduced on 1 September 2016, by county, in...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be normalised; the status or changes to the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an issue regarding illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) will be rectified; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the significant delays experienced by persons dealing with the illness benefit section...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if issues regarding the illness benefit payment system will be addressed and rectified; if her attention has been drawn to...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify matters (details supplied) in relation to the review of State pension (contributory) pensioners on...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes which have been implemented for the payment of illness benefit; the number of issues her Department has dealt...
    • Local Employment Service
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if annual contracts for local employment services will be reviewed; her views on developing a national, community based...
    • Gender Recognition
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; when...
    • General Practitioner Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if reports that general practitioners are charging a fee of €10 to sign illness benefit claim forms will be...
    • JobPath Programme
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to Turas Nua and Seetec for JobPath by county; the number of persons that have completed the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an issue with the dedicated phone lines for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to access illness benefit...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduced rate of illness benefit; the reason they received no payment the...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to illness benefit in view of the fact they are required to have an emergency...
    • Public Services Card Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public services cards that have issued in 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected number of cards that will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a review of the decision to refuse their application for a...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that she has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will be normalised in the case of a person (details supplied); the status of changes to the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a measure to allow persons on carer's allowance to pay a stamp while in receipt of same. [43418/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [43421/18]
    • Employment Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that were designated self-employed that have been restored to employee status as a result of an...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [43430/18]
    • Social Welfare Code
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing each person's social welfare assistance and social insurance payment rate by percentage rates (details...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which, and when, existing recipients of the working family payment will be affected by the changes announced to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there has been a delay in the appeals decision for a person (details supplied); if a decision will be expedited;...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the payment of illness benefit to a person (details supplied) has not been issued; if same will issue; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; if same will be...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the illness benefit payment scheme issues will be resolved in view of the fact that they have been ongoing since August...
    • Illness Benefit Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath on illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a social welfare payment; and when they can expect a decision...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if entitlements which a person was previously on automatically transfer over when they transfer from a community employment...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      648. 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. [43692/18]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the report into part-time and seasonal workers rights and entitlements to obtain jobseeker's benefit...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will be normalised in the case of a person (details supplied); the status of changes to the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a claim for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) was stopped. [43782/18]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carer's allowance arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance is scheduled particularly for those in...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit payment will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance payment will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of tenancies supported by rent assistance or other such supports since 2014; the projected and-or forecasted...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when full payment will issue regarding an illness benefit claim in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person must sign or agree a personal progression plan with a departmental official following their attendance at their...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for illness benefit made by a person (details supplied). [43953/18]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Property Registration
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a land registry issue will be resolved for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county; the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be made available to an association (details supplied) in order that it can commence refurbishments to...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if work is being undertaken to finalise before Christmas 2018 the terms and conditions of the redress scheme for mica-affected...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Irish Water has been in contact with his Department regarding funding for a regional waste water treatment plant at...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties which have applied for the repair and leasing scheme; the number of properties accepted into the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations in place in respect of applicants for inclusion on the social housing regulations that are victims of domestic...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are enticing estate agents into making properties available...
    • Planning Issues
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding extensions of duration of planning approval in view of the commencement of section 28(1) of the...
    • Student Accommodation
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered specific build student accommodation to alleviate the lack of student accommodation and to free up rental...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding released for the construction of social housing under the Rebuilding Ireland programme; if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to local authorities (details supplied) under capital housing funding in each of the years from 2010 to...
    • Water Abstraction Regulation
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact repeal of the Water Supplies Act 1942, as proposed in the water environment (abstractions) Bill, will have on the...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda over the next 12 months. [42204/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost and funding stream being used for the 20 units of social housing in an area (details supplied); the funding used for...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants available for first-time buyers who do not qualify for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Applications
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a HAP arrears payment will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43409/18]
    • Local Government Reform
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the amalgamated Limerick City and County Council is regarded as an administrative county or an administrative county...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of building control management system, BCMS, certificates of compliance on completion of homes for multi-unit...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing current expenditure programme, SCHEP, funded properties by approved housing body, AHB, build...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications that have been accepted and rejected; the percentage comparison...
    • Fire Service
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43662/18]
    • Land Availability
      694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the process under way to extend the land aggregation scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the need for...
    • Emergency Services Provision
      696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43697/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a contingency plan to mitigate the effects of Brexit; if so, if he will publish same; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each...
    • Fire Service
      699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fire stations in Dublin that benefitted from the five year fire services capital programme announced in February 2016; and...
    • Planning Issues
      700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation can be amended to ensure that future planting of commercial forestry throughout Ireland is required to have...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new fire station in Manorhamilton will be permitted to advance to construction stage; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Housing
      702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the allocation of funding for housing voids in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Leases
      703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses leased by local authorities by local authority in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
    • Housing Data
      704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority house completions in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the projected number for 2018 and 2019; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 2 October 2018, the timeline for this project from the beginning pre-planning...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      710. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the apportionment details of National Lottery funding given to arts funding bodies over the past five years; and if she will make...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      711. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been consulted by Irish Water regarding an application (details supplied) to An...
    • Languages Programme
      712. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants awarded to Irish summer colleges outside of the Gaeltacht in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      713. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that she has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years;...
    • Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas
      714. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht de thoradh Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 682 an 16 Deireadh Fómhair 2018, an ndearna CATT cinneadh maidir leis an treoir a thug...
    • Local Authority Funding
      715. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in...
    • Heritage Schemes
      716. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to protect historic structures at risk in County Kildare in 2017 and to date in 2018; her plans for 2019 in...
    • Departmental Funding
      717. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43812/18]
    • Land Acquisition
      718. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43820/18]
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      719. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun feabhas a chur ar Ché na Reannaí ag Athphort ar oileán Árainn...
    • Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
      720. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cuntas ar an dul chun cinn maidir le scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, go háirithe...
    • Seirbhísí Gaeltachta
      721. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí sonraí a sholáthar maidir leis an bpleanáil do thonnchosc i Machaire Rabhartaigh i...

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