Written answers
Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Animal Culls
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider not renewing or limiting the terms of permits issued to the Dublin Airport Authority for the culling of hares...
- Ealaín na Gaeltachta
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht de bhun Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 89 an 2 Deireadh Fómhair, an bhfuil an fhoirmle réitigh fógartha; agus an...
- Grant Payments
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 776 of 12 July 2018, if a grant scheme has been opened that would consider an application for...
- Appointments to State Boards
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to ensure representation of all stakeholders and grades in the film industry on the board of Screen...
- Grant Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the request for additional funding above the original grant from Cork County Council to her Department to repair a...
- National Orchestras
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans in respect of the development of the National Symphony Orchestra; if she remains committed to retaining the...
- Cultural Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she expects to develop the image of culture and heritage locations here as a means of positive and lucrative...
- Waterways Ireland Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding, both current and capital, provided to Waterways Ireland in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47393/18]
- Abbey Theatre
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the building of a theatre (details supplied) and related resources for the national theatre; the timeframe for...
- Film Industry Development
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that the film industry forum is convened as soon as possible; if all industry stakeholders are invited; and if...
- Maoiniú Ealaíon
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht de bhun Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 64 an 2 Deireadh Fómhair, cad is ainm d’Oifigeach na Gaeilge ag ‘Galway...
- Cultural Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her efforts and future plans to promote the cultural heritage of sports (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Commemorative Events
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to convene a committee of historians and others to advise on the forthcoming commemorations in respect of the War of...
- Cultural Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Galway 2020 project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47305/18]
- Creative Ireland Programme
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects in County Westmeath that were successful in their applications to the national creativity fund. [47222/18]
- Film Industry
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to reduce precarious work in the film industry and create training and career pathways; and if she...
- Appointments to State Boards
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a new director will be appointed to the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47402/18]
- Creative Youth Plan
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists now working in collaboration with schools; the schools at primary and secondary level that have...
- Arts Promotion
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the recommendations in the arts in education charter. [47340/18]
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and-or her officials have had contact by way of meetings or correspondence with representatives of the owners of an estate...
- Wildlife Protection
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to address the effects of an increase in illegal hunting on rural communities; and if she will make a...
- Creative Ireland Programme
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the National Creativity Fund 2018 to 2019; the details of the project that a body (details supplied) has made under...
- Arts Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding to amending the Arts Act 2003 in...
- Film Industry Development
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to ensure that public funding of the film industry will result in quality employment and training;...
- Commemorative Events
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the proceedings of the international famine commemoration 2018 in Australia; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Forbairt na nOileán
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil polasaí faoi leith ann do na hoileáin; an ndéanfaidh sí cóip den pholasaí sin a...
- Waterways Ireland Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed level of funding that will be provided to Waterways Ireland in 2019; if additional capital funding will be allocated...
- Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici a chinntiú go mbeidh an tacaíocht céanna ar fáil do na naionraí taobh amuigh den...
- Film Industry Development
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she plans to promote the expansion of the film industry here with particular reference to the creation of a...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to reports of continued breaching of licences by coursing clubs; and her views on whether harsher...
- Cultural Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of Culture 2025 on recommendations that are outside the Creative Ireland Programme. [47339/18]
- Heritage Schemes
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supports she will be providing in 2018 and 2019 for built and natural heritage programmes nationally and in County...
- Creative Ireland Programme
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives in County Galway that will benefit from the national creativity fund; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Cultural Institutions
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans to build a national storage facility; and if it will be provided for under Investing in Our Culture, Language...
- Department of Defence
- Energy Efficiency
51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process by which a person who did not have his or her birth registered when born and cannot definitively prove a date of birth but later...
- Energy Efficiency
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date...
- Department of Finance
- Betting Regulations
54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 25 October 2018, if alternative tax raising measures have been considered that would protect employment in the...
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter (details supplied) relating to milk quotas from 1983 to 2000 will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47477/18]
- Banking Operations
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the form of identification that may be legally requested by banks and credit unions when dealing with customers at public counters who wish to carry out a...
- Tax Code
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issues arising from increases in tax in 2019 due to the changes in the cap on benefit-in-kind for electric cars for PAYE...
- Energy Efficiency
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that has been...
- Personal Injury Claims
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to propose a referendum to enable the Houses of the Oireachtas to legislate on certain personal injury claims; the timeline in which he expects to...
- Mortgage Lending
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on comments by the president of the ECB that Ireland lacks competition in the mortgage market; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a...
- Banking Licence Applications
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the approval process for a pan-European savings platform (details supplied) to receive access to the Irish market and provide consumers with...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Energy Efficiency
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to...
- Public Service Pay Commission Reports
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the next report from the Public Service Pay Commission on recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Ministerial Meetings
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet with representatives of a union (details supplied); the outcome of those discussions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has corresponded with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ascertain from Quality and Qualifications Ireland if it can...
- Pension Provisions
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47473/18]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 3 July 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the outcome of the appeal to the National Council for...
- School Transport Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a seat on a school bus will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47486/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progression the building of a new school facility for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47493/18]
- School Services Staff
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47495/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47514/18]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that a school (details supplied) obtains a permanent site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47532/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will commence construction; and if the site has been transferred to his Department. [47536/18]
- Schools Establishment
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out a review of the need for a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47537/18]
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the regulations governing SUSI grants in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Management
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a school (details supplied) has been left to function without a board of management; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Efficiency
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that...
- Higher Education Courses Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a fourth year mental health nursing course has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if QQI can process and issue outstanding green certificates for persons who have successfully completed green certificates in 2018 before December...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Support Services
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that enough supports are in place to Roscommon and Leitrim county councils to support asylum seekers in an...
- Parental Leave
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce reforms to the parental leave regime, including changes to the qualifying age of the child and to the...
- Asylum Support Services
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to facilitate those who have been granted asylum in an accommodation centre (details supplied); the...
- Garda Resources
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all necessary resources will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Drogheda, County Louth, in view of the...
- Question Heading for question(s) 87
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy...
- Residency Permits
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the position in regard to leave to remain and-or long-term residency in the case of persons (details...
- Naturalisation Applications
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review an application for naturalisation that was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if the offence...
- Asylum Applications
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate if a further review in respect of an application for naturalisation will be undertaken in the case of a person...
- Legal Costs
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he approved an application to grant legal representation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Prison Service Staff
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline from the date on which a person (details supplied) notified him of that person's intention to resign to the date on...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Energy Efficiency
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to...
- Work Permits Eligibility
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can facilitate the construction sector by way of work visas for non-EEA countries in order to meet the shortage...
- Brexit Supports
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 8 November 2018, the schemes that are being developed between her Department, the...
- Personal Injury Claims
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest whiplash data published by Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [47652/18]
- Tax Code
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest European Commission proposals for a digital sales tax; and the steps being taken to protect Irish interests....
- Economic Competitiveness
103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on Ireland's continued fall in the rankings of an organisation (details supplied) for the ease of doing business across 190...
- Departmental Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 October 2018, the reason there has been such a drop in companies participating in the...
- Retail Sector
105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the new online retail scheme administered by Enterprise Ireland will be made available to Irish-owned micro-sized firms with fewer...
- Business Regulation
106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for each of the action points made in the report Measures to Enhance Ireland's Corporate, Economic and Regulatory...
- Department of Health
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
107. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans being made by the Health Products Regulatory Authority and-or the Health Service Executive to license and make available for reimbursement...
- Hospital Appointments Status
108. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/18]
- HSE Staff Data
110. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE employs quantity surveyors directly; if they are employed on an ad hoc contract project basis; and if so, the reason therefor [47465/18]
- Commencement of Legislation
111. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018 will commence; if he has encountered issues preventing its immediate commencement;...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
112. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the timeframe in place for access to new medicines while tentative steps must be taken before a medicine is approved; and his views on...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47474/18]
- Dental Services Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47475/18]
- Traveller Community
115. To ask the Minister for Health if additional financial resources will be allocated to address issues raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
116. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [47488/18]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
117. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost, capital and current, of increasing the number of acute mental health beds to 50 per 100,000 of population [47492/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
118. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment date for autism. [47496/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that attend the clinical psychologist service in Cherry Orchard Hospital for assessment and treatment; the length of the waiting lists;...
- Respite Care Services Provision
123. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47503/18]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
124. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a change in administrative procedure regarding the way in which the RCSI group communicates with patients (details...
- Home Care Packages Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home care package application by a person (details supplied); if it has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47511/18]
- Health Services Allowances
126. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce financial support for persons who use incontinence pads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47516/18]
- Home Help Service Data
127. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time spent on a waiting list by patients who already qualify for help via the home help scheme and have applied for additional support in...
- Sign Language and Deaf Services
128. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to the deaf community in accessing mental health supports, including the provision of mental health professionals fluent in sign...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to extend the short timeframe for the return of forms by section 39 organisations in view of the fact that all information has...
- Hospitals Building Programme
130. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on an infrastructural project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47542/18]
- Health Services
131. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a facility (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47543/18]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the policy on out-of-hours general practitioner services in circumstances in which a person's general practitioner is not in the locality of...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
133. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of bringing the nursing and midwifery professions in line with the pay grades of other therapeutic grades. [47553/18]
- Hospital Consultant Remuneration
134. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the restoration of the 30% pay cut to new entrant consultants imposed in 2012. [47554/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
135. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [47559/18]
- HSE Staff Recruitment
136. To ask the Minister for Health the obstacles that have been encountered in appointing a new chief executive for the HSE; the number of applications received to date for the position; his...
- Health Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health the hospital and-or health facility buildings that have been built by a company (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to ensure quality control in...
- Hospital Food
139. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issue of the quality of hospital food in respect of its high fat and sugar content and low nutritional value; and if he...
- Energy Efficiency
141. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that has been...
- Industrial Relations
142. To ask the Minister for Health if he is engaging with a union (details supplied) regarding its rejection of the recruitment and retention proposal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
143. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism he is planning to put in place to deal with anomalies in pay structures for nurses and midwives relative to other professions working in the...
- Public Service Pay Commission Reports
144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the poor data given to the Public Service Pay Commission, which hindered its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47605/18]
- Medical Card Applications
146. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be granted as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47616/18]
- Higher Education Courses Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a fourth year mental health nursing course has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been discussions with an organisation (details supplied) on the need to improve ambulance services in areas; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Meat Processing Plant Inspections
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with his Department's inspection system in meat factories; if the grading of cattle in the quality assurance...
- GLAS Payments
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47482/18]
- Marine Safety
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 6 November 2018, if clear sea lice have been found by the Marine Institute on farmed...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is provision in the new regulations of the Common Agricultural Policy 2014 to 2020 that would preclude him from including...
- Canine Passports
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if free passports will be rolled out to all rescue dogs rehomed abroad. [47575/18]
- Energy Efficiency
154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions on increasing the CAP budget and legislative proposals post 2020; and the developments at European...
- Departmental Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest developments regarding the agricultural sustainability support and advisory programme. [47643/18]
- Brexit Supports
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 8 November 2018, the details of EU agricultural state aid rules and regulations in...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the March 2017 report received from a company (details supplied) regarding the extension of...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procurement processes that have been referred by his Department to the Office of Government Procurement in each of...
- Public Procurement Contracts
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the extension of the concession agreement for the metropolitan area networks followed Office of...
- National Broadband Plan
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected take-up rate for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47446/18]
- Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is provided with quarterly reports with regard to the metropolitan area networks; if so, the nature of the...
- Print Media Supports
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the introduction of supports for the newspaper industry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Brexit Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to section 71 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 and advertising provided by television channels in...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the estimated cost of the national broadband plan now stands at €3 billion; and if he will make a statement...
- Legal Costs
170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in legal costs awarded against his Department following a High Court case versus the Information...
- Broadband Service Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll-out of high-speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 comment)
172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that leakage of methane during fracking, processing and transport to here...
- Energy Efficiency
173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cross-Border Projects
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the construction of the A5 upgrade to a dual carriageway from Derry city and County Donegal to County Monaghan will be equally...
- Rail Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to approve the necessary expenditure to increase the number of rail carriages serving...
- Rail Services
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will re-examine the fare structure on the commuter train lines with specific reference to Newbridge, County Kildare which has not...
- Railway Stations Upgrade
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed upgrade of a train station (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47538/18]
- Rail Services
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce student fares from train stations (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the unavailability of student...
- Road Network
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a road project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47541/18]
- Energy Efficiency
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Direct Provision System
182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that enough supports are in place for children in a new direct provision centre (details supplied); and if she will...
- Mother and Baby Homes Collaborative Forum
183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of members remaining on the survivor forum; the number of resignations she has received; if there is a process to replace those...
- Energy Efficiency
184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners
185. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the national indemnity scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47530/18]
- Energy Efficiency
186. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pension (Contributory)
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social insurance contributions made by self-employed persons before 1987 will be recognised for pension purposes when...
- Illness Benefit Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all payments due to a person (details supplied) arising from an illness benefit claim will issue; when the matter will be...
- Illness Benefit Payments
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for illness benefit will be processed; and if she will...
- Asylum Support Services
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate those who have been granted asylum in an accommodation centre (details supplied); and...
- Illness Benefit Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); when arrears will issue; and if she will make a...
- Working Family Payment Applications
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47480/18]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial savings made in each of the years 2015 to 2017 as a direct result of the introduction of reduced rates of...
- Illness Benefit Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
196. 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....
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a wage subsidy scheme application by a person (details suppled) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Illness Benefit Payments
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when illness payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Illness Benefit Waiting Times
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the delays in the processing of new and existing illness benefit claims; and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
200. 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....
- Illness Benefit Payments
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive illness benefit. [47535/18]
- Disability Allowance Payments
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is in receipt of a disability allowance; if her...
- State Pension (Contributory)
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of workers who will retire in 2020 at 65 years of age but will not be entitled to a contributory pension until...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the caps that have recently been put in place regarding the number of community employment workers that may be employed on a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47560/18]
- Employment Rights
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases of alleged bogus self-employment that were substantiated when reported to and examined by the SCOPE...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in each of the past ten years; and if she will make...
- Citizens Information Services Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided to the Citizens Information Service in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a...
- Energy Efficiency
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy...
- Back to Education Allowance Appeals
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a means can be found to approve a back to education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further reconsideration will be given in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a recovery of payment is being proposed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); if she qualifies for an extra payment or disability...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 25 October 2018, if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person...
- Youth Employment Initiative
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the new youth employment support scheme does not provide for employer payment top-up; and the breakdown of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is policy that local authorities should employ quantity surveyors directly in each instance possible rather than...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority loans paid out in quarter 3 of 2018 by local authority; and the number of such loans paid out to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 23 October 2018, if his attention has been drawn to an incident regarding a site...
- Planning Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an urgent review of policy will be implemented in regard to grants of permission for the construction of new fossil fuel...
- Water Services
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a water issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47533/18]
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the tenant purchase scheme. [47544/18]
- Home Loan Scheme
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the Rebuilding Ireland loan as announced in February 2018 in view of the issues those applying for same...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce an affordable housing scheme for those unable to purchase their own homes. [47546/18]
- Social and Affordable Housing
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 23 October 2018, the date on which his officials will hold their next quarterly...
- Proposed Legislation
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to proceed with legislation to address the issue of spiralling rents in student accommodation as promised in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a company (details supplied) was involved in the building of social housing; and if so, the steps he is taking to ensure...
- Energy Efficiency
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Inland Waterways Development
233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an infrastructural development (details supplied) in County Kildare. [47547/18]
- Architectural Heritage
234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of planning and development matters in County Tipperary between 2014 and 2017 in which her Department was consulted...
- Heritage Council
235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the workshops for the Heritage Ireland 2030 consultation will be announced; if she will meet with members of wildlife NGOs to...
- Gaeltacht Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received notification of a proposal from Donegal County Council to establish an emergency deprivation task...
- Architectural Heritage
237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she was consulted or if her attention was drawn to the decision by the OPW to dispose of a site (details supplied) by public...
- Special Areas of Conservation
239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 3 October 2018, the number of appeals that were actually submitted regarding SAC...
- Energy Efficiency
240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy...
- Creative Ireland Programme
241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to support cultural projects in the arts and culture sectors in the course of 2018, with...
- Architectural Heritage
243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which her Department remains actively engaged in historical site and building restoration works at various sites;...
- Arts Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to liaise with local community organisations involved in the presentation of music and drama;...
- Film Industry Promotion
250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she anticipates the film industry here and abroad to utilise the scenery here for filming on location; and if...
