Written answers

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Commissions of Investigation
      20. To ask the Taoiseach when the report on the first module of the commission of investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be published. [51496/18]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      26. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department in 2018; and the way in which this compares to 2017. [51838/18]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      37. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, when he was in Brussels on 13 and 14 December 2018; the issues that were discussed;...
    • Job Creation Data
      39. To ask the Taoiseach the additional jobs added in the 12 months to the third quarter of 2018 in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath from the latest labour force survey. [51615/18]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cases of persons who have failed to qualify for a contributory pension under new criteria introduced in 2012 that...
    • Legislative Reviews
      53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to publish the review of the policy outlined in section 18 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014, which...
    • Employment Support Services
      54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the type of job schemes that are or will be available to young persons with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of proposed legislation to deal with bogus self-employment; the progress in drafting such legislation; when such a...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is refusing access to the back to education allowance to applicants undertaking a professional...
    • Pensions Legislation
      57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment pension system; the expected date the system will come into operation;...
    • Public Services Card Data
      58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has responded to the draft report and request of the Data Protection Commission for further information on...
    • Legislative Measures
      60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 will be signed into law before Christmas 2018; when the provisions of...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pensioners born before 1 September 1946 who are of the view they could benefit from the new total contributions system...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the recovery of overpayments for social welfare; the amount outstanding for persons that are unemployed;...
    • Pensions Legislation
      64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce or amend legislation to enable representation and arbitration for members of semi-State defined benefit...
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to carry out a review of the way in which capital and savings are assessed for the majority of means-tested social...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the numbers participating in drug rehabilitation community employment schemes; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit payments are now back at normal levels; if all fixes of the automated system have been put in place; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce the percentage deduction from payments for those is receipt of jobseeker's allowance and farm assist...
    • Brexit Issues
      70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expedite the analysis being conducted by her Department on the impact of Brexit and reciprocal arrangements in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to restore to the maximum rate jobseeker's payments to persons under 25 years of age; and if she will...
    • JobPath Programme
      72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the contracts with JobPath providers will be extended; the date on which the current contracts expire; if a value for money...
    • Tax Forms
      74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Med 2 form needs a signature from the spouse of the claimant; the...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to address significant delays being experienced with carer's allowance applications; and if she will...
    • Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
      76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the conditions pertaining to the rural social scheme, with particular reference to the need to remove the...
    • Legislative Process
      77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage at which the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 is; if concerns regarding defined benefit...
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she plans to take to facilitate the award of widow or widower's pension in respect of persons married here following...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address delays affecting benefit and allowance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52800/18]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money recouped since her Department began recovering moneys that were overpaid to a person from the estate of...
    • Illness Benefit Costs
      82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decision by many general practitioner practices to charge persons who are in receipt of illness benefit for...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons that have qualified for the invalidity pension; the date on which jobseeker's benefit will...
    • JobPath Programme
      84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase in sanctions and penalties taken against jobseekers is due to the interaction of the JobPath providers; and if...
    • Pensions Legislation
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans for legislative changes in pension law; when amendments will be tabled to the Social Welfare, Pensions...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising campaign, including specific...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Naval Service and Air Corps will occur early in 2019. [53539/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising...
    • Brexit Issues
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce a new Army barracks in counties Cavan and Monaghan or the greater Border region in view of Brexit and in further view of...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Permanent Defence Force has taken on to date in 2018 with regard to all three services; the gender...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with by county to date in 2018, in tabular form. [53707/18]
    • Naval Service Data
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2018. [53708/18]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken by members in each service of the Defence Forces to date in 2018. [53709/18]
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a psychiatrist has been appointed to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53910/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • UN Conferences
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the UN Conference on Global Compact for Migration in Marrakesh. [54025/18]
    • Consular Services Provision
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a consulate general office in Durban, South Africa. [53546/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and marking system for the election observer roster. [53718/18]
    • Consular Services
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if contact has been made to the relevant embassies. [53879/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke with the leaders of the SNP or Welsh Assembly before or after the December 2018 EU General Affairs Council meeting. [53430/18]
  • Department of Finance
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason insurance rates for taxi vehicles, particularly wheelchair and disability vehicles, are high compared to EU rates; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 11 December 2018, if he will provide a breakdown of the table 2 figures by local authority. [53858/18]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT on hairdressing services is increasing on 1 January 2019; if so, the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53485/18]
    • Money Laundering
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the money laundering allegations at a bank (details supplied) have been investigated to ascertain if its branch here was part of...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising campaign including...
    • Tax Collection
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether PAYE modernisation will place additional costs on small businesses; if supports will be provided to help with the transition; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations that have been undertaken to date by the Revenue Commissioners for Brexit; the details of same under each different Brexit scenario; the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the introduction of tax relief on accommodation costs for third level students and their families; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Industry
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance companies providing latent defects insurance and-or structural guarantees here; if this insurance is available to individual...
    • Proposed Legislation
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to introduce legislation on limited partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53735/18]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Central Bank of Ireland by functional area and position; the time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if he will...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licence applications made to the Central Bank of Ireland in 2018 by the type of financial services provider, that is, retail credit firm and so...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Revenue Commissioners by functional area and position; the time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if he will...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Tax Appeals Commission by functional area and position; the time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if he will...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by the Central Bank of Ireland in each month since the start of 2016 by functional area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Accounts
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected surplus from the National Asset Management Agency; the return on investment this will represent; if the surplus will be received into the...
    • Code of Practice on the Transfer of Mortgages
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to placing the code of practice on the transfer of mortgages on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the VAT system is subsidising below-cost selling of alcohol in circumstances in which the VAT paid on the purchase of alcohol is greater...
    • Tax Agreements
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of an assimilated member state in terms of tax law in the Tax Consolidation Acts, the Stamp Duty Acts and other taxation Acts; the countries...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the research and development tax credit for the previous five years including 2018; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the take-up of the key employee engagement programme in each month since its establishment; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the employment and investment incentive scheme for each year since it commenced including 2018; the number of companies that have availed...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeals before the Tax Appeals Commission; the value of tax these disputes amount to; the appeals by ranges (details supplied), respectively...
    • Insurance Industry
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of policyholders impacted by the failure of a company (details supplied) by insurance category, that is, home insurance, motor insurance and so on;...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax paid by foreign multinational companies; the number of foreign multinational companies that have paid corporation tax to date in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to advance the legislation to establish the rainy day fund in 2019; when the fund will be fully up and running; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance when the national claims information database will be fully up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53963/18]
    • Stamp Duty
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty received from non-residential property charged at 6% to date in 2018 compared to the expectation of stamp duty receipts from non-residential...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Brexit Issues
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration is being given to using funds in his Department, including the Office of Public Works, to upgrade infrastructure at...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific projects planned for 2019 to increase the capacity of the River Shannon; the associated cost of the projects; the expected...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by the Office of Public Works and Westmeath County Council on flood defences for Athlone in 2017 and to date in 2018;...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work has been completed on Bandon Bridge as part of the Office of Public Works flood defence scheme; if not, when the work will be...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the flood defence scheme for Clonakilty, County Cork; the specific projects planned under the scheme; the cost and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood defence scheme for Northlands, County Meath, has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53795/18]
    • Heritage Sites
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to keeping a building (details supplied) open to the public all year round; and if he will make a...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants that applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appropriations-in-aid for each Department; the amount taken in; the amount spent; the net position in each of the years 2011 to 2017...
    • Departmental Communications
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which apprenticeships are available in all areas throughout the country at present; the uptake of such places; the extent to which...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53487/18]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI will be informed of sections 39 and 40 of the Data Protection Act 2018, enabling elected representatives to make representations on...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student grant income thresholds will be increased in view of the significant burden the cost of third level education has on families; and if...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new consortia-led apprenticeship programmes forecasted under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53777/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of speech therapists appointed by his Department in 2018 as part of its demonstration project. [53780/18]
    • Schools Inspections
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a technical inspection will be carried out at a school (details supplied) at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children aged between three and five years, inclusive, and six years or over who are in receipt of the home tuition grant for the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53860/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new and renewed SUSI applications received, respectively; the number granted in part and granted in full, respectively; the number...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which the need for refurbishment works has been reported or identified by his Department; the number for which...
    • School Accommodation
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools established in temporary accommodation and that have remained in temporary accommodation for five years or more and for...
    • School Enrolments Data
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have been assigned a school place as a result of not having secured a place in primary school before six years of age...
    • Teacher Retirements
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to date to address errors in the estimated number of teachers retiring or leaving the system per year; the subsequent cost...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Appeals
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are issues outstanding regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for repair of its school yard following an insurance...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Stations
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the public private partnership bundle consisting of new Garda stations for Macroom, Clonmel and Sligo; and if he...
    • Departmental Reports
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a new report (details supplied). which found on the basis of a meta-analysis of studies from...
    • Irish Prison Service
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the manner in which a person (details supplied) was dismissed from the Civil Service; his further views on the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community support vans attached to each Garda district in Dublin; and if additional funding will be...
    • Legislative Programme
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward the explosives Bill. [53534/18]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on updating technological equipment for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in each of the years...
    • Garda Recruitment
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of juvenile liaison officers by 15%. [53536/18]
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda information and communications technology budget in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Garda Resources
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra investment being made in Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2019. [53586/18]
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink driving, driving with a mobile phone and speeding detections made by gardaí nationally by area, county...
    • Garda Resources
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the capital investment being made in Garda resources in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of operating Garda stations; the number of those stations that are not connected to the PULSE system; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda inspectors in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the vacancies in this regard; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the wait time for Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53617/18]
    • Direct Provision System
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the welfare and well-being of children in direct provision centres following revelations that children there have...
    • Visa Applications
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for processing short-term visit visas in tabular form; the reason the process, which previously could be...
    • Citizenship Applications
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship being processed; the number of active applications being processed for more than...
    • Northern Ireland
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has recently received a security report on Northern Ireland. [53433/18]
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passenger lifts inspected by An Garda Síochána on large public service vehicles by Garda division in...
    • Court Judgments
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of professional drivers prosecuted by court district for non-compliance of their periodic driver certificates of...
    • Prison Service Staff
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 11 December 2018, the number of the 13 persons that have retired on grounds of ill...
    • Direct Provision Data
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports offered to residents of direct provision that have been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection to vacate...
    • Refugee Data
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of first-time applications for international protection his Department received in 2018; the number of these that...
    • Commission on the Future of Policing Reports
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the minority report (details supplied) of the Commission on the Future of Policing; and the key issues raised in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of authority An Garda Síochána has to inspect all aspects and-or particulars of professional drivers at...
    • Prison Staff
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers that have been assigned to modified duties as a result of injury sustained during the course of...
    • Garda Deployment
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent members of the Garda traffic corps and road policing bureau in each of the years since 2006,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which his Department conducts oversight of funds held on behalf of prospective English language school students;...
    • Garda Transport Data
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of four-wheel drive Garda vehicles in each district in the Dublin metropolitan region; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, Garda Reserve, community gardaí and civilian staff assigned to each Garda station in 2018....
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Negotiations
      277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recent EU-level agreement (details supplied) by both the European Council and Parliament on the tariff rate quotas...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she last formally met the director general of Science Foundation Ireland; and when she will next meet the director general. [53538/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by her Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past five years; and the number of these...
    • EU Meetings
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date of each EU Competitiveness Council meeting since January 2016; the specific EU Competitiveness Council meetings at which she...
    • Consumer Protection
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer regulations in place to enable consumers to leave a service provider contract over the phone as opposed to in writing....
    • Brexit Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the UK Government's decision to defer the House of Commons vote on the European Commission's draft withdrawal agreement...
    • Brexit Supports
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in all Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under the remit of...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA premises in County Mayo; the status of same; and if they are occupied. [53769/18]
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce minimum standards for wheelchairs used on public transport; and her further plans to introduce a wheelchair...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on social media by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if she will...
  • Department of Health
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools in which vaccines (details supplied) have been administered to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54020/18]
    • Dental Services Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the full entitlements of children between 12 and 16 years of age in the HSE dental programme; if children between 12 to 16 years of age are entitled to full...
    • Medical Card Applications
      298. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application assessment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      299. 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. [53513/18]
    • Suicide Prevention
      300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in Traveller suicide in view of the final report on the Future of Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the development a new long-stay facility at St. Finbarr's Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53528/18]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the development of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps in the process; when the primary...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who have medical cards are being charged €10 for blood tests by their general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the concerns of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53532/18]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to meet his US counterpart. [53537/18]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to reduce the waiting time for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53540/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53541/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising campaign including...
    • Autism Support Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the reason autism assessment reports are not taking place within the prescribed time (details supplied) in County Kerry; if additional resources will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) with severe health problems will receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area in tabular form; the number of persons on the waiting list for same...
    • Medical Card Applications
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53606/18]
    • Respite Care Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not received respite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53607/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving an appointment with the cardiologist in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin for a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a result back from a smear test through the CervicalCheck screening programme for a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the new schemes developed for socially and economically disadvantaged communities to provide targeted, appropriate and effective services for young persons at...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug treatment episodes provided to date in 2018 across the services (details supplied); and the equivalent figures for 2016 and 2017. [53676/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions that have been taken during 2018 to improve outcomes for persons with co-morbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [53689/18]
    • Disease Management
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if the uptake of hepatitis C treatment has been increased during 2018. [53692/18]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if all hospital emergency departments include the monitoring of attendances as a result of alcohol and drugs use in their electronic patient system. [53695/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53711/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place to aid a child diagnosed with developmental verbal dyspraxia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53712/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an outpatient department appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53719/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of the personal assistance service (details supplied). [53722/18]
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      351. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be introduced to guarantee persons with disabilities the right to a personal assistant service as per Article 19 of the UN Convention on...
    • Disability Support Services Expenditure
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure allocated in budget 2019 for personal assistant services to enable persons with disabilities to live independent lives. [53725/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      353. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a standard assessment of need for persons with disabilities to access the personal assistance service across all HSE CHO areas; and if...
    • Disability Support Services
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the work carried out on a cross-departmental basis in co-operation with the HSE to create a system that will allow for portability of personal assistance...
    • Legislative Process
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress of the assisted human reproduction Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53730/18]
    • Organ Donation
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress of plans to introduce an opt-in system for organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53731/18]
    • Healthcare Policy
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned publication date of the new national oral health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53732/18]
    • Dental Services Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free dental care for children aged six, seven and eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53779/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthopaedic footwear for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53783/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      362. 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. [53820/18]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering general practitioner care for those cohorts that are entitled to free general practitioner care, that is, medical card...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons directly employed by the HSE to provide home support services. [53824/18]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and cost per year of full implementation of the e-health system. [53826/18]
    • Palliative Care Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the health service spent on end of life and palliative care in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the health service spent on care for children with life-limiting conditions in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form;...
    • Air Ambulance Service Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing and staffing one air ambulance to run 24-7, 365 days a year. [53829/18]
    • Health Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if the prohibition of the use of vaginal mesh will be upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53849/18]
    • Ambulance Service
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if the tender contract for private ambulance services expired in September 2015 following an extension of three years; and if so, the reason the contract was...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a tele counselling pilot project in County Wicklow; when it will be launched; the way in which it will operate; the target group for same; the...
    • Health Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [53861/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthotics for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53865/18]
    • Health Strategies
      378. To ask the Minister for Health when the national intercultural health strategy 2018–23 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53872/18]
    • Medical Card Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents of direct provision that have medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53874/18]
    • Direct Provision System
      381. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 20 November 2018, the training being made in this regard; the number of staff members being trained; and if he...
    • HIQA Remit
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, has the legislative authority to do site visits, monitor, assess and report on service delivery within...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement procedure for primary care service delivery for residents of direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53878/18]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the position as regards securing a permanent general practitioner in Carrigallen, County Leitrim. [53880/18]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the FreeStyle Libre diabetes monitoring system per patient. [53881/18]
    • Health Services Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy in primary care by community healthcare organisation, CHO, age, category and time waiting. [53882/18]
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by community healthcare organisation, CHO, age, category and time waiting. [53885/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, by community healthcare organisation, CHO, age, category and...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for assessment for home care packages by CHO, age, category and time waiting. [53888/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public health nurse posts in each CHO for each of the past five years; the number of these posts that are vacant; the...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); if a final location has been identified for the centre; if the provision...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive neuro-rehabilitative home care packages the HSE is providing by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53898/18]
    • Supported Residential Accommodation Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated to the provision of supported living for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53900/18]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if a contract has yet been signed with a developer (details supplied) in respect of the proposed new national maternity hospital; if so, the scope of the work...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 13 December 2018, the legal entity of St. Vincent's Healthcare Group with which he is negotiating in respect of...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds for young chronic sick patients; and the location of these beds. [53905/18]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for patients who have suffered brain injury and who require therapeutic services; if these services are funded under an intensive home care...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of practising consultant doctors who are not on the specialist register. [53912/18]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in whole-time equivalent terms which are vacant or filled by a locum in each relevant hospital in tabular form....
    • Hospital Staff Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions in whole-time equivalent terms in each public and voluntary hospital filled by a non-specialist consultant; and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      413. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53976/18]
    • HSE Staff Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified accountants directly employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53980/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on accounting and cost recording in each of the years since 2012; the amount to be spent in 2018; the amount projected for 2019; and if he...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant increase in costs for the new children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54032/18]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • TAMS Payments
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53492/18]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef data and genomics programme payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53493/18]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of areas of natural constraint and areas of specific constraint payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of green low-carbon agri-environment scheme payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53496/18]
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep welfare scheme payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53497/18]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer programme payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53498/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Fodder Crisis
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a potential fodder shortage in winter 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53599/18]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for initiatives for rural farmers to have access to better technology and broadband. [53601/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 173 of 20 September 2018 and 248 of 14 November 2018, when the farmer will receive the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the hen harrier scheme by county; the number of approved applications; the number of farmers...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding permitting afforestation in hen...
    • Consular Services Data
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the embassies worldwide where agricultural attachés are stationed; and the number of such attachés stationed in each such...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government to propose a lowering of the cap on basic payments; and the...
    • Brexit Staff
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and deadlines agreed for recruitment of veterinary inspectors in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit scenario by 29 March...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full- and part-time staff employed in the National Disease Control Centre and border inspection posts division by Civil...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service Staff
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary officers and inspectors recruited on an annual basis since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, by new staff...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons enrolled in the sheep welfare scheme who have received the 85% advance payment for 2018, by county; the number...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocation to each scheme in 2019 under the rural development programme in tabular form. [53634/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2018 national reserve and young farmers scheme by county; the number of persons enrolled in the...
    • GLAS Data
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 payments who have received the 85% advance on the 2018 payment; the number of...
    • Brexit Issues
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Border inspection posts here; and the amount of current and capital funding expended by his Department on each post regarding...
    • Brexit Staff
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 4 December 2018 and the UK Government’s decision to defer the House of Commons...
    • Departmental Budgets
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the 2019 Exchequer allocation by current and capital expenditure for his Department and each body under the remit of his Department;...
    • Market Access
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of beef and sheepmeat access to China; the position regarding the outstanding certification required before final access...
    • Beef Industry
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no applications have been submitted to date for the establishment of beef producer organisations; the possible barriers to...
    • EU Regulations
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times Ireland has availed of Commission Regulation 702/2014, the agriculture block exemption regulation, in each of the...
    • Live Exports
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding renewing live trade exports to Egypt; the status of the outstanding certification required before final access...
    • Beef Industry Irregularities
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times in each of the years from 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, that beef processing factories have been fined for...
    • Departmental Funding
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocation over the 2019 to 2021 period following the signing of a three-year strategic partnership agreement with...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to investing the additional resources necessary for the programme to attempt to eradicate tuberculosis...
    • GLAS Payments
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53778/18]
    • Harbour Fees
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the harbour charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a period in which a fishing boat was categorised...
    • Ports Facilities
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no port inspector posts for Rosslare Europort have been advertised while applications are open for inspectors at Dublin...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Fishing Licences
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of draft salmon licensing. [53833/18]
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy on the importation of fracked shale gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53511/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in...
    • Health and Safety
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the health impact assessments that have taken place on the installation of smart meters, with particular reference to...
    • Postal Codes
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a postcode will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53619/18]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of high-speed broadband in County Kildare; the way in which he expects it to progress in...
    • Electricity Generation
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated each year by each of the dams here; the percentage of the electricity requirement...
    • Electric Vehicles
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of public electric vehicle charging points in each local authority area or county. [53821/18]
    • Electricity Generation
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated from non-fossil fuel generation facilities; the extent to which this can be...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of imported biomass in each of the past five years to date; the location from which it came; the generating...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rural Transport Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support additional rural transport schemes; if consideration will be given to supporting the roll out of a service (details...
    • Insurance Coverage
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if licensed taxi drivers are permitted to seek and acquire insurance for work vehicles from insurance companies in other jurisdictions;...
    • Taxi Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis by local authority or county and whether it is a hackney or taxi; the percentage this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to Cavan, Meath and Monaghan county councils since 2014 for maintenance works on...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the next sports capital grants programme for large scale projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53763/18]
    • Public Transport Data
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road passenger transport operators that submit returns in relation to the number of passenger journeys on licensed services...
    • Public Sector Staff Training
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make disability awareness training mandatory for drivers of all public service obligation funded road passenger services....
    • Roads Maintenance
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to investigate the surface finish on the M7 between Roscrea and Birdhill in view of the volume of accidents on the...
    • Road Projects Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure no delays are experienced on a road project (details supplied) in County Kildare as a result of decisions required from...
    • Taxi Data
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of National Transport Authority taxi inspectors on duty by county or local authority basis; if National Transport Authority...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to each local authority in 2017 and 2018 for the purposes of local and regional roads maintenance by county. [53966/18]
    • Driver Licence Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver licence holders here in each year since 2006, in tabular form. [53967/18]
    • Public Service Obligation Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the PSO funding that has been provided to each public transport operator in 2018; and the amount that will be provided in 2019, in...
    • Cycling Facilities Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to date in 2018 for the purposes of building cycle ways and greenways by county. [53969/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons under 18 years of age who took part in the school completion programme by county in each of the years 2011 to 2017...
    • Child Detention Centres
      498. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 4 December 2018, the basis of her assertion that all members of the board of Oberstown...
    • Detention Centres Staff
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra 80 additional residential social care workers for Oberstown detention centre. [53548/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      500. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising...
    • Health Services Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocol in place to aid a child diagnosed with developmental verbal dyspraxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53713/18]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the areas the resources are coming from to fund the pilot scheme that is bringing speech and language therapists and occupational...
    • Youth Services Funding
      503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the general situation when her Department is commissioning work from various groups to provide a service and is asked as part of the...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      504. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in each quarter since her appointment as Minister...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on social media by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if she will make a...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to centres (details supplied) in 2018 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54026/18]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • LEADER Programmes
      508. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the12 LEADER food initiative projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53600/18]
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      509. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      510. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason nine actions (details supplied) under the Action Plan for Rural Development were not delivered by the timeline committed to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      511. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 2019 allocation broken down by current and capital funding for his Department and each body under the remit of his Department; and...
    • RAPID Programme
      512. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the disadvantaged areas identified that are eligible for funding under the community enhancement programme by local authority; the...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Data
      515. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of rural roads that have received funding under the local improvement scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in...
    • Library Services Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated by local authority under the libraries capital programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the amount...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications by category 1 and 2 projects made under the rural regeneration and development fund by county to date; the...
    • Rural Development Programme
      519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 and 625 of 4 December 2018, if the data has been collated for both questions. [53932/18]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the net amount of funding that has come into the dormant account funds to date in 2018 after repayments to the banks of reclaimed...
    • LEADER Programmes Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure by project and administration expenditure incurred under the 2007 to 2013 LEADER programme in each year and as of 30...
    • Mountain Rescue Service
      522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide ongoing current and capital funding for mountain rescue to the mountain rescue teams nationally; and if he will...
    • Comhairle na Tuaithe
      523. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of meetings held of Comhairle na Tuaithe in 2017 and to date in 2018; the progress made in the development of rural and...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of expenditure that has been incurred to date under the local improvement scheme allocation of almost €10 million to...
    • CLÁR Programme
      525. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration is being given to reintroducing the group water and group sewerage top-up leverage schemes under CLÁR; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      526. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on a proposal by a person (details supplied). [53943/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      527. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on social media by his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if he will make...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Credit Union Lending
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of credit unions providing the It Makes Sense loan scheme; the number of credit unions not providing the scheme;...
    • School Meals Programme
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the oversight provided over the administration of the urban schools meal programme and the school meals local projects scheme...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the high level group has the scope to explore new policy ideas in which collaboration between her Department and the...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53499/18]
    • Pensions Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for the State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for invalidity pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53504/18]
    • Respite Care Grant Data
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process payment of the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53505/18]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53522/18]
    • Legislative Measures
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the implementation strategy for the outstanding relevant sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act...
    • Job Initiatives
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that from 31 December 2018 there will no longer be a jobs club in County Sligo;...
    • Working Family Payment
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a working family payment has not been decided in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals lodged following decisions to refuse disability allowance in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [53547/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's benefit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Child Poverty
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current data on child poverty here; the likelihood of achieving the child poverty target; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Consultations
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of consultations undertaken by her Department since 16 May 2016 to date in 2018; the subject matter and or title...
    • Poverty Data
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rates of poverty for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if she...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working-age persons with a disability in employment here; the way in which this compares to the European...
    • Poverty Data
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households that have had rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits for their area in each of the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all issues that arose in respect of the payment of illness benefit to recipients in recent months have now been resolved;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she can take to ensure the minimum waiting time for dealing with appeals having particular regard to the hardship...
    • Departmental Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and...
    • Unemployment Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of long-term unemployment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53838/18]
    • Community Welfare Services
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout County Kildare with...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which due process and natural justice remains paramount in the context of dealing with social welfare...
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds on which non-recognition of foreign divorce can be used to refuse entitlement to widow's and widower's pension...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will facilitate an extension of employment for participants in community employment schemes in which...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which youth unemployment continues to be specifically targeted by way of ensuring the availability of maximum...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she continues to take to ensure against the occurrence of overpayments that result in recovery and consequent...
    • Working Family Payment Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement has fluctuated in each of the past five...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to those on reduced contributory pensions pre-2012 that spent time caring for families; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for all applications under her remit; the way in which these waiting times compare to the same...
    • Pensions Reform
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage plans are at to publish definite proposals regarding the new auto-enrolment pension scheme following on from the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made to base the pension review for those impacted by the 2012 changes on a 40 year contribution...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on social media by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if she...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Property Registration
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in the registration of land (details supplied) with the Property Registration Authority; and if he...
    • Housing Estates
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to invite proposals for the forthcoming national taking-in-charge scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commercial Rates
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which businesses can, as a collective, appeal their rateable valuation in cases in which the problem is with the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Vacant Properties
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant to renovate old one-off housing in rural Ireland to assist with the housing shortage; and if he...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children and adults deemed homeless in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth in each of the past 12 months and to...
    • Legislative Process
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the second stage of the Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018 will take place in 2019. [53659/18]
    • Planning Issues
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the potential impact of the High Court ruling by a person (details supplied) of 7 December 2018 regarding...
    • Residential Tenancies Board Data
      581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the inclusion of rents charged by housing associations in the rent index published by the Residential Tenancies...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an analysis has taken place on the reason 1,162 applications for the mortgage-to-rent scheme were withdrawn; the breakdown...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a legal query from a local authority (details supplied) leading to a delay in the operation...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
      587. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support available to Sligo County Council for the protection of a location (details supplied) which is in disrepair;...
    • National Concert Hall
      588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of current and capital funding provided to the National Concert Hall in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      589. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the threat response plan for hen harrier areas will be completed; and her views on afforestation in hen harrier areas. [53621/18]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      591. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons that participated in the NPWS farm plan scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the 2019 allocation by between current and capital funding for her Department and each body under the remit of her Department; and...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      593. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgid breise a bheartaítear a chur ar fáil chun an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge a chur i...
    • An Foras Teanga
      594. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgid atá curtha ar fáil i meastacháin 2019 don Fhoras Teanga, agus é briste síos...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      595. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair atá sé i gceist Bille nua na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      596. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on social media by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; and if she will...

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