Written answers

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Engagements
      21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Antonio Tajani. [45717/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Ms Arlene Foster. [45718/18]
    • Official Engagements
      34. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Cavan; the engagements he undertook; and if he met with stakeholders to discuss the impact of Brexit. [45719/18]
    • National Digital Strategy
      37. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently announced consultation process in respect of the national digital strategy. [46732/18]
    • Official Engagements
      41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent ASEM summit. [46733/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [46734/18]
    • Official Engagements
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Derry. [45930/18]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which concerns regarding the safe repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights Cases
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have contacted his Pakistani counterpart in relation to the treatment of a person (details supplied) and the refusal...
    • Passport Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reinstate the free passport for old age pensioners in view of the fact that this is a form of official identification for some...
    • Northern Ireland
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an official from his Department attended the inquest into the Ballymurphy massacre; and the supports he is providing to those persons in...
    • Human Rights
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is continuing to raise the persecution of LGBT citizens in Tanzania with his Tanzanian counterpart; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Brexit Issues
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the potential impact of Brexit on County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48114/18]
    • Human Rights
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will seek consensus at EU level to add the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to an arms embargo list through the EU common position on arms trade...
    • United Nations
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's contribution to the campaign for a United Nations parliamentary assembly; if a parliamentary assembly will be...
    • State Visits
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been further indication of a possible visit from President Trump. [41064/18]
    • Passport Applications
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made on the expansion of new online passport application services; when these new services are expected to be launched;...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he along with his EU and UN colleagues continue to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to develop a roadmap to reach the ODA to GNI 0.7% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48016/18]
    • Human Rights
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on attacks on Christians in India by extremists and the reports from organisations (details supplied) that the perpetrators are...
    • Brexit Issues
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out an analysis by county of the potential impact of Brexit here, with particular reference to counties Cavan...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the additional €110 million in budget 2019 for overseas development aid will be spent; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent comments by an organisation (details supplied) that the EU migration policy is trapping thousands of refugees in...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his Department's discussions on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48120/18]
    • Human Rights
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought action either here or at EU level against Saudi Arabia following the killing of a person (details supplied). [48123/18]
    • Northern Ireland
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Northern...
    • Middle East Issues
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the A Programme for A Partnership Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine has not been honoured to date. [48051/18]
    • British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. [47145/18]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions at EU level that are taking place in relation to the EU advocating for the withdrawal of foreign military powers...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the embassies and consulates that have been opened in the past year; and the number planned for 2019. [48125/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to put new formal structures for dialogue in place between Ireland and the UK in recognition of the need to maintain close ties...
    • Middle East Issues
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn Israel’s unilateral violation of the ceasefire in Gaza by its military forces which has resulted in deaths on both...
    • Brexit Issues
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his UK counterpart the issue of border checks on trucks originating here and arriving in the UK from Rosslare...
    • Middle East Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the killing of 200 Palestinians by the Israeli Defence Forces since the beginning of the great march for return in March...
    • UN Security Council
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s efforts to win a seat on the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48018/18]
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional level of expenditure allocated to Irish Aid in 2019 under budget 2019; the areas in which the additional moneys will be...
    • Brexit Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the backstop agreement between the EU and the UK Government with regard to ensuring a no-hard Border on the island of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • British-Irish Council
      126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the British-Irish Council meeting held in the Isle of Man on 9 November 2018. [47804/18]
    • Energy Efficiency
      127. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency that has been achieved to date; the...
    • Government Information Service
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants from the Government Information Service or merrionstreet.ie who are responsible for scripting, recording and editing his weekly video...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Medals
      130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if service medals awarded to a former member of the Defence Forces can be reissued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Government Information Service
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the protocol and use of the Government of Ireland logo (details supplied); his views in...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of obesity among members of the Defence Forces, by service branch; and the measures being taken to eliminate same. [47819/18]
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the supports provided for members of the Defence Forces who undergo traumatic experiences while serving on UN-mandated missions. [47662/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of preparing a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48023/18]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps respectively, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes it has implemented; the campaign or relevant...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the appointment of a person (details supplied) as director at his Department was conducted through the Public Appointments Service; and...
    • Brexit Issues
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials from his Department attend the weekly meetings held by the European Commission on preparing for Brexit. [48109/18]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the draft treaty for the UK's withdrawal from the EU. [48107/18]
    • Ministerial Travel
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his trip to Belfast for Armistice Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47803/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland recently; if so, the subjects that were discussed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Northern Ireland
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read a recent publication by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47807/18]
    • Visa Agreements
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date of the proposed E3 visa programme; the estimated number of Irish persons who will receive such visas if the programme...
    • Common Travel Area
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative changes required to protect elements of the common travel area that fall within the remit of his Department; when he plans...
    • Human Rights Cases
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to ongoing concerns in...
    • State Visits
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all State visits his Department is organising. [43911/18]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of the UK's accession to the common transit convention with his European colleagues; and the details of such...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will announce the results of the election monitoring panel competition that closed on 20 August 2018; if the results will be...
    • Passport Applications Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons from Great Britain and Northern Ireland who have applied for an Irish passport in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and...
    • Northern Ireland
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had contact with the authorities in Great Britain or Northern Ireland about the conditions in the segregated wing of HMP...
    • Brexit Issues
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that trade between Ireland and both Northern Ireland and the island of Britain will continue unimpeded after Brexit; and...
    • Departmental Advertising Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the campaign...
    • Syrian Conflict
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation of detainees in a prison (details supplied) going on hunger strike; the efforts being made...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria for selection for OSCE election observation missions; the weightings attached to the criteria; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects the draft Brexit proposals to be approved by all parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his EU and-or UN colleagues continue to monitor the situation in various trouble spots globally including Yemen,...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community continues to positively influence the situation in the Middle East with particular reference...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the bilateral aid programme continues to reach those for whom it was intended with the least interference; and if he...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community has delivered on its various commitments in respect of aid to the various victims of natural...
    • Middle East Issues
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has attempted to intervene in the situation in Gaza with a view to ensuring the observance...
    • Human Rights
      167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the UN continues to challenge the activities of Boko Haram and Al Shabaab; if cases are being referred to the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the impact which the draft withdrawal treaty, if agreed, will have on the Good Friday Agreement. [48108/18]
    • Middle East Issues
      169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with his counterparts in the European countries that continue to sell arms and provide support to the coalition...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax allowance will be given to persons obtaining nutritional advice from professionals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in the Finance Bill 2018 awaiting state aid approval; the measures from previous Finance Acts still awaiting state aid approval; and if he will...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will consider introducing an 01 landline phone number for employees, akin to the employer's helpdesk phone number; and if he will...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if a property is liable for local property tax when commercial rates have been paid on the property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the comments by a person (details supplied) regarding tax breaks for those who invest in the development of football here;...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if the home renovation incentive is to be continued in 2019 and beyond as a means of improving housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Tax Deferrals
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, of 6 November 2018, the status of deferrals which will take post the review of local property...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears Breaches
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of infractions of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears recorded since 2013; the number of fines or other penalties which resulted; and if he...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 158, 164 and 169 to 171, inclusive, of 13 November 2018, if the changes mentioned will be introduced by primary or...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the campaign or relevant...
    • Insurance Costs
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative proposals he plans to publish in relation to necessary insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48338/18]
    • Banking Sector
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when asked to act as a third party authority on behalf of constituents regarding banking issues, some banks...
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the recourse open to persons in cases in which a decision of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has not been implemented by the financial services...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will commence works at a castle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47793/18]
    • National Broadband Plan
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on the national development plan if the tendering process for the national broadband plan is cancelled and an alternative...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a number of proposed flood risk management schemes in locations (details supplied); when the OPW will provide further...
    • Carbon Budget
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the revised public spending code recommends that the shadow price of carbon is set at the December 2017 level at €7.29...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018; when the Bill will be commenced; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Services Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the decision to change the 1978 scheme to the grant-based scheme in 1992, under the Programme for Economic and Social Progress,...
    • Autism Support Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of an autism unit for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47667/18]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47684/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • School Inspection Reports
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full financial audit will be carried out on a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 7 November 2018, the timeline for the new accommodation to be provided for a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the decision to provide the first of three new primary schools in Donabate on a site (details supplied) which is in...
    • School Services Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries employed under the 1978 scheme as of 30 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47783/18]
    • Third Level Staff (1 comment)
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific thematic areas within the sciences and humanities that will be funded further to the announcement of women-only professorships; and...
    • Minor Works Scheme Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys allocated to all schools as part of the minor works grant scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in...
    • Skills Development
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the vacant position of regional skills co-ordinator for counties Longford and Westmeath will be advertised. [47816/18]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the rules governing SUSI by which it will fund a diploma course in an approved college of further education but not the...
    • School Equipment
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a reply issued to the school; the assistance and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit will be opened in Clonmel town to accommodate students with ASD; the level of demand expected for...
    • Schools Property
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the lease held by a school (details supplied) from an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has received additional accommodation funding for...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are specific supports available excluding summer works and emergency works for schools operating in older preserved buildings for...
    • State Examinations Commission
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the junior cycle English 2017 Chief Examiner's Report was issued to all management authorities in the second-level school sector; if so, the...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48068/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full title of the lands for a school (details supplied) have been transferred from South Dublin County Council to his Department; if the...
    • School Curriculum
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for children that opt out of studying religious studies; if changes will be made in 2019 to same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of ASD units in primary schools in Clonmel town in the absence of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of building works for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traveller Education
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in restoring the number of resource teachers for Travellers since 2010 when 600 of these posts were abolished;...
    • DEIS Status
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal does not obtain delivering equality of education in schools, DEIS, status; if his...
    • School Services Staff
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will put in place the mechanism to have all school secretaries and caretakers paid from the ancillary grant, put onto grade 3 or grade 4...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a school extension at a school (details supplied). [48260/18]
    • Free Education Scheme
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; if funding will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/18]
    • Protected Disclosures
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process that will be involved in dealing with a case of protected disclosure (details supplied); the bodies that will be involved in this...
    • Residential Institutions
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned that two survivors will be appointed to the board of Caranua to replace the two persons who resigned in February 2018; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend July provision eligibility to include children with Down's syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the evidence that...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the campaign or...
    • Childhood Obesity
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to tackle an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48324/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48330/18]
    • Schools Building Contractors
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the company contracted to deliver each school, the school name and the completion year of all schools completed in each of the years 2004 to 2017...
    • Fire Safety
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fire safety audits were completed on schools by a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2004 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • School Accommodation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of remedial works at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48334/18]
    • DEIS Scheme
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a fairer system of designating DEIS status to schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current system...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that have been submitted in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number awarded the full...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applicants between 2013 and 2018, having been declined application and appeal that have brought a case to the High Court on a...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to approve projects under the summer works scheme; if so, when such approvals will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a new school for an area (details supplied); the status of the latest planning application for same; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents reported since January 2013 to date in areas (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Immigration Status
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the consideration of information submitted to his Department and subsequently acknowledged on 21 March...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new proposed courthouse in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47688/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend July provision eligibility to include children with Down's syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the evidence which...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the campaign or...
    • School Curriculum
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to tackle an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48324/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48330/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the company contracted to deliver each school, the school name and the completion year of all schools completed in each of the years 2004 to 2017...
    • Health and Safety
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fire safety audits have been completed on schools completed by a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2004 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of remedial works at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48334/18]
    • DEIS Status
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a fairer system of designating DEIS status on schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current system...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the further analysis in relation to the criteria for inclusion of primary and post-primary schools in the DEIS programme has been finalised;...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applications that have been submitted in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number awarded the full...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to approve projects under the summer works scheme; if so, when such approvals will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a new school for an area (details supplied); the status of the latest planning application for same; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents reported since January 2013 to date in areas (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Immigration Status
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the consideration of information submitted to his Department and subsequently acknowledged on 21 March...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new proposed courthouse in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47688/18]
    • Deportation Orders
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 status will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); if consideration will be given to awarding them...
    • Legal Costs
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to section 48 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, which sets out the instances in which...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are finding it difficult to secure an appointment through the online...
    • Garda Resources
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Garda College in Templemore has sufficient broadband access; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service Staff
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 6 November 2018, if the two nurses are both on duty inside the Mountjoy gate,...
    • Crime Prevention
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda information messages issued by An Garda Síochána to persons whose lives are believed to be in...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of persons (details supplied) in respect of the ongoing menace of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to legislate for a hate crime to be considered as an aggravating factor in the sentencing of crimes; and if...
    • Crime Data
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults carried out in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 in which the victim was clearly targeted on the basis of...
    • Direct Provision System
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for and detail of the tender process and decision making in relation to the leasing of a hotel (details supplied)...
    • Garda Resources
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be made available in 2019 for the replacement of boats in the Garda water unit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a comprehensive list has been compiled of the legislative changes that will be required here as a result of Brexit and for...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a matter (details supplied) will be finalised; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Meetings
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with a person (details supplied); and if he plans to thank them in person for their services to the State. [47977/18]
    • Direct Provision System
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the accounts of companies managing direct provision centres are scrutinised, including those which are unlimited companies...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking asylum who were not immediately accommodated in the direct provision system due to a shortage of...
    • Asylum Seeker Employment
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have been successful in securing work since the introduction of work permits for those in the...
    • Gender Balance
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of a group (details supplied) established to report on actions to increase the percentage of women on...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times he engaged with a person (details supplied) and-or their colleagues in regard to the granting of legal...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if €100,000 of funding will be included in his final budget preparations from an equality perspective for the roll-out...
    • Legislative Programme
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the courts and land and conveyancing law reform Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48067/18]
    • Garda Support Services
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if counselling is offered to gardaí following critical or traumatic incidents; the number of gardaí who availed of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 18 senior crime and policing analysts at higher executive officer, HEO,...
    • Garda Deployment
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of superintendent gardaí who were and are assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, north division in...
    • Direct Provision System
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transport arrangements that will be put in place for the new direct provision centre in Moville, County Donegal, to ensure...
    • Visa Agreements
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise the visa requirements for Colombian visitors particularly in view of increased diplomatic relations with...
    • Refugee Data
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons Ireland has committed to accepting here under the resettlement and relocation programmes; the number of...
    • Asylum Applications
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position with regard to an application for international protection for a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [48257/18]
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the decision to deport persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48264/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department;...
    • Public Inquiries
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to set up a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) as per the vote of Dáil...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the length of time GSOC has taken to investigate complaints surrounding the investigation into the death of a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48339/18]
    • Health and Safety Authority Expenditure
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects in County Donegal in each of...
    • Jobs Protection
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to protect jobs in Russian owned companies based here that may be threatened by increased tariffs and trade...
    • Trade Agreements
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a free trade agreement between the EU and Thailand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47922/18]
    • IDA Ireland Jobs Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs by county at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date 2018; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits by prospective clients by county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date 2018; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by her Department; the...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Products Supply
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the changes that were made in budget 2019 regarding free access to anti-coagulation strips for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47666/18]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if funding was made available to the HSE in budget 2019 for the roll-out of the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework; and if he will make a statement...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no investment in clinical services providing neuro-rehabilitation across the country since the publication in 2011 of the National...
    • Disability Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the accommodation opportunities that will become available for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      326. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 6 November 2018, if the familial breast cancer risk assessment service in St. James's Hospital will be restored in...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for access to legal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47681/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when the new facility (details supplied) for young persons with special needs in County Kerry will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has been accepted onto the nursing home support scheme will be granted a place in one of the approved nursing homes in...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date 2018, by hospital; and the reason for delayed discharge in tabular form. [47697/18]
    • Disease Management
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortfalls in patient diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease within the health service; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      337. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in construction vehicles entering and leaving the site owned by an organisation (details supplied) that is...
    • HSE Reports
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if the report of the working group on a model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema treatment in Ireland established by the HSE has been finalised and...
    • Pension Provisions
      339. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be contacted in relation to a pension payment which is €14 under the maximum rate; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cost of non-healing wound care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47718/18]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a full capacity protocol was invoked in 2016, 2017 and to date 2018, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for a person (details supplied) who cannot secure a general practitioner in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for more beds for residential placements within disability services in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a psychiatrist in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47724/18]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a neuro-nurse for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47725/18]
    • Primary Care Centres
      346. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the physiotherapy room in the primary care centre in Wexford town available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time dedicated social worker will be appointed to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47729/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [47733/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 3 October 2018, when a position will open for applications; the way in which persons can apply for same (details...
    • Nursing Education
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE have plans to expand the sponsored nursing training scheme for persons already employed in the health service such as care assistants. [47743/18]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Health when promised funding for a project (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47745/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if the allocation of home help for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47749/18]
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism through which he sought advice on public health and consumer interests in the area of food safety and hygiene before the establishment of the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding respite care will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/18]
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO area 7 on the waiting list for an appointment with a child psychologist; the length of time each has been waiting; the measures...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to create awareness of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility; the supports in place for persons suffering with the condition here;...
    • Hospital Equipment
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no upright or stand-up MRI machines; when funding will be provided for this equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47764/18]
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no Ehlers-Danlos syndrome specialists working here; his plans to provide funding to secure such a...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      361. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 18 October 2018, when the rare diseases technology review committee will begin assessing and reporting on orphan...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the foot shoe clinic for those with disabilities was relocated from Dungarvan Community Hospital to UHW; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve counselling services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47772/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47779/18]
    • Health Services Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons living with diabetes for the past five years, in tabular form; the estimated percentage number requiring non-healing wound care...
    • Health Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied). [47782/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      368. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with other members of the BeNeLuxA group to negotiate jointly to obtain reimbursement for Spinraza similar to that completed by the...
    • Health Services
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [47790/18]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      370. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE service plan to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47808/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have been recruited to date in 2018; the estimated number to be recruited in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the maternity strategy; if they are ahead or behind recommended timelines; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47811/18]
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on home support programmes in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2018; the projected expenditure for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that there will be a substantial increase in funding for home support in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the unacceptable delays in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [47815/18]
    • Obesity Strategy
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in conjunction with An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces to help reduce and eliminate obesity within their respective...
    • Direct Provision System
      379. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 28 June 2018, the waiting lists for mental health supports and services for children in direct provision. [47826/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of acute hospital beds available in public hospitals in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by inpatient and day case, in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age and resident in County Wexford awaiting an ENT consultation; the number waiting longer than 12 months; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS appointments that have taken place in hotels or hired offices owing to a lack of accommodation to date in 2018, by county or LHO, in...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the travel and accommodation expenses incurred to date in 2018 regarding the provision of CAMHS appointments by staff employed in another CHO in each CHO area,...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the reason section 39 funding was denied to a facility (details supplied); the reason it was only informed of this in October 2018 when decisions were to be...
    • HSE Properties
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a graveyard on a site (details supplied); the provisions being made for the graveyard; if it will be part of the sale in process; if these...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. [47868/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for a spinal consultation; and his views on the fact that a number of patients awaiting such an appointment are now waiting far in...
    • Home Care Packages
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if a home support package will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47870/18]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      392. 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. [47872/18]
    • Public Health Policy
      393. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the non-harm measures, that is, the removal of seagulls’ nests and eggs introduced in the Balbriggan area to reduce the increasing...
    • Hospital Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective orthopaedic procedures have been deferred consequent on the ongoing closure of one orthopaedic theatre at Merlin Park...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list to see a clinical psychologist at the Cherry Orchard CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a substantial number of staff members and or patients at Galway University Hospital have contracted latent...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      402. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47924/18]
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address concerns that diagnoses of foetal anti-convulsant syndrome are still being made due to inadequate levels of public...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number and the length of time persons are awaiting a DEXA scan in University Hospital Galway in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the DEXA scanner service provided by University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47958/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allowed access to Versatis patches to treat fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47962/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious financial problems experienced by a service (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the...
    • Trade Union Membership
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the continued refusal of the HSE to facilitate payroll deductions of union subscriptions for new members of a trade union (details...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if an interim child psychologist has been appointed to the south Kildare disability network team to replace the senior child psychologist that is on maternity...
    • Health Services Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women here diagnosed with endometriosis by county and the stages of the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47982/18]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if the full number of approved homecare hours will be implemented each day for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 48 recommendations of the national rare disease plan 2014-2018 that have been implemented; the recommendations that have not been...
    • Rare Diseases
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the rare disease technology review committee has met; the name of each member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47996/18]
    • Paediatric Services
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with a genetic consultant here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47998/18]
    • Medicinal Products
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has met with pharmaceutical companies in a dialogue on access to new medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48000/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the names and titles of those on the HSE national drugs committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48001/18]
    • Nursing Home Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia-specific nursing homes in County Tipperary that have the ability to cater for patients with dementia; the number of nursing homes in...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken further to being informed of the imminent eviction of a person (details supplied) from a service into the general homeless provision...
    • Emergency Departments Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at each accident and emergency department in hospitals throughout the country in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018;...
    • Birth Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births in each hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48026/18]
    • Hospital Admissions
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions in each paediatric hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Departments Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of accident and emergency attendances for each of the hospitals throughout the country; the number in which persons attend on an emergency basis in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of needs for children with disabilities up to 18 years of age that have been carried out in each county in each of the years...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive cardiac surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48031/18]
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their payment reduced from €208.50 to €78 per month; the reason this person was not included in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if early intervention can be granted for children who have no diagnosis but are on the assessment of need list waiting on a diagnosis; and if he will make a...
    • Patient Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated scale of disease-related malnutrition here; the clinical setting in which disease-related malnutrition predominantly exists; the estimated cost...
    • Health Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce venesection charges for haemochromatosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48042/18]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who required admission to hospital arising from a visit to the accident and emergency department or separately required a transfer to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      438. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to install a spinal unit in Beaumont Hospital as part of upcoming development work at the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48063/18]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if it is still policy to introduce minimum unit pricing simultaneously with Northern Ireland to avoid the negative impact on cross-Border trade with reference...
    • Home Help Service Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 who are on the waiting list to receive home support hours as of 9 November 2018; the number of requested hours by persons on the...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the education, training, clinical and emotional support available to carers who are caring for persons with Alzheimer’s disease, particularly for carers...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been able to avail of a service due to a lack of funds; when funding will be made available to the community...
    • Medical Card Applications
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was treated in a certain manner and received poor care at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to speed up access to new medicines after their authorisation by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the winter initiative in relation to University Hospital Limerick, UHL, and the mid-west region in general; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been correspondence with his Department or the HSE from the Health and Social Care Board or the Department of Health in Northern Ireland in...
    • Health Services Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if the parental reference group for the HSE's steering committee for children with complex medical needs has been set up; if so, the procedure used for...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for the nursing homes support scheme will be investigated. [48139/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      450. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an ENT appointment in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48149/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48154/18]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency and locum staff in hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by nurses, doctors and so on and by hospital and CHO in...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48162/18]
    • Health Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has to wait 18 months for clinical assessment by a physiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48163/18]
    • Blood Donations
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the screening process in place to detect Lyme disease in blood donations; the way in which the Irish Blood Transfusion Service assesses donors for symptoms of...
    • Health Services Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a revised application by an organisation (details supplied) for HSE funding which was resubmitted in August 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in CHO 5QQ; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) is structurally safe and poses no risk to the public; the recent building, construction and if applicable, remedial...
    • Health Reports
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding progress of the Farrelly commission; and when it is likely interim reports will be issued or final adjudications brought before...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the reason this Deputy did not receive a detailed reply from the HSE to a parliamentary question referred by him on 23 October 2018 (details supplied); the...
    • Abortion Legislation
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the legal advice he received with respect to the amendments submitted for the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018; and...
    • Hospital Equipment
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that there is currently a major infrastructural deficit with respect to the availability of ultrasound scanning; and if he will...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €12 million for the provision of abortion services was arrived at; the exact use this funding will be provided for; and if he will...
    • Alcohol Treatment Services
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the funding and support he has made available to tackle foetal alcohol syndrome in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if an application under the fair deal scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48290/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 15 recommendations of the 2012 Report on the Review of Drugs Task Forces and the National Structures Under Which They Operate that have been...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox and rehabilitation beds available; his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Health Service Executive report on...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      468. To ask the Minister for Health if advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department have been carried out; the campaign or relevant programme; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      469. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary No. 404 of 13 November 2018, if he will consider the prohibition by clinics here to engage in the activity of proactively arranging...
    • Respite Care Services
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlement that older persons that satisfy the means test and clinical assessment criteria to respite care in a public hospital or nursing home; the...
    • Home Care Packages
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the provision he will make for home support services for the elderly in view of the significant increase in the number of persons waiting for home support...
    • Care of the Elderly
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of carers in the employment of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the uptake of the flu vaccine to date; the details of the uptake to date compared with 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Obesity Strategy
      476. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48320/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of need will be scheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48325/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health when the building of a unit (details supplied) will be commenced; when the building of the unit will be completed; and if these commitments will be fully...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be provided to facilitate extra hours of speech and language therapy at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a spinal stimulator. [48399/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      482. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an additional orthopaedic consultant surgeon to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48411/18]
    • Health Services Reform
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision not to proceed with legislating for the establishment of hospital trusts and groups; the reason this decision has been...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Brexit Issues
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to upgrade the customs post at Rosslare Europort to a border inspection post in view of Brexit. [47904/18]
    • Forestry Grants
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47682/18]
    • Budget 2019
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if changes were introduced in budget 2019 to change the conditions for retiring farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farm payments for a person (details supplied) have not been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47795/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2018 participants in the areas of natural constraint scheme according to each area designation (details supplied) by...
    • GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria, deadline and other information regarding a 2018 scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to relax the five-year rule that applies to the young farmer capital investment scheme of TAMS II (details supplied); and...
    • Fishing Licences
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 763 of 6 November 2018, the transactions registered by buyers of wild wrasse, that is, ballan...
    • Aquaculture Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all salmon farms using wild caught wrasse, that is, ballan wrasse, or labrus bergylta, and corkwing wrasse, or...
    • Fisheries Protection
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of substantial mortalities reported to the authorities on 21 September 2017, reputedly in excess of 200,000 salmon; the...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he did not request an environmental impact assessment, EIA, for new in-lough disposal of dredged material from Warrenpoint...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ANC review with regard to redesignation using a set list of biophysical criteria; if the new approach must be...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2018 BPS applicants by county; the number that have and have not received advance payments to date, respectively; the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47892/18]
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte has plans to sell, lease or enter into forms of management arrangement of land at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Brexit Supports
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that have been made to protect farms that straddle the Border with Northern Ireland for all Brexit scenarios; and if...
    • GLAS Payments
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47975/18]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) on land eligibility and the basic payment scheme by county in 2016 and 2017, in...
    • Fishing Industry
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect our fishing interests at EU level; the status of discussions ahead of the December EU Council...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works that will be carried out in Howth Harbour in 2019; the estimated cost of each project; when each of the capital...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an aquaculture licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48088/18]
    • Marine Resources
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all incidences of cardiomyopathy syndrome in farmed salmon here in the past two years. [48151/18]
    • Coillte Teoranta
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of tax Coillte has paid since it was established in 1988. [48164/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an inspection will be finalised and payments issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48258/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications for the Irish marine sector of the draft withdrawal agreement for Brexit between the EU and the UK; if the interests...
    • Statutory Instruments
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he has made in preparing a replacement statutory instrument for serious fishing infringements as per the EU directive;...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 6 November 2018, when the inspection for a remote sensing eligibility will be completed;...
    • Fishing Industry
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the voisinage agreement which was agreed under the London Fisheries Convention 1964 and subsequently materialised...
    • Afforestation Programme
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of proposals (details supplied) in tabular form. [48413/18]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Disposal
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a waiver available for disposal of incontinence pads for adults with disabilities due to the changes in...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a division within his Department that is involved in the provision of the national broadband plan. [48112/18]
    • Nuclear Waste
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if nuclear mud dumping off the Welsh coast poses a risk here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47696/18]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will be included on the fibre broadband line being installed in an area; if not, the...
    • Fishing Industry
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if documentation from the Revenue Commissioners will be an acceptable independent proof of eel fishing activity for the...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of his Department's guidelines on the installation of solar panels in both urban and rural areas; and if he...
    • Energy Resources (1 comment)
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) has made an application for a licence to import fracked gas to a terminal in the west...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that the roll-out of fibre broadband in an area (details supplied) has been pushed back by up to...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in improving mobile phone signals throughout County Donegal since the publication of the report of...
    • Energy Prices
      538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that some energy supply companies have increased their prices twice in 2018; his plans to take...
    • Wind Farms
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to alleviate concerns of local residents regarding a wind farm (details supplied) in County...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to prioritise rural areas in the terms and conditions before allocating the 5G licences to the respective...
    • Television Licence Fee
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of the collection of the television licence fee; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland's commitments to the Accord de Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48297/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his...
    • Climate Change Policy
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans since taking office to increase ambition in tackling climate change and ensuring Ireland becomes a leader on...
    • Legislative Programme
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2018; the timeline for the introduction of provisions to reduce the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress toward 2020 renewable energy targets; his plans to meet those targets; and if he will...
    • Energy Usage
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the most recent data on energy consumption; the percentage that the residential sector contributes...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Signage
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures and rules for erecting village welcome signs in a village. [47716/18]
    • Road Safety
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the introduction of a crash barrier at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47796/18]
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when successful candidates in relation to sports capital grants will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47840/18]
    • Air Accident Investigations
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the air accident report into Rescue 116 is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47855/18]
    • Marine Casualty Investigations Board
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the composition of the NCIB in order to ensure that members of the board have maritime experience; and if he will...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the various responsibility of both the Irish Coast Guard and the Irish Aviation Authority in relation to aircraft crashes in marine zones...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce changes to the driver licence exchange scheme to facilitate returning immigrants; the timescale in this regard;...
    • Ports Policy
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is seeking to classify Rosslare as a tier one port; the progress made on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coastal Erosion
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the challenge of marine erosion along the Rosslare rail line; and if the line will be upgraded. [47905/18]
    • Tourism Promotion
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding future plans for Ireland’s Ancient East with particular reference to his plans for County Wexford; and if...
    • Road Safety
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns of a group (details supplied) regarding the slip road from junction 7 of the N7 to the...
    • Rail Network
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail has a timeline for when it will agree and sign off on a bridge (details supplied) with Kildare County Council. [47979/18]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available in 2019 for the restoration of Coughlanstown Road, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a bus route and depot (details supplied); and the effect it will have on employees in County Kildare. [48255/18]
    • Pension Fund Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the current state of the CIE superannuation scheme 1951; his plans in relation to the scheme; his plans to reimburse the...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding he has allocated for the development of cycleways in 2017; the amount of funding that will be allocated to the...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the...
    • Aviation Policy
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative timeframe for the appointment of an independent competent authority for noise; and if it is still his intention to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) will receive an increase in funding in view of the fact that its case load has increased...
    • Aftercare Services Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults discharged from Tusla funded aftercare into homelessness each year since the agency was established; and the supports...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the pay grades outlined for childcare sector workers in the Mercer report; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      576. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take following the resignation of a person (details supplied) from the mother and baby homes collaborative forum; and...
    • Child Detention Centres
      577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she retains full confidence in the chairperson and members of the board of Oberstown Children Detention Campus in view of the refusal of...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is additional funding for a provider (details supplied) in circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48039/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by her Department; the campaign...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Development Policy
      584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an indemnity scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47728/18]
    • CLÁR Programme
      585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the areas in which he is expanding CLÁR funding in 2019, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47839/18]
    • Post Office Closures
      586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural areas in which a decision has been taken to close...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      587. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work and projects being undertaken in towns and villages in County Donegal as part of the Action Plan for Rural...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on the submission made by Cork County Council for funding for the Kanturk relief road under the rural...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Employment Rights
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the retirement age (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47673/18]
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [47689/18]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Insurance
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a mechanism that can be availed of in a circumstance (details supplied). [47704/18]
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she has taken to ensure that illness benefit payments are made on time due to the fact that the changeover to...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      600. 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 waiting a significant amount of time for a...
    • Redundancy Payments
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 December 2016, if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the situation by which domiciliary care allowance is not payable in respect of certain children with a...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an illness benefit claim submitted by a person (details supplied) on 24 September 2018, which has not...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the criteria for fuel allowance in cases in which a person that was on a community employment scheme and...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47753/18]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a back payment for a utility will be re-examined in view of the fact...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Benefit Payments
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears for carer's benefit will be awarded from when an application was submitted but the person that they were caring...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons on class S PRSI contributions that will be eligible for social welfare benefits (details...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) will be normalised; the status of changes to the system which...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension file will be referred to the social welfare appeals office in order for a decision to issue in the...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Birth Certificates Administration
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person identifying as a male while pregnant and that subsequently gives birth to a child will be recorded as the mother...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a date and time for their oral appeal hearing; and if she will make a statement...
    • State Pensions
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the evidence carers must provide to be considered for the homecarers credits under the new total contribution approach...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit claimants who have not received payments or who are receiving sporadic payments owing to recent internal...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [48098/18]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review in relation to an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance has not been paid in the case of a person (details supplied); when the matter will be...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the eligibility criteria will be extended for fuel allowance to include those in receipt of disablement benefit and for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      627. 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. [48243/18]
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding payment being stopped in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application that was applied for in July 2018 by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of the social welfare inspectors who worked across County Donegal and the area in which each was based between the...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have illness benefit payments issued. [48275/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by her...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) will not receive the Christmas bonus in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in transferring the carer's allowance application file of a person (details supplied) to the social...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when successful applications for the urban regeneration and investment fund will be announced by category; and if he will make...
    • Electoral Register
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason nursing home residents have to cast their vote in the presidential election a week before other persons; if he will...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the wind turbine guidelines. [48256/18]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons (details supplied) could be refused a Rebuilding Ireland home loan on the grounds of failing to demonstrate...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the applications for approval of expenditure on Traveller accommodation received from each local authority, respectively; the...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the means test for eligibility for social housing will be reviewed; if he has given consideration to allowing maintenance...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated for a project (details supplied) under the urban regeneration and development fund. [47759/18]
    • Fire Service
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the reorganisation of the management and organisation of the fire service at national, regional and local level;...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Residential Tenancies Board will ensure that an application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for a...
    • Brexit Issues
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contingency plans in place to deal with the impact of Brexit on the housing crisis; the number of meetings held by his...
    • Electoral Divisions Report
      650. 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. [47791/18]
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority; the number of such loans approved by each local...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department made no comment on the Northern Ireland Warrenpoint Harbour Authority EIA screening consultation for...
    • Planning Issues
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of developer and-or owners of housing developments requiring that new buyers...
    • Local Authority Staff
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure in place for county council water workers if Irish Water takes over all current duties; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Estates
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 10 May 2018, when the preparation and finalisation of a national protocol with...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to lower the required deposit level for local authority house loans in view of the difficulties for potential...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to Fingal County Council in 2018 to improve accommodation specifically for Travellers; if none of this...
    • Legislative Process
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 49 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Water
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which Irish Water can justify the levying of a fee for a water connection for a person (details supplied) who...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the investigation by the local government auditor into payments made by Meath County Council to a company...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the regulation of short-term lets by a company (details supplied); if the policy approach will be tailored in...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm claims (details supplied) published on his Department's website; and the data on which these claims are...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department;...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the current rent pressure zones (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48323/18]
    • Electoral Register
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 13 November 2018, if online voter registration will be extended to the Seanad...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      670. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering a farm level scheme with a view to work towards restoring the capital value of farm land to the level that...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      671. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for piers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47675/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      672. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding a centre (details supplied) receives; the amount of funding it has received since 2012, in tabular form; if the...
    • National Monuments
      674. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will be in a position to give permission to the Office of Public Works to commence works on a castle (details supplied);...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      675. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dóigh léi go bhfuil cothrom na féinne á thabhairt aici don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht, do na hOileáin...
    • Departmental Communications
      676. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department did not respond to the Northern Ireland Warrenpoint Harbour Authority EIA screening consultation for...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the employment positions with Údarás na Gaeltachta; the number of vacant, existing and newly created posts which have...
    • Commemorative Events
      678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for War of Independence and Civil War commemorations in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares in each county that are designated special areas of conservation, special protection areas and natural...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Management
      683. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are definitive maps available for the National Parks and Wildlife Service protected sites at Portrane and Rogerstown,...
    • Maoiniú d’Fhoras na Gaeilge
      684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén soláthar airgid a cuireadh ar fáil i meastacháin 2018 agus i meastacháin 2019 don Fhoras Teanga,...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by her Department; the...

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