Written answers

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the new procurement model being employed by SOLAS with regard to training is leading to a reduction in value and quality in...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the school transport system, in particular the system for the allocation of concessionary tickets; and if he will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the request for the State to monitor and quantify the practice of reduced timetables in which children with behavioural difficulties...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and the actions that will be taken to progress the new building for the school. [2550/19]
    • Education and Training Boards
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work the education and training boards undertake in reskilling and further education of the adult population; the way in which this...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the action plan to expand apprenticeships and traineeships here; the number of apprenticeships that have been started...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the restoration of post-graduate grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2724/19]
    • Teacher Retirements
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to date to address errors in the estimated number of teachers retiring or leaving the system each year; the subsequent cost...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to raise awareness and promote uptake of apprenticeship opportunities among school leavers particularly in view of the...
    • Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil an deontas do scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge á íoc le scoileanna atá faoi chúram na gCoistí...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sé gur cosúil, de réir tuairiscí, go bhfuil ag éirí leis an bPolasaí don Oideachas...
    • Brexit Issues
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Brexit preparedness within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects works to commence on a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2741/19]
    • Schools Facilities
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the inspection mechanisms for physical education facilities; if he is satisfied that this provision is adequate; and if he will...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the views of local communities in the west County Cavan area will be taken into account in his consideration of a...
    • School Placement
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access for children to ASD units in other localities if there are alternative places available in circumstances in which...
    • School Admissions
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided with regard to the need for a baptism certificate in response to a small number of schools which have requested the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the need to increase the number of school places for north County Dublin in view of the population growth in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding being available for a school (details supplied). [2551/19]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the policies regarding the criteria that deems a person suitable to be a special education teacher were last reviewed in view of the large...
    • Schools Building Projects
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take following the announcement of a new 1,000 pupil building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for improved accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2728/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the difficulties being experienced in ensuring a satisfactory support plan for a person (details supplied) will be addressed....
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays in assessments for children attending school that have developmental issues and may require...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increased current and capital investment in the provision of special autism units in schools in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 and Lucan,...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2769/19]
    • Student Accommodation
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student accommodation units in the planning pipeline; and the number and percentages for both the public and private sectors. [1459/19]
    • School Services Staff
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the remuneration of school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2723/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the dangers posed to mechanics in the servicing and repairing of electric cars; his plans to draft new...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2727/19]
    • DEIS Eligibility
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) previously excluded will be reconsidered for inclusion in the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Authority Funding
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been approved for an institution (details supplied) in the past three years; the funding that has been specifically indicated...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to reinstating the Gaeltacht grant at third-level to student teachers. [2745/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative accommodation arrangements for a school (details supplied) once the lease expires on its current temporary accommodation in County...
    • DEIS Administration
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take to accelerate the narrowing of the gap between DEIS and non-DEIS schools and further improve the outcomes for those...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the remedial works carried out in primary schools in Tyrellstown recently; the estimated cost of the works; if the work has been...
    • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason involvement in the extra curriculum activities of sports is not being considered as part of the timetabled wellness programme in...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a new school build (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2659/19]
    • Education and Training Boards Places
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability on an ongoing basis of sufficiently qualified young persons with the skill set...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and timeframe for the completion of work on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2629/19]
    • Literacy Programmes
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes in place to improve workplace literacy, particularly in the context of the report of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gap between the provision of and need for social needs assistants in classrooms in schools especially in Lucan, County Dublin, Clondalkin and...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a bheidh an t-athbhreithniú atá á dhéanamh maidir le díolúintí do dhaltaí scoile ón...
    • School Staff
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was granted a third deputy principal in view of the fact that office space for that position will not be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2770/19]
    • Schools Health and Safety
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for the inspection of school buildings to ensure they comply with health, fire and safety issues particularly older school...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Expenditure
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent in each of the past five years on accountancy and consultancy firms in respect of capital projects; and the specific capital project in respect of which...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      90. To ask the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee F (National Security) has recently met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2496/19]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      91. To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a reply from a person (details supplied) regarding his request for a further interim report in 2019. [2683/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      92. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018. [2699/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can avail of the extension to retirement age under the new Public Service Superannuation (Age of...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for a general service recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces Reserve in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2619/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/19]
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females who were recruited into the Permanent Defence Force in 2017 and 2018. [2901/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of air transport provided by the Air Corps to each Minister and Minister of State in each Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Israeli Settlements
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether a stronger stand should be taken on supporting persons who have been displaced and robbed of their property and...
    • Brexit Issues
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his UK counterpart the issue of border checks on trucks originating here and arriving in the UK from Rosslare...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held discussions with the EU as to whether, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, there will be a transition period regarding...
    • Passport Applications
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the options available to a person (details supplied) to avail of an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2822/19]
    • Consular Services Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to returning them to their family due to their personal circumstances and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke with Mr. Michel Barnier in the aftermath of the vote in the House of Commons on the Withdrawal Agreement; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the possibility of the State acquiring and using a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 as a site for public, affordable and cost-rental...
    • Tax Yield
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue obtained each year from the parking levy on employee car parking in key urban areas to dissuade use of the private car for commuting purposes as...
    • Tax Code
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the decision of the Revenue Commissioners to commence taxing medical services provided by a company (details supplied) to workers and...
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the targets the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland set for lending to SMEs in 2017 and 2018; and the progress to date on same in tabular form. [2406/19]
    • Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the process to review the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland by the NTMA. [2407/19]
    • Tax Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SMEs that had interest applied on late payment of income tax based on the latest annual information; the rate of interest applied on such late...
    • VAT Rate Application
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a change in VAT applied to food supplements from 1 March 2019; if so, the number of food supplement products impacted; the type of food...
    • Excise Duties
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the proposed amendments to the excise structures directives to allow a reduction in excise duties for small cider producers; his views on a...
    • Tax Code
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to including the skill of hurley making in section 195 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to enable the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Brexit Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to date and plans to take in preparation for post-Brexit customs checks at ports here, specifically Rosslare Europort; and if he will...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the assets held in the discretionary portfolio in the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund as at 31 December 2018 or for when the latest figures are available in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2692/19]
    • Insurance Coverage
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if the way in which insurance cover could be put in place for customers of a company (details supplied) that had previously latent defect and structural...
    • Brexit Issues
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials have met with or made representations to the relevant EU and UK officials to ensure that the United Kingdom recognises the legal requirements...
    • Stamp Duty
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from non-residential property stamp duty in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2792/19]
    • Departmental Communications
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the Guidance Note: Minister for Finance’s Approval of Transfers of Banking Business under Part III of the Central Bank Act 1971...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of social homes and affordable homes, respectively, that have been built by NAMA debtors since its launch. [2854/19]
    • NAMA Operations
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the date NAMA will be wound up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2857/19]
    • NAMA Debtors
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of debtors left in NAMA; the par value of the debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2859/19]
    • NAMA Staff Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff left in NAMA; the number that will be made redundant in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2860/19]
    • Stability Programme Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the stability programme update 2019 setting out the macroeconomic and fiscal projections for different Brexit scenarios, including a...
    • EU Directives
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the proposed amendments to the Excise Structures Directive 92/83 being considered by the EU Council and which will allow member...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if the attention of the Revenue Commissioners has been drawn to the delays experienced by persons using a telephone number (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Tobacco Seizures Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of illicit tobacco products and non-Irish paid tobacco here; the percentage of these products that are cigarettes, illicit whites, counterfeit...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Ports Facilities
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is proceeding with plans to purchase land at Rosslare and Dublin Ports for the purposes of constructing new customs facilities;...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if applications for the tax saver ticket scheme can be opened all year around to members of the Civil Service; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies being taken to secure PEACE IV funding beyond 2020 in the event a no-deal Brexit. [3084/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the issue of pension provision for community employee supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2389/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 25 September 2018, the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the third stage...
    • State Properties
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will be requested to cut back ivy at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position with regard to the established need of An Garda Síochána for additional space at Tubbercurry Garda station,...
    • Hospital Equipment
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding for equipment (details supplied) has been approved by the chief operations officer of the digital Government oversight unit;...
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding made available to capital development projects supported by PEACE programmes since the inception of the PEACE programme in...
    • Deer Culls
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a risk assessment on the safety of the public was conducted prior to the operation of the recent deer cull in the Phoenix Park...
    • Ports Development
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to rely on his powers to direct the Office of Public Works in circumstances in which planning permission is needed to provide...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2697/19]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Trim Castle, County Meath in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form....
    • Flood Risk Management
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the stage at which the proposed Buncrana and Luddan, County Donegal flood scheme is at; the proposed capital works involved; and when it...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the review of the public expenditure guidelines commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3063/19]
    • Construction Industry
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his attention was drawn to the fact that there will be labour shortages for major capital projects in 2019 which will require a...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if extra money is being allocated to the Department of Health to cover the extra costs projected for the national children’s...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Amalgamation
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for closing two schools in County Cavan in favour of opening one larger school creating a longer commute for residents; if public...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet future demand for second-level education in County Wexford (details supplied) in view of the growing population in the area;...
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant 2018 has issued to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students applying for the CAO for 2019 and commencing a course in Northern Ireland or Britain in September 2019, will be eligible to avail of...
    • Student Support Schemes
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria necessary for receipt of the 1916 bursary fund; if these criteria are uniformly applied across higher education institutions; the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio that pertained pre-budget 2012, that is, three teachers per 49 pupils will be reinstated; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a widow's pension and qualified child increase are included as means in determining their child’s entitlement to the SUSI grant; if...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of secondary school places in the Wexford town area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2603/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision not to open a junior unit at a school (details supplied) that would allow students in the early intervention unit transition...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials will engage with officials from the Department of Defence in relation to a site for a new school for a school (details...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build primary and post-primary schools in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2791/19]
    • Schools Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new and additional school places created in each year since 2011, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure including summer works, minor works, emergency works and other capital expenditure on school buildings in each year since...
    • School Management
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college (details supplied) is entitled to implement rules stating that its pupils cannot park on the school grounds during college hours;...
    • Island Communities
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward legislation on island proofing at all levels of policy making; and the status of the report on challenges facing...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); if the building works will make provision for additional ASD unit places; if...
    • State Examinations Commission
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue from the State Examinations Commission further to his reply to parliamentary questions Nos. 209 to 2014, inclusive, of 16...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be allocated towards the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time the sourcing of land for the new school building to replace a school (details supplied) will take. [2891/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met a person (details supplied); the issues discussed; and when he will next meet the chief executive officer. [2900/19]
    • Protected Disclosures
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to complete the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied); the progress made to date; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recognition of professional qualifications will continue between Ireland and the United Kingdom in all Brexit scenarios, even in a no-deal...
    • School Admissions
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the baptism barrier provision in the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 will be commenced; if schools can still request the...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the junior certificate examination is meeting requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2960/19]
    • Schools Building Contractors
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding outstanding school building works at the various locations nationally which were held up following the collapse of a...
    • Education and Training Provision
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of skills available throughout the education system to meet workplace...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of the various primary school projects throughout north County Kildare; the extent to which local management requirements...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate primary and second-level special needs school places are available to meet such requirements throughout north County...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios at primary and second level nationally are falling into line with requirements and good...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to the Gaelcholáiste for north County Kildare; the progress to date in this regard; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Patronage
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress continues to be made in regard to the patronage of primary and second-level schools nationally in general and in...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken in the future to avoid the situations such as the collapse of a company (details supplied) in the UK with particular...
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth gur diúltaíodh d’ iarratas ar chóiríocht bhreise ó scoil i gcontae Dhún na nGall...
    • School Funding
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3062/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be awarded to complete an ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [3096/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for commencement of school building works at a school (details supplied). [3097/19]
    • School Enrolments
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children expected to start school in September 2019; and the estimated proportion of children born in 2015 who are assumed to make...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Transport Data
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times an on-duty Garda vehicle has been involved in an accident while on duty in each of the years 2011 to 2018;...
    • Garda Stations
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the planning construction and delivery timeline for the provision of the new Garda station at Caltragh, County...
    • Parental Leave
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the extension of parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2559/19]
    • Prison Service Staff
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason applicants who were successful for the position of Irish Prison Service, PS, recruit prison officer have been...
    • Inspector of Prisons
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list of members of the advisory group to the Office of the Inspector of Prisons will be provided. [2368/19]
    • Visa Applications
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when the appeal...
    • Insurance Fraud
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of an offence under section 29(1) of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 since 2004; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contingency plans in place to replace the large number of gardaí out of work due to suffering an injury on duty in...
    • Refugee Data
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are more decisions outstanding from the first round of the Irish refugee protection programme humanitarian admission...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a legislative cap on general damages that can be sought in personal injury claims (details supplied);...
    • Prison Building Programme
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue to release moneys for works at Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2535/19]
    • Garda Strength
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Tipperary as at 30 December 2018; the number of new recruits assigned...
    • Family Reunification Data
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for family reunification made in 2018 by recognised refugees or persons granted subsidiary...
    • Courts Service Expenditure
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital funding allocated between January 2019 and 2024 for the refurbishment of existing courthouses or the construction...
    • Immigration Policy
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements he anticipates for the holders of stamp 4 EUFAM permission to remain here under the European Communities (Free...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2696/19]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to expedite an application for vetting clearance to enable a person (details supplied) to take up a job...
    • Visa Applications
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 7 September 2018, if he will report on the additional resources assigned to...
    • Gambling Sector
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 6 February 2018, the enforcement role An Garda Síochána has in regard to...
    • Garda Expenditure
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost to purchase each type of specialist dog (details supplied) used by the Garda dog unit; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Resources
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the Garda National Technical Bureau by 15%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of RTAs in each of the years 2006 to 2018 and to date in 2019 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Data
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of break-ins and burglaries in each of the years 2006 to 2018 and to date in 2019 in County Mayo by location of the...
    • Garda Deployment
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed in the traffic corps in each of the years 2006 to 2018 and to date in 2019 in County Mayo;...
    • Parental Leave
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter and if he will provide clarification on it (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Visiting Regulations
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols and procedures in place for children in State care to visit parents that are imprisoned in Mountjoy Prison; and...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the road traffic fatalities to date for 2019 published by An Garda...
    • Garda Transport Data
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars, vans and marked motorcycles that were allocated to the roads policing unit in...
    • Prisoner Transport
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transport fleet budget for the Prison Service in each of the years 2015 to 2018; the amount allocated for same in 2019; and...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available in 2019 for the replacement of aircraft or helicopters in the Garda air support unit; and if...
    • Garda Resources
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available in 2019 for the purchase of drones for use by An Garda Síochána; and if he will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Data
      270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions taken to date to mitigate the impact of automation on job numbers. [2302/19]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the location of each SME regional innovation and technology cluster; and the amount of funding allocated to each such cluster in 2018...
    • Science Foundation Ireland Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the location of each SFI research centre; and the amount of funding allocated to each such centre in 2018 and 2019, by county, in...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital and current funding allocated to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis since it was established up to 2018; and...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 7 September 2018, if the study referenced in relation to Action 28 was completed by the...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the process to fill the position of chief executive of InterTradeIreland; and when the position was last held. [2410/19]
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extra funding secured in 2019 for each of the State agencies under the remit of her Department for the recruitment of extra Brexit...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocation to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • State Aid
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has applied to the EU for exemptions under EU state aid rules to allow State investment in Rosslare Europort; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will publish the airline costs for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2685/19]
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra two full-time digital forensic specialists and two extra enforcement lawyers for...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in counties Kildare and Laois in each of the past five years; and the number of these...
    • Work Permits Appeals
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied) lodged in respect of a stamp 4 application support letter; and if she...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made to promote Mullingar, County Westmeath as an attractive centre for regional development and in particular for...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland clients in counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to counties Westmeath and Longford in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the level of IDA-supported jobs in...
    • Brexit Supports
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that have applied for support pursuant to the various Brexit schemes; the amounts expended on each scheme to...
  • Department of Health
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which persons who grew up in mother and baby homes can access the counselling services made available by his Department. [2360/19]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      293. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that play therapists are unregulated; the measures he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      295. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the cross-border directive after Brexit; if EU citizens will still be in a position to receive treatment in the UK; and if he will...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the list of delayed capital projects due to the overspend on the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      298. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2312/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      299. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the meningitis B vaccine on a catch-up basis for those children who missed out on the vaccine by virtue of their age; and if he will make...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for child and adolescent mental health services for Dublin 9; when a child (details supplied) can be given an appointment; and if he will make...
    • Home Help Service Appeals
      301. 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. [2318/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      302. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2321/19]
    • Dental Services Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Health when an orthodontist will be appointed to a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2323/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if autoimmune hepatitis is covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2324/19]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a psychologist as part of the early intervention assessment in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill. [2334/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appeals made to pricing and contract terms negotiated between the NTPF and proprietors of registered nursing homes in relation to the provision...
    • Medicinal Products Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the quantity of each of the drugs (details supplied) that were manufactured and imported here and exported in each of the years 2011 to the most recent year...
    • Prescriptions Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on prescriptions of specific drugs (details supplied); the number of persons prescribed SSRIs and SNRIs according to the latest data...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      313. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is sustainable to charge persons that attend a drug service (details supplied) for prescriptions received at the centre; his views on...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in cases in which a person under the fair deal scheme and a medical card holder requires transport from a nursing home to their local general...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if the €9 million for a replacement 50 bed unit at the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon, has been ring-fenced; if the design team has been...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      316. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 18 December 2018, if he is satisfied with the response of the HSE that it has no records of winning tender...
    • Medical Card Administration
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card of a person (details supplied) was recently revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to include a day care centre for persons with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia in the development of the new facility which...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      319. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the qualifying income threshold for persons over 70 years of age for a medical card in view of the fact that recent increases in the...
    • Hospital Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the number and the length of time persons are awaiting a DEXA scan in Naas Hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [2393/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS made between January and December 2018; the number of referrals accepted by CAMHS in the same period; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of the second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will be delayed in view of the significant increase in costs of the national...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      326. To ask the Minister for Health if the rare diseases technology review committee plan to review a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/19]
    • Hospital Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision a new MRI scanner at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [2401/19]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances covering all of the major towns in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2402/19]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons recorded on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital for each month of 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in attendance at Mayo University Hospital emergency department in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised modular unit at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2417/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery cancellations at Mayo University Hospital and Galway University Hospital, respectively in 2018; the reason for the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for outpatient appointments at Mayo University Hospital and Galway University Hospital, respectively, as of January 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for an inpatient or an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital and Galway University Hospital,...
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a child psychologist appointment in County Mayo; the wait time for this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons refused a primary care certificate in County Mayo in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2422/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies at Mayo University Hospital by department and job title; the length of time these positions have been vacant in tabular form; and...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of the national forensic mental health service will be delayed in view of the significant increase in costs of the national children’s...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the State’s financial liabilities arising out of compensation in relation to the CervicalCheck controversy; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [2440/19]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a full capacity protocol was invoked in each of the years 2011 to 2018, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Data
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on taxis in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; and the reason for using taxis, for example, patient transfer,...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on private ambulances by each hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2447/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE and his Department on external consultancies in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; the name of the company; the...
    • Health Services Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times surgeries have been cancelled in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; the reason for the cancellation; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who would be eligible for a medical card under EU regulations as a cross border worker has to have their application...
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service in each of the years 2010 to 2018, by occupation, hospital and community healthcare organisation in tabular...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the investment in bed capacity in the short, medium and long-term as outlined in the Sláintecare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1819 of 24 July 2018, the location which is being developed in Dundalk as a primary care centre; when the conversion...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be examined; if additional staff will be assigned to the diabetic services in SUH in order that...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations cancelled in 2018 due to overcrowding by hospital. [2469/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations cancelled due to staff shortages by hospital. [2470/19]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical procedures from public waiting lists undertaken in the private sector under the National Treatment Purchase Fund by hospital. [2471/19]
    • Mental Health Services Report
      372. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 25 September 2018, if the findings of the review will be published in full as soon as possible; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      373. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2479/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      374. 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. [2481/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter with regard to a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2484/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of special footwear for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2487/19]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric nurses that were provided employment contracts in 2018; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each area in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time physiotherapists working in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2018; if this number will be further increased in 2019; and if he...
    • National Office for Suicide Prevention
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the national office for suicide prevention in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      380. 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. [2504/19]
    • Hospital Deaths
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a maternal death in a hospital (details supplied) on 25 December 2018; and if the hospital has reported this death to the Coroner. [2505/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when couples here will be considered for IVF treatment free of charge; the way in which this will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a canaloplasty operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2509/19]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no audiology services in the new primary care centres in Bantry, County Cork, and Tralee, County Kerry, in view of the fact that in the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health when the G5 transmitter for type 1 diabetics will be approved; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is over nine months since the tender was...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to secure a permanent second consultant breast surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maternity Services Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when the bespoke maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2520/19]
    • Stroke Care
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements made to address deficits previously identified in dedicated acute stroke care services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Health when all beds housed within the short-stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital will be operational; the number of additional personnel that have been...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if a policy on the correct disposal of foetal remains following a termination of pregnancy is being developed nationally; if so, when such a policy will be...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card patient has to pay to have a blood test with their general practitioner (details supplied); if not, the procedures in place to allow them not...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a long-term illness card was removed in the case of a person (details supplied). [2552/19]
    • Care of the Elderly
      393. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the number of day care centres for dementia patients in view of the projected increase of the number of persons that will present with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [2560/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a mother and baby group provided in a centre (details supplied) was ended; if this was due to a lack of financial resources; and if he will make a...
    • Gender Recognition
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the policy that acknowledges the need to meet the physical and psychological needs of transgender persons; the supports being offered; and the long-term...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation for safety or exclusion zones around hospitals and primary care centres which provide terminations; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the decision by a medical service (details supplied) to increase its charge for children’s consultations to €70 is...
    • Medical Card Applications
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card will be expedited. [2607/19]
    • Maternity Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of midwives in HSE maternity units and maternity hospitals; and the number by which these staff numbers fall short of or exceed the birth...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day places available for training young persons with a disability in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Planning
      405. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish its operational plans for 2019 for each sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2617/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address fears of shortages arising for key heart, cancer and other medicines following alleged stockpiling of medicines in the UK in...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the number of psychiatric nurses recruited in County Kerry in 2018; if he is further satisfied that only temporary contracts were...
    • Nursing Staff Contracts
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the contracts offered to graduate nurses in County Kerry in 2018 were temporary contracts in view of his commitment to recruit and retain nurses;...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 15 January 2019, if further details will be provided in relation to the breakdown of the payments made to...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a shortage in supply of a medicine (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2666/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2667/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment to be seen by a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      414. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to act on his preference for negotiation as a dispute resolution regarding the threatened paramedic dispute in relation the withdrawal of labour on...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns expressed by pharmacists with respect to the introduction of the false medicines directive and associated statutory instruments...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2677/19]
    • Organ Donation
      418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a change in legislation to provide for the presumption of opt-in in relation to organ donation; if same will receive consideration in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2694/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if therapy in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2746/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress in relation to the provision of a Jigsaw project for County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/19]
    • Hospital Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if the already approved capital funding for the construction of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will be affected by the escalating...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the date in August 2018 on which his Department was informed of the cost overruns for the construction of the national children’s hospital; the person...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a community neurorehabilitation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2800/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      427. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open an aftercare service for vulnerable profoundly deaf persons that depend on Irish Sign Language as their communication in order that they can...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      428. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to introduce the dexcom G5 CGM transmitter for patients with type 1 diabetes here; if the HSE has carried out research into the dexcom G6...
    • Health Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if services at a location (details supplied) in County Galway will continue to operate from these premises; if patients from the town and surrounding areas...
    • Mental Health Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if the mental health service in Glenamaddy, County Galway operating at a location (details supplied) will continue to operate from these premises; and if he...
    • Medical Conditions
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if parental alienation syndrome is recognised by the HSE and other statutory health and social care bodies and agencies; if not, his plans to have the syndrome...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      432. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2842/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of infants who have used clinical milk supplies from Northern Ireland and the UK over the past five years; the contingency plan for access to milk...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when a letter of exceptional need will be provided to a person (details supplied) who requires it to pursue medical studies in the United States of America....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans regarding a community hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2850/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      436. To ask the Minister for Health when the primary healthcare facility at a location (details supplied) will be opened; the services which will be provided in this centre; the persons who can...
    • Brexit Issues
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be changes to the situation by which the HSE sends young children to the UK for certain treatments, such as eating disorders and psychiatric...
    • Home Help Service
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the home help co-ordinator based in a centre (details supplied) will be replaced as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Versatis has been removed from the approved drug list; and if cost was the main factor in the decision. [2892/19]
    • Health Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a shared diabetes centre of excellence between Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Psychological Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the access persons with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital have to psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing details of a team in a hospital (details supplied); if the members of the team are permanent posts; if there are vacancies on the team; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new diabetes centre at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2912/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a diabetic dietician in Sligo University Hospital; his plans to appoint an additional diabetic dietician for the purpose of ensuring the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and times of meetings he and-or his officials had with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since its inception; the persons who...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults resulting in injury to staff that took place in the period January 2018 to December 2018 in University Hospital Kerry. [2936/19]
    • Hospital Staff
      453. To ask the Minister for Health his views in regard to security staff in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2938/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if the correct wheelchair will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2939/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for ongoing delays with cervical smear results; the actions taken to combat these delays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the additional amount the national children’s hospital will cost in 2019; if a request has been submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination rates for all vaccinations provided free of charge to children in each of the years 2008 to 2018, by local health office in tabular form. [3073/19]
    • Hospital Closures
      464. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the site of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital; if the hospital will remain in use within the public health system; and if he will make...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed maternity hospital to be co-located at the St. James’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3075/19]
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date evidence and advice regarding e-cigarettes; when this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3076/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      468. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 18 December 2018, the position regarding the shortage of the drug; the status of the availability of same; and if...
    • Paediatric Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to date and to completion, respectively, of the children's satellite hospital unit at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown; when it is planned...
    • Vaccination Programme
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters (details supplied) in relation to the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3107/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can access their local general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3108/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Land Transfers
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a folio (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2319/19]
    • GLAS Issues
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 18 December 2018, the length of time a person (details supplied) must keep the sheep...
    • Afforestation Programme
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual planting targets per hectare for all categories in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 of the forestry...
    • Forestry Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of agricultural land in each county that has been planted with forestry to date, in tabular form. [2370/19]
    • Afforestation Programme
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory provisions in place with respect to forestry planting; the setback distances from both dwelling houses and associated...
    • Forestry Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of broadleaf forestry planting as a percentage of total planting in 2018. [2372/19]
    • Dairy Sector
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if trade missions are planned in 2019 in order to secure new markets for dairy products; and if so, the details of such missions....
    • TAMS Appeals
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS appeal process will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/19]
    • Rural Development Programme
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2018 for each measure under the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020...
    • Industrial Disputes
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to resolve the industrial dispute between an organisation (details supplied) and his Department; and the status...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service Staff
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of temporary veterinary inspectors employed in each of the years 2012 to 2018. [2383/19]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland's CAP strategic plan is being drafted and designed for the period after 2020 based on the European Commission's draft...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fodder schemes introduced in 2018; the number of applications for each fodder scheme by county; the eligible and ineligible...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if extra funding will be provided for additional berthing space at Howth Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2495/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 11 December 2018, if he will provide a copy of the letter; and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for at least two unscheduled stoppages of a vessel (details supplied). [2582/19]
    • Ports Facilities
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop an alternative cold storage inspection facility at Rosslare Europort in view of the fact there is only one cold...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average basic payment scheme entitlement value nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a refund, which has been withheld due to a departmental fault, will issue to a person (details supplied); if his attention has...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2684/19]
    • Beef Industry
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to implement to support the suckler beef sector in view of growing concerns regarding its viability and the...
    • Departmental Staff
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if technical agricultural officers working in his Department have the opportunity to work until they are 70 years of age; and if he...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under a scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Cork. [2841/19]
    • Scéim Comhshaoil ​​Talmhaíochta Carbóin Glas Íseal
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar an deontas GLAS le feirmeoir (sonraí tugtha) i gContae na Gaillimhe; cén fáth go bhfuil...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a young farmer payment under the national reserve in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Payments
      503. 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. [2941/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a 2018 areas of natural constraint payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • GLAS Payments
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3023/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicles
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to roll out fast-charging infrastructure for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 1 March 2018, in response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 422 and 430 of 5...
    • Inland Fisheries
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the rates being paid by a person (details supplied) to Inland Fisheries Ireland will be examined; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a residence (details supplied) can expect to be connected to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement...
    • Television Licence Fee
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the European Court of Justice that upheld the ability of the...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the schemes available if a person wishes to purchase an electric car; the incentives in place to purchase an electric...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if directions to public bodies under section 15(2) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 have been...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the broadband scheme will be rolled out in a location (details supplied). [2640/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2687/19]
    • Fishing Industry
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the initial instalments under the support fund for former commercial eel fishermen and...
    • Illegal Dumping
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by each local authority in 2018 on cleaning up illegally disposed waste. [2863/19]
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address climate change by reducing the carbon emissions of public lighting in view of the...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 16 January 2019, the percentage of new buildings that have an A2 energy...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met formally with a person (details supplied) since his appointment as Minister; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to allow some flexibility in cases in which small sections of certain roads are not...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Employment Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the research conducted into the impact of automation on those that drive for a living. [2301/19]
    • EU Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish applications to the EU Connecting Europe Facility in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the successful applications...
    • Ports Facilities
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has raised the issue of the ownership of Rosslare Europort with his UK counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of his Department’s capital expenditure to the end of December 2018 under the heading of B.8 sustainable transport....
    • Transport Policy
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review by the Irish Maritime Development Office into the use of the UK landbridge by exporters and importers here. [2336/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review by the Irish Maritime Development Office into the way in which Brexit may affect importers and exporters here;...
    • Transport Policy
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there should be an extraordinary review of Ireland’s TEN-T infrastructure; and if so, if he has made...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent announcement of a company (details supplied) that it would be unlikely to operate Rosslare to Cherbourg and...
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available in 2019 for the improvement and provision of new cycling lanes by county in the context of allocations; and if he...
    • Public Transport Review
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the barriers which prevented the completion in 2018 of the review of the national cycling policy framework which was included in the 2017...
    • Transport Policy
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which have been taken to address Ireland’s current link on the European TEN-T network to mainland Europe via the UK...
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department to the end of December 2018 under BusConnects. [2438/19]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocations under the non-national safety improvement scheme to Sligo County Council to fund local projects (details supplied)...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if allowances can be made under the Clancy amendment which would allow learner drivers who have been waiting for a driver test date for...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is provision to reactivate a driver licence; if so, if it can be done via retaking a driver test; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding made available and drawn down for cycling measures in 2017, 2018 and projected for 2019 under programmes (details supplied);...
    • Electric Vehicles
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to recognise the role of electric and electrically assisted vehicles in providing for sustainable transport and travel; his...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to better regulate for the provision of contraflow cycle lanes on one-way roads as is common in Belgium and other...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recommendations of the Department of Finance on internalisation of GHG emissions in cost-benefit analysis are being used in the...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has sought a plan from the Office of Public Works to reduce car parking spaces at public offices in which alternative travel...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given allowing persons under 12 years of age to travel free on public transport as is common in other...
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has applied to the European Union to designate the Dublin to Rosslare railway line with Trans European Transport Network,...
    • Brexit Issues
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding to extend the M11 motorway to Rosslare Europort in view of the threats of Brexit and the need to develop...
    • Ports Policy
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade Rosslare Europort to tier 1 status in view of the threats of Brexit and the need to develop ports here. [2596/19]
    • Ports Facilities
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve multimodal connectivity at Rosslare Europort specifically between rail and ferry services; and if he will make a...
    • International Driving Permits
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if UN driver licence certificates are recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2601/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide copies of records relating to a pension fund (details supplied) between 2008 and 2015; the solvency of the fund; the...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when phase two of the National Indoor Arena will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/19]
    • Energy Usage
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the dates over the past 18 months that lights at junctions on the M6 motorway from Athlone to Dublin were turned off for energy saving...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2700/19]
    • Rail Network
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the Midleton to Youghal railway line for public transport purposes; the timeline for same; and if he will make a...
    • Ports Facilities
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received funding to hire additional staff to carry out sanitary and phytosanitary checks and controls at ports and...
    • Aer Lingus Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has undertaken to contact the management of Aer Lingus in view of its consideration of outsourcing of the catering...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will next meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2802/19]
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made for a final route of metro north; the timeframe for the process from agreed route and construction; the cost...
    • Driver Licences
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if progress has been made with regard to enabling asylum seekers apply for a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is still in place for a leisure centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2880/19]
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date incurred by Transport Infrastructure Ireland on maintaining and providing security for the services station on the M11...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the four vacant posts on the board of CIÉ will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3021/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the successful recipients of the sports capital grant for 2019 will be announced. [3025/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding capital expenditure in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3080/19]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of available childcare services especially in the Dublin 15 area (details supplied); the...
    • Local Authority Facilities
      580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2317/19]
    • Illegal Adoptions
      581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the 126 persons identified with illegal birth registrations who were adopted from an organisation (details supplied) who...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a women’s refuge (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has reopened as a women’s refuge; if not, the reason therefore; the reason...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla will be directed to follow-up on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2395/19]
    • Illegal Adoptions
      584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the scoping exercise into illegal adoptions will be published; the number of records being examined; and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ratio of childminders to children and the number of children allowed to be in the care of one childminder. [2513/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she met with particular childcare providers in order to inform early years policy; if so, the number of providers; the format that...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      588. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the accusation that her Department and Tusla are using an outdated methodology to calculate the adequacy or otherwise of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      589. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the airline costs for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2686/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints made to Tulsa in respect of social workers by county in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [2783/19]
    • Child and Family Agency
      592. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the board of Tusla first had sight of a report (details supplied). [2840/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consent of both parents is required before a child can be referred to a play therapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Services Funding
      594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation under the youth service grant scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in relation to progressing the rights of adopted persons to access personal birth information and files; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations in each of the years under the 2014 to 2020 Rural Development Programme per measure 19 support for LEADER...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      599. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2698/19]
    • Departmental Programmes
      601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding allocated to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme,...
    • RAPID Programme
      603. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding under the RAPID programme in each year over the 2016 to 2018 period to the Dublin north east inner...
    • Control of Dogs
      604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to update the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2010. [2903/19]
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made with the implementation of the action plan for rural development to date; and when the next progress report will...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications by category 1 and 2 projects made under the rural regeneration and development fund by county to date; the...
    • LEADER Programmes Expenditure
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the roll-out of the LEADER programme 2014 to 2020; the expenditure incurred to date on the programme by...
    • Brexit Issues
      608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contingencies being taken in a no-deal Brexit scenario; the legislative areas under his remit that will have to be changed; and...
    • CLÁR Programme
      609. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved under CLÁR measures 1, 2, 3 and 4 since the programme was re-established on an annual basis by...
    • Library Services Funding
      610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the levels of expenditure under the libraries capital programme annually over the 2016 to 2018 period. [3087/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      611. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated between current and capital expenditure in 2018 to schemes (details supplied); and the amount expended in each...
    • LEADER Programmes Expenditure
      612. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of expenditure committed at the end of 2018 under the 2014 to 2020 LEADER programme for each programme; the drawdown of such...
    • Brexit Issues
      613. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions he has had to date with his counterparts in Northern Ireland in relation to the continuation of cross-Border...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [2536/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be awarded an extension of time on a SOLAS scheme due to age. [2310/19]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment will be finalised and issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [2331/19]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the resources available to a family in homeless services that is in receipt of social welfare payments and have to drive...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit application by a person (detail supplied) in County Kerry will be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme will be extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an invalidity pension was not granted to a person (details supplied); if this decision will be reconsidered; and...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2486/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees in her Department; the number professionally qualified with organisations (details supplied); the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      627. 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...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the appeals office will make a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal requesting an oral hearing in respect of...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be awarded. [2555/19]
    • Adoption Legislation
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include provision of rights that would guarantee legal certainty for male same-sex families adopting children...
    • Pension Provisions
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to the proposed changes of the pension system in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pensions Reform
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the upcoming pensions review; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the airline costs for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2691/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the review of community employment schemes she is undertaking; the persons on the review group; if the...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the civil registration Bill will be introduced; the timeline for its introduction; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has being waiting for a decision on a carer's...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for carer's allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2814/19]
    • Pensions Reform
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of efforts to alter the State pension qualification criteria to ensure that all persons who have had periods...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of illness benefit payments for a person (details supplied). [2838/19]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State pension (contributory) awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be backdated to when the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      647. 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. [2866/19]
    • Pensions Reform
      648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the legislation necessary to transpose IORP II into law was not passed by 13 January 2019; and when the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension increase and back payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [2875/19]
    • Social Welfare Inspections
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for a social welfare inspector that is investigating a case; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Services Card
      652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner into the public services card has been completed; if so, the...
    • Brexit Issues
      653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the scheme by scheme analysis being conducted on the impact of Brexit on reciprocal arrangements, social insurance schemes...
    • JobPath Data
      655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sanction rates and penalties in place for failure to engage with the JobPath scheme by county in tabular form. [2931/19]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      656. 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. [3010/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Services Card
      659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is no longer compulsory for persons to register for the public services card to receive social protection payments; and...
    • Employment Data
      660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons born in 2001 to 2004 that had earnings (details supplied) based on P35 returns for 2017, in tabular...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount and dates of payment of illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in 2018. [3109/19]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of proposed guidelines regarding the development of industrial wind turbine farms; the date for the publication of...
    • Brexit Issues
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the right of United Kingdom citizens resident here to vote in European Parliament elections will be maintained in the...
    • Legislative Process
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the residential tenancies (amendment) Bill; when he will publish the Bill; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has finalised the regulations for the affordable purchase scheme; when he expects to publish the regulations and...
    • Planning Issues
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to amending the cost involved in making planning objections with local authorities and An Bord...
    • Local Authority Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the per capita funding of local authorities ratio by county. [2441/19]
    • Planning Guidelines
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and-or local authorities have the powers to implement an area-specific, time-bound moratorium on granting of planning...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the application by an organisation (details supplied) for a change of use of public spaces in an area in order to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of upgrade funding for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare. [2537/19]
    • Planning Issues
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consequences for the legality of a grant of planning permission for a site if there was an element of fraud in the...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps open to a person who has been offered a tenancy of a residential property but knows the rent being charged is in...
    • Local Authority Housing Applications Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing applicants that have come onto local authority housing lists on an annual basis in each of the past...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to the idea of a housing list passport as suggested in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 to...
    • Planning Investigations
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the report into alleged planning malpractice in Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2695/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of casual vacancies relet by local authorities each year since 2014, in tabular form. [2754/19]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available to enable local authorities to carry out renovation and refurbishment works at existing Traveller...
    • Elected Office Requirements
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1191 of 15 January 2019, if consideration will be given to running a pilot scheme...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to permitting the sale of properties to local authority tenants under the tenant purchase...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure by which local authorities may amend their differential rent scheme; and if it is an executive or reserve...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 16 January 2019, the percentage of new buildings that have an A2 energy rating as...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage at which differential rent should be calculated at by local authorities, specifically Westmeath County Council....
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by each local authority and by year of the 250 homes brought back into use via the buy and renew scheme. [3089/19]
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by each local authority and by year of the 48 homes brought back into use and tenanted under the repair and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 6 December 2018, the date on which the report commenced; the date on which the report...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuarthas comhfhreagras ó Údarás na Gaeltachta ina bhfuil tuairim na Roinne á lorg faoi thogra i nDún...
    • Court Judgments
      697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the parties in a case (details supplied) have agreed to a full and final settlement of the appeal process in a High Court...
    • National Monuments
      698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the last survey of archaeological monuments was conducted after a survey (details supplied); the names of subsequent reports;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the airline costs for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2688/19]
    • Offshore Islands
      701. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in place to bring forward legislation on island proofing at all levels of policy making in view of the 68% decline in...
    • Film Industry
      702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for the Irish Film Board was increased by 11%. [2898/19]
    • Arts Council Funding
      703. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation to the Arts Council in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form. [2899/19]

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