Written answers
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Policy
7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans to create a single national aviation regulator; and when the legislation and logistics of this plan are expected to...
- Driver Licences
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a greater emphasis should be placed on disqualified drivers surrendering their licences and the enforcement of same...
- Military Aircraft Landings
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recently released figures which show that there has already been an increase in applications to allow civil flights...
- Rural Transport Services Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the delivery of rural transport nationally; the way in which the existing system can be expanded and enhanced; and if he...
- Road Projects Status
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Bonagee link road project in County Donegal; when the project will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Integrated Ticketing
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the use of the Leap card nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52206/18]
- Public Service Vehicles
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the ongoing review of small public service vehicles; and if he will consider changing regulations in order to permit...
- Road Network
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place in his Department on providing funding for the east-west link road and rural roads in general; and if he...
- Public Transport Fares
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of his Department on equitable fare structures on publicly subsidised transport across the country; if it is policy as part of...
- Public Transport Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with either Iarnród Éireann or Dublin Bus on the reduction in service to north County Dublin; and if...
- Bus Services
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the implementation of the BusConnects programme for the bus service in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Traffic Calming Measures
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if electronic speed signs will be put in place in villages in local authority areas to measure effectiveness and changing driver...
- Bus Services
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the policy of fully devolving to local authorities the role of providing bus shelters as provided in local government...
- Military Aircraft Landings
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on reports that 423 planes carrying munitions have landed in Shannon Airport in 2018; if these reports are accurate; and if his...
- Transport Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to promote the use of natural gas as a fuel source for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of applications received from County Kildare for the sports capital programme; when he expects allocations to be announced; and...
- Traffic Management
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the promotion of car sharing technology to reduce gridlock in Dublin city; and the policies he will implement to...
- Bus Services
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been notified of ongoing difficulties and the failure to deliver the promised levels of service on the bus routes recently...
- Road Projects Status
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress of the A5; the details of his engagement with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on this project; the funding...
- Rail Network Expansion
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of his Department in the decision-making process and consideration of the final route of the MetroLink project on the south side...
- Traffic Calming Measures
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when variable speed limits will become operational on the M50; the progress to date on this issue; the remaining issues and associated...
- Road Traffic Legislation
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation in order to permit the use of CCTV to monitor the usage of bus lanes; and if he will make a statement...
- Legislative Reviews
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the review of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 will...
- Civil Aviation Regulation
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration given to the possibility of the Commission for Aviation Regulation being selected as the competent authority in relation...
- Road Improvement Schemes
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in the road infrastructure in County Meath. [51951/18]
- Road Projects Status
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to commence the upgrading of the N4 route from Roosky to Boyle in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Carbon Budget
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects supported and the amount spent by his Department to date under the available €5.5 million carbon reduction programme;...
- Olympic Games
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent decision by an organisation (details supplied) to suspend the boxing competition at the 2020 Olympics; and if he...
- Rail Services
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to dangerous congestion levels on DART and commuter trains which stop at all stations in north County...
- Civil Aviation Regulation
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for carriage of munitions of war refused after the exercise of ministerial discretion following a Departmental...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was requested to provide costings for an air search and rescue service; his plans to increase the capacity of the Air Corps to...
- Road Network
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to facilitate necessary upgrading of major transport routes such as the M50 and M4, which are perceived to...
- Sports Funding
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be taking guidance or direction from organisations (details supplied) in respect of the funding of organisation related...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he proposes to make further provisions under the sports capital programme to facilitate the ongoing needs of...
- Military Aircraft Landings
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 6 November 2018, the number of applications related to the transport of munitions of war...
- Public Transport
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safety of public transport workers will be supported by creating a dedicated transport police resource that would have the powers...
- Ministerial Meetings
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will visit Navan as promised on 30 November 2018 to discuss the Navan, County Meath rail project; and if he will make a statement...
- Sports Organisations
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to initiatives to increase women’s participation in sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the capacity and constituency issues associated with Bus Éireann services in County Meath will be addressed [52213/18]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
60. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his planned visits abroad in the next six months. [52102/18]
- Parliamentary Questions Data
61. To ask the Taoiseach the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered directly; the number of questions...
- Defence Forces Training
63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are enough instructors to train drivers of military vehicles in the Defence Forces; and if there are sufficient driving courses for all...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Parliamentary Questions Data
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- Catalan Pro-Independence Prisoners
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received representations from the Irish ambassador in Madrid regarding the recent decision by a number of Catalan pro-independence...
- Foreign Conflicts
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the protracted crisis in South Sudan; if he will engage in diplomatic efforts through the EU to ensure the fragile peace in...
- Brexit Issues
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent comments by the Advocate General to the European Court of Justice on Article 50; and his views on whether the UK...
- Brexit Negotiations
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his officials have assessed the advice of the UK Attorney General regarding the backstop provisions in the Brexit draft withdrawal...
- Department of Finance
- Parliamentary Questions Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered directly; the number of...
- Mortgage Book Sales
70. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with the latest tranche of mortgages by a bank (details supplied) which are being passed on to companies in view of the resulting insecurity...
- Banking Licence Applications
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licence applications before the Central Bank by category; the number of approvals provided in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by category; and if...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State has secondary security over moneys loaned by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to a company (details supplied) while the...
- Paradise Papers
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the work of the Revenue Commissioners on certain taxation matters revealed by documents (details supplied); the number of cases it is pursuing; the amount of...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a mechanism in place in Denmark to pay outstanding claims when an insurance company goes into liquidation; if the mechanism will be applicable to...
- Mortgage Lending
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific type of SPV model used for the securitisation of mortgages by banks (details supplied); if the vehicle will be tax exempt; if the distributions...
- Licensed Moneylenders
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has contacted the Governor of the Central Bank regarding its policy on the granting of moneylending licences; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic and Monetary Union
83. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments on fiscal and monetary integration of the EU by the finance Minister of Germany; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
84. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council following its recent critical fiscal assessment of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Agreements
85. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the so-called single malt tax avoidance loophole to be completely closed off by Ireland and Malta; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Parliamentary Questions Data
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- Estimates Process
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of approved Supplementary Estimates in each of the years 2000 to 2017 and to date in 2018, for each Department in tabular...
- Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if tenders have been reinvited from the short-list of building contractors for a laboratory (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so,...
- Office of Public Works Projects
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 18 September 2018, if the engineering consultants have been appointed; when planning...
- Flood Risk Assessments
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 October 2018, if consultants have been hired to complete the reassessment of the local...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52232/18]
- Parliamentary Questions Data
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered directly; the...
- School Accommodation Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite an application by a school (details supplied) for AFD facilities and a science room which are urgently...
- Schools Building Projects Status
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location a school (details supplied) will be located; the type of premises it will occupy; the facilities that will be included; when the...
- DEIS Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52324/18]
- School Transport Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of private school transport contractors (details supplied) which have had their fleet suspended by Bus Éireann while awaiting...
- Teaching Qualifications
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special educational needs will be included as a core part of initial teacher training in all colleges; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of accommodation and a programme of upgrading and refurbishment will be carried out over time; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Garda vetting for special needs assistants and bus escorts will be centralised and streamlined in order that they can move more easily between...
- National Educational Psychological Service Administration
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if access for all pupils with SEN to the National Educational Psychological Service will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a clear pathway will be created for all families following an SEN diagnosis of their child from early intervention supports through to adult...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the role of special needs assistants in special schools will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52357/18]
- Schools Building Projects
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 18 September 2018, if the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) have been agreed; when...
- Schools Building Projects Status
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the pre-qualification report on the building of a school (details supplied); if the report has been received; if it has been...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; if satisfactory,...
- Schools Building Projects Status
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 6 November 2018, if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been included in the projects...
- Schools Designation
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to become co-educational; if not, the issues...
- Schools Building Projects Status
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tenders have been invited for the completion of a campus (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of contractors from which tenders...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 21 November 2018, if agreement has been reached on a new site for the school; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 9 October 2018, if tenders have been sought for the appointment of a design team for a school...
- Schools Facilities
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all primary schools; the primary schools that have a kitchen or a canteen; the primary schools that do not have a...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an immediate appeals procedure for staffing allocations to special schools for matters such as staffing allocation which...
- Special Educational Needs Data
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to undertake an exercise to scope out the requirement for special school places particularly in the area of ASD and complex needs; and...
- Special Educational Needs
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a reduction in the paperwork requirement for special schools particularly the personal pupil plans when requesting one...
- Special Education Review
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an urgent review and replacement of report of the special education review committee 1993 will be carried out in view of the fact that the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consistent access to a multidisciplinary team, particularly a behaviour support specialist, for all special schools will be implemented; and...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an administrative deputy principal will be appointed in all special schools with eight teachers which equates to a minimum staff of 32 in view...
- Schools Building Projects Status
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52435/18]
- Summer Works Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scheme (details supplied) will be reintroduced in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52452/18]
- Schools Amalgamation
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is being amalgamated with another 18 km away; and if this course of action will be reversed in view of the...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove the requirement to take SNAs from panels for special schools in view of the fact that they may not have the necessary skill...
- Teachers' Professional Development
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there is continuing professional development specifically for various types of special schools for both teachers and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Parliamentary Questions Data
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions...
- Departmental Correspondence
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to respond to the correspondence and questions sent to him by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the wait time for Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52281/18]
- Data Retention
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 12 December 2017, the progress he has made regarding the Communications (Retention...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the refurbishment works at the courthouse in Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52336/18]
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria in place for areas to be chosen for the Garda youth diversion projects; his plans to establish the project in Bray...
- Prison Accommodation
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 5 December 2018, the reason the unit referred to is not accommodating prisoners;...
- Prison Security
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the report into the circumstances surrounding the escape of a prisoner (details supplied) requested for by his...
- Constitutional Amendments
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite consideration of the report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality following...
- General Data Protection Regulation
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans on section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018; his plans to amend and commence section 30 by way of legislation and...
- Garda Recruitment
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be further graduations of probationer Gardaí from Templemore in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Data Retention
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the aspects of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017 he has incorporated from the Communications (Retention of Data)...
- Crime Data
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of detections of financial crime in 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by category; the nature of the crimes...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointments provided daily through the immigration appointment booking system; if his attention has been drawn...
- Referendum Campaigns
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the involvement of his Department on plans for the forthcoming referendum on divorce in May 2019. [51797/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Parliamentary Questions Data
149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- Forálacha Pinsin
150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation cén uair a cheadófar pinsean do dhuine (gonraí tugtha) atá ag fáil pinsean easláine faoi láthair...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland facilities being constructed in County Mayo in the past five years; the cost of each facility; the number...
- Work Permits Applications
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit. [52287/18]
- Consumer Protection
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an organisation (details supplied) has applied for prescriber status under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 in...
- Brexit Issues
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the percentage of companies that export to Britain that will be Brexit ready by 29 March 2019....
- Department of Health
- Parliamentary Questions Data
156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered directly; the number of...
- Departmental Correspondence
157. To ask the Minister for Health when an independent expert will be appointed to examine a matter (details supplied); the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on...
- Commencement of Legislation
158. To ask the Minister for Health if the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 is reliant on enactment of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017...
- Disabilities Assessments
159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are staff shortages in the offices of the National Disability Complaints Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52260/18]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
164. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties in providing inpatient services for women with breast cancer in CUMH due to constant overcrowding; if there are...
- Palliative Care Services Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of palliative care services three year development framework 2017 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52267/18]
- Hospitals Building Programme
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary is not included in the five year plan for refurbishment and upgrading; and if he...
- Dental Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the dental service operating in the health centre in Maynooth, County Kildare; if there are plans to relocate this service in the near future;...
- Home Help Service Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health if home supports are in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52274/18]
- Proposed Legislation
170. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the health and social care professionals (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52278/18]
- Home Care Packages Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health if home care hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [52283/18]
- Medical Card Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a medical card. [52289/18]
- Health Repayment Scheme
173. To ask the Minister for Health the amount held or managed by the patients' private property account central unit; the way in which this fund is invested and safeguarded; the amounts held on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
174. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be arranged at WUH for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and the reason the person has had to wait for nine...
- Health Reports
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resolution of the issue concerning women who had vaginal mesh implants; and when progress will be made on same. [52300/18]
- Hospital Groups
177. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Letterkenny University Hospital is not included in the priority list of hospitals in the 2018 winter plan proposals of the HSE and his Department;...
- Disabilities Assessments
179. To ask the Minister for Health when an autism assessment report will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
180. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available for non-medical costs for families of sick children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52320/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
181. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. [52325/18]
- Medical Card Eligibility
183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied); if a decision to cancel their card will be reviewed with a view to...
- Hospital Equipment
184. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring a machine from the UK for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, for a procedure (details supplied); the number of times it is hired in a...
- Stroke Care
185. To ask the Minister for Health the support services available to stroke survivors in the community in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52361/18]
- Obesity Strategy
187. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the obesity policy implementation oversight group has met since its establishment; the dates of these meetings; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Staff Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of an advanced nurse practitioner rheumatology post at UHK as promised in December 2016; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women are being refused a scan (details supplied) in view of the fact that the RCSI hospital group has said that it is available to all women that...
- Medical Products Supply
191. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive the medication they need for their condition. [52408/18]
- Hospital Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health if the charges of €80 per visit capped at up to €800 per year in certain venesection clinics including Louth hospital will be overturned and the...
- Medical Products
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a review of the regulation of the medical devices sector following the recent international investigation by journalists; and if he will make...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Parliamentary Questions Data
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- Fisheries Protection
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pair trawling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52273/18]
- Teagasc Courses
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cases have been brought to his attention regarding outstanding green certificates to be issued by certification operators to...
- Fisheries Protection
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing pair trawling for sprat in estuaries and bays in view of the concern of conservation organisations and...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive payment under the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Fish Quotas
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to prevent the closure of all other fisheries in view of the zero TAC that has been advised for cod and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Parliamentary Questions Data
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the planned industrial terminal on the Shannon Estuary; the way in which this planning fits with...
- Illegal Dumping
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the issue of illegal dumping nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52332/18]
- EU Directives
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the ongoing review of the audiovisual media services directive; the action or research he is undertaking;...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on outside consultancy fees to date for advices since the initial announcement of the national...
- Energy Schemes
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a grant for the installation of stoves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52466/18]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parliamentary Questions Data
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- Road Network
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be considered for the extension of the M3 motorway to Cavan town and the east west link which are urgently needed in the...
- Bus Services
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has investigated the use of articulated buses to provide bus services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Transport Initiatives
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to Dublin Bus in order to provide off-vehicle ticketing services on buses. [52255/18]
- Bus Services
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will facilitate Dublin Bus in providing staged or abridged versions of certain services in which capacity is preventing...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the recent round of sports capital grants results will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52284/18]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when successful candidates (details supplied) will be notified; and the status of same. [52319/18]
- Bus Services
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to customer complaints (details supplied) regarding public transport services; the way in which, or if,...
- Olympic Games
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent decision by an organisation (details supplied) to suspend the boxing competition at the 2020 Olympics; and if he...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of anti-social behaviour incidents that have been reported on Luas lines to date in 2018. [52391/18]
- Brexit Issues
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department is making provision for the eventuality of Brexit with particular reference to its implications for...
- Recreational Facilities Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his future plans for investment in recreational infrastructure such as swimming pools, community centres and other sporting facilities;...
- Rural Transport Services
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department has continued to evaluate rural transport requirements with a view to bringing transport to persons...
- Transport Policy
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to evaluate the transport system, road and rail, public and private to ensure the...
- Tourism Industry
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full extent of growth within the tourism sector with particular reference to the number of persons employed; the scope for further...
- Public Transport
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which bus and rail services are fully utilised and are in fact tailored to meet the requirements of the travelling or...
- Sports Events
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with the various sporting organisations with a view to facilitating the use of...
- Transport Costs
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to have discussions with his EU colleagues with a view to ensuring that transport costs here are...
- Integrated Ticketing
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which integrated ticketing continues to be successful; if further expansion is planned; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of places on the ECCE scheme which are available in Ballincollig, County Cork. [52231/18]
- Parliamentary Questions Data
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- Detention Centres Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed by a campus (details supplied) by administration and care work, in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date...
- Child Detention Centres
236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 4 December 2018, the basis of her assertion that all members of the board of Tusla had an...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Recreational Facilities Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to introduce funding schemes in the Fingal area to address the rapid expansion of population and lack of facilities to...
- Parliamentary Questions Data
239. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered...
- CLÁR Programme
240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the areas in which he is expanding CLÁR funding in 2019, by category; when this funding will be open for applications in 2019;...
- Departmental Funding
241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding allocated for each scheme and programme in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 under his Department and bodies...
- Departmental Budgets
242. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has sought permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over unspent capital to 2019; if so, the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Parliamentary Questions Data
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); the correct level of arrears...
- Pensions Reform
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has addressed the issue of women whose children were born before 1994 who were excluded from the home carer's scheme...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Commencement of Legislation
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when staff training will be completed following the commencement of section 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act...
- Legislative Measures
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered options to speed up the resolution of technical errors in the Children and Family Relationships Act...
- Invalidity Pension Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Payments
251. 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....
- Direct Provision Payments
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who lives in a direct provision centre is entitled to a weekly payment for transport if attending a full-time or...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter will be addressed regarding illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Urban Renewal Schemes
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a funding application in respect of a project (details supplied); the appeals process available for unsuccessful...
- Local Authority Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review a case (details supplied); the number of waste enforcement officers in Monaghan and Cavan County Councils;...
- Parliamentary Questions Data
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the council housing waiting list for Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water Pollution
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52277/18]
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to making low-cost sites available to persons in a position to afford to build their own homes...
- Tenancy Protection Scheme
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing provider is required to issue notices to quit in cases in which homeless persons or persons who have been...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the planned industrial terminal on the Shannon Estuary; the way in which this planning fits with the...
- Solar Energy Guidelines
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce guidelines for solar farms; the process involved and associated timeframe for same; and if he will make...
- Fire Service Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing annual medal presentations for bravery as takes place for members of An Garda...
- Referendum Campaigns
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the involvement of his Department on plans for the forthcoming referendum on plebiscites in May 2019....
- Housing Data
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of permissions granted for apartments and houses, respectively in each of the four local authorities in Dublin...
- Residential Tenancies Board Administration
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the proposed register of landlords to be initiated and available for public inspection; and if he will make a...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Parliamentary Questions Data
268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions...
- Departmental Budgets
269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has sought permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over unspent capital to 2019; if so,...
- National Development Plan Expenditure
272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the areas the €1.2 billion of culture, heritage and Irish language funding has been invested in to date (details supplied);...
