Written answers

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services
      6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the implementation of consent courses in youth organisations and youth clubs (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans being put in place to employ a new chief executive for Tusla. [45919/18]
    • Departmental Reports
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of a report into an organisation (details supplied); the implications for the funding of same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communications technology system...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care accessing CAMHS services; if there are waiting lists to access mental health services for children in care;...
    • Child and Family Agency
      19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a report (details supplied) which found that the adversarial nature of cases involving...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to hold Tusla, collectively and named persons, to account for the serious deficiencies and problems highlighted in...
    • Childcare Costs
      22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop targeted supports for parents and guardians in County Wexford paying for childcare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process for the restoration of funding to an organisation (details supplied). [45922/18]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will meet with key stakeholders of an organisation (details supplied) with a view to ensuring that it can continue to offer the full...
    • School Completion Programme
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the school completion programme is sufficiently funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45937/18]
    • Childcare Services Data
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new and or upgraded childcare places that will be provided through her Department’s capital programme in 2019; and if...
    • HIQA Inspections
      29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of the latest HIQA report on Tusla which found that 103 unauthorised absences took place over a 12 month period...
    • Child Detention Centres
      30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the most recent HIQA report into Oberstown child detention campus and the progress made at the centre; her views on...
    • Youth Services
      31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to Tusla's decision to terminate its service level agreement with a programme (details supplied) in County...
    • Youth Services Provision
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide assistance to youth clubs and sports clubs orientated to young persons in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, following the closure...
    • Departmental Funding
      34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding available to her Department for 2019; the level of expenditure per scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made in terms of recruitment and retention of staff at Tusla over the past year; if steps have been taken to...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether there is a staffing crisis in the early years sector; the steps she is taking to combat same; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of childcare facilities in view of the increasing necessity for both parents...
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's reform of the guardian ad litem service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45936/18]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will make the necessary funds available to an organisation (details supplied) in order that it can continue to offer the full range...
    • School Absenteeism
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the level of absenteeism from school is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45920/18]
    • Child Support Payments
      42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45832/18]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or officials on his behalf were in contact with President Erdogan of Turkey following the murder of a person (details supplied). [45883/18]
    • Brexit Documents
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the findings of a study (details supplied) are available to the Government; and if these findings will be made available to persons and...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in each consulate and embassy in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a...
    • Northern Ireland
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the political parties in Northern...
  • Department of Finance
    • EU Issues
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance his most recent engagement with his EU counterparts on the proposed digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45975/18]
    • Fiscal Data
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will complete a table (details supplied). [45997/18]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy grant applications received; the number of applications that reached claim stage; and the number of claims approved under the...
    • Tax Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the establishment of a high pay and wealth commission to assemble data to review the levels of high pay, bonuses, dividend...
    • Motor Insurance Claims
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/18]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is standard practice for the Revenue Commissioners to request from a person a completed tax return and letters of administration for their deceased...
    • Tax Code
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the costs of sending children to college are not allowable against tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46141/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Election Expenditure
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to send out voting cards to each registered voter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46027/18]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the issue of pension provision for community employee supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46028/18]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) is eligible to engage in future State tenders for construction projects. [46075/18]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the OPW’s decision to dispose of sites zoned for development on Church Avenue, Dublin 9, and Herbert Lane,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of EU funding made available to Ireland under the Youth Guarantee; the reason this has not been drawn down to date; when it will be...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for apprenticeships in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45967/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure provision of adequate supports at a school (details supplied) for children with special educational needs...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school premises for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation...
    • Fiscal Data
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deficit accumulated at Waterford Institute of Technology; his plans to address the deficit; the measures that may be considered in relation to...
    • Institutes of Technology
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at Waterford Institute of Technology in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Technological Universities
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to advance a technological university of the south east; the stage at which the process is at; the next steps; the costs...
    • Technological Universities Data
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultancy firms commissioned to carry out work associated with the development of technological universities by his Department, the HEA and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school place will be provided for a person (details supplied) in a city school; and if their parent will be informed in view of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when concerns regarding structural flaws first became apparent in a school (details supplied). [46059/18]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for emergency works which include a fire safety element currently being considered. [46063/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the recently announced new second-level school for Dunshaughlin, County Meath. [46065/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs to date of structural audits in schools built by a company (details supplied). [46067/18]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a company (details supplied) is eligible to continue to bid for State contracts. [46068/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials or his predecessor ever met with professional bodies or persons prior to September 2018 at which warnings were issued about the...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs to date of fire safety audits in schools announced in September 2017. [46071/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of clerks of works appointed pursuant to an announcement in September 2017; and the details of the projects which have their own clerk...
    • Protected Disclosures
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a protected disclosure regarding Waterford and Wexford Education Training Board; and the steps he will take to...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a stock take of existing facilities for arts in education was undertaken as recommended by the Arts in Education Charter; the findings of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils displaced from schools built by a company (details supplied) identified as needing remedial works during construction that...
    • National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment is required to consult with the Arts Council and or be represented on its committees; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person or family household is required to be on a social welfare payment to qualify for the special rate of SUSI grants when their...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to finalise plans for a new primary school in Ashbourne, County Meath. [46094/18]
    • School Funding
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support and subvention which will be made available to the four recently announced Educate Together schools in setting up their...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the assigned certifier in respect of each school building project subject to 2014 building regulations constructed by a company...
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on an education and training centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46111/18]
    • Arts in Education Charter
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings he and his predecessor had with the Arts in Education Charter implementation group since the report was published; the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be accepted as a pupil at a school. [46140/18]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons who have been granted temporary permission to remain here for four months on stamp 1 conditions to enable an...
    • Garda Data
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Time Zones
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to carry out consultations with the public and the preparations he is making for retaining summer time...
    • Direct Provision Payments
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fund the cost of feminine hygiene products for persons living in direct provision centres; the funding that will...
    • Direct Provision System
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if plans to fund the cost of feminine hygiene products for persons living in direct provision centres will not extend to...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a protocol is in place in order to ensure the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2017 is being adhered to; the...
  • Department of Health
    • Legislative Reviews
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work to draft new legislation which would replace the Dentists Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45965/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      115. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the concerns of a school (details supplied) about the lack of regular professional supports such as psychological, psychiatric, speech...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      116. To ask the Minister for Health the progress and timeframe for completion of the extension to St. Patricks Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a general practitioner out-of-hours service for north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45979/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      118. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan in place to replace the position of a medical officer at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff assigned to the child and adolescent mental health service at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration
      121. To ask the Minister for Health the catchment area for child and adolescent mental health services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/18]
    • Industrial Disputes
      122. To ask the Minister for Health his views on industrial action by psychiatric staff at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographers in UHW in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45986/18]
    • HSE Funding
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for the HSE to provide additional funds for a section 39 organisation (details supplied) to meet its service requirements; and...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      125. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has recently decided to limit the working hours and duties of...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients at University Hospital Waterford on hospital trolleys in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by month in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Data
      127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on inpatient and out patient waiting lists in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by speciality; the length of time they...
    • Hospital Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure orthopaedic services at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46015/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      129. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding budgets for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/18]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      130. To ask the Minister for Health if secondary legislation to underpin the access programme for medical cannabis products is being prepared; and if this will be finalised once cannabis based...
    • HSE Properties
      132. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a property (details supplied) owned by the State and which is no longer in use. [46044/18]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE national service plan 2018 which provided for 18.25 million home support hours to be delivered to over 50,000 persons; the reason...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if the blind person's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this payment was ceased in this case; the financial and...
    • Health Insurance Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age group (details supplied). [46058/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46070/18]
    • Patient Safety
      137. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 180 to 182, inclusive, of 3 October 2018, if clarification of will be provided and the specific questions asked...
    • Professional Ethics
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if each hospital in the HSE keeps a disclosure register for doctors of all connections to interest groups and contract organisations, particularly in the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Health when a place will be made available in Kilkenny city in one of the community homes for a long-term client of an organisation (details supplied); if they will...
    • Ambulance Service
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff, emergency ambulances, intermediate care ambulances and rapid response vehicles that are required for the National Ambulance...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Sea Lice Controls
      141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations being put in place to help with the problem of sea lice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Bord na Móna
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location of all the Bord na Móna bogs that are due to close under its current plans. [45972/18]
    • Energy Schemes
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to expand the SEAI grants for solar PV available to householders to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of rural broadband for County Kildare. [46024/18]
    • National Broadband Plan
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the revised target deployment schedule for the national broadband plan will be published; and when black spots in...
    • Vehicle Testing
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on recent reports regarding emission levels from diesel vehicle imports from the UK and Northern Ireland; if...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Emper, Ballynacargy, County Westmeath, will avail of efibre broadband (details supplied). [46078/18]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety measures that will be put in place at a junction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45978/18]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and TII can assist in having urgent works carried out to alleviate flooding problems in respect of two properties (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46012/18]
    • Rail Services Provision
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail has a shortage of carriages and rolling stock to run its schedules; if the company is having to rent carriages and rolling...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse
      157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 3 July 2018, if she has received the data from Tusla as committed to in the reply; if she will...
    • Parental Leave
      158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to seek policy responsibility for parental leave. [46117/18]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • CLÁR Programme
      159. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to review the CLÁR areas based on the 2016 census returns; the timeline for the review; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      160. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by Longford County Council for funding for Granard Motte. [39839/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment will issue for an application by a person (details supplied) for illness benefit. [45989/18]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays in applications for illness benefit; and the steps she is taking to rectify the situation. [45990/18]
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and the Secretary General of her Department will appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee of Public Accounts about...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the equality and poverty proofing measurements in place to protect jobseekers under 26 years of age, particularly those who...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the roll-out of the youth employment support scheme will come into effect; if the scheme can guarantee the inclusion of...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the length of time it takes to process an application for a carer's allowance; if measures will be...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement in 2017; and the projected amount for 2018 and 2019 respectively. [46060/18]
    • Paternity Benefit Applications
      170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a paternity allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason all parental income is taken into account on the means assessment for social welfare applicants under 25 years of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if correspondence on the 2012 pension changes have been issued to 67,000 Irish residents and 9,000 non-Irish residents who...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if she will make a...
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit Applications
      174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an occupational injury benefit; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the delays in processing of new and existing illness benefit claims; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Election Management System
      177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to cease sending voting cards to each registered voter in view of the fact that they are not required to vote; and...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of buy and renew units delivered to date in 2018; and the average cost for each unit. [46002/18]
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes brought into use to date in 2018 via the repair and lease scheme; and the average cost of each unit. [46003/18]
    • Housing Agency Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units delivered to date in 2018 via the Housing Agency’s €70 million rolling Housing Agency fund;...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority area to date in 2018; the number of approvals and...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2018; and the drawdown to date for each local authority...
    • Housing Policy
      183. 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. [46042/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that 2018 social housing construction targets will be achieved by his Department, the local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing construction targets for all local authorities in 2018; the number of these homes that have been completed...
    • Proposed Legislation
      186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing (regulation of approved housing bodies) Bill will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas in view of the...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
      187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the rental accommodation scheme in 2017; and the projected amount for 2018 and 2019, respectively. [46061/18]
    • Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure
      188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the housing assistance payment in 2017; and the projected amount for 2018 and 2019, respectively. [46062/18]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Deer Culls
      189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a deer management plan for Killarney National Park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45980/18]
    • Land Acquisition
      190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress regarding the purchase of land for the new entrance for a walkway to a location (details supplied); and if she will...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the regional manager and district conservation officer posts will be filled for Killarney National Park (details supplied);...
    • Arts in Education Charter
      193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings she and her predecessor have had with the implementation group of arts in education charter since the...