Written answers
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Site Acquisitions
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to deliver a permanent site and building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Contractors
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to pursue legal action against a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49542/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49500/18]
- School Curriculum
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in regard to sexual health and relationship education, including the areas of contraception and consent, in primary and post-primary...
- Schools Building Projects Status
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on provision of a new building for a school (details supplied). [49324/18]
- Schools Establishment
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the level of pre-opening capitation funding for patrons is appropriate in view of the costs to patrons of opening a new...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he plans to take to ensure the new schools in Swords will open on time in 2019; the action he is taking to ensure that a site is...
- DEIS Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in conferring DEIS status on a primary school (details supplied); if this application will be given further consideration in...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to date to improve linkages between those providing apprenticeships and third level institutions; and if he will make a...
- Schools Health and Safety
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to date to investigate the role and responsibilities of project managers, architects and other professionals with regard to the...
- Broadband Service Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in ensuring high speed broadband to all schools; and the way in which his Department can assist a school (details supplied) in County...
- Education Welfare Service
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the use of reduced timetables may leave the State open to legal challenges; his plans to address the underlying issues which...
- School Curriculum
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the review of history as an optional subject for the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49447/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the relocation of a school (details supplied). [49461/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a date has been established for the commencement of the construction of a school (details supplied); the length of time the construction will...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil an Roinn tar éis gníomhú de réir mholtaí imscrúdú an Choimisinéara Teanga...
- Schools Building Projects Status
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the building extension for a college (details supplied) which is stalled at stage 3 following an 11 year wait for a promised...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to meet in full the requirements of the school building programme at primary and secondary level with a view to...
- Public Sector Pay
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a union's (details supplied) rejection of the proposed agreement on new entry pay for teachers; his further views on the exclusion of...
- Education and Training Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the educational system continues to meet the requirements of the market place with specific emphasis on the need to ensure a...
- Home-School Community Liaison Scheme
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put home school liaison officers into special schools such as a school (details supplied). [49323/18]
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé na socraithe sainiúla atá déanta aige le cinntiú go bhfuil tacaíochtaí cearta, ar aon dul leis na...
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to include mindfulness in primary school education; if there is a timeframe for this to be introduced into the...
- Schools Facilities
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive a new accessible toilet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49501/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the oversubscribed list at a school (details supplied) for 2019 will be accommodated; and his plans to deal with future over subscription in...
- School Transport Applications Data
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children from counties Carlow and Kilkenny that applied for concessionary school transport tickets and were not allocated same; when...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the construction of a permanent school (details supplied); if the discussion on the site location on the Phoenix Park racecourse...
- School Curriculum
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to complete the review of history as a compulsory subject for the junior certificate; his views on the decision to make history...
- Schools Health and Safety
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been brought to issues regarding the construction quality of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Boird Oideachais agus Oiliúna
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé sásta le plean Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna Chorcaí, Thiobraid Árann, agus Chill Chainnigh agus...
- Sports Facilities Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assistance to sports clubs seeking alternative venues following the closure of a centre (details supplied) due to building...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the requirements from SUSI for grant allocation particularly for those students that do not qualify due to their address being...
- Education Welfare Service
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports on the use of reduced timetables in schools for children with behavioural issues; his views on whether...
- Schools Establishment
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the studies he has undertaken in respect of population growth in Dublin 15 and the adjacent Navan road area of Dublin 7; if his attention has been...
- School Enrolments
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a masterplan for school placements will be established for schools in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49257/18]
- Third Level Fees
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to waive the payment of €9,000 in fees for a college student (details supplied) that transferred from science...
- School Enrolments Data
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected demand for junior infants places in September 2019 in Ballincollig; the availability of school places; his plans to deal with...
- Public Sector Pay
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the outstanding issues of pay equality in the view of possible industrial disputes in schools; and if he will make a...
- Schools Health and Safety
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works conducted on schools completed by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49446/18]
- National Council for Special Education
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will introduce an implementation plan on the recommendations drafted by the National Council for Special Education which suggest that SNA...
- Schools Building Projects Status
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project will move rapidly to the construction phase in view of the long delays in advancing the redevelopment of the school building project...
- DEIS Administration
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to extend the DEIS programme to more primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49220/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if the immediate crisis facing the school that is due to leave its premises in...
- School Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of financial settlements reached with staff in schools nationally in the past five years; the cost of these settlements; and if he will...
- Third Level Funding
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the future of funding for third-level education here; if he will rule out the introduction of third-level education loans...
- Schools Building Projects Status
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of secondary school provision in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49535/18]
- Education and Training Boards Administration
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis or review of cost saving in respect of the new OGP procurement framework for ETBs that has been undertaken; the findings of such...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and location of the acquisition of a site for the development of a school (details supplied); and when it is anticipated that children...
- Education Welfare Service
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to assist primary and secondary schools in which there are students living in emergency homeless accommodation and-or...
- Minor Works Scheme Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to payment of the minor capital works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49448/18]
- School Textbooks
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 16 October 2018, his views on whether there is a need for a body or authority when it comes to...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve interdepartmental communication and co-operation in the area of the development of apprenticeships; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the demand by parents in Dublin 7 and 15 for an ASD special school for children with high level of need; his...
- Schools Building Projects Status
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of developments to address the shortage of primary school places in areas (details supplied). [49258/18]
- Schools Building Contractors
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact on the national development plan of recent disclosures of serious problems in respect of the publicly contracted building projects,...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in relation to the operation of the various competitive tendering models or public procurement models used in education to build schools...
- Public Sector Pay
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional agreements with teachers in primary and secondary level in order to deal with outstanding issues on equal pay and cuts made in past...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that were issued with certificates of discharge during the recruit training period in each of the years...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Negotiations
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke to his UK counterparts regarding the political declaration to be finalised before the November 2018 EU Council meeting. [49435/18]
- Foreign Policy
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the political situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/18]
- Passport Applications Refusals
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused an Irish passport; if he will review the appeal which has been subsequently lodged;...
- Brexit Issues
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the UK will cease to be a member state of the EU at the end of March 2019 even if a withdrawal treaty is ratified and a transition period...
- Brexit Negotiations
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent European Council meeting in relation to the British withdrawal agreement with the EU with particular reference to...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rate Application
119. To ask the Minister for Finance his views with the Revenue Commissioners’ decision to seek the imposition of a 23% VAT rate on a majority of food supplements; and if he will make a...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken on foot of the five recommendations of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in its report Personal Contract Plans: the...
- Banking Sector
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in establishing a banking culture board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49741/18]
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of participants in the employment and investment incentive scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form. [49764/18]
- Tax Code
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the separate estimated costs in a full year of adapting the research and development tax credit regime by proposals (details supplied). [49767/18]
- Foreign Earnings Deduction
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in a full year based on latest data at hand of a proposal (details supplied). [49768/18]
- Knowledge Development Box
127. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the knowledge development box beyond its scheduled sunset date of 31 December 2020; and the annual cost of this scheme. [49769/18]
- Tax Reliefs Costs
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in a full year based on latest data of a proposal (details supplied) in tabular form. [49770/18]
- Tax Credits
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in a full year based on latest data at hand of a proposal (details supplied). [49771/18]
- Duty Free Sales
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential economic benefits to the tourism and indigenous distillery and associated sectors and to regional ports and airports associated with the...
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in cases in which a financial management company (details supplied) is refusing to restructure and engage with debtors with sustainable...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Allowances
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of injury warrants issued historically by his Department for members of the Irish Prison Service, An Garda Síochána...
- Garda Stations
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; the timescale for construction and provision of new accommodation; and...
- Garda Station Closures
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49836/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- National Educational Psychological Service Data
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS practitioners employed by county; the number of vacancies for NEPS posts by county; the number of approved posts which are not...
- National Educational Psychological Service Administration
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for no waiting list being kept for NEPS services; the method by which delivery of NEPS services are measured to ensure delivery of...
- National Educational Psychological Service Data
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have requested an intervention from a NEPS practitioner in the event of a critical incident in the 2017-2018 term;...
- School Curriculum
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to remove geography as a subject from the core curriculum in secondary schools; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated date on which a school (details supplied) will open for its first term; the expected length of time the school will be in temporary...
- National Council for Special Education
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals to the National Council for Special Education in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of these appeals that led to an...
- Schools Facilities
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the inadequacies at schools (details supplied) due to the lack of gym and PE facilities; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for permanent accommodation for their new mainstream...
- Schools Building Contractors
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for completion of works at schools affected by the review of developments by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application will be approved for emergency school works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49725/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary and second level school building requirements are being met in Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Higher Education Institutions
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the anomalies that exist in the points structure regarding the international baccalaureate diploma programme...
- School Curriculum
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school curriculum in all its phases is sufficiently focused on meeting the needs of academia and industry; and if he will...
- Higher Education Institutions
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the extent to which the third and fourth-level educational sector here remains adequate to...
- Education and Training Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that adequate third-level graduates will emerge over the next five years having regard to the growing economy and...
- Gender Balance
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects gender balance to be maintained throughout the third-level educational sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent and locations from which school authorities have submitted requests from various school authorities throughout north County Kildare...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate special needs classes remain available at all primary and secondary schools throughout County Kildare; and if he...
- Schools Building Projects Status
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of a campus (details supplied) with particular reference to the appointment of contractors to complete the project in...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the number of SNAs available to the various schools throughout north County Kildare remain sufficient to meet requirements;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a project (details supplied); if this is likely to be completed on time in line with expectations and requirements; and if he...
- Schools Establishment
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils likely to be accommodated based on demographic indicators and the submissions received for the provision of primary and...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which proposals for the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare are progressing with particular interest to...
- School Guidance Counsellors
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which career guidance teachers are available to students throughout north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 142 of 26 September 2018 and 420 of 6 November 2018, if he will respond to issues raised...
- Courts Service
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to compel a person to engage in DNA testing services if a person has reason to believe that they are a birth...
- Immigration Status
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a case pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) in the case...
- Garda Data
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda number for Mountjoy, Cabra and Santry Garda stations; the number of Garda members at each grade and-or rank for each...
- Drugs Seizures
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the data related to benzodiazepines seized by An Garda Síochána by number of tablets and capsules seized, the number...
- Garda Stations
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that Coolock Garda station has sufficient personnel and resources to deal with crime and anti-social...
- Protected Disclosures
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a protected disclosure that raised concerns regarding age bias in the internal promotion competition for...
- Drugs Crime
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 244, 245, 246 and 247 of 3 July 2018 and 742, 743 and 1200 of 24 July 2018, if he has...
- Garda Information and Communications Technology
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 2 October 2018, if the short-term measure of the Garda information technology...
- Law Society Complaints Mechanisms
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body responsible and accountable for advice provided by the Law Society prior to the Ombudsman obtaining legal...
- Visa Applications
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the turnaround time on visa decisions; and if his attention has been drawn to the anxiety and stress...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he will address the difficulties with the online appointment system for both registrations and visas faced by...
- Family Reunification Policy
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that sufficient funding and resources are available for family reunification; and if his attention has been...
- Gambling Sector
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has a role in the certification of slot machines; and if his attention has been drawn to the wider concerns of persons in...
- Magdalen Laundries
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the dismay of survivors of laundries at the addendum requests from his Department and the...
- Crime Data
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics for the Glasnevin and Drumcondra areas (details supplied). [49802/18]
- Peace Commissioners Appointments
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to the provision of an information pack and signature stamp to all persons appointed as peace...
- Work Permits Applications Data
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of work permits applied for, refused and granted, respectively to asylum seekers since the lifting of a ban on their...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Initiatives
183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and the State’s industrial promotion agencies can implement specific initiatives to assist in the creation of...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken on foot of the five recommendations of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in its report...
- Construction Industry
185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can facilitate the construction sector by way of work visas for non-EEA countries in order to meet the...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
186. To ask the Minister for Health when a full personal assistance service will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Home Care Packages Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the urgent need for a package to be negotiated in order to facilitate a person (details supplied) in leaving Beaumont and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
188. 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. [49616/18]
- Departmental Correspondence
189. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an independent expert to examine claims contained in new documentation given to him regarding missing blood samples that were taken for an...
- Legislative Measures
190. To ask the Minister for Health the areas that will be addressed under the general scheme and heads of the human tissue Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49645/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
191. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in respect of the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49646/18]
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
192. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 10 October 2018, when a substantive response from the HSE is likely to issue. [49651/18]
- Health Services Reports
193. To ask the Minister for Health when a detailed action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published. [49668/18]
- Mental Health Services Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial assessment as part of CAMHS for 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and more than 15 months, respectively by CHO area, in tabular form;...
- Home Care Packages Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49677/18]
- Health Service Capacity Review
196. To ask the Minister for Health when the multi-annual unscheduled care plan will be published. [49678/18]
- General Practitioner Contracts
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the determination and progress of priority objectives for general practitioner contractual reform. [49679/18]
- Patient Safety
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of a patient safety, complaints and advocacy policy. [49680/18]
- Health Services Reform
199. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare executives task force will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49681/18]
- Hospitals Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expansion of activity based funding for inpatient and day cases to other acute hospitals during 2018. [49682/18]
- HSE Governance
202. To ask the Minister for Health if a governance review of the drugs approval and procurement process has taken place; and the status of same. [49684/18]
- Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for preliminary team assessments by CHO area, age category and time waiting. [49685/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of preliminary team assessments carried out by LHO area in each of the past five years; and the proportion of those that have been provided with...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
205. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical specialised MS nurse will be provided at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49691/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
206. To ask the Minister for Health the details of living expenses which are taken into account for persons that are applying for the fair deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
207. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering reforms to the fair deal scheme which would ring fence the funds raised by the sale of homes after paying contributions to the scheme...
- Hospital Appointments Status
208. 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. [49722/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in whole-time equivalent terms in CAMHS for each CHO in tabular form. [49727/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels for CAMHS teams by CHO; and the way in which this compares with the necessary full complement of staff as outlined by A Vision for Change....
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists for CAMHS by county; the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18 and more than 18 months,...
- Health Screening Programmes
213. To ask the Minister for Health if patients are being mandatorily screened for sepsis in hospitals; if not, his plans to implement mandatory screenings in the near future; and if he will make...
- Legislative Measures
215. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018 to move on to the next Stage; when it will be signed into law; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
216. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for surgery once a patient is diagnosed with endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49743/18]
- Health Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with long-term incontinence; and the number of patients in County Galway receiving support from the HSE; and if he will make...
- Industrial Disputes
218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the ongoing union recognition industrial dispute as a result of the failure of the HSE to recognise the PNA's right to negotiate on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49837/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have not received their SFP and ANC payments for 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the basic farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49778/18]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Environmental Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the ban on smoky fuels promised by his predecessor and the Taoiseach on a number of occasions in Dáil...
- Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor and his officials have implemented or directed the implementation of the recommendations and...
- Mobile Telephony Services
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address mobile phone coverage blackspots across the country and particularly in counties Cavan, Monaghan...
- Electric Vehicles
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the number of e-car public charging points in an area (details supplied) and across the country...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national broadband plan to provide fibre to the home will be implemented without further delay; and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts Data
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Government cleaning contracts within his Department (details supplied). [49710/18]
- Medical Waste Disposal
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the €75 annual support for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence towards the cost of...
- Illegal Dumping
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce legislation that would result in driving disqualifications for persons convicted of illegal...
- Renewable Energy Generation
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to implement to deal with issues in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation to require mandatory drug and alcohol testing of transport and haulage drivers; the details of same;...
- Taxi Licences
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the transfer and sale of taxi licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/18]
- Public Transport
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that audio announcements of upcoming stops are in full operation on all public transport vehicles; and if he will...
- Roads Maintenance
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the enforcements in place for persons that do not cut hedgerows and cause safety concerns along major routes or junctions across the...
- Road Projects
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the TII to arrange a meeting with them in regard to a project on (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Sports Facilities Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are funding streams, national or European, that a sports team (details supplied) could access in order to build a clubhouse in...
- Noise Pollution Legislation
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure that the DAA take steps to enforce the WHO guidelines regarding exposure to noise at 40 dB at night and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige
244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an bhfuarthas comhfhreagras a seoladh chuige ó eagraíocht ghairmiúil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí tugtha)...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
245. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to implement a comprehensive system of clinical supervision by fully qualified supervisors for Tusla social workers in order to...
- Departmental Schemes
246. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to revive or replace the successful and award-winning Londubh scheme. [49644/18]
- Child and Family Agency Remit
247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is within Tusla’s remit and-or duties to assist a child in foster care that is seeking to identify their birth parents; and if...
- Children in Care
248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla or another agency within her Department offers access to DNA testing services for children within State care. [49690/18]
- Child and Family Agency
250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the Child and Family Agency has capacity to comply with its statutory obligation to apply for a special care order...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49779/18]
- Disability Allowance Applications
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Support Grant
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's support grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49592/18]
- Carer's Allowance Review
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance refusal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/18]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Applications
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislation that will need to be amended in order to transpose IORP II; and the timeline for transposition. [49696/18]
- Social Insurance
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if social insurance contributions made by self-employed persons before 1987 will be recognised for pension purposes when...
- State Pension (Contributory)
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount a person (details supplied) on a reduced State pension (contributory) with 35 years of stamps and credits can...
- General Practitioner Contracts
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decision of certain general practitioner practices to charge persons in receipt of illness benefit for...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Contracts
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Government cleaning contracts within his Department (details supplied). [49711/18]
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding regarding the local infrastructure housing activation fund will be made available in view of the fact that south...
- Departmental Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application on behalf of Waterford City and County Council in relation to capital funding approval for the...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in securing properties under the repair and leasing scheme in each local authority; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units of accommodation that will be secured under Part V by each of the four local authorities in Dublin in...
- Local Authority Housing Data
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses constructed and completed by each local authority in each of the past ten years in...
- Rent Controls
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views and plans to reduce further increases in rents to attract workers to come here in view of a recent ESRI report that...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that according to a report by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive the four Dublin local authorities are...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the manner in which developers are remunerated for properties sold in circumstances in which they access funds...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP payments being made to section 23 properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49706/18]
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applications have been received by local authorities (details supplied) for funding to clear waiting lists for housing aid...
- Home Loan Scheme
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications to date in 2018; the number of those approved; the number of those...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of LIHAF funds accessed by Fingal County Council in relation to a development (details supplied); and if he will...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which leased Part V units operate in terms of funding, management and ownership; the number of leased Part V units...
- Economic and Social Research Institute
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have read the latest ESRI report on the construction industry. [49143/18]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit
286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request that the NPWS undertake a monitoring of the activities of a group (details supplied). [49615/18]
- Heritage Schemes
287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supports she will be providing in 2018 and 2019 for built and natural heritage programmes nationally and in County...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to take to improve employment opportunities in the Connemara area in order to tackle high levels of...
