Written answers

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Cyber Security Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the National Cyber Security Centre is sufficiently resourced to deal with the number of...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve the provision of broadband in County Meath. [53182/18]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets as set by the EU and UN; if alternative energy...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role that local authorities will play as applicants or project partners in the seven projects recently announced...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband tender process; when all homes and businesses in County Donegal will have access to...
    • North-South Interconnector
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the potential surplus of supply that would be generated by the North-South interconnector to 2027; the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to address the ongoing broadband blackspots in parts of County Galway including Castleblakeney,...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed in his Department with expertise in climate change. [51837/18]
    • Energy Efficiency
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met the SEAI and an agency (details supplied) on the programme of deep retrofitting for municipal and private...
    • National Broadband Plan
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the terms and conditions of the broadband tender reflect growing international concerns on the surveillance and...
    • Illegal Dumping
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to curtail the increase in illegal dumping linked to the rising cost of domestic waste collection...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with a company (details supplied) regarding the roll-out of broadband under the agreement previously...
    • National Broadband Plan
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has an alternative model for the national broadband plan if the tender process cannot find a feasible bidder....
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the climate action plan; the additional resources Departments will have in 2019 to address climate...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the commitment to provide high-speed broadband to each house and business in County Donegal; the deadline...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the completion of tenders submitted for the national broadband plan. [53177/18]
    • Electric Vehicles
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding programme he plans to provide to facilitate the provision of necessary infrastructure in order to reach the...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role that new hybrid powerpacks for intercity railcars as announced under the climate action fund will have in...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recent report from the climate change performance index, which ranked Ireland as the worst in climate action...
    • Bord na Móna
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the application for EU funds to aid affected Bord na Móna workers in their transition into new...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the three most important actions he plans to take to address the issue of climate change and carbon reduction, including...
    • Energy Policy
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to use powers under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to issue a policy direction to the Commission for...
    • Post Office Closures
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process to review decisions to close rural post offices undertaken by An Post; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Recycling Policy
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the level of plastic recycling and to reduce the use of non-recyclable plastics in particular....
    • Postal Services
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding changes to the An Post retail and mail delivery businesses in the context of the retention of the...
    • North-South Interconnector
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy on the North-South interconnector. [53183/18]
    • Energy Efficiency
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the role that increasing energy efficiency in public, private and commercial buildings can play in reaching...
    • Bioenergy Strategy
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which indigenous biomass supply to maintain security of energy supply will be ensured in view of plans to...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in respect of offshore wind energy; the number of offshore wind farms that are planned; the planned locations...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the task force on broadband and mobile phone coverage with specific reference to the way in which mobile...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises passed by a company (details supplied) to date as part of the agreement with his Department for...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact Project Ireland 2040 will have on 2030 climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53194/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he met a person (details supplied) to discuss that person's report on the national broadband plan procurement...
    • Energy Efficiency
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for thermal retrofitting of private rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the potential in ground-mounted and rooftop solar power to address some of the...
    • Energy Efficiency
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to meet the target of 45,000 deep retrofits per annum by 2021. [53167/18]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to meet the director general of RTÉ; the supports he will provide to RTÉ and TG4 in 2019; and...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to implementing a ban on the use of gas derived from hydraulic fracturing as an energy...
    • Energy Efficiency
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce energy use through public lighting, with particular reference to non-LED local authority public...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to accelerating the number of community energy projects under the sustainable energy...
    • Electricity Generation
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the plan to cease burning coal at Moneypoint power station in 2025 will be reviewed in view of the fact that no coal...
    • North-South Interconnector
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the timeline for the North-South interconnector remains in line with projected demand estimates;...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in completing the contract in locations (details supplied) with regard to the roll-out of 300,000...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the latest CSO labour force survey results for Waterford city and region including data on unemployment participation, age, gender and hours of...
    • Brexit Issues
      114. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his phone call to Prime Minister May on 9 December 2018; and the issues that were discussed and responses he received. [52799/18]
    • Unemployment Levels
      115. To ask the Taoiseach the unemployment rate by county using latest CSO data. [52819/18]
    • European Council Meetings
      116. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his phone call with Mr. Donald Tusk on 10 December 2018; and the issues that were discussed. [52861/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • State Claims Agency Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of open cases the State Claims Agency is handling in respect of the Air Corps, its staff and former staff; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 6 November 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53040/18]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Expenditure
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the moneys expended in promoting and hosting all Getting Ireland Brexit Ready events to date including costs (details supplied) in tabular...
    • Brexit Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the discussions on Brexit preparedness at EU level; and if he contributed to same. [53187/18]
    • Registration of Births
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the processing times for foreign birth registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52768/18]
    • Ministerial Communications
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken recently to the Vice President of the United States of America, Mr. Mike Pence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration will be given to making contact with the Spanish Government to recommend that the pre-trial Catalan civil and political...
    • Visa Agreements
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals being considered to ease the restrictions relating to persons coming to live here on stamp 0 visas, particularly retirees from...
    • Passport Applications Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround time for passport applications; the number of persons waiting to have passport applications processed through the Passport...
  • Department of Finance
    • Legislative Measures
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018 will regulate a company (details supplied); if securitisations similar to that in...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance providers, intermediaries or managing general agents providing insurance to persons here operating under freedom of service that have...
    • Ministerial Travel
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on travel costs associated with all official Department engagements, that is, overseas flights, accommodation and taxis undertaken by him...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the removal of height restrictions has a major upward impact on site value of the lands sold and that the...
    • Brexit Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to hire customs officials due to the impact of Brexit; the number expected to be hired; the number expected to be fully trained and in...
    • Brexit Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have applied for authorised economic operator status in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number that have...
    • Mortgage Lending
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of life loans in respect of residential properties in issuance here; the amount owed on these loans; if such loans are being marketed by banks; if...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if staff at the State Claims Agency receive discretionary performance-related payments; the amount paid to staff from 2006 to date; if these payments related...
    • Excise Duties
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tax on non-alcoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53060/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent discussions and meetings he has had with officials from the Central Bank regarding Brexit and the resilience of the economy to...
    • VAT Exemptions
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if sports clubs that are registered charities can benefit from the VAT compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53122/18]
    • Tax Deduction Systems
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which employees who do not have Internet access will be able to access end-of-year statements once changes by the Revenue Commissioners are carried...
    • Vehicle Registration
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners have sufficient measures in place to ensure that applicants who engage in the process of taxing commercial...
    • Stamp Duty
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated in a full year if the stamp duty on residential properties increased to 4% on excess over €1 million; and...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated if the 8% USC rate was increased to 9% for earners over €70,044; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated by reducing the earnings cap for pension contributions from €115,000 to €75,000. [53280/18]
    • Living City Initiative
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the boundaries of the special regeneration areas under the living city initiative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding deferred payments on VAT and customs duty will receive a response; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an assessment of the extent to which multinational corporations not headquartered here are booking in Ireland income from sales made to...
    • EU Budget Contribution
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made to the European Union in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 and estimated for 2019; the receipts received or estimated to be...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on mortgage customers having their loans sold off to other lenders despite meeting and exceeding repayment agreements; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with members of the Administration of the United States of America. [53410/18]
    • Code of Practice on the Transfer of Mortgages
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the code of practice on the transfer of mortgages is considered voluntary; the legal basis on which it was issued; the reason it was issued if...
    • Special Savings Incentive Scheme
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the options he is considering regarding a potential future savings scheme similar to the SSIA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53473/18]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the stage the renovation of the new Bailieborough Garda station building is at; the date for completion; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Issues
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an assessment has been carried out of the needs of all ports and airports here and changes to infrastructure and facilities that will...
    • Garda Station Closures
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52731/18]
    • Redundancy Payments
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has set a cap of two years salary as a maximum in potential redundancy packages for affected workers in terms of proposed or...
    • Trade Union Recognition
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the trade unions in receipt of a negotiating licence that his Department does not recognise for collective bargaining and industrial...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a member of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) with a break in service has the option of retaining the original pension...
    • Legislative Measures
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the situation regarding public service employees who are on or about to participate in the interim arrangements of a fixed one-year...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for mandatory retirement in the public service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53382/18]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding drawn down as part of the Youth Guarantee since 2013; the amount spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full SNA hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [52706/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency funding for repair work at a centre (details supplied); the reason his Department has not yet replied to the Dublin...
    • Schools Building Projects
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request by a school (details supplied) for funding to build a new school on a greenfield site in view of the fact that its...
    • School Staff
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason redundancy offers to school secretaries are capped at a maximum of two years salary; when the cap was introduced; and if it applies to...
    • Pension Provisions
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52753/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of speech therapists engaged full-time in the demonstration project on speech therapy. [52758/18]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52760/18]
    • Special Educational Needs
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeals procedure for staffing allocations to special schools will be implemented (details supplied). [52761/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement a study of the requirements for special school places particularly in the area of ASD and complex needs (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review pertaining to the reduction in paperwork requirements for special schools, particularly the personal pupil plans when requesting one...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on what is a reasonable timeframe for a response from the NCSE when violent behaviour is reported and staff continue to deal with said...
    • Special Education Review
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the report of the Special Education Review Committee from 1993 will be carried out, in view of the fact that the report is now 25...
    • Special Educational Needs
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement measures (details supplied) for special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52767/18]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there will be no reconfiguration in the provision of second level school services and ensure the continuation of...
    • School Patronage
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the patronage status of a number of schools (details supplied); if the patronage of these schools will be taken over by local education training...
    • Autism Support Services
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy for children who, due to their significant educational needs, are not able to engage in mainstream education or ASD units beyond home...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52804/18]
    • School Patronage
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the likely timeline for the announcement of the patron bodies for the 12 new primary schools due to open in 2019 following the online patronage...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last occasion a forecast was conducted by the skills and labour market and research unit of SOLAS and its apprenticeship services unit for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual fees in existence for both craft-based and new consortia-based apprenticeships for persons enrolled by annual student contributions...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of registrations in floor and wall tiling in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and the apprentice...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be conferred on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52847/18]
    • School Curriculum
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the RSE programme; if recommendations have been made; the steps that will be taken to implement a comprehensive,...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the submission by a primary school for an urgent upgrade to Internet connectivity (details supplied); the timeline for delivery;...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new registrations on craft based apprenticeships to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52921/18]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the actions he is taking to ensure a greater participation rate of persons with a disability in apprenticeships; and if he will...
    • Traveller Education
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been selected for a scheme (details supplied); the strategy behind the scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to allow an ASD unit proceed for September 2019 in the Clonmel...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the development of well-being guidelines for centres of education and training. [52962/18]
    • Schools Facilities
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his Department’s engagement with property owners and school authorities to facilitate increased use of school...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the need for permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53002/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a meeting will be requested with the principal and chairman of the board of management of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a post-project review has been carried out on the schools bundle of PPP projects; and if so, if it will be published. [53043/18]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter (details supplied) regarding the SUSI grant will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53062/18]
    • School Patronage
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which it is established which parents are eligible to vote for patronage of newly proposed schools nationally; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for applicants for the special rate of postgraduate grant awarded via SUSI who are long-term unemployed but had a short...
    • Autism Support Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the autism units and early intervention services in place and new such services planned in County Cork. [53107/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53110/18]
    • Departmental Budgets
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communications, press and public relations budget allocated to his Department for 2018; the way in which it is being spent; if it is behind...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost if the budget for apprenticeship training increased by 15%. [53115/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on a planned secondary school extension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53116/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for a new permanent building at a school (details supplied); if the school will be assisted in...
    • Schools Facilities
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy with respect to the design, construction and provision of general purpose rooms for existing primary and post-primary schools; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect construction to commence for an extra classroom in view of the fact that the school...
    • Oiliúint Múinteoirí
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an deontas a d’íoctaí le hábhair múinteoirí chun tréimhse a chaitheamh sa...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in cases in which a permanent teacher in a primary school retires mid-school year the permanent position cannot be advertised and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for urgent funding to build additional ASD classrooms to...
    • Autism Support Services
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in secondary schools in Clondalkin for the school year commencing September 2019; if the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant income limits; and if the income threshold for students working part...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of special needs units in schools in the Lucan area; his plans to address this shortage in view of the number of families...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval for phase 2 works at a school (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53306/18]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the structural issues at a school (details supplied); when the application for emergency works will be granted; and if he...
    • School Curriculum
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 13 November 2018, his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special circumstances will be reconsidered regarding a request by a school (details supplied) for a start-up grant for an autism unit; if...
    • Site Acquisitions
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on the site acquisition process that will identify the location of the new 1,000 pupil post-primary schools to be...
    • National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the national energy efficiency upgrade pilot programme for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53345/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms and conditions of SNAs in primary and secondary education; the working hours set in a year for both cohorts; the way in which...
    • Pension Provisions
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the pension entitlement record of a teacher (details supplied) will be updated; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a...
    • Seirbhísí Iompair
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé sásta ticéid taistil scoile a cheadú do scoláirí ó scoil (sonraí tugtha) le dul ar bhus...
    • Schools Building Projects
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation regarding the provision of a secondary school in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, will be examined, particularly in the context of a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that issues relating to a school (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the drafting of the regulations and codes of practice required under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act...
    • Law Reform Commission Reports
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recommendation in the recent Law Reform Commission report on regulatory powers and corporate offences that a...
    • Deportation Orders
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has received a deportation notice. [53112/18]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on proposals in correspondence (details supplied). [52834/18]
    • Garda Strength
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active gardaí in December in each year to date in 2018. [52946/18]
    • Penal Policy Review Group Report
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the final report of the working group on a strategic review of penal...
    • Drugs Crime
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an independent evaluation of the Drug Treatment Court has been carried out; if so, the conclusions of same; and if he will...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Appeals
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the appeal by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service will be reconsidered in view of the information that was...
    • Garda Vetting
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay regarding the Garda vetting process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53061/18]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) can be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service Data
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former prison officers and staff that did not reach governor rank and are employed as consultants by the Irish...
    • Immigration Status
      272. 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 in the case of a person...
    • Garda Deployment
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 1 January 2018 and 10 December 2018;...
    • Asylum Applications
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the Criminal Assets Bureau increased by 12.5%; and if he will make...
    • Garda Resources
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau increased by 12.5%; and...
    • Garda Deployment
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each divisional burglary response unit in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and...
    • Gambling Legislation
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the gaming and lotteries (amendment) Bill will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; and if there will be an...
    • Motor Insurance Fraud
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he and the motor insurance working group have made in the establishment of an anti-fraud unit within An Garda...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for the community-based CCTV system that have been received and approved to date; and if he will...
    • Garda Recruitment
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda trainees that will be recruited to the Garda College in Templemore in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Promotions
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in promoting members of An Garda Síochána on promotion lists to the rank of sergeant and...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commence the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in full and at the earliest practicable date; the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details suppled); if all required documentation has been received; when...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application from Westmeath County Council for funding for the installation of CCTV cameras as an aid to...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person with a stamp 3 visa whose partner has a stamp 4 visa can take up an offer of work here; if not, if the person must apply...
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of A Programme for a Partnership Government commitment to prioritise balanced regional development that will aim to allow...
    • Consumer Protection
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52728/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2019 allocation by current and capital funding for her Department and each body under her remit in tabular form; and the...
    • Revised Estimates Publication
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has sought permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over unspent capital funding to 2019; if...
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2017, 2018 and 2019 budget allocations to the Regional Enterprise Development Fund; the amount of the 2017 and 2018 budget...
    • Jobs Initiative
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the moneys expended in promoting and hosting the future jobs summit event and strategy to date, including costs (details supplied), in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the consumer rights Bill in view of the fact that the heads of a Bill were published in 2015. [52820/18]
    • IDA Ireland Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 25 January 2018, the available IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2018; the occupied...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits to a location (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form....
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the full ODCE report into the collapse of the trial of a person (details supplied) will be published; and if consideration has been...
    • Brexit Supports
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of since being established on a county basis, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made under the disruptive technologies innovation fund to date, by county, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Skills Development
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the Digital Transformation: Assessing the Impact of Digitalisation on Ireland’s Workforce study, by the expert...
    • Regional Action Plan for Jobs
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the final refreshed plan for each regional action plan for jobs will be completed and published in tabular form. [52833/18]
    • Skills Shortages
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if professional roles (details supplied) will be added to the critical skills work permit lists in order to meet the extreme skills...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons by Civil Service grade working in the employment permits section of her Department in each of the years 2014 to...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details regarding IDA client companies (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52869/18]
    • IDA Ireland Funding
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding awarded to companies by the IDA in 2017 and to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding awarded to companies by Enterprise Ireland in 2017 and to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form; and if she...
    • InterTradeIreland Funding
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding awarded to companies by InterTradeIreland in 2017 and to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department holds research, data or reports on the benefits or challenges a united Ireland would bring; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff at each agency or office under the aegis of her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date 2018; the number of staff who...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed in her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of staff who left in 2016, 2017 and to...
    • Trade Agreements
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the free trade agreement with Vietnam, including the investment protection agreement; and if she will make a statement...
    • Brexit Supports
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the uptake of grants by businesses to tackle the challenge of Brexit. [53190/18]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant assistance available to improve competitiveness with improved machinery in the indigenous manufacturing sector in the Dublin...
  • Department of Health
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
      317. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the development and adoption of a national autism strategy; the actions he is taking to ensure that the specific needs of persons with autism are...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is improving services for persons with disabilities and mental health issues in counties Cavan and Monaghan and north County...
    • Grant Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate grant funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53042/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) was referred to the school age team in September 2017 and has not received supports; the reason for the delay; the approximate...
    • HSE Staff
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if persons working for the HSE have a choice of working until they are 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53277/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the timing of the implementation of sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Substance Misuse
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been deemed appropriate for treatment for substance use to date in 2018; and the number who have received treatment within one...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of services in all CHOs regarding the person-centred care planning processes of the drugs rehabilitation framework regarding...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new clients who have been granted access to naloxone to date in 2018. [52690/18]
    • Substance Misuse
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the guidelines and strategic statement on hidden harm. [52697/18]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside prisons. [52698/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation projects in each of the past five years; the projected budget for 2019; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the CEO or equivalent of each hospital and each hospital group on 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015, 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017, 1 January 2018 and 1 December...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the decision support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52705/18]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow the FreeStyle Libre system under the long-term illness scheme for persons with type 1 diabetes (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the position date regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52710/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 20 September 2018, when a response will issue to an interim reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the rate of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis here; his further views on the benefits offered by the use of IBD nurse specialists in the...
    • Health Services Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free contraception to all women (details supplied) in view of the introduction of a new general practitioner led abortion service in...
    • Patient Safety
      349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 7 November 2018, if he will request further clarification from the HSE on issues (details supplied) from its reply...
    • Care of the Elderly
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if a local placement will be ensured for a person (details supplied) in Castleblayney within the care pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52754/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of consultants to fill posts in public hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52756/18]
    • Hospitals Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the most recent audit by his Department or on its behalf of the implementation of the 80:20 ratio of public to private practice (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [52769/18]
    • Cancer Services Funding
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the projected expenditure on cancer services for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52772/18]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on nurses for the first nine months in each of the years since 2009, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52837/18]
    • Protected Disclosures
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the protected disclosure made by a person (details supplied) regarding the standards of care offered to children with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/18]
    • Graduate Nursing Scheme
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 2018 graduate psychiatric nurses that have been provided employment contracts; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each area...
    • Disability Services Funding
      364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assign funding to Cork-Kerry community healthcare for the development of disability services (details supplied). [52863/18]
    • General Practitioner Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if it is common practice for doctors to charge €50 to stamp a driver licence renewal form for a patient; and if so, if this charge will be removed in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the human tissue Bill; when he plans to publish the heads of the Bill; if he will consult with interested organisations in relation to same;...
    • Brexit Staff
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to hire inspectors as a result of Brexit; the number expected to be hired; the number expected to be fully trained and in place by the 29...
    • Hospital Services
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been made available for a second cath laboratory in University Hospital Waterford. [52903/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for a diagnostic cardiology assessment at UHW in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [52905/18]
    • Hospital Staff
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the job description for each of the additional posts to be advertised for the staffing of a second cath laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; and if he...
    • Health Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52911/18]
    • Hospitals Policy
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the proposed name change at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the projected cost of changing the name of the hospital. [52913/18]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each winning proposal for a tender contract issued by the HSE that has been destroyed, by which the contract has not yet been terminated, in...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if the status of pharmaceutical assistants is changed, the person or body that will be responsible for paying redundancy to the persons who lose their jobs...
    • Emergency Departments Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been used in University Hospital Limerick in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at University Hospital Limerick by speciality and wait time bands (details supplied). [52928/18]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend at University Hospital Limerick for 2016, 2017 and 2018. [52929/18]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at University Hospital Limerick in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [52930/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a school transport option has not been put in place for a person (details supplied). [52943/18]
    • Health Services Reports
      388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 3 October 2018, the status of the position of the HSE on the report of a working group; and if he will make a...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) relating to prescription payments will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52955/18]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of Clonakilty Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52957/18]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the phase 2 upgrade for Kinsale hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52961/18]
    • Trade Union Recognition
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the trade unions in receipt of a negotiating licence that the HSE does not recognise for collective bargaining and industrial relations purposes, in part or in...
    • Mental Health Services
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if an advocate has been appointed to the residents in a centre (details supplied) as per a commitment in correspondence dated July 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      397. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 6 December 2018, the impediments that exist to commencing Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the educational supports available to parents that care for a child that experiences episodes of aggression; if the provision of a programme of MAPA training...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for drugs services in Ballymun will be restored in view of the recent rise in anti-social behaviour and crime linked to cocaine in the area; and if...
    • Health Action Plan
      400. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a detailed assessment of diagnostics, radiology and laboratory service requirements across acute and community care; and if he will make...
    • Electronic Health Records
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of a national system of electronic health records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53057/18]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each of the 24 drug and alcohol task forces in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and the way in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a procedure (details supplied) through the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/18]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if compensation will be provided for the last minute cancellation of an event. [53066/18]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      405. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fee of €2,000 that patients who want to determine if they are suitable for the cancer treatment drug pembrolizumab are charged; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if long-term care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in a specific hospital. [53078/18]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allowed access to Versatis patches to treat their chronic pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53086/18]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services available to adult patients of type 1 and 2 diabetes at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding model in place for the provision of moneys to an association (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the drop in funding to the organisation...
    • Health Services Allowances
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if the anomaly still exists by which children from north County Tipperary who are cared for by the mid-west hospital group are only allowed a partial allowance...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in procurement under the private ambulance tender framework that commenced in 2017 and has not progressed since September 2017; and if...
    • Hospitals Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient procedures and surgeries by speciality carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital for each month in 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made to commission the bespoke maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by speciality at Letterkenny University Hospital for each month in 2017 and to date in 2018, in...
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns that Cork University Hospital is lagging behind in terms of screening and isolation of patients who have been...
    • Health Services Staff
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with a union (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it represents over 500 medical professionals in...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health when home help will be sanctioned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53123/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      418. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53124/18]
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new children’s hospital; when construction will be completed; when it will be open to the public; and if he will...
    • Voluntary Sector Remuneration
      420. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the pay anomalies for section 39 staff at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53133/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to ensure that the required treatment is provided for a person (details supplied). [53139/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age on waiting lists for speech and language therapy for more than one year by CHO area; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts for speech and language therapists vacant for in excess of six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53215/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for initial assessment by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53216/18]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is no longer available; when it will be made available again; if he will ensure this occurs as soon as possible in view of...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the reason temporary nursing home funding has ceased for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if this decision will be reconsidered; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the agreement between his Department and the RCSI hospital group relating to changing the name of a hospital such as the case with Our Lady of Lourdes...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment. [53233/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 11 December 2018, the details of the review which the HSE is carrying out; the particular aspects of HSE...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a dossier from a person (details supplied); if same has been examined; the action he plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the exact number of needles issued under the pharmacy needle exchange programme in all participating pharmacy outlets in County Louth for the previous eight...
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list to see a psychiatrist at Enniscorthy child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS; the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of transvaginal mesh will not be sanctioned for use again unless there has been a detailed scientific examination of its use that would justify such...
    • Vaccination Programme
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if a person and 400 plus girls here suffering adverse health effects from Gardasil relating to a treatment clinic (details supplied) will receive compensation...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding respite facilities in County Cavan will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53252/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the system for setting prices under the nursing home support scheme; if he is satisfied that the process has been conducted in an...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if service providers will meet with a family to discuss the long-term needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dental Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of a new oral health policy; when it is expected to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a redevelopment project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53285/18]
    • Hospital Procedures
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if intensity-modulated radiation treatment as recommended by a consultant will be arranged and expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [53299/18]
    • HIQA Investigations
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has been given authority to carry out inspections as a result of complaints from a person. [53305/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available from his Department and the Health Service Executive, HSE, to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) will remain available in view of a recent review of same; if, after the recent review of the service, the five day a week 9...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date regarding the development of a new statutory home care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53346/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the new initiatives and proposals taken to reduce the number of children waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be restored for drugs services in the local drugs and alcohol task force areas that have had a 30% reduction over the past ten years in view of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      452. 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. [53360/18]
    • Assisted Decision Making
      453. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in full and at the earliest practicable date; the timeframe for its...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      454. To ask the Minister for Health when the minimum pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53386/18]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the national cancer control programme to allocate funding for a pigmented lesion clinic outreach in service in a hospital in the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      456. 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. [53406/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide improved health services through the establishment of new facilities and the employment of additional personnel (details supplied); and if...
    • Palliative Care Facilities
      458. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 27 November 2018, if the HSE is considering options for the opening of the additional four beds at a centre...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) who has a severe degree of debilitation is immediately provided with an outpatient...
    • Health Services Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 1; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to...
    • Medical Card Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for applications for medical cards; the number of medical cards issued in north west County Cork in 2018; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Afforestation Programme
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the potential for strategic afforestation to maximise carbon sequestration has been examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishing Industry
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52716/18]
    • Fisheries Protection
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the locally led scheme and its operation; his plans for the future expansion of the scheme; the reason a species...
    • Pension Provisions
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new pension scheme for workers of companies (details supplied) that was agreed with management and unions of the Coillte-owned...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imported from Northern Ireland and the UK, respectively, in each of the past 24 months, in tabular form; and if...
    • Beef Imports
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will carry out further investigations into a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Staff
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to hire inspectors as a result of Brexit; the number expected to be hired; the number expected to be fully...
    • Beef Industry Irregularities
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef processors that have been identified as having been excessively trimming carcases in the past three years; and if...
    • Irish Land Commission
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the records branch will be directed to make documents of title and inspectors’ reports available to enable registration of...
    • Forestry Sector
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the protection of a location (details supplied) in County Wexford as a site of natural biodiversity; if native...
    • GLAS Payments
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a delay in GLAS payments; if all outstanding payments will be processed without further delay; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied). [53109/18]
    • EU Directives
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the adjustment of Council Directive 2000/29/EU and the...
    • Beef Industry Irregularities
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name and location of each beef processor that has been caught excessively trimming beef carcases in the past three years; if...
    • Fishing Licences
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a fishing licence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding sheep numbers. [53263/18]
    • National Fodder Transport Support Measure
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be compensated for animal feed supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53265/18]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in which it states in EU regulations that land has to be fenced for 12 months in order to qualify for the single farm...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payments (details supplied) in certain scenarios; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • TAMS Eligibility
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the rules relating to TAMS grants will be changed to provide grant aid for meal bins for all livestock farmers; his views on...
    • Forestry Sector
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied). [53369/18]
    • Harness Racing Industry
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will be made available to implement the five-year strategy plan for harness racing here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers are obliged to declare all land they are farming on their basic payment applications even in cases in which they are not...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all outstanding agricultural payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) regarding an outstanding debt for an ANC and repayments schedule that has been...
    • Fodder Crisis
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there will be sufficient fodder available to last over the winter; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inland Fisheries
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a series of matters (details supplied) relating to draft net fishing on the River Feale will be examined; and if he...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for the electric vehicle home charger grant scheme increased by 20%; and if he...
    • Climate Change Policy
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when work will commence on the new whole-of-Government climate action plan; the timeframe for the report to be...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a broadband service will be available under the national broadband scheme at a location (details supplied). [52725/18]
    • Biofuel Data
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of used cooking oil used in the production of biodiesel here annually; the volume of used cooking oil...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to a person (details supplied) to insulate the person's home; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are circumstances in which the home energy grant can issue in a scenario in which the applicant applies for...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that broadband coverage is extended to provide cover for a property (details supplied). [52775/18]
    • Waste Management Regulations
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if waste operators will be directed to install a clip on the lids of bins to prevent the bins being blown open during...
    • Air Quality
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/18]
    • North-South Interconnector
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if revelations of an energy surplus in Northern Ireland for the next decade will affect the construction of the...
    • Postal Codes
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties receiving an Eircode; if he will increase the frequency of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a feed in tariff to roll out domestic and commercial rooftop solar power; if he officially met...
    • Exploration Licences
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review under way regarding the option to give him the legislative basis on which to screen mineral...
    • National Broadband Plan
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the original broadband tender of 800,000 households was in contravention of state aid rules as stated...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that have availed of the warmer homes scheme in each of the years since its commencement, by...
    • Energy Efficiency
      513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded to date in 2018 by programme; the planned or budgeted expenditure per programme for...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding eligibility for the warmer homes scheme in respect of persons who receive a carer’s...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the evaluation stage of the NBP; if he has received an interim report and or brief in respect of the...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to include boiler replacements under the SEAI standard grants and the SEAI warmer home schemes. [53106/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement a national broadband scheme to provide fibre to homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Illegal Dumping
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the actions being taken to assist county councils deal with incidents of illegal dumping and fly tipping;...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if applications can be made by a business to the eel fisherpersons support scheme in cases (details supplied); and if...
    • Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of regulation for the household waste collection market; and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase broadband connectivity in County Meath. [52795/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a division within his Department that is involved in the provision of the national broadband plan. [48106/18]
    • Local Authority Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for local authority anti-litter, anti-graffiti awareness grants increased by...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the success or otherwise of the warmth and well-being pilot programme that commenced in 2016 and...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the annual support of €75 for medical incontinence wear has been introduced; if so, the way in which it can...
    • Litter Pollution
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a national ban on plastic straws on environmental grounds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Broadband Plan
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the criteria for the areas to be covered by the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Efficiency
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of grants for domestic heat pumps that have been allocated under the SEAI grant system since the inception...
    • Noise Pollution
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce rules on noise governing the use of crow bangers and bird scarers; and if he will make a...
    • Air Pollution
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements that will apply in respect of the nationwide ban on smoky coal; the position that applies to coal...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with the service providers in regard to the possible improvement of the quality of the mobile...
    • Waste Management
      542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will take to discourage the use of non-biodegradable plastics; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he expects the delivery of broadband to proceed throughout the country, with particular reference...
    • Electricity Generation
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proportion of electricity generated from oil, gas, coal, wind, solar or other renewable sources; the extent to...
    • Waste Management
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which landfill sites are being replaced with alternative means of waste disposal; and if he will make a...
    • Air Quality
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air pollutants have been identified at the various monitoring points throughout the country; if...
    • Electric Vehicles
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which efforts are being made to maximise the production and use of electric cars by way of replacement...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53121/18]
    • Road Projects
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Irish Rail and the NTA and agree to abandoning the Iron Hills rail line formally in order that the south Kildare...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a licence renewal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52734/18]
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to increase the number of wheelchair friendly taxis; the steps that can be taken to ensure that wheelchair taxis...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a feasibility study for a public swimming pool in west County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Signage
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advance warning signage will be put in place on the N55 route at the approach to Tang village in view of the fact that excessive speed...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name of the person he has appointed to examine the technical and safety performance of the Irish Aviation Authority pursuant to...
    • Sports Funding
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted with, offered administrative advice or financial aid to all-island sporting bodies (details supplied) in the context...
    • Public Services Card
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that vehicle users submitting licence renewal forms to the National Driver Licence Service before the expiration of...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the sustainable transport measures grant programme in 2018; the allocation that has been drawn down in counties...
    • Vehicle Testing
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when commercial vehicle testing will recommence in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53013/18]
    • Driver Test
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the commercial vehicles theory test is only available two days per month in Killarney, County Kerry; his plans to increase the...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the moneys paid to the private partner of the M3 Clonee-Kells PPP in traffic-related guarantee payments in 2017 and to date in 2018....
    • Roads Maintenance
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a crossing point (details supplied) in County Kildare that is not fit for purpose; his plans to...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) regarding providing transport to and from rural public houses will be addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of unofficial Border crossings with Northern Ireland in addition to the 208 public road Border crossings; the...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport capital projects that will commence in 2019; when each capital project will commence; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding has been received as part of the sports capital programme (details supplied) for shared playing and...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated for a project (details supplied). [53303/18]
    • Transport Policy
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a transport strategy (details supplied). [53304/18]
    • Defibrillators on Transport Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the roll-out of defibrillators across the Luas network and the training of personnel in their use; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made regarding the establishment of a motor insurance database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53339/18]
    • Road Projects
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for a western orbital route to help alleviate traffic congestion on the M50 especially between the N4...
    • Traffic Management
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to improve traffic congestion in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53341/18]
    • Road Projects
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proper road intersection will be provided at the junction of Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 and the N4; and if he will...
    • Light Rail Projects
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to bringing forward plans to develop a Luas line to Lucan in view of significant congestion; and if he...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to providing a small number of child-sized bicycles in certain stations under the public bike scheme in...
    • Rail Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval will be given by the NTA to an application made by Iarnród Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1172 of 7 September 2018, the ratio of families-to-support worker for each of those years; if there...
    • Court Orders
      581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Tusla will carry out a section 20 report as ordered in May 2017 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a process (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52840/18]
    • Cúram Leanaí
      583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cathain a bheidh an cúrsa ar líne Children First ar fáil as Gaeilge do phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta lena...
    • Early Years Sector
      584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52868/18]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all Tusla CEOs to date have been appointed through open competition; and if not, the methodology used to select the winning candidate in...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a data protection officer has been appointed to Tusla; if not, the reason for delay in appointing an officer; and if she will make a...
    • Aftercare Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the necessary one-off supports being put in place for care leavers to gain practical lifelong skills in line with action 69 of the Ryan...
    • Bereavement Counselling Services Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department and Tusla are developing addiction-specific bereavement support programmes and supporting the provision of...
    • Family Support Services
      590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department and Tusla are supporting families with non-violent resistance training to address child-to-parent violence....
    • Substance Misuse
      591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department and Tusla are supporting those caring for children and young persons in their family as a result of...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department and Tusla are playing in providing access to timely appropriate interventions such as resilience building...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to data protection breaches in the context of GDPR at Tusla; if her attention has been further drawn to...
    • Child and Family Agency Payments
      596. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had engagement with Tusla regarding its funding of an organisation (details supplied) in the past two years; if her attention...
    • Preschool Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the closure of a preschool (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53317/18]
    • Youth Services Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase funding to local youth community groups and agencies in Ballymun to 2008 levels at the very least in order to tackle...
    • Protected Disclosures
      599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to audit or investigate the penalisation of managers within Tusla who have submitted complaints in regard to breaches of the...
    • Child Detention Centres
      601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 4 December 2018, the case on which the assertion that all members of the board of Oberstown...
    • Cúram Leanaí
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cén fáth nach bhfuil fáil trí Ghaeilge ar an scrúdú Cosanta Leanaí Children First a chaithfear a...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the legality, appropriateness and wisdom of his Department granting €2 million under the rural regeneration and...
    • Departmental Funding
      604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 11 December 2018, if he will engage with the commercial operators displaced by the...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has received an application under the rural regeneration fund for a grant for a transport plan for a town (details supplied); if...
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount approved to date by each local action group under the current LEADER programme; the amount spent to date on the same basis;...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has received an application for aid pursuant to the urban and rural development fund from Westmeath County Council in respect of...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the timing of the implementation of section 9 of the Children and Family and Relationships Act 2015; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the percentage of appeals...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocation to Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, FEAD, Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in...
    • Food Poverty
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of persons here considered to be in food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52720/18]
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) for a working family payment; and if she will...
    • Working Family Payment Waiting Times
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays in processing the working family payment by which families can be waiting three...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all moneys due to a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52810/18]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when disability allowance arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); if payment will issue before Christmas 2018; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in regard to a review of a carer's allowance application submitted in April 2018 by a person...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit and respite grants...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rules that apply in regard to the eligibility of persons who are retained firefighters for jobseeker’s benefit and...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the situation for women who lost out on their full State pensions (contributory) due to leaving the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age participating on a community employment scheme by county from January 2017...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the entitlement to optical benefit of a person (details supplied); the entitlements applicable under...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Payments
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding payment to opticians based on optical benefit taking up to eight weeks; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for an invalidity pension; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time reviews on applications for carer's allowance are taking; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a non-contributory pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is provision to allow for carer’s leave to be extended in the case of a person (details supplied) due to...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to An Post per transaction to administer social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a report on the work of the programme framework for community employment drug rehabilitation schemes...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an illness benefit payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) for six weeks; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the review of carer's allowance means will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason means reviews for carer's allowance are taking over six months to be completed in view of the fact it is causing...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow self-employed persons to take up the illness benefit payment; if this will necessitate an increased...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory)
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures in place to identify persons on non-contributory pensions who can benefit from the total contributions system...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pre-2012 pensioners who are of the view they could benefit from the new total contributions system being introduced can...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person receiving rent allowance will have the allowance reduced if transferring from a community employment scheme; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 528 to 530, inclusive, of 11 December 2018, the amount that has been recouped since...
    • JobPath Data
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 11 December 2018, the number of persons to date who have gained employment...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the commitment made in Pathways to Work 2016-2020 to review and report on the impact of the reduced jobseeker's...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Waiting Times
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting period for applications for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53476/18]
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting period for applications for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53477/18]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Property Registration
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the name on a title deed for a person (details supplied) in County Cork is as stated; if not, when same will be rectified;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53056/18]
    • Commercial Rates
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of proposals to cut the cost of commercial rates for childcare providers; the type of operator that is required to...
    • Property Registration
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to expedite an application by persons (details supplied) for registration in the Land Registry; and if...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      652. 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. [52730/18]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual amount of funding provided to each local authority to carry out responsibilities as data controllers for community...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the removal of height restrictions has a major upward impact on the site...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new offshore wind farms planned to be built; the locations of the planned wind farms; and when they are due for...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings offered by NAMA to Limerick City and County Council and approved housing bodies in County Limerick in...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units built or purchased by Limerick City and County Council in each of the years from 2009 to...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount Limerick City and County Council has requested from his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for the...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available to fund or part fund the renovation of buildings that would make six apartments available for social...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of processing the foreshore licence application by Galway City Council so that it can commence critical coastal...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Kildare County Council under the urban regeneration and development fund for the Celbridge southern...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53020/18]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons working part time are excluded from availing of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken further to the decision of a company (details supplied) to cancel its planned data centre investment in...
    • Rental Sector
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address a matter with regard to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Valuations
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which businesses as a collective can appeal the methodology for calculating the new rates scheme under Reval...
    • Fire Safety
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if apartment owners whose homes have serious safety defects due to the way in which fire safety certificates were previously...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential properties owned by Leitrim County Council; the size of the properties; the number of properties...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing list of Leitrim County Council on 31 December in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to...
    • Water Services Expenditure
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for the rural water programme increased by 15%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Planning Framework
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the draft southern regional spatial and economic strategy has been published and put out for public consultation; if not,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application or applications have been received from Galway City Council for funding under the serviced site initiative;...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the timing of completion of revised planning guidelines for wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Heritage Sites
      677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a series of matters relating to Skellig Michael (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Film Industry
      678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions being taken to prevent workers' rights from being abused across the film industry. [52855/18]
    • Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme
      679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the payments under the voluntary bog purchase scheme for each quarter from 2010 to date in 2018; the number of payments in each...
    • Heritage Sites
      680. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to publish as requested by UNESCO all details regarding past interventions by the State on the Sceilg Mhichíl world...
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      681. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta go dáta maidir le forbairt na Cé in Inis Oírr; cén uair a...

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