Written answers

Thursday, 22 November 2018

  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Rate Increases
      6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13.5% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the...
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      13. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected on solid fuels in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; the steps he is taking to ensure...
    • Insurance Fraud
      14. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the recommendations in the Cost of Insurance Working Group plan that a publicly funded Garda anti-fraud unit to deal with insurance fraud be...
    • Banking Sector
      16. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for legislative and regulatory changes in relation to the business culture of banks and the accountability of senior banking officials; and if he...
    • Brexit Staff
      17. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the preparedness of the Revenue Commissioners for Brexit; the number of extra staff that have been hired by the Revenue Commissioners since...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      18. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a review of the help- to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48423/18]
    • EU Budget Contribution
      19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the likely additional contributions Ireland will make to the EU budget from 2020 onwards in the event of British withdrawal on 29 March...
    • Insurance Industry
      20. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that residents affected by the liquidation of the structural warranty of an underwriter (details supplied) are not unfairly...
    • Credit Unions
      21. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to develop a new strategy for the growth and development of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48564/18]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent revelations that certain high net worth individuals are paying significantly lower rates of income tax than persons of much more modest...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      23. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can intercede with the EU institutions in view of the need to clear the way for an emergency local authority and affordable housing...
    • Insurance Costs
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers particularly in counties...
    • Licensed Moneylenders
      25. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate to place a cap on the rates that can be charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48598/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress of the implementation of the Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Compliance
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or plans to take to simplify compliance for small self-employed taxpayers in respect of income tax returns with a self-employed gross...
    • Tax Code
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of digital taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48585/18]
    • NAMA Assets Sale
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the latest progress report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the National Asset Management Agency; his views on...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on debt write-downs for customers who have engaged with their financial institutions in respect of household mortgages; his plans to offer more...
    • Tax Code
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the results of a report issued by a company (details supplied) illustrating the effects on employment in the retail...
    • Insurance Industry
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make suicide clauses in life insurance policies illegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48426/18]
    • Financial Services Sector
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Central Bank monitors the activities of regulated and unregulated lending institutions, with particular reference to their dealings...
    • European Central Bank
      41. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ending of the asset purchasing programme quantitative easing by the European Central Bank; the estimated impact this may have on interest...
    • Insurance Industry
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); when the Insurance (Amendment) Act 2018 will be fully commenced; when the next payment will take...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person can be discharged from service at their request when there is an A7 complaint pending against them; the Defence Forces procedures in...
    • Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if personnel that have left the Defence Forces but have a grievance that they felt was never properly addressed can approach the Defence Forces...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree of diplomatic efforts through the EU that Ireland has made to ensure South Sudan’s peace deal remains in place; his plans...
    • Human Rights
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to address the ongoing repression of peaceful protesters by the Ortega regime in Nicaragua; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • Gambling Sector
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a gaming licence was granted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48666/18]
    • NAMA Expenditure
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes the construction of which has been funded by NAMA; and the number of these that have been sold, by local authority and by year; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      50. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the most up to date analysis conducted by his Department on the economic impact of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rainy day fund codified in the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018 could be used to recapitalise the banks; and if...
    • Tax Collection
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance if steps will be taken to lower the threshold of high wealth individuals from those holding €50 million worth of assets to €10 million; and if he...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance if homeowners who have had work done to their home can qualify for the home renovation incentive scheme in circumstances in which a dispute has arisen with the...
    • Tax Code
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of indexing the standard rate cut-off point for each of the next five years; and the cumulative cost. [48715/18]
    • Question Heading for question(s) 56
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to monitor specific inflationary tendencies within the economy including inflated rental prices; his plans to...
    • Brexit Issues
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to make provision for issues arising from Brexit in such a way as to maximise opportunities for the economy; and if he will...
    • Economic Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to have discussions with his counterparts at EU level with a view to preventing an economic crash in the future; and if he...
    • Economic Growth
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he expects the economy to grow in the context of 2019 and subsequent years, notwithstanding the threat of Brexit and or other external...
    • Economic Policy
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he continues to identify issues such as housing and or rental prices that remain likely to impact negatively on economic expansion; his...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the economy remains competitive in all aspects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/18]
    • Insurance Costs
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance when the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/18]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economy in terms of economic performance rates alongside other EU and non-EU states including Eurozone members; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans of the Revenue Commissioners to cut flat rate relief for a number of industries; the estimated amount of extra tax that will be received as a result...
    • NAMA Loans Sale
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of NAMA loan sales that have been subjected to review by the Comptroller and Auditor General; the names of the loan sales; the amount of proceeds...
    • Economic Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a risk of overheating in the economy here over the next number of years; his plans to deal with inflation and the rising cost of...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties and fines that would be imposed on applicants who make incorrect, intentional and unintentional applications to the scheme under the proposed...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Protected Disclosures
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include private companies in the protected disclosures legislation, including companies providing healthcare services; and...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Public Service Superannuation (Age of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a minor works grant for a school (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48797/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a building (details supplied). [48664/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commence discussions with the principals and boards of management in primary schools in Clonmel, County Tipperary and its environs for...
    • School Transport Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in resolving a matter relating to school transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to teaching registration will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Institutes of Technology
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48707/18]
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will issue to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48725/18]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48728/18]
    • School Funding
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be rolled out for schools (details supplied); the way in which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests by him to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018 for the...
    • Departmental Funding
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in each of the years 2011 to 2017. [48753/18]
    • State Bodies
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staff complement and grades of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. [48754/18]
    • School Curriculum
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the request for the NCCA to initiate a review of the sex education curriculum. [48755/18]
    • Student Assistance Fund
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate for a college to arrange for a student from a low income family on a SUSI grant to go to another county on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recently proposed legislative change will be enacted which will compel schools to open specialised ASD special educational needs classes...
    • School Transport
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48788/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to the regional skills fora in 2018 and 2019. [48795/18]
    • Schools Establishment
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of second level places in the Dunshaughlin school planning area; and his plans to address the...
    • School Staff
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the principals who served in a school (details supplied); the periods they served since the school was established; and if he will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Irish Prison Service
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Departmental officials and-or his predecessor retain a file (details supplied); if his officials or his predecessor made...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced. [48665/18]
    • Legal Proceedings
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State Claims Agency has been engaged and-or consulted regarding civil actions initiated against him, the Attorney General...
    • Departmental Data
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of injury warrants issued historically by his Department and-or the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced by ministerial order; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Magdalen Laundries Data
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the addendum to the terms of Magdalen restorative justice ex gratia scheme presumes that no child under 12 years of...
    • Garda Operations
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in which the PSNI has entered here in the past five years to assist An Garda Síochána with...
    • Garda Data
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices paid to date of the 50,833 drivers that have been caught while driving behind the...
    • Leave to Remain
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Deportation Orders
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a travel document will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48731/18]
    • Immigration Status
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when stamp 4 will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48732/18]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Supports
      108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she has taken to assist small and medium enterprises withstand the threat of Brexit including the Brexit loan scheme; if...
    • Departmental Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of young persons aged between 15 and 29 years of age classified as not in employment, education, or training; the...
    • Brexit Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies in place for trading enterprises in the transport and haulage sector in the event of a no deal Brexit; and if she...
    • Work Permits Data
      111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in the determination of an application for trusted partner status in the case of a company (details supplied);...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a reply has not issued from the Workplace Relations Commission to a person (details supplied) in response to a complaint...
    • Brexit Issues
      113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she has held with accountancy bodies regarding Brexit and its potential impact on audit and accountancy; and the number...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the transport services being provided for both adults and young persons with additional needs that have recently completed their studies and wish to attend a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      115. To ask the Minister for Health when Part 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced. [48665/18]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      116. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for drug addiction services in Drogheda in view of the crisis that has led to worrying events requiring a significant and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions he has had with his colleague in the Department of Health regarding changes to be introduced relating to the fair deal nursing home...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      118. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 23 October 2018, when a reply will issue. [48652/18]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) in relation to the position of director of the National Ambulance Service. [48668/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      120. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will develop a second X-ray room to support the expanded emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; when the second room will...
    • Health Promotion
      121. To ask the Minister for Health if the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2018, which show that 41% of persons that successfully quit smoking in the past 12 months used e-cigarettes, will...
    • EU Regulations
      125. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft regulation under section 12(1) of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be finalised for submission to the EU under regulation EU 1169/2011;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours allocated in County Westmeath in the past five years, in tabular form. [48678/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      128. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48680/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE to cover County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48685/18]
    • Patient Transfers
      130. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) will transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to St. Vincent’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the University Hospital Waterford second cath laboratory project (details supplied). [48689/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      132. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 20 September 2018, if a reply has been received from the developer; if planning permission and legal agreements...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      133. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to Translarna; and if the HSE will reimburse Translarna for the five boys who require same. [48697/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      134. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent application submitted for Translarna came before the technology review committee for rare diseases. [48698/18]
    • Care of the Elderly
      138. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of replacing all nursing home facilities with retirement villages; if a detailed impact assessment has been undertaken on the proposal; and...
    • Nursing Home Services
      141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for nursing homes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48714/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 18 September 2018, the progress that has been made since in relation to an application for the reimbursement of...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48721/18]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review upwards the income thresholds for the medical card, general practitioner card, over 70s medical card and the over 70s general practitioner...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if there was an underspend in the 2017 social inclusion budget for counties Louth and Meath; if so, the amount; the groups the underspend was distributed to;...
    • Prescriptions Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Health when there was a review of the continued prescriptions for medication for a person (details supplied). [48757/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      147. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of legal cases have been taken against the HSE for failing to commence assessments of needs within...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48768/18]
    • Patient Safety
      150. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a patient with tuberculosis was not isolated while at University Hospital Galway; and if disclosures of this...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      151. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 25 October 2018, if the additional funding will be provided in the 2019 Estimates for the necessary provision of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48778/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the care of a person (details supplied); the reason the costs of the care were given to the family; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the costs related to the care of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48783/18]
    • Respite Care Services
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the newly agreed respite contract for persons with disabilities in north County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48802/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      158. To ask the Minister for Health if the figure of 221 women being adversely affected by the CervicalCheck issues is accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48806/18]
    • Hospital Services
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that were taken to address the issues raised in a review (details supplied) of the National Centre for Medical Genetics; and if he will make a...
    • Community Care Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 20 bed unit in a facility (details supplied) will be opened and ready to take patients. [48821/18]
    • Hospital Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [48822/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      167. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes announced in budget 2018 with respect to the fair deal scheme and the future treatment and possible discount on chargeable assets for farms...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the application form for the BPS and ANC schemes for 2019 to ensure there is a place on the form for...
    • Departmental Schemes
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48803/18]
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences sought in the 2010 to 2018 period by county, in tabular form; the number awaiting a decision in...
    • TAMS Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps which will be taken with regard to funding approved for works in TAMS II applications that have yet to be drawn down which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual allocation and spend on the ANC programme in 2016 to 2018; and the allocation made in Budget 2019. [48828/18]
    • Common Fisheries Policy Review
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of the Common Fisheries Policy will take place from 2019 at EU level with new changes to be implemented from 2023. [48831/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the joint communication by a number of countries (details supplied) regarding their views on EU proposals to split...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS II provides grant aid to slurry spreaders (details supplied). [48833/18]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on references to the Common Agricultural Policy in the European Commission's draft withdrawal agreement with the United...
    • Fishing Industry
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on references to arrangements relating to fishing opportunities under article 130 of the European Commission's draft...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the position taken by Ireland at the EU agri council ministers meeting in Vienna recently regarding policies intended...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48804/18]
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on appointing the Revenue Commissioners as the television licence fee collection agent in order to help...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the independent production sector here; and if he...
    • RTÉ Expenditure
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the significant reduction in spend by RTÉ for the independent production sector (details supplied)...
    • Energy Resources
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review will be instigated of policy on building new fossil fuel infrastructure, such as, a facility (details...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Funding
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48808/18]
    • Driver Test
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48653/18]
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended by Irish Rail on private bus transfers when commuter train services were not fully available; the amount expended...
    • Rail Services Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 24 October 2018, the scheduled arrival time and the actual arrival time of all evening train...
    • Bus Services
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for disruptions to the 109B bus services from Trim and Kilmessan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the development of a national training base for the IHU in view of the fact that Ireland is the only top grade hockey...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protections and protocols in place to avoid a recurrence of a traumatic removal in which trauma was caused for the child, the mother...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      205. 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. [48681/18]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); when payment will issue; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48691/18]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48692/18]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment of illness benefit has not issued to a person (details supplied) who made a claim at the end July 2018....
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of further information furnished to her Department in respect of an illness benefit...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which correspondence issued on 30 October 2018 which appeared to have the situation resolved in the case of a...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an outstanding illness benefit for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • House Prices
      215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he remains satisfied that first-time house buyers or the purchasers of a family home are not being priced...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next tranche of moneys will be provided for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme (details supplied). [48748/18]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built in County Waterford in the past 12 months; if Waterford Council sought funding from his...
    • Planning Guidelines
      218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 13 November 2018, the way in which commitments given to an organisation (details...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of women in each county council holding positions of county managers and director of services, in tabular form....