Written answers
Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Referendum Campaigns
10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the referendums he is planning after the blasphemy referendum of 26 October 2018. [43912/18]
- Magdalen Laundries
12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if testamentary evidence from women and relatives or friends providing corroborating information will be given equal, if not...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider new legislation or new regulations to prevent members of An Garda Síochána from retiring when they...
- Garda Operations
14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has the necessary resources for policing operations over the Christmas period; and if he will...
- Commissions of Inquiry
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a public inquiry into a case (details supplied) in view of the fact that the GSOC report on the tragic...
- Surveillance Operations
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda have not been asked to examine allegations of unauthorised surveillance being carried out on prison staff...
- Garda Operations
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken by An Garda Síochána to ensure welfare of cyclists on the road. [49635/18]
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on MATs in view of the most recent changes to legislation in this area; and if he will make a...
- Garda Resources
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital investment being made in Garda resources in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commissions of Inquiry
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made towards giving effect to the vote of Dáil Éireann on establishing a public inquiry into the death of...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase funding in 2019 to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to allow it settle and reduce the backlog...
- Garda National Protective Services Bureau
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of protective services units within An Garda Síochána. [49719/18]
- Prison Mental Health Services
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that there may be an inadequate level of mental health support for prisoners here as highlighted by a...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of CCTV schemes that have been approved for funding since the scheme commenced; if all local authorities are now...
- Garda National Protective Services Bureau
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roll out of the new specially trained Garda units to handle cases involving vulnerable witnesses, such as,...
- Courts Service
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing legislation to ensure that women alleging sexual offences are treated fairly and in accordance...
- Irish Prison Service
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to deal with the rising numbers in prisons in 2018 regularly reaching over 4000 and reversing a trend of...
- Court Orders
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation that governs the regulation of bailiffs, or those acting on behalf of a bailiff or the courts. [49717/18]
- Garda Deployment
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that County Meath has adequate levels of resources for frontline policing by An Garda Síochána....
- Garda Resources
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of Garda resources in County Kildare; his plans for further recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Policing
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the drop in the number of community gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49601/18]
- Direct Provision Data
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, location, capacity and occupancy of all temporary direct provision centres; the details of the contracts in place;...
- Drugs Seizures
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity and value of illegal steroids and illegal performance enhancing drugs that have been seized in each of the years...
- Road Traffic Legislation
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been discussing a consolidation of road traffic legislation with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport; and if...
- Direct Provision System
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the welfare and well-being of children in direct provision centres following revelations that children there have...
- Surveillance Operations
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports that prison officers have been put under surveillance; the details the investigation he has ordered into...
- Garda Resources
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources continue to be made available to An Garda Síochána at organisational level and...
- Asylum Seeker Employment
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers that have been granted the right to work since June 2018; his views on the fact that the...
- Crime Prevention
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Greentown programme; and when the report will be released. [45788/18]
- Garda Deployment
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Donegal in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49590/18]
- Garda Code of Ethics
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a...
- Courts Service
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into the conduct of rape trials announced by him in June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to provide additional staffing resources to the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Law Reform Commission
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Garda submission to the Law Reform Commission on white-collar crime; the measures he is taking to address the...
- Commission on the Future of Policing Reports
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendations in the Commission on the Future of Policing Report; his views on the fact that some...
- Direct Provision System
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that residents in direct provision centres are being advised of their right to vote in local...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Staff
51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 21 November 2018, the number of seamen by recruits, ordinary seamen and able seamen. [49932/18]
- Naval Service Data
52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of all Naval Service members by rank, branch and trade. [49945/18]
- Army Personnel
53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) will be appointed to a position in barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50045/18]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase Ireland's diplomatic efforts through the EU to assist peace talks in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Brexit Issues
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the United Kingdom will be leaving the European Economic Area on 29 March 2019 even if the transition arrangement is agreed; and if he...
- Vehicle Registration
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a reply; if the number of vehicles required on roads will increase, which...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a case (details supplied) with the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49909/18]
- Tax Data
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in a full year based on latest data for a proposal (details supplied). [49914/18]
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the decision to subject refunds for medical treatment which are part of the terms and conditions of employees and pensioners of a company...
- Carbon Tax Yield
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield of increasing the carbon tax by values (details supplied) by each carbon fuel type in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Agreements
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of Irish citizens that were born in the United States of America but came to live in Ireland at a very young...
- EU Regulations
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the €70,000 limit is calculated with regard to section 21(c)(iii) of the Finance Bill 2018 if a young farmer inherits a family farm...
- Revenue Documents Issuance
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is guidance from the Revenue Commissioners or otherwise for the farming sector in relation to section 21 of the Finance Bill 2018; and if he will make...
- Tax Data
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the allowances claimed by the top 5, 20, 50 and 100 companies, respectively in 2015 and 2016 with regard to the figures provided by him to the Oireachtas...
- General Government Debt
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide Ireland’s national debt as a percentage of Government total revenue in each of the years 1997 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
- Departmental Operations
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date for each of the action points made in the report Measures to Enhance Ireland's Corporate, Economic and Regulatory Framework published in...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Legislative Measures
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018; the date for implementation of this Bill; if...
- Road Projects
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when repairs will be carried out on a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49966/18]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the IDA and other State agencies only promote third level institutions abroad; his views on whether this is a missed opportunity; if his...
- Minor Works Scheme Payments
82. 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. [49841/18]
- School Funding
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the request by a school (details supplied) for additional funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Establishment
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the forward planning carried out in the Gorey feeder area to ensure that there are sufficient secondary school places available for all primary...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be granted to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49894/18]
- Education Policy
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the delivery of an IEP report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49896/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new secondary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49941/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a school (details supplied) and its need for additional accommodation; when prefabs will be installed for the...
- Education and Training Boards Establishment
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed LMETB headquarters project in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49952/18]
- School Expulsions
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50015/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a long approved building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the inadequate accommodation at...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Services for People with Disabilities
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the third level apprenticeship, job opportunities, supports and interventions available for young adults with autism; and if he...
- Insurance Fraud
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in establishing a dedicated fraud unit within An Garda Síochána in view of recent comments in...
- Criminal Law
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to legislate for a hate crime to be considered as an aggravating factor in the sentencing of crimes; and if...
- Crime Data
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of murders in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the location in which each took place in tabular...
- Garda Vetting Applications
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda clearance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/18]
- Legal Aid Service Data
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the past three years that have received civil legal aid from the Legal Aid Board in order to proceed...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the Garda approach to monitoring persons that are on the register of sex offenders; the responsibilities of the...
- Probate Applications
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for each probate office to provide a grant of probate and a grant of letters of administration; his...
- Northern Ireland
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the Independent Reporting Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49986/18]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the cross-Border crime task force; the budget of the task force in 2018; the number of permanent...
- Naturalisation Applications
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it will be possible to progress the case for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Immigration Status
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary residency status will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Leave to Remain
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when long term residency or an alternative will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when long-term residency will be extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a residency status will be upgraded in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Family Reunification Applications
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when family reunification will be offered to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50011/18]
- Organised Crime
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which his Department through An Garda Síochána continues to achieve progress in the fight against...
- Garda Data
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra gardaí likely to become available throughout the regions, including community gardaí, arising...
- Garda Promotions
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant promotional positions to be filled at all levels throughout An Garda Síochána to date; and if he...
- Garda Data
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50020/18]
- Gangland Crime
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if particular steps can be taken or are being taken to proscribe membership of criminal gangs in view of their threat to the...
- Departmental Operations
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date for each of the action points made in the report Measures to Enhance Ireland's Corporate, Economic and...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when an application for an employment permit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Supports
125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme that opened in March 2019; the number...
- National Planning Framework
126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if forecasting and modelling of labour market participation rates have been carried out; and if employment forecasting and modelling...
- Skills Development
127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the lifelong learning targets to be achieved. [50034/18]
- Employment Data
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons as a percentage classified as underemployed out of the number employed in each of the years 2005 to 2017 and to...
- Enterprise Data
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of enterprises here by firm size (details supplied); the percentage in each category as a proportion of total enterprises;...
- European Globalisation Fund
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has corresponded with the Minister for Education and Skills regarding whether he has prepared or has completed a formal...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
131. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be included in the pay restoration process in view of the urgent need to improve the remuneration for these workers;...
- Medical Card Administration
132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49853/18]
- National Dementia Strategy
133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with dementia that receive treatment in psychiatric units attached to general hospitals or in other psychiatric units instead of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
134. 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. [49855/18]
- Disability Services Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 6 November 2018, if he will address matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Electronic Cigarettes
136. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to regulate shops selling vaping products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49868/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
137. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on Translarna; if engagement with or inclusion of patient representation will occur as part of the assessment process for...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
138. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (detail supplied) in relation to BreastCheck in County Cavan will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
139. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times in Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49887/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
140. To ask the Minister for Health when the new arrangements in relation to the fair deal scheme will be introduced; if legislation is required to change the rules for same to introduce a three...
- Mental Health Services Staff
141. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for a psychiatrist appointment for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49895/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
142. To ask the Minister for Health when a CAMHS psychiatrist will be appointed to County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49901/18]
- Mental Health Services Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an appointment for a general adult psychologist in County Wexford; the number waiting longer than 12 months; and if he will make...
- Trade Union Recognition
144. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the HSE will not recognise an organisation (details supplied) or engage in negotiations with same; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
145. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49907/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/18]
- National Maternity Hospital
147. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the national maternity hospital will be taken into public ownership as a condition of public funding; the further steps...
- Hospital Beds Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum bed capacity at a hospital (details supplied); the number of these beds that are occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49921/18]
- Hospital Investigations
150. To ask the Minister for Health if further external investigation into CPE deaths in UHL is planned in view of the fact that some persons with CPE that died during the period of the recent...
- Emergency Departments
151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on overcrowding in CUH Cork emergency department. [49925/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
152. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
153. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in County Cork; and the action being taken to address long waiting times. [49927/18]
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
154. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for paediatric speech and language therapy appointments in County Cork; and the action being taken to address long waiting times. [49928/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
155. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting times for primary care ophthalmology appointments in County Cork. [49929/18]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing vacancies in St. Finbarr’s hospital, Cork University Hospital, Mercy University Hospital, Mallow General Hospital and Midleton...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant vacancies in St. Finbarr’s, CUH, Mercy and the South Infirmary hospitals, County Cork; and the steps being taken to address the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
159. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) [49954/18]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health when special footwear will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); if the service in general will be restored and made available to a facility;...
- Health Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) is likely to be restored, in particular to meet the needs of persons previously receiving treatment; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
162. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50001/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if augmented home help or homecare package will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50026/18]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
164. To ask the Minister for Health the stage of development the access programme for medicinal cannabis products is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/18]
- Legislative Measures
165. To ask the Minister for Health when a money message will be sanctioned to allow the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health to proceed with the Committee Stage of the Cannabis for Medicinal Use...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
166. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 159, 163 and 164 of 22 November 2018, the outcome of the review of all 335 positive BRCA results processed by the...
- Hospital Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 22 November 2018, the reason a report (details supplied) on the review of genetic services in Ireland 2014 has not...
- Cancer Services Funding
169. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been cuts in funding for mammograms at St. James’s Hospital breast cancer history clinic; if so, the reason for such a decision in view of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment for 2018 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, approved and processed, respectively in relation to the low cost cashflow loan scheme for...
- Horticulture Sector
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial value of the horticultural sector to the economy in 2017 and to date in 2018; his plans to further enhance the...
- GLAS Payments
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49871/18]
- Budget 2018
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the suckler cow benefit announced in budget 2019; when he plans to move to the €200 suckler payment; and if he...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new townlands in County Tipperary that will be eligible for the 2019 ANC scheme that were not eligible for the 2018 ANC scheme;...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the 2013 to 2017 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund allocation to Ireland by Exchequer and EU funds; and the 2014 to 2020 EMFF...
- Agrifood Sector
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in the proposed RDP for the 2021 to 2027 period published by the EU Commission on 1 June 2018 that give member states...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new townlands that will be eligible for the 2019 ANC scheme that were not eligible for the 2018 scheme; and the townlands that...
- Rural Development Programme
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ex-ante assessment for the use of financial instruments within Ireland’s European agricultural fund for...
- Departmental Staff Data
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 8 November 2018, the full year cost of the number of public servants deployed to work...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- European Globalisation Fund
181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the application to the EU Globalisation Fund to aid affected Bord na Móna workers in their...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland
182. 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. [49872/18]
- National Broadband Plan
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will release a copy of the pre-qualification questionnaire for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a...
- Energy Resources
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the importing of fossil fuels extracted using fracking will be prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Policy
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the expansion of fossil fuel facilities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49884/18]
- Broadband Service Speeds
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of high speed broadband for counties Roscommon and Galway under the national broadband plan...
- Environmental Protection Agency Licences
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the awarding by the Environmental Protection Agency of an integrated pollution prevention...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all costs incurred in the preparation of the foreshore lease application (details supplied) made by SEAI...
- Medical Waste Disposal
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce financial support for persons (details supplied) that use incontinence pads in view of increased...
- Postal Codes
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49933/18]
- Offshore Exploration Licences
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recent findings of the ObSERVE Programme into marine life will inform his policy on issuing licences for the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further progress has been made regarding allowing asylum seekers to apply for an Irish driver licence. [49906/18]
- Taxi Regulation Review Report
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the ongoing efforts by the NTA to review the small public service vehicle industry; the planned actions arising from this...
- Traffic Regulations Implementation
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 871 of 6 November 2018, if councillors are free to make changes to speed limits (details supplied);...
- Fáilte Ireland Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding allocated through Fáilte Ireland to County Westmeath for the purpose of promoting tourism within the county in...
- Noise Pollution Legislation
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the establishment of the designated authority for noise regulation at Dublin Airport as required under EU...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of programme weeks in the early childhood care and education and ECCE programmes by one week to...
- School Completion Programme
201. 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. [49891/18]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options for a person (details supplied) applying for an overage exemption for the ECCE programme; and if she will make a statement on...
- Childcare Services Data
203. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private sector childcare facilities that benefitted from capital grants under the National Childcare Investment Programme...
- Childcare Services Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available for outdoor play areas for a facility (details supplied); if they are open at present; if not, when they will open;...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
205. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects approved to date in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; when the next tranche...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Appeals
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49842/18]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49844/18]
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49845/18]
- Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated time for a payment to be awarded for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated time for a payment to be awarded for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated time for a payment to be awarded for a carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49850/18]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated time for a payment to be awarded for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a review was carried out on a one-parent family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- JobPath Data
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants in the JobPath scheme that have been referred back to the scheme for a second time. [49919/18]
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times in which additional information is sought for all social welfare payments including fuel allowance; and...
- Illness Benefit Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed as a matter of urgency as this...
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Applications
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an occupational injury benefit application, including child dependants, by a person (details supplied) will be...
- Paternity Leave Data
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the paternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular...
- Maternity Leave
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the maternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49959/18]
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49961/18]
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to the fuel allowance when they are a recipient of carer’s...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) who has taken time off work to care for an elderly relative...
- Illness Benefit Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level and amount of illness benefit payable in the case of a person (details supplied). [49997/18]
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension claim will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in cases of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance that may occasionally have access to one day's employment only,...
- Disability Allowance Applications
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when disability allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Dietary Allowance Administration
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of the dietary supplement allowance for the five years running up to its abolition in 2014. [50030/18]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 20 November 2018, if 340,000 self-employed contributors will be eligible for...
- Social Insurance
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending carers and illness benefit to eligible self-employed class S PRSI contributors in 2019; and...
- Illness Benefit Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason funding is being stopped for a youth employment programme (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if she will respond to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Urban Development
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); if funding has been secured; when the project will commence; and if he will make a...
- Commercial Rates Exemptions
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing full relief from commercial rates for all registered childcare providers here. [49889/18]
- Foreshore Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the public notices issued informing the public of the receipt on 1 March 2016 of the application for a...
- Foreshore Licence Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all costs incurred in the processing of foreshore lease application (details supplied) made by SEAI for an...
- Planning Data
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications for the development of social housing by local authorities and approved housing bodies in...
- Local Authority Housing Data
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number on social housing waiting lists nationally; the number of applicants (details supplied); and the number of cases in...
- Vacant Sites Levy
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant site levy registrations appealed to An Bord Pleanála; the number of market valuation appeals; and...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered buying or compulsorily purchasing a site (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is an important...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered acquiring an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of its strategic importance, its use by...
- Irish Coursing Club
249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if footage of a coursing event (details supplied) in November 2018, in County Limerick available to view on a website will be...
