Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Deployment
64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the reinstatement of troops in the Border counties in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48210/18]
- Defence Forces Medical Services
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of efforts to recruit a psychiatrist to the Defence Forces medical corps; if he is satisfied that Defence Forces members receive...
- Defence Forces Expenditure
70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of the budget in 2018 which will be taken by additional costs associated with PESCO related activities; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Operations
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions each month in 2018 that Defence Forces personnel were involved in aid to civil power duties at Shannon Airport; the...
- Military Aircraft Landings
75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to date in 2018 to the Defence Forces of all foreign military aircraft landings here by location and number; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, in conjunction with the command structure within the Defence Forces, has reached a decision on improving the special...
- Defence Forces Operations
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recent statement by Chancellor Merkel in relation to the establishment of an EU army; and the steps he will take to ensure Irish...
- Ministerial Meetings
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48381/18]
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of medical staff in the Defence Forces by occupation in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Personnel
84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there are adequate measures to protect female members of the Defence Forces from discrimination, particularly when they...
- Defence Forces Properties
85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of engagement between his Department and Kildare County Council regarding the challenges and potential of the Curragh Plains in the...
- Naval Service Staff
87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there are sufficient trained personnel at each rank and skillset in order to ensure that the Naval Service core objective...
- Defence Forces
90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date the joint submission to the Public Service Pay Commission was completed; the timeframe for the publication of the submission; and if all...
- Defence Forces Expenditure
91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the increase in the budget for his Department will be allocated; if this increase will deal with the working conditions and poor...
- Defence Forces Operations
93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which participation in international peacekeeping and enforcement is anticipated in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Representative Organisations
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recommend that the Defence Forces representative associations have access to the industrial relations machinery of the State,...
- Defence Forces Expenditure
95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for budget increases across his Department in view of the PESCO agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48408/18]
- Defence Forces Operations
96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland's participation in PESCO is a breach of Ireland's neutrality in view of recent comments by EU leaders; if the view of other EU leaders...
- Defence Forces Strength
97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the target date for the Permanent Defence Forces to reach its approved strength of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48384/18]
- Defence Forces Training
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which updating of training procedures continues within the Defence Forces at all levels; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Equipment
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which equipment in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to be upgraded through the standards equal to the best; and if...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the number of women applying for and enlisting in the Defence Forces, with equal respect to the Army, Naval Service and Air...
- Emergency Planning
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains satisfied that the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps remain sufficiently equipped to deal with an emergency or...
- Overseas Missions Data
108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military personnel serving at various locations overseas; the level of future deployments if known; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in the course of 2018; and if he will make a...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air and sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications Fees
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to restore the free passport to persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48443/18]
- Human Rights
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on alleged persecution and intimidation of Christians in parts of Pakistan and India; if he has asked Ireland's...
- Middle East Peace Process
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking with Ireland’s EU partners to achieve a long-term settlement between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make...
- Human Rights
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has taken action at an intergovernmental or bilateral level in regard to the human rights violations perpetrated by the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Clearance Certificates
116. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a tax clearance certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48441/18]
- Revenue Documents
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was denied a trader account number, TAN; the way in which it can apply again; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Betting Regulations
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed 100% increase in turnover tax for the bookmaker and-or betting industry will be considered; if detailed research has been conducted into the...
- Tax Credits
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48569/18]
- Tax Yield
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the discretionary revenue raising measures in each of the years up to 2023, in tabular form, corresponding to row h. of table 3 in the 2018 ummer Economic...
- Government Expenditure
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital allocations outlined in the National Development Plan are included both in the general Government expenditure figure and the gross fixed...
- Government Deficit
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural deficit for the scenario outlined in table A8 of the Budget 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook; and if he will make a statement on the...
- VAT Rate Application
124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48622/18]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Projects
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reinforcement works on Fenit Island (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48535/18]
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 26 June 2018, if the OPW and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Equipment
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistive technology will be provided to a person (details supplied). [48444/18]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of ASD units at both primary and post-primary level for Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will...
- Schools Establishment
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide schools in the Cherrywood area; the timeline for delivery of schools; when the public consultation processes will open for...
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will identify appropriate avenues of funding which may be available to an organisation (details supplied) in order to assist it in its work...
- Schools Health and Safety
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make public the information relating to building inspections that were carried out at a school (details supplied) in recent weeks;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tenders were invited for the completion of a campus (details supplied) in County Kildare on 8 November 2018; the number of contractors invited...
- School Transport
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a subject raised at a recent meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48504/18]
- Higher Education Institutions
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Maynooth University has submitted a cost benefit analysis of its campus development plans under the National Development Plan 2018-2027; if...
- Site Acquisitions
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a school (details supplied); if the project will be advanced through architectural planning; and if he will...
- Departmental Strategies
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the net target for the national skills strategy has not increased for 2025 based on population in view of the fact that the population...
- School Transport Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision in relation to the school transport requirements for children with...
- Schools Building Projects Status
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension and or new build; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Support Schemes
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to support teachers who are working with children experiencing homelessness; and the additional supports being made...
- Home Tuition Scheme
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to withdraw home tuition can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the restoration of support for home...
- Teacher Training Places
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if circumstances (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48593/18]
- School Accommodation
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in respect of a request to purchase a site for the building of a new school; and if...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Investigations
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of...
- Court Accommodation Provision
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on the commitment in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in relation to the provision of a...
- Departmental Functions
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in dividing his Department as per the Effectiveness and Renewal Group for the Department of Justice...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in County Kildare that have received upgrading or refurbishment in 2018; the Garda stations in County...
- Crime Data
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes carried out against persons with disabilities; if such information is compiled and held; if An Garda...
- Home Repossessions Rate
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of home repossessions lending institutions applied for by number; and the number of those that were either refused,...
- Departmental Legal Cases
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will waive confidentiality in relation to the legal agreement reached between the State and a person (details supplied)...
- Cyber Security Policy
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made in implementing recommendations 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the Report on Cyber Security for Children and...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are open to An Garda Síochána to suspend or otherwise remove from active duty a member of the force...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if asylum seekers are being housed in a hotel in the Magheracloone area of south County Monaghan; if so, if he will provide...
- Department of Health
- Hospitals Policy
158. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 13 November 2018, the details of the amended capital plan from 2016 to 2021 for a hospital (details supplied);...
- Medical Card Reviews
159. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to exclude persons over 70 years of age from the medical card review process in view of the fact that their income is unlikely to change and in some...
- Medical Card Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations in the report Make Work Pay, especially relating to medical card eligibility will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medicinal Products
161. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug minocycline as a treatment for schizophrenia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48433/18]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48450/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is only in receipt of 15 minutes home help per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48451/18]
- Mental Health Policy
164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify appropriate avenues of funding which may be available to an organisation (details supplied) in order to assist it in its work promoting...
- Departmental Correspondence
165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for further information by persons (details supplied) [48457/18]
- Home Care Packages Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend home care packages to include night-time cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48463/18]
- HSE Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48466/18]
- Departmental Expenditure
168. To ask the Minister for Health his views on EUROSTAT figures and OECD figures on health spend here; his further views on the different price deflators used (details supplied); his further...
- Mental Health Act Review
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the recommendations of the expert review of the Mental Health Act 2015 that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Counselling Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the telecounselling pilot project in County Wicklow; when it will be launched; the way in which it will operate; the target group; the estimated...
- Mental Health Services Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health the projects and programmes delivered to date in terms of addressing the mental health needs of homeless persons; if counselling has been provided to these...
- Hospital Beds Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds for both adults and children provided separately that are operational; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
173. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [48519/18]
- Health Services Access
174. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for assisting Irish persons to return home when they fall ill in another European country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48521/18]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the HPV test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48528/18]
- Hospital Equipment
176. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to supply an MRI machine for St. Luke’s Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48572/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
179. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 18 September 2018, when a reply will issue. [48574/18]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
180. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a MRI scan for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48607/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
181. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make personalised budgets available for persons with a disability as an alternative to an adult day service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 382 and 412 of 13 November 2018, the position regarding the review of the second cath laboratory at University Hospital...
- Emergency Departments Data
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending accident and emergency departments on an annual basis from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, at hospitals (details supplied);...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure to date in 2018 on the improvement and the provision of additional accommodation at a health facility (details supplied); the work to be...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
186. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48620/18]
- Ambulance Service Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1065 of 20 March 2018, the status of HSE funding for Dublin Fire Brigade to provide fire based EMS; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 23 October 2018, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Livestock Issues
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of livestock nationally in each of the past ten years, by dairy herd, beef herd and calves, that is, live calves exported;...
- Harbours and Piers Development
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding has been ring fenced for the Killybegs Harbour development consisting of a 120 m extension and ancillary works in the...
- GLAS Payments
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- TAMS Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a TAMS 2 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Direct Payment Scheme Applications
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the number of farmers whose BPS and ANC payments are held up by rigorous overzealous mapping...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that the BPS payment which is due to persons (details supplied) is issued in circumstances in which it is being...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Infrastructure
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1060 of 7 September 2018, if the study referenced has been completed; if so, his...
- Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) working in association with another company has engaged and-or met with him, his...
- Waste Management Regulations
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding producer obligations. [48460/18]
- Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 863 of 6 November 2018, the amount paid to a company (details supplied) for the...
- Mobile Telephony Services
199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he engaged with telecoms providers in the context of rolling out a total blanket coverage of 4G across the State; if...
- RTÉ Expenditure
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the significant reduction in spend from RTÉ to the independent production sector here (details...
- Television Licence Fee
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the aspects of the television licence fee reform the interdepartmental working group is reviewing; when this report...
- Ministerial Meetings
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the Irish independent production sector; and if he...
- Rental Sector
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken to date to address the divergence of incentives in the uptake of retrofits in rental housing between...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48453/18]
- Road Traffic Legislation
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has requested the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance to cost the prospect of consolidation of road traffic...
- Swimming Pool Programme
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the national strategy for swimming has been completed; if a review of the provision of swimming pools publicly and privately owned...
- Road Network
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding he plans to allocate to Monaghan County Council to address the need for upgrading and improving works to be...
- Public Transport Data
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of rail passengers using the train at locations (details supplied) in south County Kildare in each of the years 2012 to 2017...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Education Welfare Service
226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allowing all schools, not just DEIS schools, to apply for an education welfare officer service to assist children that...
- School Completion Programme
227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [48526/18]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application for a preschool extension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Child and Family Agency Data
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of joint specialist interviews of persons alleging child sexual abuse completed by social work specialist interviewers employed...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Programmes
231. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which he expects to address the issues of concern in both urban and rural areas which fall under the remit of his...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being established in tabular form;...
- Community Services Programme
234. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will request Pobal to accept a business plan for three full-time equivalent persons in respect of a club (details supplied) in...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Illness Benefit Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if she will make...
- Social Insurance
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48442/18]
- Social Welfare Offices
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for a social welfare office in south County Meath, that is, Ashbourne, Ratoath and Dunboyne; and her...
- Working Family Payment Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision...
- Social Welfare Appeals
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Illness Benefit Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
- Social Insurance
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the class of PRSI paid by persons under 66 years of age in respect of income from an approved retirement fund; if such PRSI...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 15 November 2018, if she will direct officials in her Department to answer the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Approved Housing Bodies
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rules will be amended for the granting of the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, for approved housing bodies to...
- European Court of Justice Rulings
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs arising from the State’s obligation to enforce the decision of the European Court of Justice in 2008 in the...
- Commercial Rates Exemptions
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 14 November 2018, if he will address specifically the substantial disadvantage...
- Proposed Legislation
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48446/18]
- Home Loan Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of applicants being refused the Rebuilding Ireland home loan even in cases...
- Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person at risk of becoming homeless and has been given a valid eviction notice is entitled to the homeless HAP rates; and...
- Land Development Agency
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the context of recent plans to include Columb Barracks, Mullingar as part of the land development agency proposals, he...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a second tranche of LIHAF funding is to be announced; if not, if funding for projects in this area will be considered under...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines or ministerial directives outlining the access routes into emergency accommodation; and if he will make a...
- Housing Assistance Payment
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of a person's income and or social welfare payment towards a housing assistance payment contribution and rent...
- Building Regulations Compliance
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that makes a decision as to whether a clerk of works is required on public developments such as social...
- European Parliament Elections
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 14 November 2018, his plans to extend voting rights in the upcoming European...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes will be made to the housing assistance payment model in order to speed up the process (details supplied); and if he...
- Social and Affordable Housing
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 221 and 228 of 15 November 2018, if the incident as outlined in Parliamentary Question...
- Building Regulations
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the technical specifications for the proposed new modular build hub clusters will not meet BCAR standards; the areas the...
- Housing Assistance Payment
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) returned a valid and complete HAP application to...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is within the power of local authorities to purchase or source housing outside their own council areas, if local...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Special Areas of Conservation
263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bog in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Orchestras
264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on bringing the National Symphony Orchestra within the remit of the National Concert Hall as per...
- Seirbhísí Iompair
267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha aici le cinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís aeir go hÁrainn ann ó mhí...
