Written answers

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Urban Development
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his recent statement on the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. [50451/18]
    • Housing Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build properties constructed under Rebuilding Ireland to date; the number tenanted to date; the number of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1469/19]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a cost benefit analysis of the provision of funding to approved housing bodies towards the construction of social homes in...
    • Commercial Rates
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the negative impact of rates on small businesses in small villages and towns in rural Ireland. [52144/18]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the perceived inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pyrite Issues
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to commission a review of the pyrite remediation scheme. [1188/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Applications Data
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new local authority builds here in 2018. [1457/19]
    • Housing Issues
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of the Rebuilding Ireland programme in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vacant Properties
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the vacant homes action plan with details across the country of the repair and lease scheme, compulsory...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a possible conflict of interest arises in view of the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of the MICA redress scheme; the proposed commencement date of the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Land Development Agency
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Land Development Agency to date; when it expects to deliver its first sites; if the primary...
    • Local Authority Housing
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy in relation to local authorities building one-off local authority houses in rural locations at which the family of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with either Cavan or Monaghan county council to discuss social housing strategies; the housing targets for new...
    • Fire Service Staff
      67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a medal to honour bravery specifically for members of the fire service including retained...
    • Rental Sector
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a register of rental prices in order to enable effective implementation of rent pressure zones. [1470/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives he has planned to encourage the development of affordable homes in County Kildare for those who wish to...
    • Local Authority Members
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the final report on councillor's pay and conditions will be published; and if the recommendations in the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the housing announcement he attended recently. [49137/18]
    • Housing Issues
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the housing crisis in County Wexford; if he will consider establishing Gorey as a rent pressure zone; and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected number of affordable houses to be provided under the scheme following the announcement in budget 2019 of funding...
    • Local Area Plans
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish legislation to provide for local area committees for towns and cities in which expansion into neighbouring...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to continue the social intervention fund as part of the Limerick regeneration project beyond 2022 in view of the high...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his amendments to the 35th Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) Bill 2016; and if a...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the annual growth of local authority housing lists has been accurately established with a view to ensuring the provision of...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children that spent Christmas night in hotel rooms or hubs; the type of emergency accommodation they were in in...
    • Housing Estates
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on the development of a policy for the taking-in-charge of estates with developer-led waste...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted an activity audit of approved housing bodies in the provision of social homes for 2017 and...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met or is considering meeting NAMA to discuss the part it can play in the delivery of social housing; and if he will...
    • Rental Sector
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the most recent statistics on residential landlord profits here. [1456/19]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing first tenancies created in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; the target for 2019; and the rationale...
    • Housing Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units completed in 2018 nationally; the number constructed under the aegis of local authorities;...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recommendation of an institute (details supplied) that rent pressure zones should be extended nationwide; his...
    • Student Accommodation
      91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a study or research has been carried out to ascertain the way in which the increase in student accommodation has addressed...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the homeless population that are female; and the details of comparable data for other EU countries. [1460/19]
    • Radon Control Strategy
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if actions in the National Radon Control Strategy 2014 for the surveying and control of radon in the private rental sector and...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is planned to publish the report on the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme 2016; his plans to implement its...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the eligibility criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Sector
      100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new laws relating to landlords and notice to quit will be retrospective and include those on eviction orders. [1177/19]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will recall the housing consultative committee data sub group to undertake a review of the monthly homeless report to...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by many persons that are ineligible for social housing or HAP and are...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons categorised as homeless for a period of 12 months or more. [1458/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Data
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in unemployment, by county and city, in tabular form. [1792/19]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      110. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with Chancellor Merkel. [1432/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services. [54217/18]
    • Departmental Communications
      112. To ask the Taoiseach the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the nature of the complaints; the...
    • EU Bodies
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the nine nominees of the Government to the European Economic and Social Committee; the term of office of each of the nominees; and the number of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      114. To ask the Taoiseach the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and the projected spend for 2019. [54471/18]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Legal Cases Data
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases lodged to date against his Department in regard to the exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the crèche planned by the Defence Forces; and the location, capacity and cost per child of same. [54158/18]
    • Defence Forces Data
      121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of complaints lodged by members of the Defence Forces under administrative instruction A7 in each of the years from 2011 to 2018 and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54207/18]
    • Food Safety Standards Inspections
      123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the recent closure order issued to the officers' mess in the Air Corps came about as the result of a routine HSE inspection; if not, if it...
    • Departmental Properties
      124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the sale of the married quarters in Cathal Brugha Barracks has been stalled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54230/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years from 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54478/18]
    • Cyber Security Policy
      127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department plays in national cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1028/19]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of recruitment plans for the Defence Forces for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1029/19]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to deal with the outstanding issues of low pay across the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1030/19]
    • Defence Forces
      130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if regulations that exclude members of the Defence Forces from participating in marches or parades will be reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • Army Barracks
      131. 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, recent developments...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who were required to work or be on-call for periods of more than ten consecutive hours over the Christmas...
    • State Claims Agency
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the health and safety management system reports and-or audits carried out on the Air Corps by the State Claims Agency in each of the years from...
    • Defence Forces Data
      134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for Permanent Defence Force personnel ordinarily based at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath. [1325/19]
    • Departmental Communications
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the nature of...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to continue to fund and support the conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts at community level by an organisation (details...
    • Catalan Pro-Independence Prisoners
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No 65 of 12 December 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland can refer a case to...
    • Northern Ireland
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have further talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Northern Ireland on the need...
    • Maritime Jurisdiction
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a matter regarding a map contained in SI No. 22 of 2016 (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54211/18]
    • Consular Services Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance being provided to a person (details supplied) in prison in Turkey; if all legal documents required have been furnished in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years from 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54482/18]
    • Human Trafficking
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the prevention of human trafficking will form a part of Ireland’s forthcoming new international development policy; and if he will...
    • Human Rights
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland has taken at EU and international level regarding the ongoing civil unrest and humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if he...
    • European Council Meetings
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if EU security issues were discussed at the December 2018 EU General Affairs Council meeting. [53436/18]
    • Human Rights Cases
      156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the cases of persons (details supplied); if action has been taken at EU or international level to assist...
    • Brexit Issues
      158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the landbridge project group has met since it was established in October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Applications
      159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a same-sex parent of a donor-conceived child is required to sign a sole guardian affidavit form AFF1 in order to obtain a...
    • Pension Provisions
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements that can be made to facilitate a contributory pension payment by international bank transfer for a person (details...
    • Passport Applications
      161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a British passport holder married to an Irish person and living here for more than 50 years can apply for an Irish passport; and the...
    • Brexit Issues
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a reply will issue to the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding cross-Border workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Births
      164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the processing times for applications to the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1360/19]
    • Passport Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for opening a passport office in the north west of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1521/19]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts in regard to clarifying the EU backstop in the context of Brexit. [1426/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet his Canadian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/19]
    • Human Rights
      169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1682/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether families should be allowed to purchase property for the same amount at which they are sold to vulture funds. [54198/18]
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a site (details supplied) in Dublin 8 can be used for the construction by NAMA of a significant amount of social and affordable housing; and if he will...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been an increase in the number of used diesel vehicles imported from Britain and Northern Ireland in the past three years; the statistics for...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the median selling price for NAMA units sold each year in each of the Dublin local authorities; and the median sales and lease price at which new units from...
    • Customs and Excise Protocols
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the training for custom officials that deals specifically with racial profiling; if training is provided as to the way in which to deal with and treat foreign...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Revenue Commissioners are of the view that section 949AG of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, prior to its deletion in the Finance Act...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review by the Central Bank of tracker mortgages has been completed in full; the expected outcome for mortgage account holders that may have been...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to ensure that persons who are fully compliant with their mortgage payments to a bank (details supplied) where their mortgages have...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding notice of amendment to assessment will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54171/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54210/18]
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied) affected by the tracker mortgage scandal in the case of a bank have been deemed...
    • Stamp Duty
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made for repayment of stamp duty in circumstances in which land is used for residential development under section 61 of the Finance...
    • Tax Code
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for changes to section 114 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in view of the decision made by the Tax Appeals Commission on 24 September 2018; and...
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if borrowers from the 6,272 mortgages to be transferred from a bank (details supplied) to a corporation have received correspondence or communication from the...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks carried out by his officials to ensure that goods bought online from outside the State and posted to the purchaser are complying with VAT and...
    • NAMA Property Construction
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes constructed which have been funded by NAMA; the number of these that have been sold by local authority and year; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54481/18]
    • Tax Agreements
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of digital taxation. [54496/18]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to combat the uptake of loans with high cost, high risk money lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54497/18]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on closet indexing which is subject to investigation of 2,000 Irish investment funds in view of the fact that the European Securities Market...
    • Brexit Issues
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations made for a significant increase in businesses registering here ahead of Brexit; the measures he is taking in order to protect Irish SMEs...
    • Departmental Meetings
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance if emails, memos or minutes of meetings between his Department and public or private banks in regard to cases of mortgage arrears or potential repossessions...
    • VAT Rate Application
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to VAT on food supplements, vitamins and minerals; his plans to impose a 23% VAT rate on such products; and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Reports
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take, including timelines, for the implementation of the recommendations and action points set out in the recent Central Bank report on...
    • VAT Rate Application
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if a system will be introduced in which clubs and associations that raise money voluntarily will be reimbursed VAT being charged (details supplied); and if he...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will put forward a proposal (details supplied) at EU Council level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1087/19]
    • Living City Initiative
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to implementing the living city initiative in Drogheda, County Louth to help drive residential numbers up and vacant properties...
    • Tax Yield
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected from the sugar tax in 2018; the way in which this compares to the amount expected to be collected in 2018; the estimated yield from the...
    • Stamp Duty
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty collected in 2018 from non-residential property; the amount expected to be collected for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sovereign Debt
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Ireland’s sovereign debt that falls due for refinancing for each year from 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have an estimate of the refund of tax that may be due to persons arising from a recent High Court decision...
    • Brexit Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new customs officers which will be assigned to each port and airport as a consequence of Brexit; the number expected to be in place in each port...
    • Investor Compensation Company Limited
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank makes it compulsory as part of its licensing requirements for investment firms and pension providers to be part of the investor...
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 18 December 2018, if the National Treasury Management Agency will provide a breakdown of all discretionary...
    • EU Issues
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has submitted feedback on the EU roadmap for more efficient law making in the field of taxation and identification of areas for a move to qualified...
    • NAMA Operations
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of NAMA; the expected surplus to be returned to the State; the way in which the surplus to date will be used; the date the agency will...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13.5% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a review of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1257/19]
    • Stamp Duty
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that information (details supplied) regarding the sale price of certain apartments in Dublin in 2018 supplied by the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects EU approval will be secured to implement the regional uplift aspect of the film tax relief provided for in the Finance Act 2018; and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can intercede with the EU institutions in view of the need to clear the way for an emergency local authority and affordable housing...
    • Insurance Costs
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers particularly in County...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that the economy remains competitive in all aspects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1367/19]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the benefits of the review of the motor insurance sector will accrue in terms of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address matters relating to section 114 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1373/19]
    • European Investment Bank
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have been involved in discussions regarding the possibility of providing additional capital to the European Investment Bank as a result...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if the issues raised by a person (details supplied) have been resolved; the incidents involved and the way in which each one was dealt with by the Revenue...
    • Tax Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary schools registered for relevant contracts tax in each of the years 2015 to 2018; the number and type of audits carried out by the...
    • Corporation Tax
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new applications to be assessed under section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 received by the Revenue Commissioners in 2017 and 2018....
    • Tax Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims made by companies for correlative adjustments in each of the years 2010 to 2018; the number of claims for correlative adjustment conceded...
    • VAT Yield
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total value of electronic sales from Ireland to Italy for VAT-unregistered customers and VAT-registered customers in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Property Tax Administration
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on providing relief for local property tax for older persons who are paying very expensive nursing home fees for their spouses under the fair deal...
    • National Debt Servicing
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount which has been saved in debt servicing costs as a result of the historically low borrowing costs since the economic crisis; and if he...
    • Revenue Commissioners Powers
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in securing a specific document. [1611/19]
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Comptroller and Auditor General carried out an audit of procurement of ships by the Department of Defence in either 2011 or 2012. [1653/19]
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future motor insurance premiums charged for learner drivers, be they owners or users, in view of the recent additions of amendments to the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the nature of the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the public service pension payment a retired public sector worker receives in line with the additional years they...
    • Brexit Issues
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the changes required at ports and airports as a consequence of Brexit require planning permission or legislative changes; if so, if...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person has been awarded an injury warrant and subsequently takes a successful court case against the State for compensation for...
    • Estimates Process
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that will require Supplementary Estimates in 2019; and the reasons for the overrun. [1591/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided for flood relief works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tender Process
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Government Procurement will advance the Programme for A Partnership Government commitment to introduce a provision by...
    • Legislative Process
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 will become law; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54215/18]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if matters (details supplied) regarding flooding in Caherciveen, County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54486/18]
    • Public Sector Pay
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all sick leave is taken into consideration before sanctioning a due incremental pay rise for public sector employees; his plans to...
    • National Monuments
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the long-term future plans for the historical St. Laurence's Gate, Drogheda; if the plan will include public access to the gate; if risk...
    • Coastal Erosion
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received an east County Meath coastal erosion report from Meath County Council; if he will be enacting the...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      274. 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...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a planned flood relief scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; the stage of the project; when it is due to move to...
    • Garda Stations
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to a request from a committee (details supplied) to allow it permission to acquire, use or lease the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of publicly funded tenders since 2007 that have required additional public moneys allocated to them without the tender...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if tenders have been re-invited from the shortlist of building contractors for the new State Forensics Laboratory at Backweston,...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 18 September 2018, if the engineering consultants have been appointed; when planning...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 October 2018, if consultants have been hired to complete the reassessment of the local...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements the Office of Public Works plans to make to alleviate the hardship faced by a community (details supplied) due to the...
    • National Monuments
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed at Kilkenny Castle, permanent and temporary, respectively; the title of the position of each; the number...
    • Garda Stations
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a building (details supplied) in County Cork formerly occupied as a Garda station; if the station is in the ownership or...
    • Legislative Process
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timeframe for the full passage of the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015; the reason for the delays in the progress of the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if cell windows fitted in courthouses and Garda stations are fully compliant with standards relative to that product; if an engineer was...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Research Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if applicants placed on the reserve list were successful in securing funding under a programme (details supplied); the name of the applicants;...
    • Research Funding Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated for research in each of the third level institutions in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if permission will be granted for work at a school (details supplied) in order that it can begin the planning and tendering process to be ready...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sé an cóimheas idir daltaí agus múinteoirí do 2008 a chur i bhfeidhm go práinneach agus i gceart...
    • Summer Works Scheme Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific works to be carried out at each of the 20 schools in County Donegal under the summer works scheme 2019; and if he will make a...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for awarding DEIS status in both primary and secondary schools; the way in which certain schools fail to qualify for DEIS status in...
    • DEIS Status
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish an appeals mechanism for schools that have to date failed to obtain DEIS status; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • School Placement
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) who cannot source a primary school place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new buildings and associated works for a school (details supplied); his views on the current arrangement in which...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on the summer works programme applications will be made; when the schools that have applied will first be notified; and if he...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports from early career psychologists that there is a lack of transparency and fairness in the PhD application process and...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of secondary school places in the Kinsealy, Malahide and Portmarnock areas of north County Dublin...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when permanent buildings will be provided for schools (details supplied). [54173/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding by a school (details supplied) will be processed in order to allow the service to commence in September 2019 in...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the merging of two schools (details supplied) in County Cavan; if the consultation process will be examined with local communities;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54208/18]
    • State Examinations
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of procedures in the case of a person (details supplied). [54245/18]
    • School Transport Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided on medical grounds to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54248/18]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects in County Kildare; the timeline for completion of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make history a compulsory subject for the junior cycle curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54253/18]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow special needs assistants to take unpaid leave for the purpose of undertaking teaching practice when retraining as a primary or...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if phase 2 development works in a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned; if additional funding will be provided to allow for emergency...
    • School Curriculum
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence in regard to the concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the situation in regard to equal pay for equal work for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54395/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he is addressing the requirement for additional second level school places in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • DEIS Status
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the DEIS status of a school (details supplied). [54405/18]
    • Schools Building Projects
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 18 December 2018, if a meeting will be requested with the chairman of the board of management of the...
    • Language Schools
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to protect students of English as a foreign language who are paying fees to QQI language schools from further closures which would...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he has taken in regard to the difficulties schools are having in recruiting teachers for subjects such as home economics and Irish;...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship courses that are offered in west County Dublin; the uptake in apprenticeships; and if there was sufficient supply of...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the awareness and availability of apprenticeships to secondary school students, post-leaving certificate students and...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to combat student anxiety and stress within secondary schools to enable a good mental health environment for students sitting the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive; the projected spend...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54479/18]
    • State Examinations Exemptions
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a circular allowing for students who have been granted an exemption from Irish language studies on grounds of dyslexia to...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of prefabricated accommodation and its related expense at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the parents of a child can access a publicly funded assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reinstate the grant for student teachers to attend a Gaeltacht course as part of their college course; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in County Meath. [54535/18]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 20 November 2018, the status of the project brief; when work with regard to same will be concluded;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is equitable that conditions of planning associated with new educational buildings are not funded by his Department; and...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Appeals
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse emergency works funding for a school (details supplied) for the development of a proposed sewerage system upgrade...
    • School Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps which can be taken in relation to school secretaries to ensure their employment is secure (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Placement
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of places in south County Kildare for children diagnosed with autism scheduled to start primary school in...
    • School Management
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contacts he has had with a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1033/19]
    • Third Level Costs
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in place to alleviate the stress caused to students as a result of the change in structure of the pharmacy degree here following the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new community school which has been sanctioned for Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1043/19]
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills i bhfianaise aitheantas agus moladh a bheith ag dul dó as an gcomhairliúchán poiblí maidir leis an gcóras...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the proposed development plan for a school (details supplied); if his officials have met with the school to discuss...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on the implementation of the front-loading of inclusion support assistant posts, a recommendation from the National...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed special school for County Louth that will merge schools (details supplied); the reason for the significant delays in...
    • Literacy Programmes
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that attended adult literacy and numeracy classes in each of the 16 education and training boards, ETBs in the past four...
    • School Staff
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will retain its teacher allocation in view of the fact that its teacher-pupil ratio is higher than other DEIS 1...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new registrations on craft based apprenticeships in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1201/19]
    • Education and Training Boards
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the redevelopment of a barracks (details supplied); his plans for the site; the reason for the delay in the redevelopment plans;...
    • Autism Support Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to complete a project. [1253/19]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by teachers who have professionally trained abroad in trying to secure teaching posts...
    • Schools Building Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question no. 241 of 18 September 2018, if the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) have been agreed; when...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received the pre-qualification report in relation to the building of a school (details supplied); if so, if it has been...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied); if satisfactory, if a design team...
    • Schools Building Projects
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project manager has been procured for the ADAPT programme; if so, when the manager will contact a school (details supplied) to progress its...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification report for a school (details supplied) has been received; if so, if it has been approved; when tenders will be invited...
    • Schools Designation
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the application by a school (details supplied) to become co-educational; if not, the issues delaying the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tenders have been invited for the completion of the Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth, County Kildare; the number of contractors from which...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 21 November 2018, if agreement has been reached on a new site for the school; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 9 October 2018, if tenders have been sought for the appointment of a design team for a school...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is still his plan that the north County Kildare Gaelcholáiste will open in September 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Staff
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that a school (details supplied) retains its third mainstream classroom teacher in September 2019 due to extenuating...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns (details supplied) with regard to Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI assessments; and if he will make a...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige casadh le heagraíocht (sonraí tugtha) chun cúrsaí oideachais trí Ghaeilge a phlé go...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil an deontas do scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge atá á íoc le scoileanna deonacha amháin á...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that do not have access to high speed broadband. [1513/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a response to the correspondence has issued to the person;...
    • Higher Education Schemes
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to promote equality of opportunity in higher education; the efforts being made to remove barriers to accessing higher...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to a school (details supplied) under the most recent allocation of the summer works scheme; and if he will make a...
    • School Catchment Areas
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to request schools to provide information detailing individual school catchment areas for primary schools; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of developments at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1593/19]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of the national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1594/19]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the dilapidated condition of a school building (details supplied); the timeline for the planned refurbishment...
    • Education and Training Boards
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has inspected the conditions at a school (details supplied) with regard to safety regulations for ventilation and access to...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all school buildings in the Fingal area meet fire and safety regulations. [1610/19]
    • Energy Conservation
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools set to receive energy retrofits in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1613/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for this project; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in identifying and securing a site for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if...
    • School Textbooks
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for school books grant increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1657/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter with regard to the pupil-teacher ratio in a school (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the nature of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parental Leave
      393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the forthcoming legislation on parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1105/19]
    • Taxi Licences
      394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time applications for taxi licences are taking to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Detention Centres
      396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions on which An Garda Síochána were called to respond to an incident at Oberstown Detention...
    • Wards of Court
      397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications in each of the past five years for wards of courts; the number approved by the courts; the number of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an appraisal of application for stamp 4 and naturalisation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for stamp 4 and regularisation of residency and eligibility for naturalisation will be re-examined in the...
    • Residency Permits
      400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that can be taken to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if temporary residency status...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to achieve Irish citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Deportation Orders
      403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended)...
    • Prison Service Data
      404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of prisoners kept in Cork prison on a monthly basis from January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new Garda station is being considered within an area (details supplied) in County Dublin by the Garda Accommodation Board....
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence will be ratified. [54185/18]
    • Direct Provision System
      409. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that residents in direct provision centres are being advised of their right to vote in local...
    • Garda Deployment
      410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has been given a role or directives by his Department for the eviction of families from homes,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54214/18]
    • Land Ownership
      414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the issue of unauthorised access to lands by persons without permission; and his further plans to...
    • Data Protection Commissioner
      415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received requests for additional staff or extra resources from the Data Protection Commission; his pans to review the...
    • Garda Reserve
      416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applicants for the Garda reserves that applied in April 2017 will be called to complete their full training; and if he...
    • Garda Recruitment
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to alter the age requirement for trainee members of An Garda Síochána. [54227/18]
    • Garda Training
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis upon which the different pass levels in the fitness bleep test for Garda on probation have been set; and if he will...
    • Prison Service Data
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners kept in the new Cork prison above the peak capacity figure throughout 2018; the reason the peak...
    • Private Security Authority
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in relation to improvements regarding the regulation and licensing of personnel enforcing court orders by the Private...
    • Direct Provision Data
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of parents and children in direct provision centres nationally in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initial cost of a Garda controlled CCTV system; and the estimated annual cost of same. [54256/18]
    • Departmental Staff Training
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training for INIS and GNIB officials that deals specifically with racial profiling; if training is provided as to the way...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if disclosures have been made to his Department under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 by serving, past or retired prison...
    • Prison Service Staff
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a clear pathway for internal disciplinary issues regarding officers, personnel and management employed in the Irish...
    • Protected Disclosures
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and the actions being taken to investigate the...
    • Visa Applications
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a request for a visa in the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if the decision of the INIS in the case...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of approvals granted under the immigrant investor programme in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the overall amount...
    • Garda Compensation
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in drafting the Garda Síochána (compensation) Bill 2017 in view of the approval of the heads...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54485/18]
    • Gambling Sector
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of premises in Dublin with slot machines; the licensing requirements for the operation of these machines; the...
    • Visa Applications
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a statutory child maintenance service in line with similar agencies in other states; his views on...
    • Garda Deployment
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; the number that are community gardaí; the number of...
    • Garda Vetting
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is being treated as if they were convicted of a crime; and if he will make a statement...
    • Coroners Service
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it is taking from the date the post mortem is held to the date of the release of the results of the post...
    • Crime Data
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries reported to An Garda Síochána in a district (details supplied) in each quarter of 2018; if...
    • Garda Deployment
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the three policing districts located within a division (details supplied) by rank; and if...
    • Garda Equipment
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles including bicycles in each of the three policing districts located within a division (details...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stop and searches under misuse of drugs legislation in 2018 across each of the three policing districts located...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made with the redevelopment and refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on the delivery of a new permanent Garda station in an area (details supplied) as outlined in Project...
    • Garda Operations
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a progress report on the actions undertaken across 2017 and 2018 with regard to the implementation of an...
    • Garda Station Expenditure
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date with regard to a programme (details supplied); the initial works made with regard to the period...
    • Refugee Data
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received during the first call for proposals under the refugee protection programme humanitarian...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of the funding provided either directly or indirectly through agencies controlled by his Department for the...
    • Garda Data
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed to the Tipperary division in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a specific model used nationally to determine the number of gardaí deployed from passing out in Templemore to...
    • Garda Stations
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reopen the Garda Stations at Dolla, Toomevara and Ballingarry North, County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Public Inquiries
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the steps he has taken to set up a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) as agreed to by a...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dwellings allocated by each local authority to meet the housing needs of persons seeking asylum here and persons...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform Garda technology to ensure that gardaí can access real time information regarding the status of a...
    • Garda Strength
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda strength, broken down by rank and including Garda reserves, based at each station in a Garda district (details...
    • Residency Permits
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for the new student scheme by a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Mutual Legal Assistance
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation has been furnished from the mutual legal assistance department following a request from Turkish...
    • Garda Support Services
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stress interventions and-or counselling sessions are mandatory following traumatic incidents involving gardaí at work,...
    • Parole Boards
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date with the proposed Parole Bill 2016 that will place the parole board on a statutory footing; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a long-stay visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Immigration Data
      476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of short-stay C visa applicants awaiting a decision; the expected waiting period from the submission of an...
    • Visa Applications
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a different visa system for persons visiting here on business as opposed to the system involving the...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation that governs the regulation and registration of private security firms operating on behalf of a bailiff or the...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are additional Criminal Assets Bureau officers being deployed in County Meath in view of the almost doubling of active...
    • Protected Disclosures
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process he has engaged in by which a panel of barristers is evaluating allegations of corruption in protected disclosures...
    • Irish Prison Service
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ISL interpreting hours provided to the Irish Prison Service in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [1604/19]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to launch a new community CCTV system grant scheme that contains a much larger maximum allocation allowance in view...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases lodged with and not settled by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal as at 31 December 2018; and if...
    • Garda Resources
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources set aside for the operation of the Garda anti-corruption unit; the benchmarks that will be used to ensure it...
    • Garda Transport Data
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans attached to each Garda district in the Limerick division as of 31...
    • Garda Training
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took the Garda HGV course in 2018; the duration of the course; the frequency with which this...
    • Gambling Legislation
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Gambling Control Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      493. 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. [54219/18]
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      495. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide funding for advance factories in 2019 for potential foreign direct investment in the regions; and if she will...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      496. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when sites will be identified as suitable for the location of large-scale data centres; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      497. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 21 June 2018, if there have been developments in relation to the possible location of an...
    • Brexit Supports
      498. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a specific funding programme will be introduced to assist small and medium enterprises in the Border region that are totally or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      499. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost incurred by her Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54203/18]
    • Work Permits Applications
      500. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will be granted for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54303/18]
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      501. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 11 December 2018, if she will address matters (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      502. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget and expenditure in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54474/18]
    • Enterprise Ireland Investments
      504. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cumulative redeemable convertible preference shares Enterprise Ireland holds; the value of the investments; the number...
    • Industrial Disputes
      505. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the joint labour committee Sunday rates for security workers; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • IDA Ireland Jobs Data
      506. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland-supported jobs created in each county in 2018, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • IDA Ireland Funding
      507. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding awarded to companies by IDA Ireland in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • IDA Ireland Supports
      508. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will liaise with IDA Ireland to ensure that Drogheda is front and fore on its website in the Border area, including setting up...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the net increase in IDA supported jobs during 2018; the regions of the country which lost and gained such jobs in 2018; the impact of...
    • Work Permits Applications Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits applied for in each of the years 2010 to 2018; the number refused; the number granted; and if she will make...
    • Brexit Supports
      512. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit scorecard to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1208/19]
    • Departmental Programmes
      514. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the market discovery fund to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1210/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      515. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have applied for loans from the Brexit loan scheme; the number of applications that have been refused;...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number of jobs supported by Enterprise...
    • Brexit Supports
      521. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the uptake of all Brexit related supports and services under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      522. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider producing a small business strategy as proposed by an association; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Programme for Government Initiatives
      523. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of emigrants who have been facilitated to return here as part of the commitment outlined in the Programme for a Partnership...
    • Job Creation Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average of one job created or supported by Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and InterTradeIreland; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies Enterprise Ireland initiated proceedings against to revoke grants in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the...
    • IDA Ireland Funding
      526. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies the IDA initiated proceedings against to revoke grants in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of these...
    • InterTradeIreland Funding
      527. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies InterTradeIreland initiated proceedings against to revoke grants in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number...
    • Departmental Communications
      528. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the customer complaints received by her Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the...
  • Department of Health
    • Invalidity Pension
      529. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons on the invalidity pension have not been allowed to obtain the benefits of working longer hours, such as counterparts on the disability...
    • Dental Services Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE covers children (details supplied) with a condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54076/18]
    • Medical Qualifications
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the reason doctoral level training is required to qualify as a professional psychologist compared to others that work in the mental health sector qualified at...
    • Hospital Investigations
      532. To ask the Minister for Health the policy on the funding of external and-or internal reviews and-or investigations of patient care in hospitals; the cost of such reviews or investigations in...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 27 November 2018, the timeframe for a new design team to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency will be allowed access to a medication (details supplied) on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Kerry community services to provide a full-time security person at the Sliabh Mish unit, UHK, in view of the ongoing security issues; and if...
    • Patient Transfers
      537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move a resident of a unit (details supplied) who requires one-to-one specialist care to a nursing home in which the standard of care they are...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      538. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 27 November 2018, the reason a person (details supplied) was told they had an appointment in March 2019 and has...
    • Hospitals Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at a facility (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review of an injury unit (details supplied); the detail of the review; when it will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      541. 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. [54052/18]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure (1 comment)
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the projected final cost for the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54053/18]
    • Hospital Facilities
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the proposed second radiology room in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, was not provided as part of the new expanded accident and emergency...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to changing the rules of the fair deal scheme to enable families and persons who are in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if Spinraza will be made available to children with SMA to prevent permanent deterioration in their condition; the timeframe for the introduction of this drug...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that athletic therapy and training is not recognised by a company (details supplied); if representations will be made to the company to...
    • Emergency Departments
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when persons attend emergency departments with mental health problems, including suicide ideation, there is no...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if full care day service and respite care will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied). [54078/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Cinryze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54090/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      551. To ask the Minister for Health when a residential placement will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54091/18]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health when a national lead for youth mental health will be in place in line with recommendation 8 of the National Youth Mental Health Taskforce Report; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Health when strategic funding for youth mental health will be announced as per recommendation 10 of the National Youth Mental Health Taskforce Report; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      556. 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. [54102/18]
    • Medical Card Applications
      557. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); when the application will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Staff
      558. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of paid assistant psychologist posts in primary care nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54130/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      559. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will take place for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54133/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      560. 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. [54147/18]
    • National Cervical Screening Programme
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the results of repeat cervical smears; and the reason for delays in relation to the matter. [54153/18]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      563. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessment criteria for a person (details supplied) will be amended to include those persons affected on one side hemiplegia; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to address failings found within the "Your service, your say" system in view of media reports; if the actions include a full review;...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the operation of a three day waiting period for women who will seek abortion services in view of a discrepancy between his previous statements and...
    • Committee of Public Accounts
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if the chief executive officer of the HSE will be an accountable officer to the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [54180/18]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing time for a general medical services contract application; the criteria involved in the process in order to be awarded such a contract;...
    • Departmental Funding
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will receive an increase in funding in view of the fact that its caseload has increased significantly since 2012 further...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54186/18]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Health when a financial support scheme for women seeking assisted human reproduction and IVF treatment, or both, will be put in place; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug refund scheme will be extended to include drugs prescribed outside the State for persons accessing IVF treatment abroad; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      573. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce better pay and job security for assistant psychologists and recognise this as a HSE post in itself; if the short-term half year...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54212/18]
    • Hospital Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54228/18]
    • Disability Services Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be arranged for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54232/18]
    • Hospital Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for children's ophthalmology inpatient services in County Kildare in each of the years from 2011 to 2018 and to date...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy; the average waiting time to receive the service; his plans to improve the waiting...
    • Traveller Community
      581. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Travellers are six times more likely to die from suicide than those in the settled community; and if he will...
    • HSE Staff Training
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if targeted services, training and support will be provided for mental health workers to have the competency to work with clients from different cultural and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54266/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting list for cataracts (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54275/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/18]
    • Nursing Home Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department through the National Treatment Purchase Fund pays a higher rate for nursing home care for some persons depending on their...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      597. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for a home care package will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54310/18]
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if the crisis pregnancy helpline will be accessible to deaf women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54312/18]
    • Health Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a policy of providing mediation in order that issues that arise can be addressed in a calm and considered manner in view of the fact that...
    • Abortion Legislation
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the protections for conscientious objection provided for student midwives, pharmacists and doctors in the Health (Regulation Termination of Pregnancy) Act...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings he had with a person (details supplied) in the past two years; the reason and outcomes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the provision of specialised autism specific services for persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Pharmacy Services
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if the unpaid internship operated by an organisation (details supplied) relating to pharmacy students will be re-examined; if a paid internship will be...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the location of a new facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54327/18]
    • Respite Care Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the respite crisis being experiences for dozens of families at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      608. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of supported living for persons with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding home help in the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54330/18]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to granting pregnant mothers with type 1 diabetes access to the FreeStyle Libre device; his plans for this measure to come into...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      611. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [54333/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the reason respite care or home support has not been provided to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/18]
    • Health Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health when medical treatment for a person (details supplied) will be restored back to its original level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54336/18]
    • Mortality Data
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with epilepsy who have died in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss an area of concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54341/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the assessment of needs for a child (details supplied). [54344/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [54345/18]
    • Ambulance Service
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific call (details supplied) made to the ambulance service in County Cork; the reason the response time was so slow; and if he...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be considered for future funding under the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of services to persons (details supplied) with multiple needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54364/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [54367/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [54376/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not being called for a MRI scan; the reason they were provided with false information; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason information confirming cessation of business is not being accepted by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service in the case of a person (details...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      626. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 4 October 2018, the reason deprivation rates and area socioeconomic profiles are not used to calculate funding...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an earlier appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54386/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national eye care scheme for children under 16 years of age. [54398/18]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner can charge a person for a home visit even if the patient is in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the building projects approved by county; the amount of funding provided to date for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54400/18]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health nurse vacancies by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54401/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans of his Department and the HSE for an association (details supplied) and the provision of its services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded violent assaults on general practitioners and their staff in the course of their work over the past ten years, either at their practice...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if consultants must send a letter of application for each prescription for medicinal cannabis; and the time in which it takes to process same. [54410/18]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if an appointment will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54414/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54417/18]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a 20 week anomaly scan for all expectant mothers at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [54418/18]
    • Eating Disorders
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for persons with an eating disorder; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) raised in correspondence; and if he will make...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a response has not issued to a person (details supplied) in relation to ambulance call out times in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a respite house and services at a location (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54423/18]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be sanctioned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54429/18]
    • Hospital Charges
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of debt collection agencies for the collection of debts to the health service will be discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 7 September 2018, the reason for the delay in appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54434/18]
    • Mental Health Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if regular mental health services were available over the Christmas 2018 period in hospitals nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54445/18]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours allocated in County Kildare in the past five years in tabular form. [54450/18]
    • Orthodontic Services Data
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE to cover County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54451/18]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in nursing home care facilities nationwide. [54452/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54483/18]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the NTPF pays per patient per eye for cataract surgery and IOL implants from initial consultation to final review. [54492/18]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE pays per patient per eye for cataract surgery and IOL implants under the Cross Border Health Initiative from initial consultation to final...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a variance in the amount paid for children's dispensing from initial consultation to final review under the HSE contract between local and...
    • Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary school children are being discharged from eye care services with parents being forced to pay for eye examinations prior to appropriate...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the large increases in waiting lists for speech and language services; the measures he is taking to reduce the waiting lists for initial...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 29% of children on waiting lists in the south-west CHO area for CAMHS services have been waiting longer than one year; the measures he is taking to...
    • Youth Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to ensure the continuation of services to young persons availing of the youth health service which is being transitioned into the HSE...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if the application for reimbursement of Ocrevus for persons with relapsing MS and primary progressive MS has been discussed by the HSE drugs group; if so, the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the use of and access to the limited capacity of the respite house in Cootehill, County Cavan; the reason service users and families that would...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the range of prices, by lowest and highest in percentage terms, paid by the NTPF for a single cataract operation to a non-HSE provider from first consultation...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding the treatment of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54514/18]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a bed in a community hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54515/18]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      668. To ask the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be re-advertised in UHK; when the service will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54516/18]
    • Home Care Packages
      670. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be awarded a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54518/18]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54519/18]
    • Health Services Provision
      672. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the out-of-hours services of ET specialists are put in place in UHK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he received correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54534/18]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there are sufficient numbers of suitable nursing home places available in the case of older persons that require residential care being...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [54544/18]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      677. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card patients are being charged for the drug Acupan (details supplied) despite its presence on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a definitive source of funding to prevent the closure of an organisation (details supplied) in view of the recognition of Irish sign...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      679. 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. [1000/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which can be taken to reduce the long delays in disability assessments in counties Kerry and Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the role his Department or the HSE has in monitoring or overseeing the on-site health screening tests conducted on construction site workers here in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [1009/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which can be taken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1012/19]
    • Debt Collection
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements used by the HSE for the collection of outstanding bills; if it uses a third party for the collection of outstanding debts; the procedures and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) waiting a number of months for an appointment will be examined. [1015/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list at Cappagh Hospital for hip operations (details supplied); if the operating theatres are being used to their...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      690. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the age of retirement for general practitioners to 72 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1041/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if assurances will be given to an organisation (details supplied) on the funding of services it provides to the deaf community; and if he will make a statement...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      692. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Rotunda Hospital placing an 11 week limit on terminations; if he will address the matter to bring clarity for hospitals and those that may be...
    • Hospital Charges
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card applicants are considered exempt from medical expenses such as hospital stay charges until a decision is made on their application. [1050/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 27 November 2018, when a reply will issue. [1054/19]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      695. To ask the Minister for Health when all aspects of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 concerning the legal recognition of parentage for same sex couples that are not covered...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      696. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand services in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1070/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1073/19]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed 100 bed unit at the St. Mary's Hospital site, Dublin Road, Drogheda, County Louth; if specific commencement dates have been agreed;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract procedures on national public waiting lists for 2017 and 2018; the average waiting time to undergo required cataract...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Versatis pain relief plasters under the long term illness scheme; his further plans to reintroduce the plasters on the scheme (details...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to access for all type 1 diabetes patients to the FreeStyle Libre device under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new ambulance base announced in Project Ireland 2040 for Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1086/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a scan for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1089/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the €20 blood test cost for individuals as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Abortion Services Provision
      706. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to prevent rogue pregnancy agencies from misleading the public with regard to the HSE My Options website; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated in budget 2019 for personal assistant services to enable persons with disabilities to live independent lives; the way in which this...
    • HSE Expenditure
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of postal services to the HSE each year; the price paid for letters, envelopes and stamps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1149/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      710. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [1151/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason those aged 70 years of age and older are refused bowel screening by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1152/19]
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public health nursing hours were reduced for Drumkeeran, County Leitrim (details supplied); the action he will take to ensure these hours are...
    • Hospitals Data
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals for which name changes have been proposed by the HSE; the number of name changes that subsequently took place; the old hospital names...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      714. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for a knee replacement. [1169/19]
    • Blood Donations
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if the testing procedures engaged by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service in relation to the testing of all of blood donations it receives are audited or...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the funding provided either directly or indirectly through agencies controlled by his Department for the provision of advocacy services during...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if cataract surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [1213/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the date the new modular bed building in South Tipperary General Hospital will be operational; the details of all other capital and operational improvements he...
    • Mental Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists for adult mental health services by county; the number waiting 0 to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18 and more...
    • Hospitals Data
      721. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 60 bed modular unit in University Hospital Limerick will be opened in 2019; the other capital and operational improvements that will made in the...
    • Medicinal Products
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1239/19]
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis his Department has made of the recent OECD report on pharmaceutical innovation and access to medicines (details supplied); his views on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      724. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 20 bed cystic fibrosis unit at Beaumont Hospital will commence; when it will be completed; and when it will be fully operational in view of the...
    • HSE Properties
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a site (details supplied); the provisions being made for the graveyard on site; if it will be part of the sale in process; if these sacred...
    • Emergency Departments
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies and-or voluntary service providers that are contracted by the HSE to provide home care packages to persons with severe physical and...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if the capital requirement and associated methodology pertaining to necessary development of national neurointerventional services at Beaumont Hospital has...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      729. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accept the recommendations to include chiropractors as referrers and practitioners in the upcoming statutory instrument in view of the...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a post for a specialist sarcoma consultant has not been filled since the position was created in July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      732. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an operation to remove cataracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1286/19]
    • HSE Governance
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the appointment of a third-party firm to review the governance arrangements and resources in place in the HSE to support decision making on...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical guidelines and methodology used to determine whether an applicant qualifies for a primary medical certificate; the policy in place to ensure all...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      737. To ask the Minister for Health if cross-Border workers will retain their entitlement to a medical card after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1323/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a grant to a person (details supplied) was cut in view of the fact they were given a commitment by the HSE that they were entitled to the grant....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      740. To ask the Minister for Health when a position will be filled in a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1375/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new build at St. Patrick's Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; if a site has been identified and purchased; when work is...
    • Disability Support Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) in County Cork on the waiting list for a residential placement; when he expects a place will be offered; and if he...
    • Health Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if benefit schemes and supports for persons with Wolfram syndrome will be put in place to cover such needs as medical devices, dietary demands, transport to...
    • Disability Support Services
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for homecare support to assist in the care of a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused by the HSE; if he will examine...
    • Tender Process
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tenders for taxis to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      746. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 24 July 2018, the number of approved CAMHS psychiatrist posts; the number recommended for each CHO team; and if...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds which are available within CAMHS for persons in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1397/19]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of unfilled suicide crisis assessment nurse positions by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1398/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, CAMHS, appointment in Community Health Organisation, CHO, 5; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [1401/19]
    • Ambulance Service
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place with the National Ambulance Service for the dispatching of an air ambulance to the scene of a serious accident; if he will provide a copy...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving an appointment with the Cavan-Monaghan child development team; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      755. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place with the National Ambulance Service for the transfer of patients between hospitals; if he will provide a copy of the protocol; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      756. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cataract operation for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Governance
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bank accounts used by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the process in place to use the services at a hospital (details supplied) for ophthalmology and orthopaedic operations; the number of ophthalmology and...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      759. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve helicopter landing facilities at University Hospital Galway; the number of air ambulance and coastguard landings at the hospital in 2017...
    • Health Services Data
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the ophthalmology waiting list data is compiled; the components considered when producing the waiting list numbers; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      761. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect an appointment for a procedure in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      762. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to make a drug (details supplied) available to children and adults suffering from spinal muscular atrophy; the estimated number of sufferers...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      763. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect an appointment for a cranioplasty in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      764. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to make it more attractive for consultants to apply for new consultancy posts within the Saolta Hospital Group (details supplied); and...
    • Health Services Access
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place within the ophthalmology healthcare system to avoid lengthy delays in persons accessing treatment for conditions such as AMD; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      767. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the approval process for the drug Nusinersen, also known as Spinraza; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined;...
    • Care of the Elderly
      768. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE, his Department or an agency under the aegis of his Department to become directly involved in the development of retirement villages or...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      769. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to reduce waiting times for gynaecology in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      770. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a date for an appointment at Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Delays
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1516/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1517/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be extended to under 12s which was to be introduced in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1520/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      774. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a new appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1527/19]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by mental health service, age, category and length of time waiting. [1532/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is eligible for treatment and to be provided with glasses under the community ophthalmic services scheme as outlined...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1561/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the use of Ocrelizumab in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1565/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date for the new primary care centre in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1566/19]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at a hospital (details supplied) between 2010 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1575/19]
    • Victim Support Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the sexual assault treatment units will be completed; and if it will be published. [1576/19]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delay in negotiating a new general practitioner contract in view of the promise to do so by successive Ministers; the occasions on...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions regarding the governance and ownership of the new national maternity hospital; if he has received the text of the agreement that...
    • Health Reports
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress of the detailed 2019 action plan to implement Sláintecare; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by hospital; if he will provide a progress report on the 550 homecare packages that were announced as part of the winter plan...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      790. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to introduce exclusion zones for protests around health institutions such as general practitioner offices and hospitals in view of...
    • Respite Care Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 19 December 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the family has been offered respite in Dublin...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if an access programme will be established to the drug Spinraza for children with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1612/19]
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      793. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the success or otherwise of the warmth and well-being pilot programme that commenced in 2016 and piloted in parts of Dublin 8, 10, 12, 22...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      794. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1631/19]
    • Health Services Reports
      795. To ask the Minister for Health when the final report of the independent review group on section 38 and 39 service providers and private providers will be published. [1635/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      796. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the nursing home support scheme to ease the financial burden in place for some persons as a result of the exorbitant property prices in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/19]
    • Elder Abuse
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department and agencies under its aegis have taken to address the issue of elder abuse; his plans for further policy initiatives in the area; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      799. To ask the Minister for Health the dermatology waiting lists nationally by hospital. [1659/19]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      800. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to run a nationwide gambling and gambling addiction awareness campaign; if no campaign is planned, the reason therefor; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      804. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason the HSE will not provide dental care through the public dental scheme in school in this...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. [1672/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal actions that have been lodged against the HSE over the CervicalCheck cervical screening controversy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      807. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a psychiatric ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1700/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      808. To ask the Minister for Health when he received the advice from his officials on the impact of announcing a recheck on cervical smear tests; if he held meetings with his officials at that...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      810. To ask the Minister for Health if community speech and language services are obliged to discharge children once they reach 8 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1747/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1751/19]
    • Health Services Staff
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by the HSE to accommodate and redeploy staff from Saint Patricks Centre, Kells Road, County Kilkenny; the number of staff involved; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the nature of the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54055/18]
    • Fishing Licences
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of marine salmon farm licences and land-based hatcheries; the number of salmon and-or biomass permitted for each; the...
    • Farm Inspections
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54067/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding paid to date to applicants in County Cavan under the 2018 areas of natural constraint scheme and basic payment scheme;...
    • GLAS Payments
      821. 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. [54129/18]
    • GLAS Appeals
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54202/18]
    • Veterinary Inspection Service Staff
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his nominees to the Veterinary Council have twice in the past number of weeks voted...
    • Animal Welfare
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54300/18]
    • Afforestation Programme
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54320/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54473/18]
    • GLAS Payments
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54538/18]
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty decision will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1025/19]
    • Special Protection Areas Designation
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of landowners per county that have land in hen harrier designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a closing date for the lodgement of an appeal by a person to a change in their ANC status following the recent changes...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dredging of Howth Fishery Harbour Centre will be sanctioned without delay; the progress made in respect of the application;...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for BVD testing in view of the fact that it was initially introduced for a three year period; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Supports
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to employ additional port inspector posts at Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1243/19]
    • GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme
      837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria, deadline and other information in relation to a scheme (details supplied); when the scheme will be launched; and if he...
    • Fish Quotas
      838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the sentinel herring fisheries quota that remained as at 21 December 2018; if he will consider extending the 2018...
    • Agrifood Sector
      839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific grant schemes provided to support agrifood festivals that promote tourism and Irish food locally and to an international...
    • GLAS Payments
      840. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2017 GLAS farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the registered licence length of a boat will determine if it will permitted to fish inshore waters inside the six nautical miles...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which a badger cull can be initiated in cases in which there is a high instance of TB outbreak; if it is possible for...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Extension
      843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1602/19]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new scheme to replace the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Equine Identification Scheme
      845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if sufficient resources are being made available to ensure that all equine animals are compliant with registration regulations; and...
    • Íocaíochtaí GLAS
      846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Ghlas don bhliain 2018 le duine (sonraí tugtha); cén...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of outstanding payments made to a farmer (details supplied) in December 2018; the years and the schemes the payments...
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the enhanced controls in place on carcase trimming in meat factories; if processors have introduced a payment to affected farmer...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      849. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the agriculture appeals office is inundated with agriculture appeals seeking review...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories;...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      851. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to allocate a quota for fish for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Radon Gas Levels
      852. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to homeowners and tenants that wish to carry out a radon test at their home; and if he will make...
    • Post Office Network
      853. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 13 December 2018, if the Rural Independent Group motion in relation to An...
    • Inland Fisheries
      854. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in the salmon conservation fund; the number of stakeholder conservation projects drawn down from the fund in...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      855. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a universal service obligation on mobile telephony providers in relation to the need to provide...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      857. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress achieved in 2018 and to date in 2019 and his plans for the upgrade of broadband telecommunications...
    • Inland Fisheries
      860. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has withheld its design and deliver service for in-stream works with its new...
    • Energy Schemes
      861. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of compressed natural gas public fuelling stations open and operational; the location in which they are...
    • Departmental Transport
      864. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      865. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the home energy grants under the auspices of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland by county...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      867. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      868. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that a number of miles outside large towns such as Navan and Trim businesses, homes and farms are...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      869. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount which has been received historically under the revenue share terms with Enet regarding MANs phase 1...
    • Environmental Investigations
      872. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the identification and monitoring of potential sinkholes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      873. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      874. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54476/18]
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      875. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of electric vehicles for sale here are not included in the...
    • Environmental Investigations
      876. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of developments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54551/18]
    • Electric Vehicles
      877. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicle charging stations in Limerick county and city, respectively; the number of electric...
    • Illegal Dumping
      879. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on clearing illegal dumping in each county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Management
      881. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the national waste management policy to be reviewed as set out in A Resource Opportunity – Waste...
    • Warmth and Well-being Scheme
      882. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he has made in considering the optimal next steps to achieve the level of ambition as set out in the NDP...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      883. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he has made with the relevant agencies and stakeholders to deliver the annual support of €75 for...
    • Electricity Grid
      884. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full extent of energy generated from non-fossil fuels and made available to the grid in the course of 2018 with...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      885. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of high speed broadband in the Glencullen area of County Dublin; the way in which he expects...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      886. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Insurance Fraud
      887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some drivers obtaining a motor insurance disc by paying a small deposit and then not...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      888. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for declaring commercial vehicles such as in the case of a person (details supplied) off the road and then the process...
    • Motor Industry
      889. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the number of diesel vehicles, both new and second hand, being imported from Britain and Northern Ireland having regard to...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      890. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the implementation of the European proposal COM 2017/276 relating to motor tax rates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Marine Safety
      891. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the safety procedures in maritime operations within the State’s jurisdiction. [1698/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      892. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the payment of a sports capital grant for a club (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects Status
      893. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on the N52 Tullamore to Kilbeggan link road which forms part of Project Ireland 2040; if the pre-appraisal...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      894. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can apply for a full driving licence. [54081/18]
    • Greenways Development
      895. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date of the development of a project (details supplied); when the project will proceed to next stage; the grant aid that...
    • Road Projects Status
      896. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status and timeline of completion of the N73 national secondary road realignment. [54128/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54218/18]
    • National Transport Authority
      898. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the exclusion of taxis from the publication by the National Transport Authority entitled Operation Open City 2018;...
    • Departmental Reports
      899. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016...
    • Regional Airports
      900. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be taken in relation to the application submitted on behalf of Waterford Airport, Waterford City and County Council...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      901. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation that would result in driving disqualifications for persons convicted of illegal dumping while using a...
    • Road Safety
      902. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with TII to secure the installation of temporary traffic lights to allow the safe crossing of schoolgoing children over...
    • Road Projects Status
      903. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 902 of 6 November 2018, the timeline for an agreed design for upgrade works on the N11; when works...
    • Transport Policy
      905. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54431/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      906. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      908. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54489/18]
    • Bus Éireann Services
      909. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recent service issues with the 109B bus route through Kilmessan, County Meath will be investigated; and if he will make a...
    • Roads Maintenance
      910. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application (details supplied) by Leitrim County Council under the low cost safety scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Ferry Services
      911. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the decision of a company (details supplied) to withdraw its service between Rosslare and France; his views on whether its...
    • Road Projects Status
      912. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the M20 motorway, Macroom bypass and the Dunkettle interchange road projects; the stage at which these projects are; and...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      913. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 557, 559 and 560 of 23 October 2018, the basis upon which he provides figures of monthly or annual...
    • Air Services Provision
      914. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the pricing comparisons between companies (details supplied) and the times for the flights; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      915. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate with the rural link section of Transport Infrastructure Ireland whether there is a feasibility to develop a Sligo...
    • Public Transport Provision
      916. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a public transport system will be provided for persons at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Aviation Regulation
      917. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the licensing and registration of all drones and drone owners; his plans to make a 10 sq. km exclusion zone for drones...
    • Cycling Policy
      918. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to take to improve the protection of cyclists on roads and streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects Status
      919. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding which has been allocated and the estimated cost of the southern distributor road; and if funding will be allocated for it in...
    • Brexit Issues
      920. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all relevant information and communications technology infrastructure will be in place at all ports and airports by 29 March 2019 in...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      922. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects and funding allocations granted to clubs and organisations across an area (details supplied) since the sports capital...
    • National Transport Authority
      923. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the NTA to publish a transport plan for Newbridge, County Kildare which was due to be published at the end of 2018; the...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      924. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a 50 m swimming pool in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1183/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      925. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when successful candidates of a programme (details supplied) will be notified; and the status of same. [1191/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      926. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a club (details supplied) is included as one of the 187 submissions to the sports capital programme deemed invalid under the 2017...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      927. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting list times for the driver test centres in Limerick city; the number of persons on the list in each driving test centre in...
    • Road Projects Status
      928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress to date of road projects (details supplied); if each is at planning, design or construction phase; the phases...
    • Coast Guard Services
      933. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if concerns have been raised regarding coastguard volunteers having been dismissed from their positions after raising safety issues; and...
    • Road Projects Status
      936. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress to date on the upgrade of the N26 road linking Ballina to the N5 in County Mayo as listed under page 40 of the...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      937. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting period for practical driver tests in each of the driver test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1327/19]
    • Tourism Promotion
      940. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to promote the origin of the festival of Samhain and Halloween in Rathcroghan, County Roscommon; and if he will...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      941. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date of the Wild Atlantic Way cycle project under each heading in which payments have been made; if there is outstanding...
    • Driver Licences
      942. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1483/19]
    • Rail Services
      943. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail is changing and-or upgrading its ticket machines at stations nationwide; and if all stations that have staff selling...
    • Road Network
      947. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents in which damage was caused to the Limerick tunnel due to oversized vehicles in each of the years 2010 to 2018;...
    • Civil Aviation Regulation
      950. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preventative measures put in place to ensure the flying of private drones does not interfere with the operation of Shannon Airport;...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      952. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to announce the results of allocations under the sports capital project. [1590/19]
    • Climate Change Policy
      953. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of underspend in the carbon reduction programme, B6, in his Department in 2018; the causes for the underspend; and if he will...
    • Road Projects
      955. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details on the work initiated for the delivery of the M20 motorway, Cork to Limerick; and the amount of money spent in the past 12...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      956. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of night-time Rural Link services available; and the details of services which were requested and are not available. [1629/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingency plans being put in place, planned or considered should there be a no-Brexit deal at the end of March 2019 in relation to...
    • Road Toll Operators
      958. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the volume of cars using the M3 Clonee to Kells route on a daily basis; the amount of money generated daily by tolls at junctions...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to go to construction stage on the N73 at Annakisha and Waterdyke, County Cork. [1633/19]
    • Public Transport Provision
      960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of wheelchair accessible public transport in west County Cork specifically the Bus Éireann...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      961. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the future motor insurance premiums charged for learner drivers, be they car owners or users in view of the recent additions...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 8 March 2018, if he will reconsider the issue. [1650/19]
    • Driver Licences
      963. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the processing time for exchanging a driver licence issued by authorities in the United Kingdom to an Irish driver licence; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      964. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to new legislation on drink driving; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      965. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available during the construction of the Lucan to city centre core bus corridor to provide a grade segregated...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      966. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) will be referred to TII for its attention; if it can give a commitment to review the situation and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      967. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Years Sector
      968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a matter in relation to persons working in the early years childhood sector (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to reopening the Pobal grant scheme for parent and toddler groups that missed the autumn deadline of 28...
    • Adoption Registration
      970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a petition organised by an organisation (details supplied); her plans to deal with the concerns of those...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost incurred by her Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54204/18]
    • Domestic Violence
      972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents and children in domestic violence refuges nationally in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of parents and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      973. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a review will be carried out on a decision in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Protection
      974. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of managers in private emergency accommodation, PEAs, hubs and hotels where children are accommodated that have and have not,...
    • Child and Family Agency
      975. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the implementation actions as recommended under the implementation plan for Tusla actions arising from an audit (details supplied) that...
    • Foster Care
      976. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps foster parents can take if they require information in relation to their work as a foster parent in view of the fact they are of...
    • Family Resource Centres
      977. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria used when deciding the location of a family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54346/18]
    • Departmental Funding
      981. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to the ABC programme for 2019. [54350/18]
    • Child Poverty
      982. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the evaluation of the ABC programme. [54351/18]
    • Child and Family Agency
      986. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the perceived breakdown of the complaints system in Tusla; if her attention has been further drawn to a...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      987. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proportion of Tusla social workers that have received specialist training in identifying signs of child sexual abuse. [54447/18]
    • Family Resource Centres
      989. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process for establishing a family resource centre. [54449/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      990. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget and spend in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      991. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54475/18]
    • Adoption Legislation
      992. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on adoptees being given the right to access their personal file from Tusla and-or the Adoption Authority; her plans to implement...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      993. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure that Tusla provides a response to representations related to the aftercare of a person (details...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      994. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of the funding provided either directly or indirectly through agencies controlled by her Department for the provision of...
    • Domestic Violence
      995. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla initiated and completed a review of emergency domestic violence services in the greater Dublin area; and when a report on the same...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      996. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has employed an independent medical person to review medical files from mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      997. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made on her plans for a nationwide childcare scheme. [1592/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      998. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the customer complaints received by her Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories; the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Security of the Elderly
      999. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided to allow the reinstatement of the community lighting programme for elderly persons previously funded...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      1000. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the organisations that received dormant accounts funding to purchase public service vehicles during 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019....
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      1001. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a project (details supplied) will be approved for funding at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54112/18]
    • Charities Regulation
      1002. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the way in which the Charities Regulator communicates with the public will be reviewed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1004. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the type of eligible works which schools can apply for under the CLÁR programme; and the type of works not covered under the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1005. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54216/18]
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      1006. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of meetings held by the Atlantic Economic Corridor task force by date and location of each meeting in tabular form; the...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      1008. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband task force report published in December...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1009. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons working in the regional telecommunications development unit of his Department on an annual basis in each year...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1011. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the detail of each local authority that has and has not completed a local digital strategy in tabular form. [54286/18]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1012. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made by each local authority to the digital innovation programme since established on an annual basis in...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1013. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each local authority that has and has not, respectively, mapped local mobile phone blackspots to date in tabular form;...
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      1014. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to update the Framework Policy for Local and Community Development in Ireland published in 2015. [54289/18]
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      1015. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funds allocated here over the 2014 to 2020 period and expended in each year to date in tabular form by Exchequer and EU...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      1016. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the volunteer centres in each county and local authority; the annual funding allocated to each over the period 2016 to 2018, in...
    • Security of the Elderly
      1017. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received to the seniors alert scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by county; the number of...
    • Scheme to Support National Organisations
      1019. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding respectively, allocated to the scheme to support national organisations in each of the...
    • Public Participation Networks
      1020. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding respectively, allocated to the public participation networks in each of the years 2015 to...
    • Charities Regulation
      1021. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding allocated to the Charities Regulatory Authority in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      1022. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of organisations on the Charities Register as at 31 December in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in tabular form; the...
    • Charities Regulation
      1023. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of appeals made to the Charity Appeals Tribunal under section 45 of the Charities Act 2009 in each year since being...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      1024. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a charity (details supplied) will be considered for funding under the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1026. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant options for a community centre seeking a new well water supply to its facility. [54432/18]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1027. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1028. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54487/18]
    • CLÁR Programme
      1029. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeframe for the launch of CLÁR funding in 2019; when he expects this funding to be open to applications in 2019; and if he...
    • Community Services Programme Administration
      1030. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase the hourly rate of funding under the community services programme administered by Pobal from €8.65 per...
    • Community Services Programme Data
      1031. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Pobal has statistics in relation to the number of staff employed in community centres nationally and the salary of each; and if...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      1032. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects in County Kildare considered for funding under the outdoor recreation infrastructure projects; the number of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1034. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into categories;...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the €198 back-to-education allowance in view of the fact that it is perceived as not being...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1036. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Parts 2, 3 and 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 have not been commenced; when these Parts will...
    • Registration of Births
      1037. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to amend the laws surrounding presumed legitimacy to simplify the process for women seeking a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1038. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54045/18]
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a back-to-education allowance for a person (details supplied) has been suspended since 4 December 2018; and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Attorney General is satisfied with the defined benefit pensions provisions in the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil...
    • Legislative Measures
      1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to introducing a stand-alone amending Bill to provide for the necessary technical amendments...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) for a working family payment will be decided upon; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      1043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) has ceased; when payment will recommence; and if she...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department repeatedly supplied incorrect information to a person (details supplied); and the steps she will...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Payments
      1046. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a one-parent family allowance payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); if a basic or...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      1047. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when basic payment, one-parent family payment and-or child benefit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 4 December 2018, if a case (details supplied) will be examined with a view to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      1050. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if both a carer's allowance payment and a domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied)...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1051. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      1052. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the alternate options available to persons if they do not...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears in respect of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in the past two weeks of December 2018; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1055. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost incurred by her Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [54222/18]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      1058. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the exceptional needs payment each month in 2018; the number granted, refused and appealed,...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      1059. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an invalidity pension payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) despite the person being notified of...
    • Public Services Card
      1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of valid public services cards issued. [54322/18]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new system of calculating PRSI contributions for the State pension (contributory) will be in place; and if years in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1065. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports available for non-medical costs for families of sick children; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      1066. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for a hearing aid was refused; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      1067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice of some social welfare inspectors working on an investigation and also...
    • Brexit Issues
      1068. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in place regarding the continued payment of social security payments from the United Kingdom to persons living...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget and spend in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54480/18]
    • Social Insurance
      1071. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal basis by which different groups that are listed within the various subsections of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1072. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (detail supplied) will receive a decision on an application for a carer's allowance. [54547/18]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1073. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there was a delay in receiving files from the domiciliary care allowance, DCA, section and for the appeal to be...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      1074. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension rights based on the total contributions approach of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance claim by a person (details supplied) can be backdated; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1076. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if outstanding illness benefit payments, including arrears due, will be paid to a person (details supplied); if these...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1077. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 23 October 2018, if she will report on the implementation of the review of the...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1078. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1079. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      1080. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workers of a company (details supplied) will have the relevant State supports for upskilling and securing new jobs as...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1081. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be awarded; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1082. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive all of their illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1084. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) who was refused DC but has appealed it; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1085. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      1086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the cost of training staff that have not undergone such...
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports and activation schemes available to support persons with a disability into employment; and if she will make a...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the partial capacity benefit to those in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme;...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments
      1090. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1170/19]
    • Redundancy Payments
      1091. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) can advance an issue in view of the fact her Department has advised them to...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      1092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of the funding provided either directly or indirectly through agencies controlled by her Department for the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1093. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a primary payment, jobseeker's allowance was ceased in the case of a person (detail supplied); when payment will...
    • Job Initiatives
      1094. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 19 December 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that talks for...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      1095. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 6 December 2018, if the information provided or lack of appropriate information...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      1096. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a domiciliary carers allowance following a review request in...
    • Disability Allowance
      1097. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing disability allowance, disability benefit, blind pension, invalidity pension,...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1098. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the payment of child benefit to include those children that have reached 18 years of age but are still...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1099. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [1289/19]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Payments
      1100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the full rate of payment of invalidity pension over the Christmas 2018 period and subsequent reduced payment of partial...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); the documentation outstanding on their...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1303/19]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new automated system for illness benefit payments is fully functioning and working without issues with payments; and...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive arrears of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Services Card
      1106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to allow the public services card to be used as identification for customers of credit unions who...
    • Social Insurance Data
      1107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons born in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 that had reckonable earnings for social insurance purposes within...
    • Parental Leave
      1110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017 to be presented in Dáil Éireann following its passing...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1525/19]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      1112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for one parent family payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      1113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of appeals that were upheld on re-examination by the social welfare appeals office in 2017 and...
    • State Pensions Payments
      1114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the new total contributions approach will be investigated;...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a request for a review of eligibility for a disability allowance in the case of...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • JobPath Programme
      1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for JobPath once the current contract expires at the end of 2019; if she will re-tender for the service; and if...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      1118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit by a person (details supplied). [1745/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the customer complaints received by her Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water Abstraction Regulation
      1120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider plans to extract a large supply of water from Lough Ree at Killinure, Athlone, County Westmeath; the...
    • Local Authority Management
      1121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next competitions for chief executive officer of Dublin City Council and chief executive of Fingal County Council...
    • Local Government Reform
      1122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the decision to exclude the four Dublin local authorities from the process of plebiscites on direct elections on mayors in...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme will be published without delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of social housing support household means policy will be expedited; the steps he will take as part of this...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a service (details supplied) in County Westmeath; his views on recent reports that the six-bed service will...
    • Pyrite Issues
      1127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 290 and 291 of 14 November 2018, his plans to expand the scheme to support homeowners...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commercial Rates
      1129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the Valuation Office is reverting to business proprietors who lodge appeals against drastic...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide a greater number of one-bed social housing units nationally in view of the increased demand...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      1131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress he has made on providing cost rental housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54247/18]
    • County Development Plans
      1132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Naas, County Kildare, identified as a key growth town in the regional spatial and economic strategy, will be...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to relocating the Maynooth, Celbridge and Leixlip housing unit allocations to the rest of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if three houses (details supplied) are currently under the ownership of Galway County Council; if so, the reason the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy of the Housing Agency on the requirement for a mortgage applicant to have demonstrated a pattern of saving; if his...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken to ensure each person had a roof over their head during the Christmas 2018 period; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54484/18]
    • Rental Sector
      1140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding persons struggling to lease properties at a low price while also paying tax within the higher bracket;...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      1141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the revision of the wind energy development guidelines; and the timeframe for completion of the revision. [54542/18]
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      1145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the mortgage-to-rent income criteria to exclude overtime worked; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
      1146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies active on 1 January 2019, by local authority area. [1017/19]
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      1147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies active on 1 January 2019, by local authority area. [1018/19]
    • Derelict Sites Data
      1148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites in a towns (details supplied) that have been levied with the derelict sites levy. [1020/19]
    • Fire Service
      1149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of the proposed new fire service facility in Dunleer, County Louth; the status of the project which was...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      1151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency accommodation supports available to persons returning here having left alleged domestic violence in another...
    • Housing Data
      1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing construction completions in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1107/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all cost benefit analyses relating to housing developments on public land sent to his Department from Dublin...
    • Planning Issues
      1155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on legislation to put in place statutory timeframes for planning compliance decisions for residential...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by local authority; the number of such loans approved by each local...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on the request made by Galway City Council for the replacement of mobile homes and caravans on...
    • Rural Development Policy
      1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group set up to consider the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the Flemish decree case; the...
    • Housing Policy
      1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the precarious position of private tenants who have been given termination notices with...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      1161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to progress with the proposal to extend voting rights to those over 16 years of age; when he plans to hold a...
    • Legislative Process
      1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue regarding the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to the Local Government (Water...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units built and purchased by Limerick City and County Council in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form....
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      1164. 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 Limerick in 2017...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount local authorities (details supplied) have paid out to estate agents in finder's fees in order to locate social...
    • Water Abstraction Regulation
      1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide information on provisional orders issued by An Bord Pleanála; the powers such orders carry; and if...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      1167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties and amount of land acquired by each local authority in the past two years to date using compulsory...
    • Local Authority Staff
      1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the recruitment of vacant property officers by local authorities and the dedicated vacant homes unit to be set...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects funded by the social intervention fund in County Limerick in each of the years 2008 to 2018; the amount of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of building affordable houses for each of the four Dublin local authorities in tabular form. [1355/19]
    • Planning Issues
      1173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications being made for the change of use from vacant commercial to residential units following the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
      1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of wheelchair users as opposed to persons with physical disabilities that are on the waiting list for social...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a report on the repair and leasing scheme by county; the take-up of this scheme by landlords; the amount...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties compulsorily purchased or in which the CPO process has been initiated by the local authorities to...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to amend the legislation in relation to rateable valuations to ensure that in circumstances in which a...
    • Housing Policy
      1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for his Department, local authorities or an agency under the remit of his Department to become directly involved in...
    • Marine Plan Implementation
      1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans for the extension of marine protected areas; and the timeline for the implantation of these areas....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department may examine a suitable process to encourage the provision of affordable local authority...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a revised credit policy will be issued from the Housing Agency to local authorities for considering council mortgage...
    • Legislative Measures
      1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ballots undertaken under section 48 of the Environmental (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 since its...
    • An Bord Pleanála
      1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ameliorate the long delays with planning appeals to be decided by An Bord Pleanála, in...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of houses acquired and purchased by Galway City Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date...
    • Urban Development
      1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding progress towards the resumption of development at the Naas town centre site; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce affordable housing schemes in 2019; when and the locations in which they will be available; the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are entitled to charge for an assessment (details supplied); if this is protocol; if his attention has...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for each local authority in 2019, outlining expenditure in the categories of housing, roads, water, environmental...
    • Elected Office Requirements
      1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure access to elected office for persons with disabilities; and the funding schemes available in...
    • Housing Policy
      1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to setting up housing co-operatives with a view to bringing housing costs within the reach of...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build local authority housing starts scheduled for 2019 with particular reference to those local...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the annual housing requirements for local authority houses have been identified on a county basis with a...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      1195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland loans approved each of the local authorities throughout 2018; the extent to which newer and...
    • Local Authority Assets
      1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the availability of building lands in the ownership of each local authority nationally; the extent to which these lands are...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to each local authority for the purpose of DPG or housing adaptation...
    • Construction Industry
      1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which reliable structural guarantee schemes are available to protect homeowners; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare who have been offered and have received accommodation from the local...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the customer complaints received by his Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      1207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs at 31 December in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by county in tabular...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Appeals
      1208. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 15 November 2018, the number of appeals regarding SAC designations lodged in each of...
    • Census of Population Publication
      1209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the 1926 census can be viewed before its release in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost incurred by her Department in 2018 for the use of taxi services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54206/18]
    • Hare Coursing
      1211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if course trials are held simply to familiarise hares with the venue as the licence stipulates (details supplied); the reason...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      1212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgid breise atá curtha ar fáil don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht ó bunaíodh an Rialtas...
    • Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta
      1213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén soláthar airgid a cuireadh ar fáil i meastacháin 2018 agus i meastacháin 2019...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget and spend in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      1215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54477/18]
    • Waterways Issues
      1216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to achieve an amicable resolution of issues between Waterways Ireland and traditional dwellers...
    • Film Industry Promotion
      1217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to promote an Irish-made film in North America; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1059/19]
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      1218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason open coursing clubs that hold meetings are not subject to hare netting licence conditions; and if she will make a...
    • Commemorative Events
      1220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote the importance of a person (details supplied); if funding will be made available locally to acknowledge...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      1221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reintroduce compensation which was previously paid to farmers affected by the designation and the associated...
    • National Orchestras
      1222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the oversight group and the working group that have been established to address issues in the transfer of the National...
    • Culture Ireland Grant Scheme
      1223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available to assist professional photographers who travel to war-torn countries and so on to document the...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      1224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an méid scéimeanna teangacha atá á chur i bhfeidhm sa Ghaeltacht faoi láthair; an caiteachas a bheidh i...
    • City of Culture Initiative
      1225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and positions of vacancies among the staff and board of Galway 2020; when it is expected that the positions will be...
    • Waterways Ireland Funding
      1226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific funding allocation in 2019 towards the restoration of the Ulster Canal; the particular works that will be undertaken...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation for each item (details supplied) on an annual basis over the 2016 to 2018 period; and...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      1228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated average cost of one job created or supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      1230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount in grants awarded to businesses in 2017 and 2018; the average grant given; the number of businesses that received...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      1232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Údarás na Gaeltachta properties located in each Gaeltacht area; if each is occupied; the length of time...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
      1233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the polyethylene terephthalate pellet extrusion project in the Baile Ghib Gaeltacht; the financial support awarded...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      1234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of companies Údarás na Gaeltachta initiated proceedings against to revoke grants in each of the years 2016...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the customer complaints received by her Department in each of the years since 2016; if the complaints are grouped into...

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